June 17, 2026 Indo-Pacific Command Chief Sounds Alarm on China War Threat in Private Report to Congress Bill Gertz, The Washington Times U.S. Holds Off Blacklisting China’s DeepSeek, More Than 100 Firms Deemed Security Risks, Sources Say Karen Freifeld, Reuters China’s Spending Slowdown Deepens as Households Tighten Their Belts Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Think Tank Raises Forecast of Taiwan’s GDP Growth to 9.33% Pan Tzu-yu and Frances Huang, CNA China Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese Exports Threaten Europe’s Economy, Raising Concern at G7 Summit Paul Wiseman, Elaine Kurtenbach and David McHugh, The Associated Press Taiwan Blasts Kenya’s Detention of Scholars Under Chinese Pressure Jake Chung, Taipei Times Microsoft Weighs DeepSeek for Copilot Cowork Ina Fried, Axios It’s Not Just Nvidia. The AI Boom Has Ignited Asia’s Chip Companies Paul Mozur and Tripp Mickle, The New York Times China Is Rehearsing More Than Amphibious Landings Jason Wang, Marvin Bernardo, Pei-Jhen Wu and Andrew S. Erickson, Center for International Maritime Security
June 16, 2026 EU Says China Trained Russian Troops as Bloc Weighs Tougher Stance on Beijing Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post Trump, G7 Split on China Strategy Ari Hawkins, Politico Majority of Taiwanese Reject ‘One China Principle,’ but Opposition Drops: Poll Sunny Lai, CNA Cross-Strait Talks Losing Appeal: Poll Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times KMT Chair Meets With Figures Flagged by U.S. Authorities Tsou Ching-wen and William Hetherington, Taipei Times First F-16v for Taiwan Spotted in Texas Aaron Tu and William Hetherington, Taipei Times Chinese-Linked Hackers Targeted U.S., Canadian Research Facilities for a Year, Google Says A.J. Vicens, Reuters Phony Whistleblowers, Fake Journalists and Cyber Spies: ICIJ Network Targeted After China Targets Probe Scilla Alecci, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists How Japan Could Co-Produce the Navy’s Future Fleet Jeff Kucik, Noah Moyer and Darlene Onuorah, War on the Rocks
June 15, 2026 ‘Charismatic but Naive’: Taiwanese Opposition KMT Chief’s Peacemaker Pitch Leaves U.S. Unimpressed Bhagyashree Garekar and Yip Wai Yee, The Straits Times Taiwan’s Intelligence Agency Launches Webpage for Chinese Nationals to Report Tips The Associated Press U.S. Expert Sees ‘Dangerous Trend’ in China’s Pressure on Taiwan Sean Scanlan, Taiwan News China Direct Strike Threat to Australia ‘Growing’: Report AFP White House’s Export Limits on Anthropic Linked to Concerns About Chinese Access Reed Albergotti, Semafor Chinese Official Xia Baolong to Visit Hong Kong, Inspect City’s Five-Year Plan, Northern Metropolis James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s Nightmare Gets Darker The Washington Post
June 12, 2026 China Has Arrested U.S. Scholar Who Studies Myanmar Politics Edward Wong, The New York Times KMT Leader’s Meeting With U.S. National Security Council Called Off at the Last Minute Tzou Jiing-wen and Jake Chung, Taipei Times Taiwan Test-Fires U.S.-Supplied Missile Launcher Toward China Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Taiwan Coast Guard Expels Chinese Vessels From Taiping Island Restricted Waters Joseph Yeh, CNA China Sanctions Philippine Defense Chief Gilberto Teodoro Orange Wang, South China Morning Post Chinese Investors Rush to Open Hong Kong Accounts Amid Beijing Crackdown Arjun Neil Alim, William Langley and Cheng Leng, Financial Times
June 11, 2026 Hong Kong Charges Seven People and Two Firms Over Massive Fire That Killed 168 The Associated Press U.S. Seizes 13 Website Domains Suspected of Chinese Spying AFP China Cancels High-Level Meetings With EU Joe Leahy in Beijing and Andy Bounds, Financial Times KMT’s Cheng Discusses Defense, Energy Issues With U.S. Lawmakers Elaine Hou and Wu Kuan-hsie, CNA Taiwan Publisher Fu Cha Out of Prison but Unable to Leave China: Source Chu Chien-lin, Chang Shu-ling and Sunny Lai, CNA Twenty Taiwanese Detained in China for Religious Activities Chen Yu-fu and Hollie Younger, Taipei Times U.S. Lawmakers Urge Tighter Rules on Contract Chipmakers Supplying Chinese Firms' Overseas Units Stephen Nellis, Reuters Taiwan Eyes Curbs on AI Chip Sales to China to Align With U.S. Mackenzie Hawkins and Debby Wu, Bloomberg
June 10, 2026 Taiwan’s Opposition Leader Tells U.S. and China Not to Use Her Country as ‘Pawn’ Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times U.S. Asks China to Resume Rare-Earth Exports to Japan Takeshi Kawanami, Nikkei Asia China Debate Reaches Fever Pitch in Brussels as EU’s Crunch Fortnight Kicks Off Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post China Put Secret Tracking Device on U.K. Prime Minister’s Car Four Years Ago Sam Merriman, Daily Mail Taiwan Fires Battle-Tested Rockets in ‘Shoot-and-Scoot’ Anti-Invasion Drill Angie Teo and David Lague, Reuters Xi’s Missing Smile: What AI Reveals About His Meetings With Trump and Putin Wen-Hsuan Tsai, ThinkChina A Mayor, Her Boyfriend and China’s Mysterious Propaganda Machine Amy Qin, The New York Times Could a Democratic Mid-Term Win Upset the China-US Detente? Li Chenyao, The Diplomat
June 9, 2026 U.S. Says BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and Other Tech Giants Are Aiding China’s Military Michael Martina and David Shepardson, Reuters Chinese Flotilla Surges East of Taiwan Amid Spat with the Philippines, Japan Aaron-Matthew Larios, USNI News Taiwan Says China Coast Guard ‘Harassed’ Commercial Shipping off Its Coast Reuters The European Union Has a $2 Trillion Taiwan Problem Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg ‘Make Law Clear’: John Lee Defends Plan to Give Hong Kong Leader Power to Certify Criminal Acts as National Security Offences Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Law Society’s Hong Kong Conference Plan Meets Scholar Resistance Kris Cheng, Nikkei Asia Videos Show Chinese Businesses Hawking North Korean Labor Jiawei Wang and Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times After the Invasion: China Considers the Problem of Ruling Taiwan Jude Blanchette and Richard McGregor, War on the Rocks
June 8, 2026 Chinese Leader Xi Arrives in North Korea for Closely Watched Talks With Kim Hyung-jin Kim, The Associated Press Hong Kong Proposes to Let City Leader Decide What Counts as National Security Offense Kanis Leung, The Associated Press Hong Kong’s LGBTQ Community Ponders Future of Pride Events After Pink Dot’s Second Cancellation Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Japan Overhauls Post-War Intelligence System Amid Rising Security Threats Walter Sim, The Straits Times Author of U.K. Home Office Report on China Reveals Attempts to Compromise Him Daniel Boffey, The Guardian Chinese Regime Accused of ‘Showing Contempt’ Toward Britain by ‘Snubbing’ Judicial Review on Proposed London Mega-Embassy Abul Taher, Daily Mail China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad David Pierson and Berry Wang, The New York Times
June 5, 2026 Seven Taken Away by Hong Kong Police on Tiananmen Crackdown Anniversary Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press Police Warn Families of Tiananmen Crackdown Dead Not to Visit Graves on 37th Anniversary Ken Moritsugu and Kanis Leung, The Associated Press Taiwan ‘Leak’ of Military Hosting Reveals Shifting China Power Balance Tsukasa Hadano, Nikkei Asia KMT Chairperson Cheng Seeking to Boost Taiwan-Silicon Valley Ties Wang Cheng-chung, Elaine Hou and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA American Journalist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Unregistered Agent for China Josh Gerstein, Politico Canadian MP Judy Sgro to Visit Taiwan Despite China’s Sanctions on New Zealand Lawmakers Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail China’s Tech Model is Not Superior to the West’s John Cheng, Taipei Times Memo to the U.S.: Don’t Be Fooled by Cheng’s ‘Peace’ Pitch Courtney Donovan Smith, Taipei Times Why Xi’s Pro-Natalist Turn is Failing: Legibility, Marketized Neo-Familism, and Micropolitical Refusal in China Patricia M. Thornton, China Leadership Monitor
June 4, 2026 Taiwan Presses China to Confront Tiananmen Past Ju-min Park and Ben Blanchard, Reuters ‘Every Year I Get New Pictures’: The Fight to Preserve the Memory of Tiananmen Amy Hawkins, The Guardian A Hong Kong Artist Trying to Mark the Tiananmen Crackdown Is Quickly Stopped by Police Kanis Leung, The Associated Press Proposed Arms Sale to Taiwan Under Review, Not ‘Paused’: Rubio Elaine Hou and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA China Sanctions Four New Zealand MPs Who Visited Taiwan in Political First Thomas Coughlan, The New Zealand Herald Five Eyes Spy Agencies Issue Warning Over LinkedIn Recruitment by Chinese Intelligence Mason Boycott-Owen, Politico Steph Curry Signs 10-Year Deal With Chinese Brand Li-ning, Raising Questions About NBA's Ties to China Alejandro Avila, Fox News New Mystery Submarine Signals China’s Rapid Undersea Expansion H I Sutton, Naval News The Next Challenge Facing the U.S.-Philippine Alliance, and How They Plan to Overcome It Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, The Diplomat
June 3, 2026 China Adds Data and AI to Trade Secret Rules to Block Leaks Bloomberg U.S. Floats New Tariffs on 60 Economies Over Forced Labor, Including China James Hand-Cukierman, Nikkei Asia China’s Chip Ambitions Run Into a Global Tech Wall Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal No Change in U.S. Policy on Taiwan: Rubio Reuters Robot Patrol Dogs Could Be Coming to Taiwan’s South China Sea Islands Reuters In a Surprise Launch, China Debuts Another Big Rocket Designed for Reusability Stephen Clark, Ars Technica Solomon Islands Prime Minister Says to Review 2022 Security Pact With China AFP Why Can’t Ex-Chinese Leaders Travel Abroad? Isaac Stone Fish, Foreign Policy
June 2, 2026 China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times Nvidia’s AI Chips Sought by Chinese Labs With Ties to Military Kate O’Keeffe and Maggie Eastland, Bloomberg China Is Building Launch Pads Near Its Nuclear Missile Silos Greg Torode, Laurie Chen and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, Reuters U.S. and China Hold ‘Candid’ Maritime Military Safety Talks in Hawaii Yuanyue Dang, South China Morning Post Investigation: Stanford Receives Chinese State-linked Donations Stanford Review Remembering Tiananmen 37 Years Later: A Case Study in Chinese Communist Party Narrative Control China Aerospace Studies Institute How China Is Breaking Apart a People and Its Culture Alison Killing, Financial Times