December 8, 2023 U.S. Defense Spending Bill Authorizes Training Program for Taiwan Sean Lin, CNA China Balloon Crosses Taiwan Strait Median Line Before ‘Disappearing’ Matt Yu and Ko Lin, CNA UAE’s Top AI Group Vows to Phase Out Chinese Hardware to Appease U.S. Michael Peel in and Simeon Kerr, Financial Times China Rejects Spying Concerns From Costa Rica Leader Over 5G Network Alvaro Murillo, Reuters Rights Activists Question Safety of Testifying at Foreign Interference Inquiry Robert Fife and Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail U.S. Defense Bill Approves $1 Billion for New Amphibious Warship, Blesses Attack Sub Sale to Australia Sam LaGrone, USNI News Human Rights Groups Urge Canada to Sanction Chinese Seafood Companies for ‘Gross Violations’ Tavia Grant and Lindsay Jones, The Globe and Mail
December 7, 2023 China’s Xi Goes Full Stalin With Purge Politico Infographic: China’s Leaders of Party and State Fairbank Center for China Studies You Can’t Win Without (More) Submarines William Toti, U.S. Naval Institute Italy Tells China It Is Leaving Belt and Road Initiative Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante, Reuters Chinese Warships Dock at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base for ‘Training’ Radio Free Asia Del Toro Aims to Reinvigorate U.S. Shipping to Strengthen Fleet Megan Eckstein, Defense News Resolute Dragon: Reassurance, Deterrence, and a Call for Coordination Bill Matory and Benjamin Van Horrick, War on the Rocks Exclusive: Inside a Beijing-Linked Chinese Help Center in Tanzania Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios ‘Substantial Volume’ of Clothing Tied to Uyghur Forced Labor Entering EU, Says Study Amy Hawkins, The Guardian The Seafood Industry Is a Dangerous Mess, and China Is Largely to Blame Kristen Abrams, Fast Company
December 6, 2023 Taiwan Remains Only ‘Open’ Society in Asia: Report Taipei Times Crisis Avoidance: Preventing Dangerous Maritime Incidents and Unintended Escalation in the Asia-Pacific Angela Woodward, Shatabhisha Shetty, Tanvi Kulkarni and Frank O’Donnell, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network Australia Developing ‘Top Secret’ Intelligence Cloud to Work With U.S., U.K. Spy Agencies Tim Martin, Breaking Defense In the Solomon Islands, a U.S. Agency’s Struggles Hint at China’s Influence Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Second South China Morning Post Reporter Dropped Out of Contact in China Last Year, Sources Say Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Global Hedge Funds Further Offloaded Chinese Stocks in November Summer Zhen, Reuters China’s Rising Debt Spurs Moody’s to Lower Credit Outlook Keith Bradsher, The New York Times U.S. Government Fires a Warning Shot at Nvidia: ‘We Cannot Let China Get These Chips ... If You Redesign a Chip That Enables Them to Do AI, I’m Going to Control It the Very Next Day’ Andy Edser, PC Gamer
December 5, 2023 Analyst Who Called Chinese Bank Turmoil Says Trusts Are Next Bloomberg China Masses Milita Ships in Spratlys, Transit of USS Gabrielle Giffords Irks Beijing Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Philippines Drops Yet Another Sea Gauntlet on China Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times U.S. Moves to Crack Down on Money Behind Fentanyl Trade Alan Rappeport, The New York Times Hostages Need More Than Just Tea and Sympathy From the Government, Families Say Robert Mendick, The Telegraph KMT-TPP Alliance Talks Under Probe Chien Li-chung and Jason Pan, Taipei Times Chinese Private Security Companies: Neither Blackwater Nor the Wagner Group Alessandro Arduino, War on the Rocks Western Firms Should Leave China Now Simon Johnson, Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Ilona Sologoub, Project Syndicate ‘Baldy’ and ‘Golden Boy’ Bring the Magic to Hou Yu-ih’s Poll Numbers Courtney Donovan Smith, Taiwan News Heed Voice Behind Ko’s Popularity Chiu Chien-cheng, Taipei Times
December 4, 2023 Notes From Central Taiwan: Taiwan Is Not Between China and the U.S. Michael Turton, Taipei Times Taipei Borough Wardens Questioned Over China Tours Yang Hsin-hui, Taipei Times How to Stop Any Repeat of the Australia-China Sonar Incident Collin Koh, The Interpreter China Says U.S. Navy Ship ‘Seriously Violated’ Its Sovereignty Bloomberg Taiwan to Point U.S.-Supplied HIMARS at China Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times Hong Kong Democracy Activist Agnes Chow Jumps Bail, Will Stay in Canada AFP Canadian Author Launches Civil Defense E-book for Expats in Taiwan Sean Lin, CNA U.S. Navy, U.K., Australia Will Test AI System to Help Crews Track Chinese Submarines in the Pacific Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg How Huawei Made a Cutting-Edge Chip in China and Surprised the U.S. Qianer Liu, Financial Times
December 1, 2023 Hong Kong Reporter Missing After Beijing Trip, Kyodo Says Evelyn Yu, Bloomberg Taiwan Military Procurement Announcement Shows NT$17 Billion Jet Missile Purchase Taipei Times Nvidia CEO Says U.S. Will Take Years to Achieve Chip Independence Ian King, Bloomberg The Dirty Secret Behind China’s Clean Energy Facade Akram Keram, Newsweek Taiwan President Says China Too ‘Overwhelmed’ by Internal Challenges to Invade Wen Kuei-hsiang and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA China Maritime Report No. 33: China’s Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent: Organizational, Operational, and Strategic Implications David C. Logan, CMSI China Maritime Reports Meta Warns That China Is Stepping Up Its Online Social Media Influence Operations Shannon Bond, NPR Xi vs. She: China’s Government Wants Women to Return to Domesticity, But It’s Already Too Late Maya Wang and Tingting Li, The Globe and Mail China Requires Job Applicants in Tibet to Denounce Dalai Lama Pelbar, Radio Free Asia How Foreign Wars Are Distracting the U.S. From Its Biggest Threat Ellen Mitchell, The Hill China’s Push for Influence in Micronesia Tests U.S. Power in the Pacific Dave Lawler, Axios
November 30, 2023 Google Warns China Is Ramping Up Cyberattacks Against Taiwan Ryan Gallagher, Bloomberg Views on China as ‘Enemy’ of the U.S. Grow, Many Support Military Buildup to Deter Taiwan Invasion: Survey Brandon Gillespie, Fox News Jimmy Lai Trial a Test for Hong Kong Freedoms, Son Says Chen Dene-Hern, AFP Taiwan Should Join China-Led RCEP Instead of CPTPP: TPP’s Ko Sean Lin, CNA As NBA Cozies Up to China to the Tune of Billions of Dollars, Sanctions Exposure Risk Soars Tied to Actual, Assumed Forced Labor, Human Rights Abuses Benjamin Gurvitch, Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists China Offers Tantalising Glimpse of New Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Gordon Arthur, Naval News National Security Council’s Malaya: 40 Civilian Ships to Join Christmas Convoy in West Philippines Sea John Eric Mendoza German Air Force Plans Major Asia-Pacific Tour in 2024 Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News The Trends Driving Transatlantic Convergence on China Valbona Zeneli, The Diplomat Stubbs Demonstrates Effectiveness of Force Design for U.S. Navy James Holmes, 19FortyFive Chinese Celebrity Chef Offends China for Third Time With Egg Fried Rice Video Chi Hui Lin, The Guardian
November 29, 2023 Hong Kong 47: Who’s Who in the Landmark National Security Trial as Closing Arguments Open AFP Suspects Running China-Funded Tours Shelley Shan, Taipei Times DPP Raises Alarm Over Hou’s China Student Proposal Hsieh Chun-lin and Jake Chung, Taipei Times NBA Responds to Congressional Letter, Condemns Use of Forced Labor in China and Elsewhere Ryan Young, Yahoo Sports China Influencing Leading British Universities, Documentary Claims Amy Hawkins, The Guardian The Rise and Fall of Confucius Institutes in the US Bonnie Girard, The Diplomat China Warns Australia to Act Prudently in Naval Operations in the South China Sea Rod McGuirk, Associated Press The U.S. Air Force Is Pushing Back Against Chinese Aggression … With Mirrorshades George Allison, The Telegraph Taiwan League of Legends Teams to Face Challenges From Japan in 2024 Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA
November 28, 2023 Ten Indicted in Taiwan on Charges of Spying for China Liu Shih-yi and Evelyn Kao, CNA Taiwan Public Favors ‘Forever Maintaining Status Quo’: Poll Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times Jailed Hong Kong, Chinese Attorneys Honored With Human Rights Award Chen Zifei and Lee Wing Tim, Radio Free Asia China Enslaves People at Sea and We Don't Have a Way to Stop It Ian Ralby, The Maritime Executive Vietnam, Japan Establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Sebastian Strangio, The Diplomat China Link to Fight for West Australian Rare Earths Mine Brad Thompson, The Australian Financial Review China’s Property Lifeline Exposes Banks to Big Losses, Job Cuts Bloomberg
November 27, 2023 China’s Massive Yulin Naval Base In South China Sea Getting Even Bigger H I Sutton, Covert Shores U.S. to Deploy Missiles to Asia-Pacific to Deter China Chen Cheng-liang and William Hetherington, Taipei Times Rumor on Mass Indian Worker Influx Into Taiwan China's ‘Cognitive Warfare’: Source Wen Kuei-hsiang, Wu Hsin-yun and Lee Hsin-Yin The Source of Seafood Matters, Given China’s Vast Fishing Fleet and Human Rights Record Andrew Sharpless, Los Angeles Times Taiwan on Alert for Mycoplasma Pneumonia Risk Following China Outbreak Chen Chieh-ling and Evelyn Kao, CNA U.S. Navy Destroyer Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in the South China Sea Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs Chinese Military Vendor CETC to Take Over Smaller Tech Company Shunsuke Tabeta, Nikkei Russian and Chinese Executives Discuss Russia-Crimea Tunnel Project Greg Miller and Mary Ilyushina, The Washington Post
November 24, 2023 Pan-Blue Unity Ticket Dissolves Spectacularly With Televised Spat Between Candidates Brian Hioe, New Bloom KMT to Wait for TPP Joint Presidential Ticket Decision Until ‘Final Moment’ Chung Yu-chen, CNA Friendly Foreign Influencers Win Growing Following in China James Kynge, The Financial Times ‘Philippines-U.S. Joint West Philippine Sea Patrols Should Not Offend China’ Michael Punongbayan, The Philippine Star Stealthy New Warship Design Emerging at Shipyard in China Alex Luck, Naval News Dissident Who Fled China by Jet Ski Convicted of Illegal Entry in South Korea AFP Maldives Asks Indian Troops to Leave After Inauguration of Pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu ABC News
November 23, 2023 An Asia Hand’s Argument for Putting Ukraine First Michael Mazza, Breaking Defense Europe Still Working With China on Military and Surveillance Uses of Artificial Intelligence, Report Finds David Matthews, Science Business Taiwan Opposition Deadlock Persists as Registration Deadline Nears Chung Yu-chen, CNA Hon Hai Fined in China Over Misreported Tax Issues Kayleigh Madjar, Taipei Times How Should the West Respond to China’s Challenge to the Rules-Based International Order? Andrew Latha and Eliora Hansonbrook, The Hill Xi Critic Who Fled 300 Kilometers on Jet Ski to South Korea Will Die if Sent Back to China, says father Amy Hawkins, The Guardian U.S. Submarine Production Rate Will Not Hinder AUKUS Representative Joe Courtney, Defense News Uruguay Upgrades China Ties to Match Big South American Neighbors Joe Cash and Ryan Woo, Reuters Greece Warns Officials Not to Attend Taiwan Events Over China Fears Zhaoyin Feng, Nikkei