October 2, 2026 U.S. Slows Aircraft-Part Exports to China as Trump Seeks Leverage in Trade Negotiations, Sources Say Karen Freifeld and Allison Lampert, Reuters Chinese Hackers Impersonated an Anthropic Exec to Get Information About AI Sean Lyngaas, CNN Taiwan’s First New F-16v Fighter Jets Arrive to Bolster Defenses Against China Ann Wang, Reuters Beijing Slams ‘Harassment’ After Manila Challenges Research Ship Near Batanes Alyssa Chen and Fan Chen, South China Morning Post Taiwan Coast Guard Uses Water Cannon to Drive Chinese Fishing Boat From Dongsha Waters Keoni Everington, Taiwan News Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times Japanese Companies Exit China in Record Numbers Leo Lewis, Financial Times
October 1, 2026 MI5 Warns U.K. Universities Over ‘Theft of Tech Secrets by Chinese Front Company’ Vikram Dodd, Sally Weale, Simon Goodley and Richard Adams, The Guardian Hong Kong Confirms Journalist Arrested for Alleged ‘Seditious’ Acts Linked to 2019 Prince Edward MTR Incident Commemorations AFP China’s Tencent Leases 100,000 Chips From Oracle to Accelerate AI Push Reuters China’s Former Market Regulator Head to Be Tried for Graft AFP Chinese Military Discussed Armed Suppression of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, Classified Documents Show Kim Minpyo, SBS News Taiwanese Continue to Be Detained in China After the End of Their Formal Sentences Brian Hioe, New Bloom Inside Man: How Chinese Spies Used Lies, Love and Betrayal to Target the Federal Reserve Eamon Javers, CNBC Logan Wright on Broken China Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow, China Talk
September 30, 2026 Potential Taiwan Tension Sparked ‘Last Minute’ Change in Trump-Xi National Archives Visit Emily Feng, NPR Republicans Weren’t Happy With Trump’s Hosting of Xi Bonnie Girard, The Diplomat Germany Intends to Block Sale of Logistics Firm to China’s Cosco, Newspaper Reports Reuters Two Indicted After Paint, Feces Thrown at Stand-Up Show Mocking Xi Jinping in Taipei Liu Shih-yi and Evelyn Kao, CNA CCP Agents Attack Anti-Xi Protestors in Washington, DC in the Presence of Law Enforcement Human Rights in China China’s War on Faith Should Matter to Every American Sam Brownback, Deseret News TSMC Reportedly Eyes Texas for Second U.S. Chipmaking Hub Keoni Everington, Taiwan News Revolting for the CCP: Seizing Taiwan Could Drive Japan to Nuclear Weapons Andrew Forrest, The Strategist
September 29, 2026 Taiwan Says It Is in Continuous Talks With U.S. About Arms Sales Reuters President’s Trust Rating Exceeds 50 Percent in New Poll Fion Khan, Taipei Times Gold-Rich Nicaragua Hands Chinese Miners Rights to a Tenth of Its Land Christine Murray, Janina Conboye and Aditi Bhandari, Financial Times Takaichi Says Trump Gave Her ‘Detailed’ Briefing on U.S.-China Summit Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times Japan Is Giving the United States a Chance in Asia David Sacks and Nick Snyder, Foreign Affairs China’s Net Zero Advantage Michael Doran and Brenda Shaffer, Tablet
September 28, 2026 Trump Asked China’s President if He Wanted to Buy U.S. Arms, Ambassador Says Ben Finley, The Associated Press Trump-Xi Meeting: U.S. ‘Very Much’ Understands Taiwan’s Defense Needs, Taipei Official Says Ben Blanchard, Reuters Beijing Says U.S., China to Pursue Military Crisis-Communication Pact Teresa Elena Frontado, South China Morning Post At Summit, Xi Sought to Tilt Trump’s Stance on America’s Place in Asia Chris Buckley and David Pierson, The New York Times For China, a Truce With Trump Buys Valuable Time Keith Bradsher, The New York Times China’s Industrial Profit Growth Slows Further as Economic Imbalances Deepen Reuters U.S. Army to Temporarily Store Advanced Missile Systems on Okinawa Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Stars and Stripes Examining Think Tank Proposal That U.S. Cut and Run in Asia-Pacific Grant Newsham, Asia Times
September 25, 2026 Trump-Xi Summit Goes Big on Pomp but Small on Substance Bloomberg Senate Armed Services Chair Calls Xi ‘Brutal Dictator’ Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Trump Is Falling Into Xi Jinping’s Trap Con Coughlin, The Telegraph Transcript: President Trump and President Xi Deliver Remarks at Arrival Ceremony Pangambam S, The Singju Post Retired U.S. Admiral Urges Taiwan Arms Sales After Trump-Xi Summit Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA F-35 Freight Provider Partnered With Blacklisted Chinese Company Ewen Levick and Corey Bell, Australian Defence Magazine AI and the Growing Threat to Taiwan Mike Gallagher, The Wall Street Journal
September 24, 2026 Taiwan, Human Rights Are ‘Red Lines’ for China, Ambassador Says Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting Liz Lee and Yimou Lee, Reuters British Prime Minister Asks Trump to Bring Up Jimmy Lai With Xi Dasha Burns, Dan Bloom and Phelim Kine, Politico Fissures Over U.S. Investments Stall Plans for Chinese Business Leaders to Join Xi Visit Nayan Sethin and Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post Wife of American Scholar Wrongfully Detained in China Wants Trump to Press Xi to Release Him Margaret Brennan, CBS News China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg As Xi Visits Washington, Trump Plays Down China’s Actions Against U.S. Interests Erica L. Green, The New York Times How China’s Leader Plans to Win the Future With A.I. Vivian Wang, The New York Times Taiwan a Partner, Not a Bargaining Chip Wai Yan Phyo Naing, Taipei Times
September 23, 2026 Chinese President Arrives in U.S. With New Energy Leverage as War Rattles Global Markets Scott Waldman and Ben Lefebvre, Politico U.S. and China Propose Hotline to De-Escalate AI Threats Ahead of Washington Summit Jon Martindale, Tom’s Hardware GOP Armed Services Chair Blasts White House Welcome of Chinese Leader Leo Shane III and Connor O'Brien, Politico Takaichi, Trump Agree to Step Up Economic Security Cooperation Kyodo News Xi Expected to Press U.S. on Arms Sales to Taiwan Trevor Hunnicutt, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters A Presidential Appeal to Release Unjustly Detained U.S. Citizens Christopher H. Smith, The Washington Times As China’s Leader Pursues Global Power, Many of His Citizens Feel Left Behind David J. Lynch, The Washington Post As Fears of China Wane, Americans Favor Greater Engagement with Beijing The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
September 22, 2026 Trump’s Taiwan Retreat Tests His Chief China Hawk’s Influence Phelim Kine, Politico In Trump, Xi Sees ‘Rare Window’ to Convince Taiwan That Resistance Is Futile Lingling Wei and Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal U.S. Watching Chinese Marine Presence off Alaska, Arctic Coast Guard Chief Says Reuters Chinese Rare Earth Shipments to U.S. Drop Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit Edward White, Financial Times U.S. Stresses Backing for Japan, Korea and Taiwan Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit Reuters The Fourth Taiwan Arms Sale Freeze Rupert Hammond-Chambers, Taipei Times Chinese Next-Generation Submarine Developments Spotted in New Satellite Imagery Joseph Trevithick and Thomas Newdick, TWZ How Social Posts Made in China Sparked Anti-U.S. Protests in America Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek Canadian EV Deal With China Draws Scrutiny Over Alleged United Front Links Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek
September 21, 2026 U.S. Weighs Delaying Taiwan Arms Sales Until After APEC and G20 Summits Nayan Seth, Khushboo Razdan, William Zheng and Dewey Sim, South China Morning Post Hill Investigates After F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong Audrey Decker and Mark Satter, Politico U.S. and China Agree to Dialogue on AI Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times China’s AI Makes a Great Leap Forward. But Its Economy Is Falling Behind Li Yuan, The New York Times Korean Army Sergeant Gets Four Years for Leaking Secrets to China Kim Su-ho, Seoul Economic Daily Trump to Meet Japan’s Takaichi on U.N. Sidelines Next Week Josh Wingrove and Courtney Subramanian, Bloomberg Unemployment Is Becoming a Way of Life for China’s Young The Economist 10 Ways the U.S. Can Strengthen Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait Mark Montgomery, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
September 18, 2026 Big Questions — and Key Logistical Details — Loom Ahead of China-U.S. Summit Emily Feng, NPR Trump Will Greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews, Not Just White House Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post Asian Allies Anxious Ahead of U.S.-China Meeting John Geddie, Tamiyuki Kihara, Yukiko Toyoda and Ben Blanchard, Reuters China’s U.S. Treasury Holdings Fall to Lowest Level Since 2008 Arjun Neil Alim and Haohsiang Ko, Financial Times U.S., China Security Experts Propose Nuclear-Style Safeguards for AI Risks Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen, Reuters Expect a More Dangerous Asia if Maritime Issues Don’t Make the Trump-Xi Agenda Harrison Pretat, Center for Strategic and International Studies ‘Provocation’ Could Accelerate Taiwan Reunification, Retired PLA Major General Says Amber Wang, South China Morning Post I Led AI Diplomacy for the U.S. The Coming Safety Talks Will Not Save Us Seth Center, The New York Times
September 17, 2026 How a Chinese Hacking Firm Tapped AI to Supercharge Cyber-Spying Josh Chin, Gabriele Steinhauser and Tripti Lahiri, The Wall Street Journal Laissez-Faire Hong Kong Meets the Five-Year Plan Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Macau Begins First Closed-Door National Security Trial for Former Pro-Democracy Lawmaker Au Kam San AFP Hong Kong Political Figures Denounce Netflix for Challenging National Security Bottom Line With Sinister Intent Sinocism Rights Group, Relatives Accuse China of Using Torture in Prison AFP Nine Chinese Crew Members Arrested for Illegal Fishing Near Yeonpyeong Island Lee Hyun-jun, The Chosun Daily Tokyo Game Show Sees Sharp Drop in China Exhibitors as Ties Worsen Tsubasa Suruga and Cissy Zhou, Nikkei Asia China Defense Minister Urges Nations to Curb Regressive Historical Trends Mei Mei Chu, Reuters Why Chinese State Financiers Have Come to Canada’s Investment Summit Michael Kovrig and Patricia Xavier, Michael Kovrig’s Strategic Narratives