August 21, 2026 Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Vigil Fell Dark Years Ago. Now Its Organizers Have Been Convicted Chris Lau, CNN U.S. Designates American Held by China as Wrongfully Detained Reuters China Slows Exports of Key Optical, Aerospace Metals to Taiwan Cheng Ting-fang and Lauly Li, Nikkei Asia Taiwan's Q2 Current Account Surplus Hits Third Highest on AI Boom Pan Tzu-yu and Frances Huang, CNA Han Kuang Drills Still Need Work Mor Sobol, Taipei Times Evergrande Creditors Owed $57 Billion Now Face More Complex Path After Founder Jailed for Life Bloomberg Fifteen Taiwanese Indicted for Evading Military Service Shelley Shan, Taipei Times China’s Military Says AI Can’t Replace Commanders. Xi Is Testing That Jaehwan Lim, War on the Rocks
August 20, 2026 China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison Yan Zhuang and Alexandra Stevenson, The New York Times Beijing ‘Commends’ Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar’s ‘One China’ Stance Following Taiwan’s Rebuke Channel News Asia Why Is One Corner of China’s Internet Insisting a Golden Era Never Existed? Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Netizen Voices on the Investigation of Comedian Guo Degang for Riffing on a ‘Red’ Tune: ‘The Cultural Revolution Never Ended’ China Digital Times Taiwan Proposes Boosting 2027 Defense Spending 18% to a Record High Reuters Raytheon to Dramatically Expand Tomahawk Production Under $22.9 Billion Deal Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes China Tests a New Maritime Presence East of Taiwan, Report Says Bloomberg Clamping Down: China Tightens Exit Rules Natasha LI, France 24 Pentagon Threatens to Cut Federal Funding to 30 Universities Over Foreign Academic Partnerships Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian Trump Crypto Firm Backs Venture Offering AI From Restricted Chinese Companies Lawrence Delevingne, Reuters
August 19, 2026 U.S. Navy Transits of Taiwan Strait Drop Under Trump Chen Cheng-liang and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times The Numbers Game: Why the U.S. Is Losing Ground to China in the First Island Chain Gabriel Dominguez, South China Morning Post U.S. Democrats Rebuke Trump for Easing Sanctions on Beijing, Hong Kong Officials Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post University of Hong Kong to Convert ‘Democracy Wall’ Into Digital Display Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China Censors Public Mourning as It Holds Former Premier's Funeral Laura Bicker and Koh Ewe, BBC The Rise of China’s Electric Vehicle Industry Jordan Schneider, Irene Zhang and Phoebe Chow, ChinaTalk Why the ‘New Qing History’ Deserves to Be Refuted Sinocism Taiwan’s Tanks: Taipei’s Counter-Landing Ground Forces at Han Kuang 42 Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News
August 18, 2026 Xi Jinping Will Skip U.N. Ahead of Trump Summit Phelim Kine, Politico Declassified FBI Files Reveal Congressman Swalwell Was Investigated Over Alleged Chinese Spy’s Interns-for-Campaign-Cash Scheme Sam Cooper, The Bureau China-Built Data Center Stirs Debate on Pakistan’s Digital Sovereignty Adnan Aamir, Nikkei Asia Taiwan Has Three-Five Year Window to Build Non-China Robot Supply Chain: Think Tank Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA China’s Recovery Sputters as Consumption, Output Lose Steam Reuters ‘Not Worth the Squeeze’: Global Private Equity Makes Zero Deals in China Arjun Neil Alim, Financial Times Tensions Lie Beneath the Surface of AUKUS Deal Andrew Greene, The West Australian
August 17, 2026 Trump Says U.S. Will Reduce Military Exercises With South Korea, Citing Lack of Help With Iran Aileen Graef and Gawon Bae, CNN U.S. Military ‘Digging In’ Along First Island Chain, Pentagon Policy Chief Says Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes U.S. to Tell Partners They Must Pick Sides in AI Race With China Michael Martina, Reuters Philippine President Says Joint Oil and Gas Exploration With China a ‘Distinct Possibility’ Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales, Reuters How an Escalating Crackdown on Hong Kong’s Independent Bookstores Put Taiwan Publishers in the Spotlight Hong Kong Free Press Chinese Ship Sets Off for Europe Through Arctic, Halving Travel Time AFP How Could the Rise of Progressive Democrats Impact US China Policy? Jiachen Shi, The Diplomat
August 14, 2026 Taiwan Weaponizes Coast Guard to Prepare for Battle With China Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Taiwan Legislature Passes Drone Development and Procurement Spending Without Cuts Medwin Hsu, Taiwan News State Department Criticizes Beijing-Indonesia Naval Maneuver as Pressure on Taiwan Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Chinese State-Linked Observatory Sought New Zealand Site, Spy Agency Says Lucy Craymer, Reuters New Zealand Is Determined Not to Keep China’s Espionage a Secret Anna Fifield, The Interpreter Labour Has a China Problem, and Ed Miliband Is at the Heart of It Con Coughlin, The Telegraph British Far-Left Organizer Received Hundreds of Thousands From China-Based Tycoon UK-China Transparency Chinese Censorship Is Leaking Into Answers From American AI Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal
August 13, 2026 Taiwan Holds Naval Drill as China Steps Up Maritime Pressure Ben Blanchard and Lee Yi-chin, Reuters The Existential Estuary: Taiwan’s Defense on the Tamsui River Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News China-Linked Hackers Hit Taiwan in Unprecedented ‘Autonomous’ AI Cyber Attack Tom Wilson, Financial Times Passenger Jet Billed as China’s Answer to Boeing and Airbus Prepares to Make First International Flight Amy Hawkins, The Guardian China Tightens Grip on Europe’s Car Supply Chain Sebastien Ash, Kana Inagaki, Harry Dempsey and Ian Johnston, Financial Times Hong Kong Teen Gets 18-Month Probation for ‘Seditious’ Toilet Graffiti Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Charges 11 Over Sham Marriages Involving Chinese Nationals and American Soldiers Teresa Elena Frontado, South China Morning Post Russia’s Putin Visits Japan-Claimed Islands for First Time; Tokyo Protests Reuters
August 12, 2026 Why Did U.S. Defense Official Colby Avoid Mention of Scarborough Shoal in Manila Speech? Nayan Seth, South China Morning Post Taiwan Condemns ‘Dangerous’ Planned Chinese Navy Drill With Indonesia to Its East Ben Blanchard, Reuters Han Blasts KMT Caucus Whip for Skipping Meeting Lin Hsin-han, Liu Wan-lin and Jake Chung, Taipei Times Pacific Islands Forum Invites Taiwan Amid Security Shifts Kim Young-woo, The Chosun Daily U.S. Backs Australian Rare Earth Miner to Cut Out China Nic Fildes, Financial Times China Detains Japanese Executives in Dual-Use Technology Export Probe Cao Jiaxuan, South China Morning Post Drone Sightings Are Happening at Diego Garcia, America’s Remote Strategic Island Outpost Howard Altman, TWZ After Six Years in Solitary, Jimmy Lai’s Prison Letters Foretell a Martyr’s End Danny Vincent, The Observer Taking Taiwan’s Democracy Hostage The Economist
August 11, 2026 Will Taiwan Fight China? Just Ask Its People Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Four U.S. Fast-Response Cutters Deployed to Philippine EEZ Cristina Chi, The Philippine Star Explaining China’s Bizarre Batanes Islands Claim Derek Grossman, China Global South Project China Bypasses Shipping Chokepoints With ‘Ice Silk Road’ Through Arctic Alice Hancock, Financial Times Singapore-Registered Firm Used Fake Employees and Recruitment Methods Mirroring Foreign Intelligence Playbook Sophie Chew, Channel News Asia Lithuania Eyes South Korean Air Defense, Counter-Drone Systems Giulia Bernacchi, The Defense Post In China, ‘Moles’ Are Leaking Official Secrets for Profit Chun Han Wong, The Wall Street Journal
August 10, 2026 Taiwan Is Slowing Its Internet for a War Drill. Locals Aren’t Worried Joyu Wang, WSJ Spy Cameras on Navy Drones Secretly Sent Data to China Richard Holmes, The Telegraph Taiwan Decries China Over Japan Patrol Tailing Esme Yeh and Liu Yu-ching, Taipei Times Taiwan Seeking Talks After Nationals Face Entry, Passport Issues in Uganda Wu Su-wei and Shih Hsiu-chuan, Focus Taiwan How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien, The New York Times Taiwan's 2027 Defence Spending to Rise 16%, Official Media Reports Reuters
August 7, 2026 One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Broken Containment Will Knight, Wired Tiny Island Nation Tuvalu Feared Tsunami From China Missile Test Ainsley Thomson, Bloomberg Chinese Telecoms Kept Footholds in U.S. Despite Crackdowns, Probe Finds David Dimolfetta, Defense One Philippine Air Force Showcases Upgraded Capabilities in Exercise Pitch Black 2026 Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News Pentagon Policy Chief Can’t Get Invited to Beijing Phelim Kine and Jack Detsch, Politico South Korea Strongly Protests Japanese Defense White Paper’s Territorial Claim to Dokdo Park Min-hee, The Hankyoreh
August 6, 2026 China Hits U.S. With Sanctions, Drone Export Curbs Ahead of Xi Visit Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s AI Is Surging Across Africa. That Should Worry Silicon Valley Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano and Aaron Krolik, The New York Times Japan Seeks Closer Defense Ties With Europe Amid China Concerns Alice Tidey, Euractiv Taiwan Tests War Plans to Thwart Chinese Invasion Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Eva Air to Launch Taipei-Delhi Flights in December Chiang Ming-yen and Lee Chieh-yu, Focus Taiwan