September 11, 2026 Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Activists Jailed for up to Seven Years, Three Months for Inciting Subversion James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models Robert McMillan and Amrith Ramkumar, The Wall Street Journal Micron’s Taiwan Workers to Get Rewards Worth up to 68 Months of Pay Wen-Yee Lee, Reuters Taiwan President Promulgates KMT-Backed Drone Bill Fion Khan, Taipei Times U.S. Firm Used AI to Hijack WeChat Account, Spurring Call for Cyber Cooperation With China Xinmei Shen, South China Morning Post Why Beijing Isn’t Taking the Bait With Trump Ryan Hass, Brookings
September 10, 2026 Taiwan Wants to Punish Speech That Welcomes an Invasion. The Cost May Be Its Own Credibility Yu-Yue Cheng, The Jurist What to Know About the Hong Kong Trial of Former Tiananmen Vigil Organizers as Sentencing Approaches Kanis Leung, The Associated Press U.S. Ally Reminds Trump’s America How to Talk Tough on China John Feng, Newsweek Former Emergency Management Minister Expelled From the Communist Party Over Graft Qin Jianhang, Caixin U.S. Trial Against China’s Huawei Opens With Prosecutor Calling the Company a Criminal Enterprise Karen Freifeld, Reuters Some Chinese Workers See an Ally in Brussels as EU Trade Tensions Mount Claire Fu, Reuters
September 9, 2026 Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s First Post-handover Leader, Dies at 89 Hong Kong Free Press China’s Xi to Bring Large CEO Delegation on U.S. Visit, Sources Say Reuters Mitch McConnell’s Wife Elaine Chao Held Appointments From Chinese Communist Party Organizations While Serving In Cabinet Philip Lenczycki, Daily Caller Economic Impact of Taiwan Strait Conflict Could Exceed That of World War II: AIT Chief Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA Will Taiwan Just Give Up? Simon Shuster, The Atlantic The Emerging U.S.-China Detente Da Wei, Foreign Affairs China’s Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping — the Plan to Shift Power From the West Mark Leonard, Financial Times
September 8, 2026 Australia Strikes In-Principle Agreement With Solomon Islands for New Treaty Stephen Dziedzic and Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong, ABC China Hits Critical Japanese Chipmaking Chemical With Steep Anti-Dumping Measures Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post China’s Huawei Heads to Trial in U.S. Over Sanctions and Trade Secrets Pak Yiu, Nikkei Asia How Tokyo Is Widening Regional Defense Ties to Complicate Beijing’s Taiwan Calculus Gabriel Dominguez, South China Morning Post Elderly Hong Kong Woman Charged With Displaying Seditious Publications Outside Flat, Remanded at Psychiatric Center Hong Kong Free Press China Security Laws Spell Travel Risks Su Yung-yao and William Hetherington, Taipei Times Taiwanese Military Budgets More Arms Production Aaron Tu and William Hetherington, Taipei Times China Has Leapt Ahead of the West. But the British State Can’t See It Ben Judah, The Telegraph Social Media in China Is Getting Really Dark Li Yuan, The New York Times
September 7, 2026 China’s Xi to Bring Large CEO Delegation on U.S. Visit, Sources Say Reuters U.S. and China Eye Trump-Xi Talks on AI Guardrails Despite Tech Rift Stella Yifan Xie and Yifan Yu, Nikkei Asia Xi Snub Reignites Iran’s Doubts About China Maryam Sinaiee, Iran International How a Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Kept Buying America’s Best A.I. Chips Ana Swanson, Paul MozurTripp Mickle and Keith Bradsher, The New York Times John J. Tkacik, Jr. On Taiwan: Happy 75th Birthday, Taiwan! John J. Tkacik, Taipei Times U.S. Wants Foreign Warships for Its Navy. Japan Is Hoping to Be Picked Julian Ryall How Taiwan Can Win the Strait Holmes Liao and Dennis Blair, Foreign Affairs Taiwan Needs Firmer Assurances of U.S. Commitment Mina Chen, East Asia Forum
September 4, 2026 Taiwan Condemns China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Behavior at Pacific Forum Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee, Reuters U.S., China Debate ‘Nonsensitive’ Tariff Cuts Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit Stella Yifan Xie and Pak Yiu, Nikkei Asia South Korea Reviewing Military Options for Hormuz, No Decision Made, Official Says Heejin Kim and Kyu-Seok Shim, Reuters Three Arrested on Anniversary of 2019 Incident Involving Suspected Police Violence at Hong Kong Metro Station Hong Kong Free Press Language Requirement Change From Cantonese to Chinese Not Targeting Specific Students: Hong Kong University Medical School Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Britain ‘Hog-Tied’ to China for a Third of Wind Power George Odling, The Telegraph China Is Still Losing the Chip War Damir Marusic, The Washington Post
September 3, 2026 Hong Kong Court Upholds Convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen, Trustees of 2019 Protester Relief Fund Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press As a Teen, He Led Hong Kong Protests. China Is Still Punishing Him Frances Hui, Washington Post China’s Xi Pitches AI Hub as Shanghai Cooperation Organization Casts Itself as Pillar of Stability CK Tan and Yevgeniya Mikhailidi, Nikkei Asia China May Not Match ASML’s Top Tool in Next Decade, UBS Says Sarah Jacob, Bloomberg Google to Expand Taiwan Office Space by 60% Amid AI Infrastructure Push Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA Nonprofit Linked to Alleged Chinese Intelligence Operative Who Targeted U.S. Politicians Has CCP Ties — and Still Places Interns Into Political Offices Across U.S. Isabel Vincent, New York Post
September 2, 2026 Jailed Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Campaigner Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Foreign Collusion Charge Hong Kong Free Press China’s Revised Defense Mobilization Law Expands National Wartime Powers Keoni Everington, Taiwan News China Derails Consensus on Communique After U.S.-Hosted G20 Demetri Sevastopulo and Aime Williams, Financial Times American Journalist Sentenced to Two Years for Acting as Agent for China Josh Gerstein, Politico Chinese Shipper COSCO Collects Intel for Beijing With Concealed Equipment, U.S. Officials Say Michael Martina, Reuters New Report Shows PLA Prioritizing Joint Island-Landing Capabilities: Analyst Sean Lin, CNA
September 1, 2026 China Warns of ‘Consequences’ Over Taiwan’s Presence at Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News Great Power Rivalry Threatens to Overshadow a Summit of Some of the World’s Smallest Island Nations Charlotte Graham-McLay, The Associated Press G20 Countries Should Consider More Trade Barriers on China to Cut Imbalances, Bessent Says David Lawder, Reuters Ohio State to Pay $2.1 Million Settlement for Unreported Research Funding From China Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Japan to Beef Up Its Defense With Drones, AI and Missiles, Defense Budget Plans Show Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press A Mysterious Drone. A Mercedes RV. A Chinese Intelligence Puzzle in the New Mexico Desert Katie Bo Lillis and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Taiwan’s Opposition-Baked Drone Bill Is Ineffective Gahon Chiang, Taipei Times China Pressured a U.S. Catholic Group to Censor Its Keynote Speaker. They Complied Zelda Caldwell, National Catholic Register
August 31, 2026 China Removes High-Ranking Officers Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli From Key Military Body AFP China Is Secretly Fueling America’s Data Center Rage Josephine Walker, Axios Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in Turmoil After Several Leaders Pull Out of Palau Summit Krishani Dhanji, The Guardian Alleged Vote-Buying in Taiwan to be Investigated Wang Ching-yi, Taipei Times Before Flood Catastrophe, Nepal Asked China for Early Warnings as Risks Mounted Reuters Taiwan-Bound Harpoon Coastal Defense System Scores Direct Hit in U.S. Navy Test Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, Naval News Security Researchers Find Surveillance Implants in Chinese-Made Routers Sold Worldwide — Three Different Backdoor-Like Implants Hidden in Firmware Zak Killian, Tom’s Hardware Canada Ends Hong Kong ‘Lifeboat’ Immigration Scheme Launched in the Wake of National Security Law Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press
August 28, 2026 Wang Yi Calls on U.S. to ‘Overcome Obstacles’ Ahead of Xi-Trump Meeting Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post Nepal-Tibet Floods Expose Dangers of China’s Himalayan Gamble Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia China Deploys Record Number of Ships Around Taiwan as Pressure Grows Allison Jackson, Joy Chiang and Peiju Teng, AFP Taiwan Signs NTD 26.9 Billion Deal for More Than 2,000 Altius Drones Keoni Everington, Taiwan News U.S. Probes Apex Logistics Over Alleged Nvidia AI Chip Smuggling Kari Soo Lindberg and Mackenzie Hawkins, Bloomberg Hong Kong to Announce First Five-Year Plan on September 16 Reuters Another Potential Headache for U.S. Data Centers — Trump Tariffs Ari Hawkins and Gabby Miller, Politico Why the British Left Has Fallen for China Jonny Ball, UnHerd
August 27, 2026 Lawmakers Press Treasury to Target Chinese Banks Over Iran Phelim Kine, Politico Merz Signals Tougher German Stance on Trade With China Arne Delfs and Michael Nienaber, Bloomberg Taiwan Warns New Cybersecurity Rules Could Allow Phone Inspections When Entering China Keoni Everington, Taiwan News China Tells Citizens to Leave Taiwan-Allied Eswatini AFP Bill Gates, Alarmed by AI, Has Policy Ideas He Wants to Discuss With China’s Xi Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters See Now, Act Now: Taiwan Needs to Solve Its Maritime Domain Awareness Problem Kitsch Liao and F.S. Mei, USNI News Vatican-China Contentious Accord: How the Holy See Is Appeasing a Communist Regime Mario Alexis Portella, The European Conservative