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Fergus Ryan, Bethany Allen, Shelly Shih, Stephan Robin, Nathan Attrill, Jared Alpert, Astrid Young and Tilla Hoja, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

December 3, 2025

Hong Kong Fire Draws Fury Over Ignored Warnings

Bloomberg

Tai Po Fire Death Toll Rises to 156; Some Residents May Return This Week to Fetch Belongings

Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press

Those Who ‘Exploit’ Deadly Tai Po Fire Will Be Punished, Hong Kong Leader Says After Sedition Arrests

Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press

Hong Kong Solicitor Taken in by National Security Police, as Civic Press Event on Deadly Tai Po Blaze Axed

James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press

Trump Signs Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act Into Law

Elaine Hou and Evelyn Kao, CNA

KMT, TPP Block Special Defense Budget on Friday’s Legislative Agenda

Liu Kuan-ting, Lin Ching-yin, Lai Yu-chen and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA

Whichever Honduran Right-Wing Candidate Wins, Taiwan Open to Restoring Ties

Joseph Yeh, CNA

South Korea’s THAAD Pain Shows What Takaichi Can Expect From China

Joel Atkinson, Nikkei Asia

December 2, 2025

Hong Kong Leader Orders Independent Committee to Probe Cause of Deadly Tai Po Blaze

James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press

Hong Kong Student Miles Kwan, Who Urged Government Accountability for Tai Po Fire, Leaves Police Station

AFP

Two ‘Subversive’ Overseas Groups Officially Banned in Hong Kong

Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press

Stanford Earth Sciences Chair Collaborates with China's Nuclear Program

Garret Molloy and Elsa Johnson, Stanford Review

Shanghai Bets on Manufacturing to Buttress Finance in Two-Pronged Growth Plan

Frank Chen, South China Morning Post

Philippine Coast Guard Sending Ship to America’s Biggest Naval Exercise

John Eric Mendoza, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Taiwan Airline Seeks Role in ‘Whole of Society’ Defense With Surveillance Flights to Counter China

Yimou Lee, Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang, Reuters

December 1, 2025

A Visual Guide to How the Hong Kong Fire Spread

BBC

Hong Kong Student’s Calls for Accountability Over Lethal Tai Po Fire Silenced

AFP

Tai Po Fire: Ex-local Councilor and Volunteer Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Hatred of Government

Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press

Beijing Building Bases on Coast: Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council

Chung Li-hua, Fang Wei-li and Esme Yeh, Taipei Times

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Tours Military Bases Near Taiwan

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News

China’s Private Home-Sale Data Suspended Amid Property Woes

Bloomberg

China’s Unfair Labor Model Is Going Global

Li Qiang, Japan Times

November 28, 2025

Death Toll Hits 94 in Hong Kong Tai Po Fire as Rescue Missions Continue Through the Night

Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press

Chinese Startup Founded by Google Engineer Claims to Have Developed Its Own TPU Chip for AI — Custom ASIC Reportedly 1.5 Times Faster Than Nvidia’s A100 GPU From 2020, 42% More Efficient

Jon Martindale, Tom’s Hardware

China’s Tech Giants Take AI Model Training Offshore to Tap Nvidia Chips

Zijing Wu and Ryan McMorrow, Financial Times

Fall in Chinese Investment Suggests Xi Jinping’s ‘Anti-Involution’ Drive Is Biting

Joe Leahy, Thomas Hale and Haohsiang Ko, Financial Times

China Demands Malaysia, Cambodia Clarify Trade Deals With US

Josh Xiao, Bloomberg

Taiwan People’s Party-Linked Chinese Spouse Detained Over Fraud, ‘Infiltration’ Suspicions

Sunrise Huang and Hsiao Hsu-chen, CNA

Japan’s Plan to Put SAMs on Strategic Island 70 Miles From Taiwan Could Be Just the Beginning

Howard Altman and Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone

A ‘Cold Start’ Military Posture With Chinese Characteristics

Suyash Desai, China Power

Normalizing Disinformation: China Shifts to Overt Operations Against Japan

The Strategist

How Israel’s Embassy Lost China

Yang Meng, The Diplomat

November 27, 2025

Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan

Lingling Wei, Brian Schwartz, Meridith McGraw and Jason Douglas, The Wall Street Journal

China Protests U.S. Move to Restrict Visas for Central Americans With Beijing Ties

Jasper Ward, Reuters

China Seeks ‘Alternative World Order,’ U.S. Commission Warns

Colin Demarest, Axios

U.S. Welcomes Taiwan's 1.25 Trillion NTD Defense Spending Plan

Elaine Hou and Joseph Yeh, CNA

KMT Committee Member Resigns After ‘Unification’ Video Controversy

Liu Kuan-ting and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA

New Zealand Navy Ship Made Rare Transit Through Taiwan Strait This Month

Lucy Craymer, Greg Torode and Yimou Lee, Reuters

A Promising U.S. Healthcare Startup Battles for Survival Against Its Chinese Investor

Amrith Ramkumar, The Wall Street Journal

China Is Making Trade Impossible

Robin Harding, Financial Times

Assessing China’s Fourth Plenum: Policy Continuity, Personnel Turmoil

Jonathan A. Czin and Allie Matthias, Brookings

November 26, 2025

Citing ‘Peace Through Strength,’ Taiwan’s President Pushes $40 Billion Defense Budget

Sean Lin, CNA

Lai’s $40 Billion Defense Proposal ‘A Step Towards Peace’: U.S. Envoy

Joseph Yeh, CNA

Japan Prime Minister Highlights Trump Bond After First Talks Since China Clash

Yoshifumi Takemoto, Satoshi Sugiyama and Tim Kelly, Reuters

China’s U.N. Enemy-Clause Claim ‘Contrary to Facts,’ ‘Unacceptable’: Japan

The Mainichi

Kyrgyzstan Arrests Chinese CEO of Gold Mining Firm

AFP

Hong Kong Police Arrest Two Over ‘Seditious’ Posts Shared on Pancake Shop’s Social Media Account

Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press

29 Arrested Over Alleged Attempts to Sabotage ‘Patriots Only’ Legislative Polls, Hong Kong Security Chief Says

Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press

The Global Movement to Save the Life of Jimmy Lai

Gordan G. Chang, The Hill

November 25, 2025

Trump Avoids Touching Upon Taiwan Issue After Call With China’s Xi

Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei Asia

Japan’s Takaichi Says Trump Briefed Her on His Call With Xi

Ryotaro Nakamaru, Bloomberg

To Reframe Taiwan, Washington Should Heed Japan’s Takaichi

Miles Yu, The Washington Times

U.S. Mulls Letting Nvidia Sell H200 Chips to China, Sources Say

Alexandra Alper, Reuters

China Pitches Closer Ties to Germany in Strategic Industries to Ease Rare Earth Strains

Joe Cash, Reuters

Hong Kong Pride Committee Scraps Outdoor Event After Being Told Venue Unavailable Due to ‘Construction Work’

Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press

Witnesses to Chinas Xinjiang Abuses Arrested in Kazakhstan

Kalbynur Auken, Sir Lanka Guardian

The Global Impact of Shanghai-Style Repression on Rights Advocacy

Ashu Mann, Eurasia Review

The First Large-Scale Cyberattack by AI

Nury Turkel, The Wall Street Journal

November 24, 2025

China Says Japan Sent ‘Shocking’ Wrong Signal on Taiwan

Reuters

Japan on Track to Deploy Missiles to Island Near Taiwan, Defense Minister Says

Alastair Gale, Bloomberg

Taiwan Defense Report Highlights Area Denial Progress

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, Naval News

How Nancy Pelosi’s 2022 Taiwan Trip Helped Japan Decide to Rearm

Chris Anstey, Bloomberg

Trump’s Semiconductor Tariff Plan Likely Delayed, Officials Say

Laurie Chen, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters

Chinese Researchers Simulate Large-Scale Electronic Warfare Against Elon Musk’s Starlink

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post

China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Isaac B. Kardon and Cameron Waltz, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Why China Is Worried About Migrants Returning Home

Zhou Dongxu, Caixin