November 21, 2025 China Is Building the World’s First Floating Artificial Island With Nuclear-Proof Bunker Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post Feds Charge Four With Illegally Smuggling Nvidia AI Chips to China Jay Peters, The Verge China’s Civilian Shadow Navy Practices for Invasion of Taiwan Allison Martell, David Lague, Clare Farley and Minami Funakoshi, Reuters Asia’s Currency-Defense War Chest Has Swelled to $8 Trillion Subhadip Sircar, Bloomberg Starmer ‘Set to Approve Controversial Super-Size Chinese Embassy’ Despite Espionage Concerns Holly Evans, The Independent Hong Kong Man Charged With Sedition Over Social Media Posts Inciting Others Not to Vote Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press China Tightens Grip on Independent Films at Home and Abroad Yuchen Li, Deutsche Welle
November 20, 2025 China Warns There Is ‘No Market’ for Japanese Seafood Exports as Spat Over Taiwan Comments Escalates Jerome Taylor and Ross Adkin, CNN Xi Is Making China’s Premier His Top Messenger on World Stage Bloomberg China Underground Church Pastors Arrested, Face up to Three Years in Jail, NGO Head Says Laurie Chen, Reuters Philippines Sentences ‘Chinese Spy Mayor’ to Life in Jail Fan Wang and Jonathan Head, BBC U.S. Panel Calls on Taiwan to Fund Philippine Base Upgrades Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei Asia U.S. Confirms Sale of $700 Million Air Defense Missile System to Taiwan Reuters China Is Priming Its People and the World for a New Pressure Campaign on Taiwan Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal
November 19, 2025 We Now Have a Better Picture of China’s Global Lending Spree Alexandra Stevenson, The New York Times A Chinese Firm Bought an Insurer for CIA Agents — Part of Beijing’s Trillion Dollar Spending Spree Celia Hatton, BBC Huawei’s Web of Chipmaking Firms Scales Up Independent Supply Chains Itsuro Fujino, Nikkei Asia Chinese Ship Jams Communications as Filipino Forces Deliver Supplies to Philippines-Occupied Shoal Jim Gomez, The Associated Press China Makes Biggest Soybean Buy in Two Years; Trump Urges More Hallie Gu, Erin Ailworth and Michael Hirtzer, Bloomberg U.K. Intelligence Agency Warns MPs Over Chinese Spies Posing as Headhunters Akshata Kapoor and Helen Rowe, AFP Japanese Forces Test Deployment of Hypersonic Missile System Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News PLA Could Blockade Taiwan in ‘Matter of Hours’: U.S. Report Hollie Younger, Taipei Times U.S. China Commission 2025 Report to Congress U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
November 18, 2025 China Slow-Walks U.S. Soybean Purchases as Stockpiles Hit Multi-year Highs, Undermining Trump’s Trade Deal Claims Anniek Bao, CNBC Germany Is Just Making Too Much Money in China to Back Away Now Jenny Leonard and William Wilkes, Bloomberg China Tour Groups Start Canceling Japan Trips as Spat Simmers Bloomberg BBC Journalist Probed by Secret Services Over China Spying Allegations Gabriel Millard-Clothier, Daily Mail Southeast Asia Bets on U.S., not China, in Pursuit of Economic Development Jeff Mahon, Nikkei Asia Selling Chips to China Is Still a Terrible Idea Ryan Fedasiuk, AEIdeas Syria to Hand Over Uyghur Jihadist Fighters to China, Sources Say AFP TSMC Gets $4.71 billion Aid From U.S., Japan, Germany, China Over Two Years Chang Chien-chung and Frances Huang, CNA CCP Infiltration Efforts Intensifying, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Says Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times
November 17, 2025 China Escalates Japan Feud With Island Patrols and Warnings to Citizens Yan Zhuang, The New York Times China Tells Citizens to Avoid Travel to Japan Amid Taiwan Row Yukio Tajima, Nikkei Taiwanese President Urges Restraint After Chinese Coast Guard Sails Through Disputed Islands Sean Lin, CNA BBC Journalist Probed by Secret Services Over China Spying Allegations Megan Howe, Reuters China Intensifies Pressure on IPAC, Cofounder Says Chen Cheng-liang, Taipei Times China’s Investment Spree in U.K. Gave It Access to Military-Grade Technology, BBC Told Celia Hatton, BBC
November 14, 2025 Strong Evidence That China’s Next Carrier Will Be Nuclear Emerges in Shipyard Photo Thomas Newdick, The War Zone China’s Solar Industry Vows ‘Fight to the End’ Against Cutthroat Competition Alice Li, South China Morning Post Hong Kong to Hold Free Concert to Boost Turnout for ‘Patriots Only’ Legislative Polls James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Woman, 19, Jailed for One Year Over Filming ‘Seditious’ Videos for Canada-Based Group Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan’s Amazing Economic Achievements Are Yielding Alarming Strains The Economist China’s New Five-Year Plan Aims to Fix Its Spending Problem Yang Jing, Caixin The China That the World Sees Is Not the One I Live In Helen Gao, The New York Times China’s Growing Global Fan Club The Economist
November 13, 2025 U.S. House Report Accuses China of Minerals Market Interference Ernest Scheyder and Pratima Desai, Reuters How a Chinese AI Company Worked Around U.S. Rules to Access Nvidia’s Top Chips Liza Lin and Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal China Sharpens Its Language on Taiwan as Part of ‘Longer-Term’ Strategy Helen Davidson, The Guardian Taiwanese Lawmaker ‘Wanted’ by China Speaks at Berlin Parliamentary Hearing Lin Shang-yin and Joseph Yeh, CNA Views That ‘Patriots Only’ Legislative Race Is ‘Not Democratic Enough’ May Hamper Voter Turnout, Justice Minister Says James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Beijing Court to Rule in Appeal of Jailed Chinese Journalist Dong Yuyu Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Nearly 30% of North Korean Defectors in China Had Biological Data Registered With Authorities Yonhap Google Sues 25 China-Based Scammers Behind Lighthouse ‘Phishing for Dummies’ Kit Jessica Lyons, The Register Luckin Coffee Eyes U.S. Relisting as Five-Year Turnaround From Fraud Scandal Takes Hold Anniek Bao, CNBC
November 12, 2025 A Human Rights Researcher on Why She Pushed Back When China Bullied Her University Laura Murphy, The Economist Trump Doubles Down on Plan to Bring in 600,000 Chinese College Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants’ Owen Scott, The Independent Beijing Insiders’ Plan to Play Donald Trump The Economist China Hatches Plan to Keep U.S. Military From Getting Its Rare Earth Magnets Jon Emont and Raffaele Huang, The Wall Street Journal America’s Chip Restrictions Are Biting in China Lingling Wei, Amrith Ramkumar and Robbie Whelan, The Wall Street Journal China Complains to European Parliament Over Taiwan VP’s Speech Bloomberg How Xi Jinping Withholds Promotions and Power Says a Lot About China’s New Political Order Wang Shengyu, Channel News Asia Annexation of Taiwan: The Great Silicon Collapse Wendell Minnick, China in Arms
November 11, 2025 The Lavish Lifestyle of an Alleged Chinese Agent Gets a Spotlight in Trial James T. Areddy, The Wall Street Journal Takaichi Declines to Withdraw Remark Over Taiwan Contingency Jiji Press Tsai Emphasizes Resilience at Berlin Freedom Conference Chen Yun, Taipei Times King Felipe Heads to China for More Spanish Courtship Charlie Devereux and Aislinn Laing, Reuters Chinese Tourists Spark Backlash in Seoul Over ‘Military-Style’ March at Han River Park Hankookilbo, The Korea Times China Is Already Pulling Ahead on the Next Energy Supply Chain Jane Nakano and Mathias Zacarias, Foreign Policy
November 10, 2025 ‘A New Arms Race’: Satellite Images, Maps and Records Reveal Huge Surge in China’s Missile Production Sites Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Thomas Bordeaux, Yong Xiong and Lou Robinson, CNN Japan Protests China Diplomat’s Violent Threat Over Takaichi Taiwan Remark Kyodo News Hsiao’s Brussels Speech a First for Taiwan Vice President in Non-Diplomatic Ally Joseph Yeh, CNA China State Media Says Interpol May Be Used to Arrest Taiwan Lawmaker Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News Michigan National Guard Chief Reports ‘Constant Probing’ by Chinese Nationals at Bases Michael Kransz, MLive.com The Influence Machine: A Deep Dive Into the China Trip of Taiwanese Influencer Holger Chen Li Hou-chen and Jordyn Haime, Lingua Sinica Danish Authorities in Rush to Close Security Loophole in Chinese Electric Buses Miranda Bryant, The Guardian
November 7, 2025 Saga of Chinese Trucking Firm Exposes U.S. National Security Gaps Kate O’Keeffe, Bloomberg China Bans Foreign AI Chips From State-Funded Data Centers, Sources Say Reuters Chinese Authorities Shut Down Film Festival in New York Human Rights Watch PLA Urged to ‘Live a Tight Life’ as Top Officials Elaborate on China’s Five-Year Plan Alcott Wei, The South China Morning Post U.S. to Ensure Taiwan's Full APEC Participation in China in 2026 Chung Yu-chen, Joseph Yeh and Frances Huang, CNA Taiwan Says Senior Fijian U.N. Diplomat Visited, Despite Fiji's Formal Ties With China Reuters Control Yuan Alleges Taiwanplus Discrimination; Platform Denies Charge Kao Chien-hua, Matthew Mazzetta and Christie Chen, CNA From Outside Assaults to Insider Threats: Chinese Economic Espionage Darren E. Tromblay, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
November 6, 2025 Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Says China ‘Will Win’ AI Race With U.S. Madhumita Murgia and Cristina Criddle, Financial Times The Emerging Argument to Sell Out Taiwan Michael Turton, Taipei Times Nominee for Pentagon Strategist Outlines Approach for Stymieing Potential Chinese Attacks on Taiwan Jon Harper, Defensescoop Trump Hosts Central Asian Leaders for More Mineral Diplomacy at High-Profile Summit Reid Standish, RFE/RL Beijing’s New Approach to Taiwan Arran Hope, The Jamestown Foundation Rare-Earth Magnet Startups Seal $1.4 Billion Deal With Trump Administration Heather Somerville, The Wall Street Journal China-Critical U.K. Academics Describe ‘Extremely Heavy’ Pressure From Beijing Sally Weale, The Guardian