October 20, 2025 China’s Ruling Communist Party Meets to Map Out Plans for the Next Five Years Chan Ho-him, The Associated Press KMT Picks Upstart Cheng Li-wun as New Leader, Jolting Taiwan’s Old Guard Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia China’s Xi Calls for ‘Reunification’ in Message to New Taiwan Opposition Leader Reuters Spy Suspect Was Stopped With Cash in Suitcase on Return From China Caroline Wheeler, The Telegraph New Spy Fears Over Site of Chinese ‘Super-Embassy’ Due to Proximity to Phone Exchange That Handles Sensitive City Data Glen Owen, Daily Mail Chinese Embassy Approval Could Be Unlawful if U.K. Ministers Gave Advance Assurances Eleni Courea, The Guardian Why the China Doves Are Wrong Shyam Sankar, The Wall Street Journal Trump’s Crackdown on Chinese Students Ignores a Startling New Reality Bethany Allen and Jenny Wong Leung, The New York Times
October 17, 2025 America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines Rebecca Robbins, The New York Times Cabinet Approves NTD 44.2 Billion Plan to Boost Taiwan’s Drone Industry Lai Yu-chen and Hsiao Hsu-chen, CNA TSMC to Make Advanced 2-nm Chips in U.S. Sooner to Meet AI Demand Cheng Ting-fang and Lauly Li, Nikkei Asia Tim Cook’s Bold China Bet Defies Trump Tariff Threats Gadget Hacks Hong Kong Press Freedom Rebounds Slightly From Historic Low, Reflecting ‘Resilience,’ Journalists’ Union Says James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Young Taiwanese Aren’t So Anti-China. That’s a Problem for the Island’s Government Chris Brown, CBC News Purges, Personnel and Policy: A Primer on China’s Fourth Plenum Jonathan A. Czin and Allie Matthias, Brookings
October 16, 2025 U.S. Treasury Chief: Beijing’s Rare Earths Move Is ‘China vs. World’ AFP China Can Only Fire the Big Gun of Refined Metals Restrictions Once Clyde Russell, Reuters Questions for CPS After No. 10 Publishes Key Witness Statements in China Spy Row Dan Sabbagh, Eleni Courea and Peter Walker, The Guardian Japan Reports Decrease in Airspace Violations from Chinese, Russian Aircraft Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News China Arrested 30 Christians. Some Fear It’s the Start of a Bigger Crackdown Tessa Wong and Kelly Ng, BBC New U.N. Report Highlights China’s Alleged Targeting of Human Rights Activists Sam Ellefson, ICIJ China Seizes 60,000 Maps Over ‘Mislabeled’ Taiwan Koh Ewe, BBC
October 15, 2025 China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks Vivian Wang, The New York Times Xi Directs Quashing of Chinese Feminists Even as He Praises Advances at Women’s Conference Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Growing Risk of Chinese ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ Over Taiwan: Experts Sean Lin, CNA U.S. Bill Urges Taiwan Invite to RIMPAC Lee I-chia, Taipei Times China Decries Netherlands Takeover of Wingtech Subsidiary Mark Hallam, Deutsch Welle Ed Miliband Approves Solar Farm Deal Despite China Slavery Concerns Claire Ellicott, Daily Mail
October 14, 2025 How the Spy Trial Row Has Exposed Britain’s China Problem Independent Labour Fears China Backlash if Super-Embassy Is Rejected Tony Diver, The Telegraph Taiwan Faces 2.8 Million Chinese Cyberattacks a Day Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News Tech Power Taiwan’s Global Trade Diplomacy Struggles for Traction Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia China Detains Prominent ‘Underground’ Pastor in Sweeping Crackdown AFP Sanae Takaichi Eyes Deeper Japan-Taiwan Cooperation Hollie Younger, Taipei Times
October 13, 2025 China Warns U.S. of Countermeasures if Trump Doesn’t Walk Back 100% Tariff Threat John Liu, CNN Trump Wanted a Trade Deal. Xi Opened a New Front Instead Megan Messerly and Phelim Kine, Politico Taiwan Says Its Chip Fabs Are Safe From China’s Rare-Earth Crackdown Luke James, Tom’s Hardware Intelligence on China Embassy Threat Left Out of Official Review Tony Diver, The Telegraph Irish Police Investigating Efforts by Chinese Spy Agency to Influence and Recruit Irish Politicians John Mooney, The Times Chinese Coast Guard Rams and Damages a Philippine Vessel off an Island in the South China Sea Jim Gomez, The Associated Press Chinese Fishing Fleet Raises Alarm in Northern Chile Macarena Hermosilla, United Press International Taiwanese Officer Indicted for Selling Missile Manuals to Chinese Agent Chao Li-yen and James Lo, CNA Zion Church Pastor Has Been Detained in China, His Daughter and a Religion Monitoring Group Say Dake Kang, The Associated Press Seven More Incumbent Hong Kong Lawmakers Bow Out of Upcoming ‘Patriots-Only’ Legislative Council Election Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press
October 9, 2025 Simon Case Challenges Starmer Over China Spy Trial Gordon Rayner and Charles Hymas, The Telegraph Sir Keir Starmer’s National Security Chief Won’t Have to Face a Public Grilling Over Collapse of China Spy Case With Committee Hearing to Be Held Behind Closed Doors Martin Beckford and Rebecca Camber, Daily Mail Anna Kwok’s Father First Hong Kong Relative of Wanted Activist to Be Charged With a National Security Offense Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Top U.S. Venture Capitalists Invest Billions in Chinese Tech — at the Expense of American National Security Caitlin Doornbos, New York Post NBA Back in China Market After Six-Year Absence Sparked by Democracy Tweet AFP How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total Blackout James T. Areddy, Joyu Wang and Roque Ruiz, The Wall Street Journal Is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Just a Talking Shop? Yun Sun, War on the Rocks The War for America’s China Policy Ryan Fedasiuk, Choosing Victory
October 8, 2025 A Wargame to Take Taiwan, from China’s Perspective Jeffrey Michaels and Michael John Williams, War on the Rocks Australia and Singapore in Talks for Reciprocal Defense Access Philip Heijmans, Bloomberg How China Waged an Infowar Against U.S. Interests in the Philippines Poppy McPherson and Karen Lema, Reuters Leaked Chinese Data Shows Taiwan Potential ‘Hacker Springboard’: Nics Chao Ya-min and Frances Huang, CNA Koo Reaffirms 5% Defense Spending Goal Amid U.S. Call for Major Hike Wang Yang-yu, Chen Chun-hua and Sean Lin, CNA U.N. Rights Experts Condemn Move to Bar Lawyer-Activist Kevin Yam From Practicing in Hong Kong Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Talks on Anti-Sub Choppers Could Restart: Official Lo Tien-pin and Fion Khan, Taipei Times
October 7, 2025 The Inside Story of China Spy Case Collapse: ‘It Came From the Very Top’ Caroline Wheeler and Gabriel Pogrund, The Times PRC Vessels Faking Signals to Test Taiwan’s Response Sam Garcia, Taipei Times How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions Laurence Norman and James T. Areddy, The Wall Street Journal Explainer: Hong Kong’s National Security Crackdown – Month 63 Hong Kong Free Press China Opposes U.N. Resolution on Human Rights Investigation in Afghanistan Afghanistan International China Exiles in Thailand Lose Hope, Fearing Beijing’s Long Reach AFP
October 6, 2025 More Mock Taiwan Government Buildings Spotted at Chinese Military Base Dewey Sim, South China Morning Post Notes From Central Taiwan: Just ‘Following the Law’ Michael Turton, Taipei Times Taiwan's Scholars Upbeat About Japan Ties Under Sanae Takaichi Wu Shu-wei and Joseph Yeh, CNA China Sends Anti-Ship Bomber, Frigates to Scarborough Shoal Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, Naval News China Provides Russia With Satellite Data for Missile Strikes on Ukraine: Intelligence Ukrinform Water Torture ... China Turns Off the Taps for British Diplomats After Row Over ‘Mega-Embassy’ in London Cameron Charters, Daily Mail Draft ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law Tightens Ideological Control Human Rights Watch
October 3, 2025 Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies Justin Elliott and Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica China Curbs Use of Nokia and Ericsson in Telecoms Networks Ryan McMorrow and Kieran Smith, Financial Times Guardian Report Prompts Taiwan to Admit Private Imports of Russian Light Oil Tseng Chih-yi, Yang Yao-ju and James Thompson, CNA Cases of Taiwanese Missing in China Rise Chen Fu-yu and Fion Khan, Taipei Times State Department Identifies China as World Leader in Human Trafficking, Forced Labor James Lynch, National Review How America Fell Behind China in the Lunar Space Race — and How It Can Catch Back Up Eric Berger, Ars Technica Why Chinese Flag Is Flying Over Philadelphia City Hall Brendan Cole, Newsweek China’s Jobless Youth Aren’t Happy With a Plan to Attract Foreign Professionals With a New ‘K-visa’ Simone McCarthy, CNN
October 2, 2025 China’s Fifth-Ranking Official Was Suspect in Dropped Westminster Spy Case Amy Hawkins and Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian Canada Asked to Take Position on Dalai Lama Reincarnation Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail China’s Unique Industrial Policy: Purposes, Prospects and Pushback George Magnus, Observing China CRINK Security Ties: Growing Cooperation, Anchored by China and Russia Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Leon Li, Hugh Grant-Chapman, Truly Tinsley and Feifei Hung, Center for Strategic and International Studies Thwarted Plot to Cripple Cell Service in New York Was Bigger Than First Thought: Sources Aaron Katersky, Josh Margolin and Tonya Simpson, ABC News Taiwan Won’t Agree to U.S. ‘50-50’ Chip Idea, Vice Premier Says Wu Jui-chi, Lai Yu-chen and Hsiao Hsu-chen, CNA Taiwan Showcases Next-Generation Light Frigates at TADTE 2025 Tso-Juei Hsu, Naval News Manila Recovers Chinese Underwater Drone Operating in Philippine Waters Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News