September 1, 2025 Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull David Pierson, Mujib Mashal and Nataliya Vasilyeva, The New York Times China Manufacturing Shrinks in August Despite New U.S. Trade Truce AFP China Ups Surveillance of Troubled People to Quell Rising Unrest Chun Han Wong and Shen Lu, The Wall Street Journal PLA Aims for Blockade Capability by 2035: Defense Ministry Report Jonathan China, Taipei Times Taiwan Lawmakers Back Defense Budget Hike in Meeting With U.S. Senator Wang Cheng-chung and Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA Taiwanese Military to Procure More Air Defense Systems From the U.S. Lo Tien-pin and Sam Garcia, Taipei Times Japan Looks to Build Drone ‘Shield’ in Record Defense Budget Request Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times Human Microbiome Scientist Wang Leyao Leaves Troubled U.S. Government Agency for China Victoria Bela, South China Morning Post
August 29, 2025 Delegation From U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Arrives in Taiwan Teng Pei-ju, CNA Marcos Tells Two U.S. Senators: Philippines ‘Very Willing, Very Open’ to Cooperation Luisa Cabato, Philippine Daily Inquirer's Taiwan Estimates China Spent 40% More on Pacific Drills Last Year to Hit $21 Billion Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters Taiwan Charges Three in TSMC Chipmaking Tech Theft Probe Bloomberg, Debby Wu and Mayumi Negishi Satellite Photos Show Chinese Ship Badly Damaged in South China Sea Crash Micah McCartney, Newsweek West Frets Over China’s Interest in Vietnam Tungsten Mine, Sources Say Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen, Reuters The New Right Is Wrong About Taiwan Michael Sobolik, Providence
August 28, 2025 Pentagon's National Defense Strategy Draws From Vance Speeches Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei Asia Three Accused of Stealing TSMC Chip Secrets to Aid Japanese Supplier Yang Jie and Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Hong Kong Wraps Up Pro-Democracy Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Security Trial Jessie Pang and James Pomfret, Reuters Japan Hails ‘Unprecedented’ Security Ties as British Aircraft Carrier Visits Tokyo Tim Kelly, Reuters Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao Bloomberg News Mitsubishi’s Wind-Power Retreat a Blow to Japan’s Alternative-Energy Goals Francis Tang, The Japan Times
August 27, 2025 AIT Director Meets With Koo and KMT on Defense Lin Che-yuan, Chen Cheng-liang, Jonathan Chin and Esme Yeh, Taipei Times Trump Saying 600,000 Chinese Students Could Come to the U.S. Draws MAGA Backlash Adriana Gomez Licon and Didi Tang, The Associated Press Chinese Tugboat Seen Near BRP Sierra Madre; Philippine Navy Dismisses Towing John Eric Mendoza, Philippine Daily Inquirer Taiwan’s Denial of Communist Role in World War II Is ‘Blasphemy,’ China Says Reuters Beijing Approves Julie Eadeh as New U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Man Sentenced to Eight Months for Illegally Crossing From China to Taiwan Yeh Chen and Hsiao Hsu-chen, CNA China-Linked Hackers Targeted Diplomats in Asia, Google Says Jane Lanhee Lee, Bloomberg Embodied Intelligence: The PRC’s Whole-of-Nation Push Into Robotics Sunny Cheung, The Jamestown Foundation
August 26, 2025 How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City Michael Forsythe, Jay Root, Bianca Pallaro and David A. Fahrenthold, The New York Times China Condemns Vietnam Over Island-Building in South China Sea Bloomberg Japan Protests China’s Installation of Structure in East China Sea NHK World China Debuts New Warship, Boosts South Pacific Presence Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Defense News Artist Who Fled to the U.K. After Exhibition Exposing Authoritarian Regimes Was Censored ‘Does Not Feel Safe at All’ Tara Cobham, The Independent China’s Digital Crackdown in Tibet: A Regime of Silence in the Virtual Age Aritra Banerjee, Tibetan Review Between Trust and Tension: Wang Jisi Reflects on U.S.-China Relations Pekingnology, Zichen Wang
August 25, 2025 Hong Kong Denies Visa Renewal for Senior Bloomberg Journalist David Pierson, The New York Times ‘Sheltering Criminals’: China Ramps Up Attack Over Asylum for Hong Kong Activist Stephen Rice, The Australian Republican Senators Depart for Taiwan, Indo-Pacific Trip Kellie Meyer, NewsNation Failed Nuclear Power Vote Adds to Taiwan’s Energy Conundrum Linda Lew and Yian Lee, Bloomberg China Issues Approved News Sources List China Media Project Flashpoint: Second Thomas Shoal (Again!) Ray Powell, SeaLight China Says Rayner Must Rule on ‘Super-Embassy’ Without Full Blueprints Amy Gibbons, The Telegraph What America Reads About China Alexander Boyd, China Books Review
August 22, 2025 Nvidia Asks Suppliers to Halt H20 Work, Information Says Debby Wu, Bloomberg China, Russia Collaborating on Plans for Airborne Invasion of Taiwan Bill Gertz, The Washington Times China’s Xi Jinping Pushes Development, Ethnic Unity in Rare Visit to Tibet AFP Supporting Freedom of Expression Is Not Wrong, Jimmy Lai’s Lawyer Tells Court Helen Davidson, The Guardian China Has Cloned Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider High-Speed Helicopter Thomas Newdick, The War Zone A Chinese Drone Carrier Says It’s Just for Science. Under the Surface Lies a Sea of Military Ties. Jane Tang and Yu-Jie Liao, Kharon
August 21, 2025 Microsoft Failed to Disclose Key Details About Use of China-Based Engineers in U.S. Defense Work, Record Shows Renee Dudley and Doris Burke, ProPublica China Turns Against Nvidia’s AI Chip After ‘Insulting’ Howard Lutnick Remarks Zijing Wu and Cheng Leng, Financial Times Hong Kong Officials Harden Their Stance on ‘Soft Resistance’ Joy Dong, The New York Times U.K. Poised to Name Former China Envoy as Deputy Security Adviser Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg U.S. Eyeing TSMC Stake, Taiwan Economics Minister Says Meryl Kao, Taipei Times Why Xi Still Doesn’t Have the Military He Wants Jonathan A. Czin and John Culver, Foreign Affairs More Powerful Than Lies: Taiwan’s 2025 Recall Campaign and the Rise of AI-Generated Mini Clips Wei-Ping Li, Summer Chen and Mary Ma, FactLink
August 20, 2025 U.K. Ministers Cross Swords Over Sending Warship Through Taiwan Strait Larisa Brown, The Times Japan-China Defense Hotline Used One Time for Ceremonial Call Mizuki Sato, The Asahi Shimbun Russia Helping China Develop Command and Control System for Amphibious Operations DefenseMirror.com Nvidia Working on New AI Chip for China That Outperforms the H20, Sources Say Liam Mo and Fanny Potkin, Reuters Japan’s Fragmented Power Chip Industry Struggles to Meet China’s Challenge Ryohtaroh Satoh, Nikkei Asia Former Taiwan Lawmaker's Son Sentenced for Selling Fuel to North Korea Chang Yi-lien and Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA Zhou Ming, Top Engineer Involved in Boeing 787 and A380 Design, Leaves U.S. for China Shi Huang, South China Morning Post
August 19, 2025 Hong Kong Democrat Jimmy Lai Given Heart Monitor for Final Stretch of Marathon Trial Jessie Pang and James Pomfret, Reuters Taiwan’s Growing Distrust of the United States Bonnie S. Glaser and Jennifer Lan, German Marshall Fund In Northern Michigan, Thousands of Troops Train for Combat Across the Pacific Phillip Walter Wellman, Stars and Stripes Taiwanese Public Servants to Be Checked for Chinese IDs Starting in 2026 Lu Chia-jung and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA Taiwan After the Great Recalls: Toward a New Political Equilibrium? Kharis Templeman, Brookings Surge in Chinese Acquisitions of U.K. Private Schools Max Kendix and Nicola Woolcock, The Times After Recent Tests, China Appears Likely to Beat the United States Back to the Moon Eric Berger, Ars Technica Trump Is Pushing India Back Toward China David Pierson and Alex Travelli, The New York Times
August 18, 2025 Trump Says Xi Told Him China Will Not Invade Taiwan While He Is U.S. President Jasper Ward, Reuters Trump’s Putin Dalliance Places Taiwan in Peril Iain Duncan Smith, The Telegraph America’s Support for Taiwan Is at a Critical Juncture Alexander B. Gray, The Diplomat Why the U.S. and China Are Playing Nice Scott Kennedy, Time What the World Is About to Learn About China’s Extra-Large Underwater Drones H I Sutton, Naval News Hong Kong to Continue Implementing ‘Patriotic Education,’ Leader John Lee Says James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Mandarin With Taiwanese Characteristics: Taipei Leverages Language as Soft Power Tool Yip Wai Lee, Straits Times
August 15, 2025 How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator Max Bearak and Mira Rojanasakul, The New York Times Jimmy Lai Trial: Closing Arguments Further Postponed Due ‘Medical Issue’ With Media Mogul’s Heart Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press Solomon Islands Says China Not Influencing Diplomatic Decisions AFP ‘Nobody Else Knew’: Allied Prisoners of War Held in Taiwan Allison Jackson, AFP Electronic Warfare Pod for Taiwan’s F-CK-1 Fighter Is in Testing Thomas Newdick, The War Zone Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Flying Drone Over Restricted Area in Malaysia Bernama Leaked Emails Expose Plot to Get Aussie Cybersecurity CEO Fired Over China Social Media Posts Max Aitchison, The Daily Mail