March 30, 2026 Taiwan KMT Leader Cheng Li-wun to Visit China, Expected to Meet Xi Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Visiting U.S. Senators Call on Taiwan to Pass Special Defense Bill Joseph Yeh, CNA TPP Rally Against Ko Wen-je Verdict Draws Thousands In Taipei Sunny Lai and Huang Li-yun, CNA U.S. Offers ‘Unprecedented’ Extension for First HIMARS Payment Hollie Younger, Taipei Times Japan to Establish New Defense Ministry Office to Bolster Pacific Defenses Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times Beijing Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker for ‘Colluding With Taiwan Independence Forces’ Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post Hong Kong Dissidents Fear China’s Hand in Campaign of Intimidation and Attacks in U.K. Alexi Mostrous and Jonathan Lewis, The Oberver China’s Global Ambitions Dented by Iran War, Ex-U.S. Envoy Says David Westin and Edward Dufner, Bloomberg Associated Press Runs Paid Public Relations Ads for Chinese Telecom Huawei as CCP Seeks to Influence U.N. Agency Jerry Dunleavy, Just the News
March 27, 2026 Shanghai Sabotage: Inside Singham’s Secret Strategy to Demonize America Asra Q. Nomani, Fox News Canadian MP Michael Ma Downplays Reports on China Using Forced Labor Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun China Still on Track to Supplant U.S. as World’s Number One Economy in 10 Years: Academic Xinyi Wu and Ji Siqii, South China Morning Post ‘They Can Reach Me Wherever’: China Using Financial Tactics to Coerce People Who Flee, Says Report Geneva Abdul, The Guardian U.K. Trial of Two Alleged Hong Kong Spies Unveils Transnational Network Kris Cheng, Nikkei Asia Chinese Firm’s Highland Port Plans Blocked by U.K. Government Steven McKenzie and Iain Macinnes, BBC Tiananmen Vigils Meant to Honor Victims, Not Incite Subversion, Activist Tells Trial James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press War and Chips. And the KMT Tim Culpan, Culpium
March 26, 2026 Trump Confirms May Meeting With Xi Jinping as Iran War Forces Postponement Koh Ewe, BBC Ex-Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je Sentenced to 17 Years for Bribery, Corruption Huang Li-yun and Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA Taiwan Says Next U.S. Arms Purchase Is on Track After Guarantee Reuters U.K. University Students ‘Paid’ to Support Chinese Propaganda Richard Holmes, The i Paper Hong Kong Bookstore Staff Arrested for Allegedly Selling ‘Seditious’ Jimmy Lai Biography, Broadcaster Reports Amy Hawkins, The Guardian U.S. Must Suspend Nvidia AI Chip Exports to China, Senators Say Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times Singapore Says China Can Play Bigger Role in Asia’s Stability Claire Jiao, Bloomberg China’s Trade Dominance and the Role of Industrial Policies François de Soyres, Ece Fisgin, Mike Liu and Eva Van Leemput, Federal Reserve Wang Xiaolu: Why More Stimulus Has Meant Weaker Demand in China Junyan Zhao and Yuxuan Jia, The East Is Red
March 24, 2026 Taiwan Marks 30 Years of Direct Presidential Elections Yeh Su-ping and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA Hong Kong Government Employee Denies Ordering Surveillance of U.K. Dissidents Daniel Sandford, BBC Hong Kong Police Given New Powers to Obtain Phone, Computer Passwords Jessie Pang, Reuters Improving China Ties Does Not Mean Being Anti-U.S., Taiwan Opposition Leader Says Ben Blanchard, Reuters U.S. Mission to U.N. Backs Taiwan’s Participation Lee I-chia, Taipei Times Japan to Drop ‘Most Important’ Tag for China Ties Tamiyuki Kihara, Reuters Prominent Chinese Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Five Years Human Rights Watch China’s New Retirement Plan for Dissidents: Work, Prison, Repay, Repeat Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter China’s Aging Population and the Implications for China’s Security Jennifer Bouey, Michael S. Pollard, Agnes Xiangzhen Wang and Rakesh Pandey, Rand
March 23, 2026 Taiwanese President Says Nuclear Power an Option to Support AI-Driven Electricity Demand Cheng Wei-chen and Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA Taiwan Concerned by Depletion of U.S. Missile Stocks During Iran War Kathrin Hille, Financial Times Vietnam Protests as China’s Paracels Buildup Escalates at Antelope Reef Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post Chinese Warship Locks Fire Control Radar on Philippine Warship, Manila Says Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News Four Years After Deadly China Eastern Plane Crash, Investigators Offer No Answers Casey Hall, Reuters Japan’s $109 Billion in U.S. Investment Pledges Stand Out Among Partners Ryohei Yasoshima, Nikkei Asia China and the Future of Science Tanner Greer, The Scholar’s Stage
March 20, 2026 Japan’s Takaichi Tries to Reaffirm Alliance With Trump as He Seeks Help Securing Strait of Hormuz Michelle L. Price and Didi Tang, The Associated Press Nvidia Gets Beijing’s Nod for H200 Chip Sales, Adapts Groq Chip for China, Sources Say Karen Freifeld, Max A. Cherney and Liam Mo, Reuters China-Ruled Macau Approves National Security Law Allowing Closed-Door Trials Jessie Pang, Reuters Hong Kong Sinks in World Happiness Report Index to Lowest-Ever Position Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press China Poses Pressing Threat; Deterrence Needed to Avert Invasion, Taiwan Says Reuters Trump-Xi Dynamics Keep Taiwan on Alert Amid Summit Uncertainty Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia How the Chinese Economy Works. How It Harms Its Own People and the Market-Oriented Economies. And How to Counter It. Thomas J. Duesterberg, Hudson Institute Recognition Comes at a Cost for China’s Catholics Ruowang Li, The Catholic Herald
March 19, 2026 China Ramps Up Scrutiny of a Meta AI Deal Ana Swanson, Meaghan Tobin, Paul Mozur and Eli Tan, The New York Times Controversy Haunts Likely Death of China’s Hypersonic Weapons Expert Fang Daining Ling Xin, South China Morning Post Top Nuclear Weapons, Radar and Missile Experts Vanish From Chinese Academy of Engineering Site Holly Chik, South China Morning Post Taiwan Changes ‘Korea’ to ‘S. Korea’ in Immigration System in Protest Over Seoul’s Labeling of It as China Kim Seung-yeon, Yonhap Battlefield Demand Turning Taiwan Into Drone Manufacturing Hub Gabriel Dominguez, The Japan Times China Not Planning to Invade Taiwan in 2027: U.S. Intelligence Report Chen Cheng-chien and Ko Lin, CNA Apple’s Tim Cook Visits China as Reliance on Chinese Supply Chains Endures Wency Chen, South China Morning Post Chinese Police Officer and Wife Denied Residency in ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Ruling Nono Shen, The Canadian Press After Chagos Deal, PRC Seeks to Alter Indian Ocean Balance Isaac Stone Fish, The Jamestown Foundation
March 18, 2026 Delay in Trump’s China Visit Gives Both Sides Time to Hammer Out Trade Deal Michelle Ng, The Straits Times China Is Not Going to Bail Trump Out Edward Luce, Financial Times Jensen Huang Says Nvidia Has Received Orders From China and Is ‘Restarting Our Manufacturing’ Katie Tarasov and Kristina Partsinevelos, CNBC Taiwan Remains Priority in Harpoon Missile Deliveries: U.S. Official Elaine Hou and Frances Huang, CNA China’s Burgeoning Undersea Sensor Net Aims to Turn the Ocean Transparent Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer, Defense One As Carney Travels the Globe for New Alliances, He Looks Away on Human Rights Ian Austen, The New York Times
March 17, 2026 Trump Seeks to Delay Meeting With Xi in China Osmond Chia, BBC China Is Tight-Lipped on Trump’s Request to Delay His Xi Summit Alexandra Stevenson, The New York Times U.K. Funded Carbon Capture in Xinjiang During Uyghur ‘Genocide’ Bertie Harrison-Broninski and Ben Cooke, The Times of London Chinese Public Disfavors Military Unification: Poll Sam Garcia, Taipei Times How Takaichi Can Triumph Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs Top U.S. Allies Are Turning Toward China Instead. Blame Trump Phelim Kine and Jordyn Dahl, Politico The Great Broadcasting Retreat Dalia Parete, Lingua Sinica Holding Out: Taiwan Urgently Needs More Energy Storage and Generation David Axe, The Strategist
March 16, 2026 Donald Trump Throws U.S.-China Reboot Off Course by Saying He Could Delay Xi Jinping Summit Demetri Sevastopulo, Edward Luce and Joe Leahy, Financial Times Taiwan Says Large-Scale Chinese Military Flights Return After Unusual Absence Reuters Taiwan Military Official Denies Delay in Delivery of U.S. SkyGuardian Drones Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA NATO Partner Serbia Admits Buying Chinese Missiles After Photos Leaked Reuters Chinese Satellites Pass Over Japan Every 10 Minutes, Monitoring U.S. Military Bases The Yomiuri Shimbun Google’s Gemini AI Chatbot Finally Rolling Out to All Hongkongers Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press They Came to Build China’s EV Future. Investigators Found Conditions Akin to ‘Slavery’ Terrence McCoy and Christian Shepherd, The Washington Post Taiwan’s Red-Hot Tech Economy Leaves Young Workers, Old Industries Cold Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Taiwan’s Bid to Export Drones Free of Chinese Parts Is Taking Off The Economist
March 13, 2026 Thousands of Chinese Boats Mass at Sea, Raising Questions AFP Taiwan’s Lai May End Overseas Travel Drought With Trip to Africa’s Last Absolute Monarchy Yian Lee, Bloomberg Takaichi Misses Events Due to Cold Symptoms Ahead of U.S. Visit Sakura Murakami, Bloomberg Troubled Waters: Challenges Grow for Taiwan’s Homegrown Submarine Program Gabriel Dominguez, The Japan Times Indonesia, Australia Eye Trilateral Security Cooperation With Japan Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta Globe Despite Loss of Panama Canal, China Investing $23.9 Billion In Global Seaports: Study Ralph Jennings, South China Morning Post The Battle of Strasbourg: China Tries Unsuccessfully to Stop a Taiwanese Theater Production Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter
March 12, 2026 U.S. Navy Aircraft Transits Taiwan Strait Ahead of Trump's Planned China Visit Reuters Chinese Warplane Lull Around Taiwan Tied to Politics, Fuel: Scholars Sunny Lai, CNA China Expected to Push for Ethnic Unity Law That Critics Say Will Cement Assimilation The Associated Press China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Could Target Taiwanese, Taipei Officials Warn Reuters Lawmakers Give Cabinet Nod to Sign Letters of Offer and Acceptance for Four U.S. Weapons Systems Sean Lin, CNA Nearly 60% Would ‘Resist’ Chinese Invasion Without U.S. Help: Survey Chung Yu-chen and Ko Lin, CNA Chinese Navy’s New Type 055 Destroyers Join Taiwan-focused Command Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News