March 3, 2026 KMT Legislator Confirms U.S. Has Demanded 900 Billion NTD Defense Budget Lin Hsin-han, Taipei Times Taiwan Opposition Party Open to Passing Special Defense Budget if U.S. OKs New Arms Package Gabriel Dominguez, Japan Times What Does Iran Have to Do With China? Everything Lee Smith, Tablet What the Iran War Means for the U.S.-China Balance Sam Roggeveen, The Interpreter U.S. Considers Relocating THAAD, Patriots to Middle East Yang Ji-ho, The Chosun Daily China Boosts Output of Advanced Nuclear-Armed Subs, U.S. Navy Says Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg China Aims for Fivefold Increase in Advanced Chip Output to Meet AI Demand Cheng Ting-fang, Lauly Li and Cissy Zhou, Nikkei Asia Chinese Whistleblower Reveals How China Spies on Citizens at Home — and in the U.S. Rebecca Wright and Ivan Watson, CNN Language as a Weapon? PLA Academics Push for Training Overhaul, Cite Ukraine War Xinlu Liang, South China Morning Post
March 2, 2026 Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing Edward Wong and Robert Jimison, The New York Times Taiwan Continues to Receive Royalties From F-16v Project Lo Tien-pin and Sam Garcia, Taipei Times As U.S. Names Official for Tibet Policy, Is It Eyeing China, Its Minority Groups or Trade? Xinlu Liang, South China Morning Post The NIMBY War Against Micron Ryan Hassan, Pirate Wires Occidental Fall: Assessing Chinese Views of U.S. Decline Jonathan A. Czin and Allie Matthias, China Leadership Monitor (Mostly) Old Wine in a New Bottle: What Is the CCP’s Overall Strategy for Solving the Taiwan Issue in the New Era? Minxin Pei, China Leadership Monitor Why Is Xi Still Purging His Generals? Joel Wuthnow, China Leadership Monitor
February 26, 2026 China’s $112 Billion Cargo Gap Shows Record U.S. Tariff Evasion Laura Curtis and James Mayger, Bloomberg Trump Makes Little Mention of China in the Longest State of the Union Speech Evelyn Cheng, CNBC An Interview With Former Hong Kong Political Prisoner ‘David’ Brian Kern, Hong Kong Voices Unknown Fate for Uyghurs Deported From Thailand to China Yalkun Uluyol, Human Rights Watch The Danger in the Middle: Will Xi’s Purges Increase the Risk of War? Joel Wuthnow, War on the Rocks Chinese Official Accidentally Reveals Vast Influence Operation Through ChatGPT Use James Lynch, National Review Former U.S. F-35 Fighter Pilot Arrested for Training Chinese Air Force Al Jazeera U.S. Allocates Funds to Fill Gap in Taiwan Military Aid Jake Chung, Taipei Times The Purges Within China’s Military Are Even Deeper Than You Think Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Leon Li, Suyash Desai, Truly Tinsley, Linda Yang and Feifei Hung
February 25, 2026 Chinese Dance Group’s Tour Triggers Bomb Threat Against Australian Prime Minister Lana Lam, BBC Figure Skater Alysa Liu’s Father on Olympic Gold and What Money Can’t Buy Kenji Kawase, Nikkei Asia Olympic Figure Skating Champion Alysa Liu Reignites Long-Forgotten Memories of the 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement Human Rights in China Eileen Gu: Profit Over Principle Uriel Epshtein, The Next Move America Needs More Than Creativity on Hong Kong — It Needs Action Jonathan Stivers, The Diplomat Xi’s Purges of China’s Military Run Deep, New Study Shows Chris Buckley, The New York Times The Cyber Security Threat Inside Your Car Chris Miller, Financial Times
February 24, 2026 The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored Tripp Mickle, The New York Times China Presses Takaichi With Hardened Export Curbs on Japan Firms Josh Xiao and Stephen Stapczynski, Bloomberg Tokyo Calls on U.S. to Ensure Japan Not Worse Off With New Tariffs Sakura Murakami, Bloomberg China’s Deepseek Trained AI Model on Nvidia’s Best Chip Despite U.S. Ban, Official Says Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper, Reuters Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude Robert McMillan and Raffaele Huang, The Wall Street Journal Taiwanese Political Parties Agree to Send Special Defense Bill to Committee James Thompson, Chen Chun-hua and Wang Yang-yu, CNA Taiwan’s Martial Law-Era Archives Fully Declassified Joseph Yeh, CNA Yilan Tuchang Geothermal Power Plant in Taiwan Starts Electricity Generation Carlo Cariaga, Think Geoenergy China’s Mysterious Shenlong Space Plane Recently Launched on Its Fourth Mission. What Is It Doing up There? Mike Wall, Space.com
February 23, 2026 Trump Looks Ahead to Summit With China’s Xi, but Tariffs and Taiwan Loom Chris Buckley, The New York Times ‘China Is Falling Across the Board’: How the U.S. Is Moving Away From Chinese Imports Doug Palmer and Paroma Soni, Politico Court Rejects Appeals of All Twelve Activists in Landmark ‘Hong Kong 47’ National Security Case Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press China Overtakes U.S. as Germany’s Top Trading Partner Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardian After Trump Tariff Ruling, KMT Calls to Renegotiate U.S. Trade Deal Liu Kuan-ting and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA South Korea Rejects Trilateral Drills, Protests U.S. After Standoff Yang Ji-ho, The Chosun Daily U.S. Intelligence Agencies Tie Chinese Explosive Test to Push for a Completely New Nuclear Arsenal Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood, CNN What Is Behind Trump’s Truce With China? Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times How Do You Steal an Airplane? One Piece at a Time Jordan Robertson, Victor Yvellez and Drake Bennett, Bloomberg
February 13, 2026 China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model, Jolting Race With DeepSeek Zheping Huang, Bloomberg A Year on From DeepSeek Shock, Get Set for Flurry of Low-Cost Chinese AI Models Eduardo Baptista, Reuters First Chinese Type 09V Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine Appears at Bohai Alex Luck, Naval News CIA Releases New Video in Bid to Lure Chinese Military Officers to Spy for Us Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times Palo Alto Chose Not to Tie China to Hacking Campaign for Fear of Retaliation From Beijing, Sources Say Raphael Satter and A.J. Vicens, Reuters Japan Seizes Chinese Fishing Boat off Nagasaki, Arrests Skipper Kyodo News Targeting Taiwan Under Xi: China’s Military Forest Flourishing Despite Toppling Trees Andrew S. Erickson, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
February 12, 2026 State Department Identifies Code Pink and Other Far-Left Groups as Vectors of Chinese Influence Operations Victor Nava, New York Post Harnessing the People: Mapping Overseas United Front Work in Democratic States The Jamestown Foundation Why Are People ‘Becoming Chinese’ on Social Media? Yan Zhuang, The New York Times NSA Pick Warns of China Pursuing AI Chips for Weapons Morgan Chalfant, Semafor China’s Xi Makes Rare Public Reference to Recent Military Purges Reuters China Bars Philippine Local Officials Over Kalayaan Resolutions Gabryelle Dumalag, Philippine Daily Inquirer A Italy-Based Legal Body Is Opening in Hong Kong — and Beijing Is Calling the Shots Giulia Pompili, Il Foglio The Church’s Silence on China’s Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom Benedict Rogers, Catholic Outlook
February 11, 2026 Hong Kong Convicts a Political Exile’s Father, a First for the City David Pierson, The New York Times ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Greece as Air Force Officer Accused of Spying for China Helena Smith, The Guardian U.S. House Passes Bill to Limit China’s Access to Finance if Taiwan Threatened James Thompson and Chung Yu-chen, CNA TSMC Approves $44.96 Billion Budget Amid AI Boom Chang Chien-chung and Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA President Calls for Immediate Release of Jimmy Lai Sean Lin, CNA China’s AI Industry Looks Unstoppable in the Race to Best U.S. Rivals. But Is It? John Liu, CNN Code Red: Is the Future of American AI Being Built in Beijing? Ryan Fedasiuk, American Enterprise Institute
February 10, 2026 Trump-Xi Summit Set for First Week of April Phelim Kine, Megan Messerly, Politico China Steps Up Dangerous Air Encounters Near Taiwan Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times China Sends Fewer Flights Near Taiwan in Sign of Training Shift Bloomberg Jimmy Lai’s Sentence Sparks International Concern AFP State Department Defends Position of AIT Director William Hetherington, Taipei Times Time for U.S. to Act on Taiwan Defense Budget Michael Turton, Taipei Times In a World Full of Trouble, the U.S.-Japan Relationship Is Still Doing Well Jim Geraghty, National Review PLA Tremors and the Chairman in Charge Holly Snape, Sinocism The U.S. Navy’s New Insurance Policy for War With China Is an Australian Base Mike Cherney, The Wall Street Journal
February 9, 2026 Hong Kong Court Jails Media Tycoon and British Citizen Jimmy Lai for 20 Years BBC National Security Judges Cite ‘Extensive Roles’ as Six Ex-Apple Daily Staffers Jailed for up to 10 Years Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Press Groups Silent on Jailing of Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press Japan’s Leader Wins in a Landslide, Clearing Way for Hard-Line Agenda Javier C. Hernández, River Akira Davis, Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno, The New York Times China Warns U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan Could Threaten Trump Visit in April Demetri Sevastopulo and Kathrin Hille, Financial Times ‘Playing With Fire’: Taiwan Defense Spending Battle Rattles China Hawks Filip Timotija, The Hill
February 6, 2026 Xi Held ‘Rare’ Back-to-Back Calls With Putin and Trump AFP Trump and Xi Talk Taiwan at Dicey Time for Taipei’s Defense Spending Thompson Chau and James Hand-Cukierman, Nikkei Asia HP, Dell, Acer and Asus Mull Using Chinese Memory Chips Amid Supply Crunch Lauly Li and Cheng Ting-fang, Nikkei Asia Hong Kong Federation of Students to Disband After 68 Years, Citing ‘Increasing Pressure’ Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Activist’s Taipei Boxing Studio Vandalized Again With Red Paint Li Ya-wen, Huang Li-yun and C.C. Li, CNA Two Chinese Nationals Suspected of Spying From French Airbnb Under Investigation Reuters Rare Earths Customers in Rush to Find Alternatives to Chinese Suppliers Camilla Hodgson, Financial Times