March 5, 2025 BYD Pledges to Work with Rival Tesla to Combat Petrol Cars Kana Inagaki, Edward White and Gloria Li, Financial Times China Sets GDP Target of 5% for 2025 Amid Tariff War With Trump Amy Hawkins, The Guardian China Will Work to Firmly Advance 'Reunification' With Taiwan, Premier Says James Pomfret and Yimou Lee, Reuters DeepSeek and Destiny: A National Vibe Shift Lily Ottinger and Afra, ChinaTalk Taiwan needs to hike defense spending to 10% of GDP-Pentagon nominee Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Michael Martina, Reuters AUKUS sounds out Japan for joint research on AI drones Shinnosuke Nagatomi and Rintaro Tobita, Nikkei Asia Trump Still Considering Tariffs on Taiwanese Chips, Despite $100 Billion TSMC Deal Zeyi Yang, Wired BlackRock to Buy Panama Canal Ports After Pressure From Donald Trump Chan Ho-him, Ivan Levingston, Eric Platt and Kaye Wiggins, Financial Times
March 4, 2025 TSMC to Spend $100 Billion in U.S. Over the Next Four Years Tripp Mickle, The New York Times Taiwan to Review TSMC Investment in U.S., Cabinet Spokesperson Says Reuters Taiwan Researchers Begin Tabletop Exercise Series Huang Ching-hsuan and Shelley Shan, Taipei Times Japan Sends A Second Destroyer Through Taiwan Strait, Report Says Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Stars and Stripes Trump’s Canada, Mexico, China Tariffs Hit in Deepening Trade War Kate Sullivan and Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg Exclusive: China to publish policy to boost RISC-V chip use nationwide - sources Che Pan and Brenda Goh, Reuters
March 3, 2025 Two Small Adversaries of Russia and China Are Swapping Notes to Survive Daniel Michaels, The Wall Street Journal USAID Funding Cuts Could Impact Taiwan's Health System: Doctor James Thompson and Chen Chieh-ling, CNA America Is Dangerously Ignorant of What’s Going On in China Yanzhong Huang, The New York Times Professor, Scrutinized for Ties to China, Sues to Get His Job Back Amy Qin and Ana Swanson, The New York Times The Battle for the Internet Mercedes Page, The Strategist Burying Deng: Xi Jinping and the Abnormalization of Chinese Politics Jonathan Czin, China Leadership Monitor Can Xi Jinping Control the PLA? Joel Wuthnow, China Leadership Monitor Three Chinese Type 055 Large Destroyers Train in Different Sea Regions, Demonstrate Tactical Flexibility: Expert Liu Xuanzun, Global Times
February 28, 2025 Cook Islands China Deal Riles Allies as West’s Grip Loosens Katy Watson, BBC U.S. Cuts Foreign Aid Budget by More Than 90 Percent AFP Trump Plans Another 10% Tariff on Products From China Gavin Bade and Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal Chinese, Philippine Social Media Users at Odds Over Claim on Palawan Radio Free Asia Would a Ukraine-U.S. Deal on Rare Earths Provide a Workaround to China’s Curbs? Ralph Jennings, South China Morning Post A Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest Pacific Sui-Lee Wee and David Pierson, The New York Times
February 27, 2025 China Sends 60 Warplanes, Vessels Near Taiwan Sean Lin, CNA Taiwan Decries China’s Sudden Establishment of ‘Shooting Zone’ Sean Lin, CNA Cook Islands Prime Minister Beats Vote of No Confidence AFP Taiwan Retains Its ‘Free’ Status From Freedom House Sam Garcia, Taipei Times Parsing the Geopolitics Surrounding DeepSeek Alicia Garcia Herrero and Michal Krystyanczuk, The Business Times A Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest Pacific Anne-Marie Brady, The Diplomat Argentina Deploys Military as China Leads Fishing Swarm Near Waters Micah McCartney, Newsweek
February 26, 2025 Trump Team Seeking to Toughen Biden’s Chip Controls Over China Mackenzie Hawkins, Cagan Koc and Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill on Taiwan Engagement Guidelines Chung Yu-chen and Joseph Yeh, CNA Son of Chinese Journalist Jailed on Espionage Charges Calls for His Release Oman Al Yahyai, Euronews Global Tech Industry Braces for ‘China Shock’ in Mature Chips Cheng Ting-fang and Lauly Li, Nikkei Asia Putin, Xi Reaffirm Ties on Anniversary of Ukraine War Chun Han Wong, Georgi Kantchev and Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal Taiwan Revives MH-60R Acquisition Program as President Pledges to Raise Defense Spending Tso-Juei Hsu, Naval News Chinese Missile Defense Systems on Show at IDEX Weapons Expo as War Heats Global Market Seong Hyeon Choi, The South China Morning Post Intelligence Chief Says Chinese Warship Deployment Designed to Be ‘Provocative’ ABC News
February 25, 2025 Ship, Chinese Crew Detained After Taiwan Undersea Cable Severed Sean Lin, CNA Japan, Philippines Pledge to Deepen Ties in ‘Severe’ Security Environment AFP Spain Calls for EU to Forge China Policy Without U.S. Henry Foy, Laura Dubois, Barney Jopson and Joe Leahy, Financial Times Taiwan Watches Trump Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien, The New York Times Leaked CCP Files Expose Global Crackdown on Dissent Tasnim Nazeer, The Diplomat White House Wants Chinese Ships to Pay $1 Million for Every Port Call The Maritime Executive A Tale of Two Typhoons: Properly Diagnosing Chinese Cyber Threats Erica Lonergan and Michael Poznansky, War on the Rocks
February 24, 2025 Taiwan’s Coming Recall War Frozen Garlic U.S. Exempts Security Funds for Taiwan Taipei Times Trump Should Bolster ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ to Meet China Threat Rupert Hammond-Chambers, Taipei Times U.S. Marine Corps Major General Who Led Escalation Management Talks With China Participates in Taiwan’s Largest Military Exercise to Date Carter Johnston, Naval News China Denies It Didn’t Give Timely Warning of Live-fire Drills off Australia The Associated Press How Should Australia Respond to Chinese Warships’ Live Fire? Sam Roggeveen, The Interpreter Why New Zealand Should Not Join AUKUS Pillar II Oliver Sinclair, The Interpreter French Aircraft Carrier Stages Combat Drills With Filipinos in Disputed Sea and Visits Philippines Jim Gomez and Joeal Calupitan, The Associated Press
February 21, 2025 China Sees an Opportunity as the U.S. Cuts Aid to Groups Around the World Emily Feng, NPR U.S. State Department Revises China Webpage to Focus on Trade, Business Curbs Laurie Chen, Reuters Japan, Philippines Plan Defense Equipment Export Framework; Defense Ministers to Meet in Manila on Saturday The Yomiuri Shimbun Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security Anne-Marie Brady, The Diplomat Chinese Warships Near Sydney Raise Alarm in Australia and New Zealand Victoria Kim, The New York Times Australia, Papua New Guinea Vow to Strike Defense Treaty AFP
February 20, 2025 Taiwan President Lai Urges Democratic Chip Alliance Amid Global Security Challenges Teng Pei-ju, CNA WTO Holds ‘Constructive’ Talks After China Condemns Trump’s ‘Tariff Shocks’ Emma Farge, Reuters Trump’s Proposed 25% Tariffs Would ‘Spare China’ but Hurt Its Neighbors: Analysts Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post Trump Eyes a Bigger, Better Trade Deal With China Ana Swanson, The New York Times Trump Claim on ‘Stolen’ Chips a Misunderstanding: Presidential Advisor Tang Pei-chun and Sunny Lai, CNA Even Trump Can Be Cajoled Into Doing the Right Thing — You Just Have to Know Which Buttons to Press Kenneth Roth, The Guardian Thoughts on the Political Demise of Miao Hua Jonathan A. Czin, The Brookings Institution Transcript: CCG’s Side Event Within Munich Security Conference 2025 Pekingnology
February 19, 2025 Chinese Navy Helicopter Intercepts Philippine Cessna Over Scarborough Shoal Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News Chinese Warships in Waters 150 Nautical Miles East of Sydney Demetri Sevastopulo and Nic Fildes, Financial Times China Warns Philippines of ‘Red Line’ in the South China Sea Radio Free Asia How Dirty Money From Fentanyl Sales Is Flowing Through China Patricia Kowsmann, Dylan Tokar and Brian Spegele, The Wall Street Journal What America Can Gain if Trump Goes to China What America Can Gain if Trump Goes to China U.S. Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council Sparks Concerns About China Choegyi and Tenzin Dickyi, Radio Free Asia Japanese Sentiment on China and South Korea Improves, Survey Shows The Japan Times Japan and the Ukraine Question Observing Japan
February 18, 2025 Taiwan Considering Multi-Billion Dollar Arms Purchase From U.S., Sources Say Michael Martina, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters Undersea Cable Linking Taiwan-Matsu Disconnects Again James Thompson and Jiang Ming-yan, CNA Candian Frigate HMCS Ottawa Transits Taiwan Strait Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News South Korea Removes DeepSeek From App Stores Over Privacy Concerns Joao da Silva and Jean Mackenzie, BBC Okinawa, a Small Island Caught Between Big Powers Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya, The New York Times China Sends Message to Its Tech Leaders: We Need You Raffaele Huang, The Wall Street Journal Is Taiwan the Next Vatican-White House Flash Point? Ed Condon, The Pillar How the Chinese Communist Party Has Conquered Hollywood Since the ’90s Tom Cotton, New York Post