August 31, 2026 China Removes High-Ranking Officers Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli From Key Military Body AFP China Is Secretly Fueling America’s Data Center Rage Josephine Walker, Axios Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in Turmoil After Several Leaders Pull Out of Palau Summit Krishani Dhanji, The Guardian Alleged Vote-Buying in Taiwan to be Investigated Wang Ching-yi, Taipei Times Before Flood Catastrophe, Nepal Asked China for Early Warnings as Risks Mounted Reuters Taiwan-Bound Harpoon Coastal Defense System Scores Direct Hit in U.S. Navy Test Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, Naval News Security Researchers Find Surveillance Implants in Chinese-Made Routers Sold Worldwide — Three Different Backdoor-Like Implants Hidden in Firmware Zak Killian, Tom’s Hardware Canada Ends Hong Kong ‘Lifeboat’ Immigration Scheme Launched in the Wake of National Security Law Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press
August 28, 2026 Wang Yi Calls on U.S. to ‘Overcome Obstacles’ Ahead of Xi-Trump Meeting Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post Nepal-Tibet Floods Expose Dangers of China’s Himalayan Gamble Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia China Deploys Record Number of Ships Around Taiwan as Pressure Grows Allison Jackson, Joy Chiang and Peiju Teng, AFP Taiwan Signs NTD 26.9 Billion Deal for More Than 2,000 Altius Drones Keoni Everington, Taiwan News U.S. Probes Apex Logistics Over Alleged Nvidia AI Chip Smuggling Kari Soo Lindberg and Mackenzie Hawkins, Bloomberg Hong Kong to Announce First Five-Year Plan on September 16 Reuters Another Potential Headache for U.S. Data Centers — Trump Tariffs Ari Hawkins and Gabby Miller, Politico Why the British Left Has Fallen for China Jonny Ball, UnHerd
August 27, 2026 Lawmakers Press Treasury to Target Chinese Banks Over Iran Phelim Kine, Politico Merz Signals Tougher German Stance on Trade With China Arne Delfs and Michael Nienaber, Bloomberg Taiwan Warns New Cybersecurity Rules Could Allow Phone Inspections When Entering China Keoni Everington, Taiwan News China Tells Citizens to Leave Taiwan-Allied Eswatini AFP Bill Gates, Alarmed by AI, Has Policy Ideas He Wants to Discuss With China’s Xi Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters See Now, Act Now: Taiwan Needs to Solve Its Maritime Domain Awareness Problem Kitsch Liao and F.S. Mei, USNI News Vatican-China Contentious Accord: How the Holy See Is Appeasing a Communist Regime Mario Alexis Portella, The European Conservative
August 27, 2026 Trump’s Taiwan Two-Step Harlan Ullman, The Hill China Cannot Yet Hold a Beach on Taiwan William A. Sayers & Julian Spencer-Churchill, Hundreds of American and Allied Institutes Helped Chinese Military Labs Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Taiwan’s Political Parties Spar Over Drone Bill, Timeline Fang Wei-li and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times Taiwan Eyeing Global Drone Role via Partnerships: Vice President Hsiao Sean Lin, CNA Chinese Dissident Artist Jailed for Three Years Over Mao Sculptures, Family and Rights Group Say Laurie Chen, Reuters Imprisoned Chinese Journalist Seeks Medical Parole for Lung Tumor Chris Buckley, The New York Times Chinese Ambassador Begins Australia Posting, Says Took Bus to Work AFP Japan’s Defense Budget Isn’t Really Two Percent of GDP. It’s Not Even Close Ryosuke Hanada, The Strategist
August 25, 2026 Hong Kong Hits Back at ‘External Forces’ After NGOs, Foreign Governments Condemn Conviction of Tiananmen Vigil Activists James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press China Develops Missile to Target Planes Thousands of Kilometers Away Gerry Doyle, Bloomberg News Google Plans to Move All Pixel Manufacturing Out of China by 2027 Eric Revell, Fox News Dozens of Chinese Firms Hit by Bessent’s D-Day Iran Sanctions Bloomberg News Taiwan’s Security Council Quietly Steps Up as Architect of China Strategy Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Workers in China Worry Over Being Replaced as They Adapt to the Growing Impact of AI on Jobs Chan Ho-him and Fu Ting, The Associated Press How Taiwan’s Elite Military Police Plan to Defend Taipei Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military Thomas Shugart, War on the Rocks
August 24, 2026 Why Chinese Media Says U.S. Historians Are Giving ‘Ammunition’ to Separatists Orange Wang, South China Morning Post China Ramps Up Policy Support to Unlock Domestic Demand Xinhua China’s Property Crisis Grinds on After Evergrande Sentencing Reuters U.S. Supplies Most of the World’s Plasma. No Country Depends on It More Than China CNN China’s Drone Production Capacity Can Only Meet 60% of War Demand: Study Chao Kong, South China Morning Post Nine Indicted Over Alleged Export of AI Servers to China Ben Blanchard and Wen-Yee Lee, Reuters Taiwan Opens Up About U.S. Security Cooperation Ahead of Xi-Trump Summit Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times In Hong Kong, Mourning a Stray Dog Killed in Mainland China Means Walking a Fine Line Hong Kong Free Press
August 21, 2026 Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Vigil Fell Dark Years Ago. Now Its Organizers Have Been Convicted Chris Lau, CNN U.S. Designates American Held by China as Wrongfully Detained Reuters China Slows Exports of Key Optical, Aerospace Metals to Taiwan Cheng Ting-fang and Lauly Li, Nikkei Asia Taiwan's Q2 Current Account Surplus Hits Third Highest on AI Boom Pan Tzu-yu and Frances Huang, CNA Han Kuang Drills Still Need Work Mor Sobol, Taipei Times Evergrande Creditors Owed $57 Billion Now Face More Complex Path After Founder Jailed for Life Bloomberg Fifteen Taiwanese Indicted for Evading Military Service Shelley Shan, Taipei Times China’s Military Says AI Can’t Replace Commanders. Xi Is Testing That Jaehwan Lim, War on the Rocks
August 20, 2026 China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison Yan Zhuang and Alexandra Stevenson, The New York Times Beijing ‘Commends’ Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar’s ‘One China’ Stance Following Taiwan’s Rebuke Channel News Asia Why Is One Corner of China’s Internet Insisting a Golden Era Never Existed? Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Netizen Voices on the Investigation of Comedian Guo Degang for Riffing on a ‘Red’ Tune: ‘The Cultural Revolution Never Ended’ China Digital Times Taiwan Proposes Boosting 2027 Defense Spending 18% to a Record High Reuters Raytheon to Dramatically Expand Tomahawk Production Under $22.9 Billion Deal Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes China Tests a New Maritime Presence East of Taiwan, Report Says Bloomberg Clamping Down: China Tightens Exit Rules Natasha LI, France 24 Pentagon Threatens to Cut Federal Funding to 30 Universities Over Foreign Academic Partnerships Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian Trump Crypto Firm Backs Venture Offering AI From Restricted Chinese Companies Lawrence Delevingne, Reuters
August 19, 2026 U.S. Navy Transits of Taiwan Strait Drop Under Trump Chen Cheng-liang and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times The Numbers Game: Why the U.S. Is Losing Ground to China in the First Island Chain Gabriel Dominguez, South China Morning Post U.S. Democrats Rebuke Trump for Easing Sanctions on Beijing, Hong Kong Officials Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post University of Hong Kong to Convert ‘Democracy Wall’ Into Digital Display Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China Censors Public Mourning as It Holds Former Premier's Funeral Laura Bicker and Koh Ewe, BBC The Rise of China’s Electric Vehicle Industry Jordan Schneider, Irene Zhang and Phoebe Chow, ChinaTalk Why the ‘New Qing History’ Deserves to Be Refuted Sinocism Taiwan’s Tanks: Taipei’s Counter-Landing Ground Forces at Han Kuang 42 Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News
August 18, 2026 Xi Jinping Will Skip U.N. Ahead of Trump Summit Phelim Kine, Politico Declassified FBI Files Reveal Congressman Swalwell Was Investigated Over Alleged Chinese Spy’s Interns-for-Campaign-Cash Scheme Sam Cooper, The Bureau China-Built Data Center Stirs Debate on Pakistan’s Digital Sovereignty Adnan Aamir, Nikkei Asia Taiwan Has Three-Five Year Window to Build Non-China Robot Supply Chain: Think Tank Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA China’s Recovery Sputters as Consumption, Output Lose Steam Reuters ‘Not Worth the Squeeze’: Global Private Equity Makes Zero Deals in China Arjun Neil Alim, Financial Times Tensions Lie Beneath the Surface of AUKUS Deal Andrew Greene, The West Australian
August 17, 2026 Trump Says U.S. Will Reduce Military Exercises With South Korea, Citing Lack of Help With Iran Aileen Graef and Gawon Bae, CNN U.S. Military ‘Digging In’ Along First Island Chain, Pentagon Policy Chief Says Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes U.S. to Tell Partners They Must Pick Sides in AI Race With China Michael Martina, Reuters Philippine President Says Joint Oil and Gas Exploration With China a ‘Distinct Possibility’ Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales, Reuters How an Escalating Crackdown on Hong Kong’s Independent Bookstores Put Taiwan Publishers in the Spotlight Hong Kong Free Press Chinese Ship Sets Off for Europe Through Arctic, Halving Travel Time AFP How Could the Rise of Progressive Democrats Impact US China Policy? Jiachen Shi, The Diplomat
August 14, 2026 Taiwan Weaponizes Coast Guard to Prepare for Battle With China Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Taiwan Legislature Passes Drone Development and Procurement Spending Without Cuts Medwin Hsu, Taiwan News State Department Criticizes Beijing-Indonesia Naval Maneuver as Pressure on Taiwan Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Chinese State-Linked Observatory Sought New Zealand Site, Spy Agency Says Lucy Craymer, Reuters New Zealand Is Determined Not to Keep China’s Espionage a Secret Anna Fifield, The Interpreter Labour Has a China Problem, and Ed Miliband Is at the Heart of It Con Coughlin, The Telegraph British Far-Left Organizer Received Hundreds of Thousands From China-Based Tycoon UK-China Transparency Chinese Censorship Is Leaking Into Answers From American AI Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal