November 22, 2024 Apple Daily Aimed to ‘Explain’ Hong Kong Protesters’ Violent Actions to Preserve Movement, Jimmy Lai Trial Hears James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press He Rose to Riches in Hong Kong. Now He’s a Symbol of China’s Crackdown Austin Ramzy, The Wall Street Journal In Case You've Missed It, the U.S.A. Is Seen as a Weak Horse CDR Salamander, Substack Starmer Insists ‘World Safer When Leaders Talk’ as He Defends China Discussions Richard Wheeler, Independent Xi Was Unusually Frank in Spelling Out China’s Four ‘Red Lines’ for the U.S., a Clear Warning for Trump’s China Hawks Huileng Tan, Business Insider Backgrounder: The China-North Korea Relationship Clara Fong, Council on Foreign Relations
November 21, 2024 China Defense Minister Declines U.S. Meeting, Breaking Military Talks Noah Robertson, Defense News Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Takes Stand in National Security Trial David Pierson and Tiffany May, The New York Times U.S. ‘Taking Steps’ to Impose New Visa Restrictions on Hong Kong Officials After 45 Democracy Figures Jailed Mercedes Hutton, Hong Kong Free Press 19-Year-Old Hong Kong Student Charged With Insulting China’s Anthem Granted Bail Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Is Trump More Flexible on China Than His Hawkish Cabinet Picks Suggest? Edward Wong and Ana Swanson, The New York Times Trump 2.0 Could Give China a Headache in Southeast Asia Derek Grossman, Foreign Policy Singapore Backs One-China ‘Policy,’ not One-China ‘Principle’: Taiwan Joseph Yeh, CNA
November 20, 2024 Chinese Vessel Spotted Where Baltic Sea Cables Were Severed Richard Milne in Oslo and Oliver Telling, Financial Times China Rushes to Connect With Potential Trump Officials Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times Congressional Committee Advises Revoking China’s Trade Status Cate Cadell, The Washington Post Myanmar Rebel Leader Has Been Detained in China, Report Says Sebastian Strangio, The Diplomat Chinese Startups Supported by Microsoft and Google Incubator Programs Worked With Police Joanna Chiu, Rest of World Military Challenges in the Pacific Can’t Be Solved With Just Drones, Says Paparo Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News
November 19, 2024 Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Sentenced in Mass Trial Tiffany May, The New York Times Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong Jail Is ‘Breaking His Body,’ Says His Son Beh Lih Yi, Committee to Protect Journalists U.S. and Philippines Sign Intel Treaty, Break Ground on New Command Center Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News Lula’s Embrace of Xi Sets Up a Clash Over Trump’s China Policy Simone Iglesias, Daniel Carvalho and Beatriz Reis, Bloomberg Chinese Officials Bundle British Journalists Out of Starmer-Xi Meeting Sam Blewett, Politico Spying to Human Rights — Can U.K. Thaw Frosty Relations With China? Geraldine Scott, The Times Chinese Tech Groups Build AI Teams in Silicon Valley Eleanor Olcott, Financial Times American Defense Planning in the Shadow of Protracted War Evan Montgomery and Julian Ouellet, War on the Rocks
November 18, 2024 Starmer Aims to Build ‘Pragmatic and Serious Relationship’ in Meeting With Xi Jessica Elgot, The Guardian Biden, Xi Jinping Meet for the Last Time at Peru Summit Deutsche Welle Taiwan Rebuts Remarks Made by China’s Xi at APEC Meeting With Biden James Thompson, CNA World's Second-Largest GPU Maker Flees China on Cusp of RTX5090 Launch to Avoid U.S. Sanctions Mark Tyson, Tom’s Hardware Hong Kong Government Defends Custody of Jailed Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Amid Claims of ‘Unlawful’ Detention Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Peru’s China Links Put Pressure on Taiwan Lee I-chia, Taipei Times Chinese Sanctions on U.S. Drone Firm Were ‘Signal’ About Supply Chain Weaknesses: DIU Official Carley Welch, Breaking Defense Notes From Central Taiwan: Is Taiwan Becoming a Legislative Dictatorship? Michael Turton, Taipei Times Elite Perceptions of a China-Led Regional Order in Southeast Asia Selina Ho and Terence Lee, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
November 15, 2024 TSMC Declines to Comment on U.S. Discriminatory Hiring Lawsuit Chang Chien-chung and Frances Huang, CNA TSMC’s U.S. Operations Threatened With Employee Discrimination Class Action Brandon Vigliarolo, The Register TSMC Walks a Geopolitical Tightrope The Economist Taiwanese Government Criticizes Retired Naval Officer for ‘Praising’ China Military Matt Yu and Sunny Lai, CNA Chinese Hacking ‘Broad, Significant,’ FBI Says in Probe AFP Canadian Indigenous Groups Seek Deals With China Despite Security Fears Ilya Gridneff, The Fancial Times How China Capitalized on U.S. Indifference in Latin America James T. Areddy, Ryan Dube and Roque Ruiz, The Wall Street Journal The East China Sea Dispute: China’s and Japan’s Assertiveness from Mao to Xi Andrew Chubb, Asia Society China’s New Hypersonic Weapon Could Black Out U.S., Taiwan Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times
November 14, 2024 Filipino Fishers Report Latest Chinese ‘Ramming,’ Blockade at Escoda Nestor Corrales, Philippine Daily Inquirer Indonesian Navy Chief Signals Potential Defense Deals With China Antara After Deadly Car Rampage, Chinese Officials Try to Erase Any Hint of It Vivian Wang, The New York Times Taiwan Defense Chief Mum on Ukraine Missile Gift, Pending Arms Sales Wu Su-wei and Joseph Yeh, CNA The Predicament of Taiwan’s Military Development Jeremy Chen, Global Taiwan Institute Beijing Condemns U.K. for ‘Interfering’ In Jimmy Lai Trial After British Foreign Minister David Lammy Meets Lai’s Son Hong Kong Free Press South America’s ‘Made in China’ Megaport Prepares to Transform Trade Joe Daniels and Steven Bernard, Financial Times
November 13, 2024 New Philippine Laws Define Maritime Zones in the South China Sea Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News Palau President Wins Second Term, Will Seek to Diversify Tiny Taiwan Ally's Economy Reuters Hong Kong Press Group Chief Selina Cheng Sues Wall Street Journal Over ‘Unlawful Dismissal’ Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press China Condemns U.K. Foreign Secretary’s Support for Jimmy Lai’s Release Dim Sum Daily China’s Hacker Army Outshines America Micah McCartney and Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek Why Did Tens of Thousands of Chinese Students Go on Night Bike Rides? Isabelle Qian and Yan Zhuang, The New York Times Just How ‘Naive’ and ‘Fuzzy’ Is the Albanese Government’s Approach to China? Professor James Laurenceson, Australian Institute of International Affairs
November 12, 2024 Trump Set to Appoint China Critic Mike Waltz as U.S. National Security Adviser The Guardian John Lee Warns U.S. to Stay Out of Hong Kong Affairs After Trump Says He Can Get Jimmy Lai out of Jail Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan May Buy $15 Billion in Arms From U.S.: Report Lery Hiciano, Taipei Times Satellite Images and Documents Indicate China Working on Nuclear Propulsion for New Aircraft Carrier David Rising and Didi Tang, The Associated Press Jakarta Insists No Overlapping Sea Claims With China Reuters Has Indonesia Fallen Into China’s Nine-Dash Line Trap? Aristyo Rizka Darmawan, The Interpreter U.S. Ordered TSMC to Halt Shipments to China of Chips Used in AI Applications Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin, Reuters In South America, Trump Already Losing a Trade Battle With China Marco Aquino and Eduardo Baptista, Reuters China Cracks Down on Young Cyclists After Night Rides on Search of Soup Dumplings Go Viral AFP China Courts U.S. Allies as Defense Against Trump’s Protectionism Lingling Wei and Kim Mackrael, The Wall Street Journal
November 11, 2024 Japan PM Ishiba Survives Parliament Vote as Trump Looms Large John Geddie and Tim Kelly, Reuters Taiwan Considers Big U.S. Defense Purchases as Overture to Donald Trump Demetri Sevastopulo and Kathrin Hille, Financial Times First Batch of ATACMS Missile System Arrive in Taiwan: Source Wu Su-wei and Joseph Yeh, CNA Philippines Aims to Buy U.S. Missile Launcher in Move Likely to Anger China Kathrin Hille, Financial Times China Reasserts South China Sea Sovereignty Amid Philippine Boundary Laws Al Jazeera Foreign Companies Pull More Money From China Bloomberg Taiwan to Push to Join CPTPP at APEC Annual Meeting Tseng Chih-yi and Frances Huang, CNA Would China's South China Sea Fake Islands 'Sink' in a War? Brandon J. Weichert, The National Interest
November 8, 2024 Is the Return of Donald Trump China’s Dream or Nightmare? The Economist Taiwanese Scholars Divided on U.S. Military Support for Taiwan Under Trump Presidency Sunny Lai, CNA How Do Media Organizations Define Taiwan? Ben Alperstein, The Diplomat Canada Orders Shutdown of Tiktok’s Canadian Business, App Access to Continue Ismail Shakil, Reuters Chinese Hackers Gained Access to Huge Trove of Americans’ Cell Records John Sakellariadis, Politico Taiwan ‘Very Interested’ in Working With Telesat on Backup Satellite Internet Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail Philippine Forces Rehearse Island Seizure in South China Sea Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News
November 7, 2024 China Is Bracing for Fresh Tensions With Trump Over Trade, Tech and Taiwan Simina Mistreanu, The Associated Press Taiwan Will Help Companies Move From China Given Likely Trump Tariffs Reuters Trump Win Heralds Higher Tariffs for Asian Businesses Nikkei Asia Republicans Win Back Control of the Senate, Taiwan-Friendly Lawmakers Take Seats The News Lens Taiwan Faces Pressure to Boost Military Spending After Trump Win: Experts Wu Shu-wei, Matt Yu and Sunny Lai, CNA Taiwan Leader Considers Trying to Call Trump After Victory Miaojung Lin, Yian Lee, and Debby Wu, Bloomberg Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China’s Underground Submarine Base Ryan Chan, Newsweek Mystery Surrounds Discovery of TSMC Tech Inside Huawei AI Chips Yang Jie and Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal