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
November 6, 2024 After SpaceX’s Requests, Taiwanese Suppliers Move Manufacturing Abroad, Sources Say Francesco Guarascio, Khanh Vu and Ben Blanchard, Reuters China’s J-35A Stealth Fighter Officially Breaks Cover Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone TikTok Deletes Videos Related to Uyghur Human Rights Violations Arslan Tash, Radio Free Asia Canada Posts Cyber Attache in Taiwan as Ties Deepen Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail China Blocking U.K. Plans in Beijing Amid East London Mega-Embassy Dispute Eleni Courea and Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sails to South China Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News
November 5, 2024 If Trump Wins, What Will His China Policies Be? Bonnie Girard, The Diplomat Taiwan Must Show New U.S. President It Is Determined to Defend Itself, Defense Minister Says Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee, Reuters Taiwan Couple Charged Under Anti-Infiltration Law Over Attempt to Influence Elections for China AFP Taiwan’s Soaring Energy Prices and Growing Outages Hit Chipmaker TSMC Kathrin Hille, Financial Times Chinese Carrier Strike Group Deploys to Philippine Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News A U.S. Invasion of Taiwan in WWII Would Have Been a Disaster. A Chinese Operation Faces Similar Dangers Michael Peck, Business Insider The Voyage of the Meishan and Xiushan: China’s Template for a Blue-Water Coast Guard Ryan Martinson, War on the Rocks Joint Sword-2024B: Quarantining Key Ports and Seizing Comprehensive Superiority Cheng-kun Ma, K. Tristan Tang, The Jamestown Foundation
November 4, 2024 Asian Shipyards Producing Dozens of Warships Each Year Battle for Lucrative Australian Naval Contract Andrew Greene, ABC News Chinese Military Activity Rises as U.S. Election Nears Taipei Times Taiwan NCO Association Mourns Death of Taiwanese Soldier in Ukraine Chang Yi-lien and James Lo, CNA ‘Lack of Transparency’: Kiribati Opposition Leader Wary of Government’s Dealings With China Christine Rovoi, Pacific Media Network Lammy’s ‘Progressive Realism’ Begins From China Azhar Azam, The Express Tribune Largest U.S. Drone Manufacturer Says It Will Need to Ration Batteries for Customers After Sanctions by China Siladitya Ray, Forbes Xi Jinping’s Axis of Losers Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs Notes From Central Taiwan: Natunas Past, Present and Future Michael Turton, Taipei Times
November 1, 2024 Chinese Researchers Develop AI Model for Military Use on Back of Meta’s Llama James Pomfret and Jessie Pang, Reuters China Deploying New Land-Attack Missile Subs Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Analyzing China’s Escalation After Taiwan President William Lai’s National Day Speech Bonny Lin and Brian Hart, China Power China Built a $50 Billion Military Stronghold in the South China Sea Ellen Nakashima and Laris Karklis, The Washington Post Assault Vessel? Research Ship? Both? Mystery of New Chinese Ship Caught on Satellite Sylvie Zhuang, South China Morning Post Will China Return Mars Samples to Earth Before the U.S. Does? Leonard David, Space.com Chinese Envoy Miffed at CPEC Security Lapses Shahbaz Rana. The Express Tribune Chinese Aircraft Carriers Drill Together for the First Time in South China Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News China's Aircraft Carriers Have One Massive Advantage Over the U.S. Navy Brandon J. Weichert, The National Interest Britain’s Heading for a Showdown With Donald Trump on China Emilio Casalicchio, Politico
October 31, 2024 Leading Human Rights Lawyer Xu Zhiyong on Hunger Strike in Chinese Prison, Family Says Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Human Rights Advocate Yu Wensheng, Wife Jailed in China NHK World British Foreign Secretary Under Fire for Failing to Raise Uyghur Genocide in China Adile Ablet and Roseanne Gerin, Radio Free Asia How Volkswagen Lost Its Way in China Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Chinese Sanctions Hit U.S. Drone Maker Supplying Ukraine Demetri Sevastopulo, Kathrin Hille and Ryan McMorrow, Financial Times China Built a $50 Billion Military Stronghold in the South China Sea Ellen Nakashima and Laris Karklis, The Washington Post How China Police Use Mazu Deity to Mediate Disputes With Remarkable Success Fran Lu, South China Morning Post Beijingology 2.0: Bridging the ‘Art’ and ‘Science’ of China Watching in Xi Jinping’s New Era Bjornar Sverdrup-Thygeson and Stig Stenslie, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence
October 30, 2024 China, Asked About Trump Comments, Says Taiwan Could Become a ‘Discarded Child’ Reuters Taiwanese Worry About ‘Transactionalist’ Trump as U.S. Votes AFP China ‘Does Not Agree or Accept’ the EU’s EV Tariffs, Says Negotiations Are Still Ongoing Lim Hui Jie, CNBC Taiwan’s FY2025 Defense Budget : An Overview of the New Naval Programs Tso-Juei Hsu, Naval News Chinese Navy Taps Fishing Vessels as ‘Force Multipliers’ in South China Sea Lade Jean Kabagani, Daily Tribune China Loses Third of Its Billionaires as Economy Falters Joe Leahy, Financial Times Our Best Look at Taiwan’s New Uncrewed ‘Smart Dragon’ Submarine Thomas Newdick, The War Zone
October 29, 2024 China Tightens Its Hold on Minerals Needed to Make Computer Chips Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Putin Once Asked Elon Musk to Not Activate Starlink Over Taiwan as a Favor to Xi Jinping: Report Matthew Loh, Insider Taiwan Issues Warnings to Chinese Coast Guard Vessels Around Kinmen Chang Yi-lien and Ko Lin, CNA Senior U.S. Diplomat Arrives in Taiwan as Officials Downplay Trump Comments Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee, Reuters China Tries to Blot Out Tibetan Criticism of Mining Firm’s Damage to the Environment Duncan Bartlett, The Diplomat To Focus on China, U.S. Needs to Wean Off Europe and Middle East Missions Carlton Haelig, Breaking Defense Who Briefs Xi Jinping? How Politburo Study Sessions Help to Decode Chinese Politics Neil Thomas and Feifei Hung, Asia Society Policy Institute Fab Whack-a-Mole: Chinese Companies Are Evading U.S. Sanctions Dylan Patel, Jeff Koch and Sravan Kundojjala, Semianalysis
October 28, 2024 U.S. Approves $2 Billion in Arms Sales to Taiwan Including Advanced Missile Defense System Simina Mistreanu, The Associated Press Bullied by China at Sea, With the Broken Bones to Prove It Damien Cave, The New York Times ‘China Will Not Like It One Bit’: Beijing Uneasy With North Korean Troops in Russia Joe Leahy and Christian Davies, Financial Times Why Trump’s Plan to Escalate Tariffs Has So Many Haters Brendan Murray. Bloomberg Indonesia Again Expels China Coast Guard Ship From Natuna Sea Antara China’s Massive Fishing Fleet Overwhelms Locals in ‘David and Goliath’ Battle Ryan Dube, The Wall Street Journal Why the BRICS De-Dollarization Dream Remains a Fantasy Chris Anstey, Bloomberg
October 25, 2024 Putin Ends BRICS Summit That Sought to Expand Russia’s Global Clout But Was Shadowed by Ukraine The Associated Press How Much Do G7 and BRICS Countries Rely on the Taiwan Strait? Kayla Zhu, Niccolo Conte and Joyce Ma, Visual Capitalist Have India and China Achieved a Border Breakthrough? Amit Ranjan Genevieve and Donnellon-May, The Interpreter European Parliament Backs Taiwan on Chinese Misinterpretation of U.N. Resolution 2758 Kayleigh Madjar, Taipei Times 15-Nation Joint Statement Demands China Address Human Rights Abuses in Tibet and East Turkistan Central Tibetan Administration Albanese Rejects China’s Claim That Australia Plagued by ‘Systemic Racism’ Sarah Basford Canales and Karen Middleton, The Guardian 10 Taiwanese Indicted in Military Spying-for-China Case Chiu Chun-fu and Jason Pan, Taipei Times Taiwan’s Military Will Be More Discreet About Deployments: Defense Minister Matt Yu and Sean Lin, CNA Taiwanese Missile Units Are Giving Away Their Positions to China Paul Huang, Foreign Policy Nearly 70% of Taiwanese Back President’s Rejection of China’s Claims in National Day Speech Sunny Lai, CNA Diplomacy With Chinese Characteristics: PRC Consulate Gray Zone ‘Pop-Up’ Events in New York and Beyond Sze-Fung Lee, The Jamestown Foundation
October 24, 2024 Chinese Blockade Would Trigger Military Response From Taiwan: Defense Minister Matt Yu, Wu Shu-wei and Sean Lin, CNA China Tightens ‘Counter-Stealth’ Military Radar Net Around South China Sea, Says Report Colin Clark, Breaking Defense Taiwan Submarine Program Faces Mounting Questions Over Tactical Merits Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Taiwan Sets Sights on 14 Days of Natural Gas Reserves Jono Thomson, Taiwan News With Ramped-Up Activities, U.S. Coast Guard Plots Greater Indo-Pacific Role Gabriel Dominguez, The Japan Times Xi Jinping Tightens Stranglehold on China’s Academia Joe Leahy, Sun Yu and Kana Inagaki, Financial Times China Has Another New Submarine Type — And It’s a Very Dangerous One David Axe, The Telegraph