August 22, 2024 China-EU Trade Rift Deepens With Probe of European Cheese Clarence Leong and Kim Mackrael, Wall Street Journal How Quickly Can Taiwan Integrate US Weapon Systems? Speed Is Essential to Help Deter China Adam Kozloski, Atlantic Council S. Korea, U.S. to build capabilities against 'any type' of N.K. nuclear threats: foreign ministry Kim Seung-yeon, Yonhap News Agency Australia backs Taiwan in Senate motion likely to infuriate China Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News China Launches Its Most Sophisticated Submarine to Date H I Sutton, Naval News
August 21, 2024 Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat David E. Sanger, The New York Times After Ship Collisions, Experts Say China Testing Philippine Resolve, U.S. Ties Colin Clark, Breaking Defense David Lammy ‘Breaks Promise’ by Failing to Accuse China of Genocide Dominic Penna, The Telegraph The Pentagon Is Shipping New Pieces to Guam’s Air-Defense Puzzle Jen Judson, Defense News Laser Weapon Appears On Chinese Amphibious Assault Ship Thomas Newdick, The War Zone Report to Congress on China Naval Modernization U.S. Naval Institute Taiwan in Time: The Atayal Alliance’s Last Stand Han Cheung, Taipei Times
August 20, 2024 U.S., Allies Partner for BMD Exercise, Russian and Chinese Ships Sail Near Japan Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Beijing Restricts Trading Data as Foreign Investors Flee Chinese Stocks Arjun Neil Alim, Financial Times Businesses Are Already Girding for Next Phase of the U.S.-China Trade War Peter S. Goodman, The New York Times China Hawks’ Faith in Trump Is Delusional Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Policy The Top 5 Weapons That Taiwan Needs to Defend Itself From China Brandon J. Weichert, The National Interest Where Is Alice Guo? In Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia or Still in the Philippines? Cecille Suerte Felipe and Evelyn Macairan, The Philippine Star Beyond Chinese Taipei Antonia Finnane, Inside Story
August 19, 2024 Chinese and Philippine Ships Collide Near Disputed Second Thomas Shoal in South China Sea AFP Philippines Says China Was ‘Dramatically’ Alarmed Over U.S. Missile System Deployed to Its North Associated Press ‘Monument to History’ Battle Between U.S. and China Over Future of Mao’s Secretary’s Diary Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Notes From Central Taiwan: PRC Occupational Hazards: Post-Invasion Hangover Michael Turton, Taipei Times Taiwan’s Freedom Is Worth Five Percent Richard D. Fisher, Taipei Times Social Media Hackers Target Taiwan Military in Disinformation Drive: Investigation Bureau Hsieh Hsing-en and Chao Yen-hsiang, CNA Taiwan Braces for America’s Election The Economist Human Rights Activists Rage Over Harrow’s China Campus Charlotte Alt and Matt Dathan, The Times of London Over the Brink: Escalation Management in a Protracted War Andrew Metrick, Philip Sheers and Stacie Pettyjohn, Center for a New American Century
August 16, 2024 Taiwan’s Third-Largest Party Dogged by Corruption Scandals Tsukasa Hadano, Nikkei China’s Rhetoric Turns Dangerously Real for Taiwanese Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC Jimmy Lai Appeal Judge, U.K.’s David Neuberger, Withdraws From Media Freedom NGO’s Advisory Panel Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press Kellyanne Conway Is Pushing Back Against Threats to TikTok in Congress: Reports Shruti Rajkumar, Huffington Post Excessive U.S. Pressure on Taiwan Defense Spending Plays Into CCP’s Hands Yoshiyuki Ogasawara, Nikkei Speeding Toward Taiwan: China’s Amphibious Armored Vehicles Development Insikt Group China’s Maritime Militia Has Returned to Sabina Shoal Ray Powell, SeaLight Start Taiwan Takeover Preparations as Soon as Possible Interpret: China
August 15, 2024 Shame of British Judge Keeping Free Speech Hero Jimmy Lai in Jail Alexander Butler, The Independent China Resubmits Application to Build Contested Big Embassy in London Andrew MacAskill, Reuters China Changes Names of Uyghur Villages, Says Report Tanika Godbole, Deutsche Welle China Using Economic Coercion to Influence Palau’s Relationship With Taiwan — Palau Leader Caleb Fotheringham, Radio New Zealand China Launches Improved Type 054AG Frigate, More Hulls Coming Alex Luck, Naval News Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shandong Back in South China Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Chinese Nationalism, PRC Resolve and Crisis Escalation: Views From Indo-Pacific Experts Andrew Chubb, Asia Society Policy Institute In Brief: Japan’s Defense Posture Zack Cooper, Sheila Smith, Ryan Ashley and Kei Koga, War on the Rocks
August 14, 2024 Beijing’s Spy Agency ‘Destroyed Large Number’ of Taiwan Intelligence Networks William Zheng, South China Morning Post Beijing-Based ‘Green Cicada’ AI Network Uncovered on Social Media, Fears of U.S. Election Disruption Andrew Greene, ABC News Kiribati Election Poses Test for China-Friendly Leader Sophie Mak, Nikkei Why China’s and Russia’s Militaries Are Training Together David Pierson, The New York Times How Award-Winning Athletes Became ‘Taiwan’s Glory’ Ho Ming-sho, ThinkChina Beyond Fusion: Preparing for Systems Rivalry With China Liza Tobin, Addis Goldman and Katherine Kurata, War on the Rocks China’s Nightmare: A Second Trade War With Trump Jason Douglas, The Wall Street Journal
August 13, 2024 China Frees More Fishermen From Taiwan Boats in Sign of Progress Bloomberg Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shandong Deploys to Philippine Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News HIMARS Set to Be Delivered by 2026: Taiwan Military Aaron Tu and Shelley Shan, Taipei Times TikTok Shows Less ‘Anti-China’ Content Than Rivals, Study Finds Bloomberg Beijing Admits Hong Kong-flagged Ship Destroyed Key Baltic Gas Pipeline ‘by Accident’ Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post Giant Chinese Cargo Drone Lifts Off on First Test Flight Alyssa Chen, South China Morning Post Taiwan POWER: A Model for Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Resilience Doublethink Lab
August 12, 2024 The Filipinos Living in the Shadow of China’s Military Might Camille Elemia, The New York Times China’s Great Wall of Villages Muyi Xiao and Agnes Chang, The New York Times Jimmy Lai Among Seven Hong Kong Pro-democracy Figures to Lose Appeal Against Conviction Over Taking Part in 2019 Demo James Lee and Hans Tse, st Hong Kong Free Press Notes From Central Taiwan: Taiwan’s Birth Rate: The Future is Now Michael Turton, Taipei Times China Appears to Have Used a New Type of Drone Lo Tien-ping and Shelley Shan, Taipei Times “Shadow Reserves”: China’s Key to Parry U.S. Financial Sanctions Christopher Vassallo, War on the Rocks China Is Neither Collapsing Nor Booming Howard W. French, Foreign Policy
August 9, 2024 How China Built Tech Prowess: Chemistry Classes and Research Labs Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Tim Walz Is Fascinated by China — and Disturbed by Its Human-Rights Record James T. Areddy, The Wall Street Journal Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles on AUKUS, China and Industry Concerns Aaron Mehta, Breaking Defense How China Controls Foreign Access to Technology and What It Means for Europe Rebecca Arcesati, Francois Chimits and Antonia Hmaidi, Mercator Institute for China Studies Marines Wrap Bilateral Resolute Dragon 2024 Exercise with Japan Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News U.S. Slowdown Imperils China’s Path to Export-Driven Recovery Bloomberg
August 8, 2024 ‘We’re Not Doing Anything Wrong’: Why the Word Taiwan Is Banned at the Olympics Helen Davidson, The Guardian Walz Has a Long History With China. But He’s Not ‘Pro-China’ Rebecca Tan and Vic Chiang, The Washington Post Allied Navies, Chinese Warships Hold Competing Drills off the Philippines Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News Taiwan Turns to Own ‘Iron Duke’ Wellington Koo to Deter China Thompson Chau, Nikkei Cambodia Breaks Ground on Controversial $1.7 Billion Canal Funded by China Associated Press Chinese Academic Convicted of Acting as Foreign Agent in U.S. Luc Cohen, Reuters
August 7, 2024 Tim Walz and China: Close Personal Ties and Sharp Criticism of Beijing Pak Yiu, Nikkei China’s ‘No First Use’ Nuclear Policy Rings Hollow for Many Brad Glosserman, The Japan Times Is a High-Profile Critic of the Chinese Communist Party a Con Man? NPR Growing Chinese Threat Makes Taiwan World’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint, Defense Analysts Warn Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Chinese State TV Pulls Plug on Taiwan’s Badminton Victory Huang Chun-mei, Ray Chung and Edward Li, Radio Free Asia Uncrewed Chinese Military Aircraft Tracked Close to Vietnam Coast, Monitor Group Says Francesco Guarascio, Reuters CMSI Note 7: PLA Navy Reserve: Out of the Shadows and Into the Forefront? China Maritime Studies Institute PLA Army Cross-Trains Pilots for Combat Derek Solen, China Aerospace Studies Institute