March 1, 2024 China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public Li Yuan, The New York Times China’s New AI ‘Supermind’ Deepens Challenge to U.S. Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek U.S. to Launch Probe Into Security Risks of ‘Connected Vehicles’ Using China-Made Tech AFP Don’t Ignore Asia Tech: Twelve Years of Reporting From the World’s Most Dynamic Ecosystems Catherine Shu, TechCrunch Divest China From America’s Artificial Intelligence Industry Jianli Yang, The Washington Times Exclusive: SpaceX’s Talks With Vietnam Over Starlink on Hold Francesco Guarascio, Reuters Taiwan Maintains ‘Free’ Country Rating in 2024 Freedom House Report Chiang Chin-yeh and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA
February 29, 2024 Congress ‘Gradually Destroying’ U.S. Relations With Pacific Ally, Marshall Islands President Warns Jon Letman, The Guardian ‘Taiwan Needs to Find Its Own Groove’: What Startups Want From the Next President Catherine Shu, TechCrunch Speedboat Deaths Used as Gray Zone Tactic to Pressure Taiwan: Official Wen Kuei-hsiang and Alison Hsiao, CNA European Parliament Passes Foreign, Defense Policy Reports With Language Backing Taiwan Tien Hsi-ju and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA Germany and Italy Torpedo EU Supply Chain Law Alice Hancock and Patricia Nilsson, Financial Times China’s Sky Hawk Stealth Drone Receives Upgrades, to Conduct Outdoors Tests Liu Xuanzun, Global Times Secretary of the Navy Del Toro Meets With Leaders of HD Hyundai and Hanwha in the Republic of Korea, Tours Shipyards United States Navy Press Office Australia to More Than Double Naval Surface Fleet, Grow Defense Budget Gordon Arthur, Defense News Philippines Starts Latest Naval Modernization Attempt Amid South China Sea Tensions Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News
February 28, 2024 Chinese Research Ships Increase Activity Near Taiwan Kathrin Hille, Josh Gabert-Doyon and Chris Cook, Financial Times Taiwan’s Sub Prototype Towed to Dry Dock for Final Harbor Acceptance Tests Tsai Meng-yu, Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Taiwan Launches Its First Indigenous Submarine Curtis Lee, Naval News New Tuvalu Government Reaffirms Taiwan Ties in Government Document Joseph Yeh, CNA Open Thoughts on China’s Secrets Law Jeremy Daum, China Law Translate Revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets NPC Observer Hong Kong Democracy Advocates Stage Rare Public Protest AFP China Users on Banned Social Platforms Need Protection, Advocates Say Adrianna Zhang, Voice of America China: Free Detained Tibetan Demonstrators Human Rights Watch
February 27, 2024 China Is Running Out of Lines to Cross in the Taiwan Strait Ben Lewis, The New York Times The NBA Is Ready to Make Up With the Chinese Communist Party Zachary Faria, Washington Examiner Which Ties Will Bind? Big Tech, Lessons From Ukraine and Implications for Taiwan Sam BresnickNgor Luong Kathleen Curlee, Center for Security and Emerging Technology Sonar System, Torpedo Tubes of Taiwan’s Sub Prototype Revealed Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Taiwan Remains Fourth in Global Economic Freedom Index Sophia Yeh and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA Newly Elected Tuvaluan Prime Minister Affirms Ties With Taiwan: Taiwan Foreign Affairs Ministry Joseph Yeh, CNA U.S. and Japan Stage Military Drill With Eye on China Liu Tzu-hsuan and Chen Chih-cheng, Taipei Times Chinese Government Cracks Down on Leading Christian Prayer App, Bans It From Download Faithwire News China’s Slowing Economy, Xi’s Government Tactics Leave American Investors Wary Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes
February 26, 2024 Tuvalu Names Feleti Teo Prime Minister After Pro-Taiwan Leader Kausea Natano Ousted AFP Taiwan Is Fueling Russia’s War: Report William Hetherington, Taipei Times China’s EV Takeover: Inside Beijing’s Grand Plan to Dominate the Future of Electric Cars Linette Lopez, Business Insider U.S. Tells Musk to Allow Starshield Service in Taiwan Lu Yung-shan, Chen Li-chu and William Hetherington, Taipei Times How China Is Flooding America With Fentanyl on Purpose to Undermine Our Society Peter Schweizer, New York Post Biden Admin Touts Progress on Work With China to Combat Fentanyl Crisis — But Experts Say It’s Premature Jake Smith, Daily Caller Tone Deaf: Beijing’s Crackdown on a Celebrated, State-Owned Media Outlet Shows Just How Far Chinese Censors Have Gone Rachel Cheung, The Wire China China’s New Military Commanders Reflect Xi Jinping’s Naval Ambitions Andrew S. Erickson, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Call to Ban McKinsey From U.S. Government Contracts for China Work Demetri Sevastopulo and Stephen Foley, Australian Financial Review Pentagon’s CJADC2 Milestone Is Signal to China, Officials Say Colin Demarest, Defense News What the Western Media Gets Wrong About Taiwan Clarissa Wei, Foreign Policy
February 23, 2024 YouTube Blocked and Then Reinstated a Channel Documenting Human Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang Region Zahra Tayeb, Business Insider Exclusive: More Than 100 Tibetans Arrested Over Dam Protest Kalden Lodoe and Tenzin Pema, Radio Free Asia China Uses Hi-Tech to Suppress Dissent in the Uyghur Region Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter As China Expands Its Hacking Operations, a Vulnerability Emerges Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger, The New York Times Leaked Document Trove Shows a Chinese Hacking Scheme Focused on Harassing Dissidents Jenna McLaughlin, NPR Taiwan Coast Guard Administration Confirms Kinmen Capsizing Incident Caused by Patrol Boat Collision Chang I-lien, Hung Hsueh-kuang, Huang Li-yun, Lin Chiao-lien and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Cafe Fined HK$3,500 for Toilet Stains After Owners Complained of Weekly Inspections Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press Why the U.S. Army Needs a Drone Branch: Embracing Lessons From Ukraine Robert Solano, Breaking Defense
February 22, 2024 Some of the Same News Outlets Warning About ‘Disinformation’ Are Taking Millions to Print Chinese Propaganda Drew Holden, The Washington Free Beacon Preparing for War, Social Unrest or a New Pandemic? Chinese Companies Are Raising Militias Like It’s the 1970s Laura He, CNN How China Tries to Indoctrinate Taiwan’s Youth Kathrin Hille, Financial Times U.S. State Department Approves Sale of Military Equipment to Taiwan Chiang Chin-yeh, Christie Chen and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA U.S. Delegation Begins Taiwan Visit, With Republican Mike Gallagher Accusing China of ‘Bullying’ AFP U.S. Coast Guard Seeks a Greater Role to Ensure an ‘Open and Free Indo-Pacific’ Gordon Arthur, Naval News Taiwan’s Theory of the Fight Tommy Jamison Lessons From Ukraine and Israel on How America Should Approach New Tech Rachel Hoff and Reed Kessler, Breaking Defense
February 21, 2024 Chinese Companies Revive Mao Zedong-Era Militias Edward White, Financial Times Friends With ‘No Limits’? A Year Into War in Ukraine, History Still Constrains Sino-Russian Relations Andrew S. Erickson, Fairbank Center for China Studies Turkey Detains Six for Allegedly Spying on Uyghurs for China Sinan Tavsan, Nikkei U.S. Navy Will Ask for One Virginia-Class Sub in FY 25 Shipbuilding Budget, Increase Amphib Production Sam LaGrone, USNI News The U.S. Needs a Better Strategic Narrative or It Will Cede Influence to China Mike Studeman, Financial Times
February 20, 2024 Taiwan Vessel Returns to Kinmen After Being Boarded by Chinese Coast Guard Tsai Meng-yu, Yu Hsiao-han and Ko Lin, CNA After Incident, Chinese Boats Patrol Waters Near Taiwan-Held Kinmen Tang Pei-chun and Evelyn Kao, CNA U.S. Navy Official: China Training for ‘Short Sharp War’ With Japan Sam LaGrone, USNI News In Unusual Move, China Offers to Back Hungary in Security Matters Liz Lee and Ryan Woo, Reuters Hong Kong Prosecutors Present Apple Daily Front-Page Ad Saying ‘Freedom Has Become a Crime’ in National Security Trial Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press ‘Vague’ Domestic Security Law Plan Makes Journalists ‘Feel in Danger,’ Hong Kong Press Group Chief Says at FCC Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Foreign Direct Investment in China Falls to 30-year Low Iori Kawate and Shunsuke Tabeta, Nikkei Dutch Government Says China Seeks Military Advantage From ASML Tools Toby Sterling, Reuters Whatever Happened to China’s 2024 Universal Periodical Review? Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter
February 19, 2024 The Taiwan Catastrophe What America — and the World — Would Lose if China Took the Island Andrew S. Erickson, Gabriel B. Collins, and Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs China Using ‘Gray Zone’ Tactics After Deadly Kinmen Boat Case: Experts Lee Ya-wen and Evelyn Kao, CNA Q&A: Taiwan and China’s Dispute Over the Waters Around Kinmen Matthew Mazzetta, CNA Percentage of Taiwanese Stakes in China Hits Low Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times Manila Says Chinese Boats Acting Dangerously AFP Finnish President-Elect Wants China ‘Involved’ In Ukraine War Peace Negotiations Tim Martin, Breaking Defense Firms With Deep Roots in China Reconsider Their Xinjiang Ties Keith Bradsher, The New York Times It’s Grim Out There: China’s Economy in the Year of the Dragon Anne Stevenson-Yang, China File Happy New Year of the Dragon — or Should That Be ‘Loong’? Chris Lau, CNN
February 16, 2024 Anxious About U.S. Funding Delay, Pacific Island Nations Warn About China David Brunnstrom, Reuters Taiwan Affirms Cooperation With Palau Despite China Pressure Matt Yu, Chen Yen-chun and Frances Huang, CNA Solomon Islands to Call Election With China a Key Factor Kirsty Needham, Reuters Australia Needs to Rethink Its Approach to Its Pacific Island Neighbors The Economist Loads and Laments of the South Pacific Leader Graeme Dobell, The Strategist China Holds Citizen on Spying Charges After She Did ‘Admin’ Work for U.S. Company Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Taiwan Blames Beijing After Death of Two Chinese Nationals in Boat Incident AFP Taiwan Ranked Top in Asia, 10th In World on Economist Intelligence Unit Freedom Index Chen Yun-yu and Evelyn Kao, CNA Elon Musk’s Big Tesla Factory in Mexico Taps Chinese Suppliers, Stoking DC Fears Amy Stillman and Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg
February 15, 2024 Cyberattacks Spiked Day Before Taiwan Election Jake Chung, Taipei Times Solomon Islands to Call Election With China a Key Factor Reuters Philippine Senate Approves Line on Artificial Islands in Maritime Zones Bill Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News U.S. Lawmakers Weigh Blacklist for Firms Lobbying for Chinese Military-linked Companies Daniel Lippman and Caitlin Oprysko, Politico U.S. Pacific Fleet to Stand Up Second Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron This Year Justin Katz, Breaking Defense Genetics Journal Retracts 17 Papers From China Due to Human Rights Concerns Amy Hawkins, The Guardian U.S. Blocks Volkswagen Imports Over Claims They Were Made With Forced Chinese Labor Matt Oliver, The Telegraph EU Proposes Export Bans on Three Chinese Firms Over Alleged Support for Russia’s Military AFP China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comprehensive Analysis of China’s Strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part I: Propaganda and Politics] Pablo Baisotti, Dialogo Americas Taiwanese ‘Le Petit Prince’ Showcases Beauty of Hokkien Language Chiu Tsu-yin and Evelyn Yang, CNA