January 10, 2024 U.S. Navy Sailor Is Sentenced to 27 Months in Jail for Sharing Military Data With China Reuters ‘Important Step’: U.S., China Resume Military-to-Military Policy Talks After Comms Freeze Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense China’s Top Diplomat Says Ties With U.S. ‘Stabilized’ Last Year AFP U.S. Policy Shouldn’t Depend on Chinese Weakness Ali Wyne, Foreign Policy When Will the West Stand Up to Xi Jinping? Sir Geoffrey Nice and Benedict Rogers, The Spectator Taiwan’s Military Apologizes Over ‘Missile Flyover’ Message Mishap Joseph Yeh, Chung Yu-chen, and Lin Ching-yin, CNA DPP’s Lai Urges Beijing to Engage in Talks With Taipei Teng Pei-ju, CNA Taiwan Exports Increase 11.8% Year-on-Year Chen Cheng-hui, Taipei Times Japanese Scallops to Be Processed in Vietnam After China Ban Hajime Tsukada, Nikkei China’s Game in Gaza Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs Lawmakers Push U.S. to Consider Trade Limits With A.I. Giant Tied to China Edward Wong, Mark Mazzetti and Paul Mozur, The New York Times Chinese Billionaire Is Second-Biggest Foreign Owner of U.S. Land Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg Chinese Naval Officers Supplanting Army Within PLA Andy Wong Ming Jun, Asia Sentinel
January 9, 2024 Marines in Japan Lead U.S. Military Changes in the Indo-Pacific Aaron-matthew Lariosa, USNI News U.S. Air Force Logistics Officer Talks Basing, Drones in the Pacific Rachel S. Cohen, Defense News China’s ‘Monster’ Sends Another Message to Vietnam Ray Powell, SeaLight ‘We Must Choose a Side in the U.S.-China Rivalry’: Taiwanese Voters Concerned Over Island’s Fate Ahead of Election Irene Chan Trial of Jimmy Lai: ‘Dissenters Risk Similar Fate’ Warns Co-founder of U.K. Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China James Joseph, Jurist Hong Kong Prosecutors Cite Media Mogul Jimmy Lai’s Emails With Ex-U.S. Officials in National Security Trial Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Plans Drone Bases in West Africa to Counter China and Islamist Militants Ekene Lionel, Military Africa The Patagonian Enigma: China’s Deep Space Station in Argentina Carlo J.V. Caro, The Diplomat
January 8, 2024 Taiwan Election: China Sows Doubt About U.S. With Disinformation Tessa Wong, BBC China’s Top Spy Agency Says It Exposes British Espionage Case Reuters Taiwan Planning Next-Generation Indigenous Jet Fighters: President Tsai Chung Yu-chen, CNA The Rebranding of Xinjiang Elizabeth Palmer, CBS Bews Taiwan Election 2024: Ukraine Conflict Stirs Growing Fears of War as Voters Mull Ways to Counter the ‘China Threat’ Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press Launch of CSIS Report on ‘Deep Blue Scars: Environmental Threats to the South China Sea’ Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Intelligence Shows Flawed China Missiles Led Xi to Purge Army Peter Martin and Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg General Tso’s Chicken to Bento Bowls: A Food Guide to Taiwan Politics Grace Tsoi and Joy Chang, BBC
January 5, 2024 Huawei Teardown Shows 5nm Laptop Chip Made in Taiwan, Not China Vlad Savov and Debby Wu, Bloomberg Chinese Firm Scrubs Website After DCNF Reveals Communist Party and Military Ties Philip Lenczycki, Daily Caller Cross-Strait Crisis Rated as Tier 1 Contingency in U.S. Report Ozzy Yin and Evelyn Yang, CNA Taiwan Military to Spend NT$10.2 Billion on Mirage 2000-5s Engine Spare Parts Wu Sheng-hung and Joseph Yeh, CNA Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election: Analyzing Ko Wen-je’s Foreign Policy Positions David Sacks, Council on Foreign Relations Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Was ‘Mastermind and Sponsor’ of Foreign Lobbying Efforts, Court Hears Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China Has New Full-Scale Target of America’s Ford Supercarrier Joseph Trevithick, The War Zone What Killed U.S.-China Engagement? Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Project Syndicate
January 4, 2024 Taiwan AI Labs Reports Surge in Disinformation Jake Chung, Taipei Times Chinese Election Interference Tests Taiwan’s Capability to Defend Freedom of Speech William Yang, Index on Censorship Squid: China Reveals Highly Sensitive Submarine Detector That’s Cheap Sejal Sharma, Interesting Engineering Our Best Look at China’s Nearly Completed New Aircraft Carrier Oliver Parken, The War Zone Abrupt Dismissals Point to Xi Jinping’s Quiet Shake-Up of China’s Military Chris Buckley, The New York Times Chinese Naval Modernization in 2023 Reviewed Alex Luck , Naval News Carrier USS Carl Vinson Sails With Philippine Navy in South China Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Wall Street’s Ambitions in China Run Into a Rising Firewall Cathy Chan, Ambereen Choudhury and Sarah Zheng, Bloomberg Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Used Apple Daily Newspaper to ‘Sway Public Opinion,’ ‘Promote Hatred,’ Court Hears Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press
January 3, 2024 Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Pleads Not Guilty to National Security, Sedition Charges Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Police Challenges West to Abandon MLATs and Extradition Treaties Safeguard Defenders China Closed 2023 With a Military Purge James Palmer, Foreign Policy U.S. Overtakes China as South Korea’s Top Export Market Sam Kim and Hooyeon Kim, Bloomberg Taiwan Culture Ministry Takes Issue With KMT Candidate’s Taylor Swift Claim Sean Lin, CNA Taiwan Detects Two Chinese Balloons Crossing Sensitive Median Line, as Island’s Pivotal Election Approaches AFP Missouri Governor Bans Chinese Purchase of Farmland Near Military Sites Jake Smith, Daily Caller China protests American ‘Technological Blockade’ Amid Semiconductor Battle Lee Ferran, Breaking Defense China Targets Friendly Media, Diplomats to ‘Tell Story of Xinjiang’ Frederik Kelter, Al Jazeera
January 2, 2024 Xi Jinping Pledges ‘Reunification’ With Taiwan in New Year’s Message Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Taiwanese in China Urged to Give to KMT Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times Taiwan Vice Presidential Candidates Clash Over Diplomacy, China in Debate Joseph Yeh, CNA Tsai Urges China Not to Use ECFA to Politically Threaten Taiwan Wen Kuei-hsiang and Frances Huang, CNA China Plans to Keep Ships Near Senkakus 365 Days in 2024 Kyodo Chinese Navy Continues to Fly the Red Flag in the South Pacific Gordon Arthur, Naval News First Naval Officer Appointed as Chinese Defense Minister; Predecessor Still Missing Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Sri Lanka’s China ‘Debt Trap’ Fears Grow as Beijing Keeps Investing Cissy Zhou, Nikkei Explainer: Hong Kong’s National Security Crackdown — Month 42 Hong Kong Free Press Myanmar Gives China Green Light to Proceed with Strategic Seaport The Maritime Executive
December 29, 2023 China Pressures Influential Taiwanese Band Ahead of Elections, Sources Say Yimou Lee, Reuters China Lip-Synch Probe Into Top Taiwanese Rock Band Is Politically Motivated, Taiwan Intelligence Officials Claim Eric Cheung, CNN China Threatens More Trade Sanctions on Taiwan as Election Nears Reuters Taiwan Investment in China Plummets as It Soars in U.S. and Germany Hideaki Ryugen, Nikkei Taiwan Presidential Candidates Vow to Improve Social Safety Net Sean Lin, CNA 2023: The Year China’s Economic Miracle Ended Niala Boodhoo, Axios China Struggles to Repurpose the Lessons of the Pearl Harbor Attack Denny Roy, Asia Times Even Freeing Jimmy Lai Won’t Stop Hong Kong Market’s Fall Shuli Ren, Bloomberg Apple Is Being Overtaken by Chinese Smartphone Rivals — in Cars Yang Jie, The Wall Street Journal China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy: A Blueprint for Technological Superiority Nicholas R. Licata, Foreign Policy Research Institute
December 28, 2023 Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A. Edward Wong, Julian E. Barnes, Muyi Xiao and Chris Buckley, The New York Times ‘Troll’ Accounts Taking Cues From China State-Affiliated Media: Researchers Chung Yu-chen, CNA Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Candidates: Where They Stand on Key Issues Matthew Mazzetta and Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA China-Russia Ties in Arctic Keep U.S. and Canada on Alert Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei ‘China Will Not Flinch’: Foreign Ministry Bans U.S. Research Company That Reported on Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang Associated Press Hong Kong’s Freedoms ‘better Protected’ Under National Security Law, Government Tells Un Ahead Of Human Rights Review Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Jiang Ping, the ‘Conscience of China’s Legal World,’ Dies at 92 Vivian Wang and Joy Dong, The New York Times A Chinese Criminal Network Is Using Modern Day Slaves to Scam Thousands of Americans CNN TikTok Found to Be Using a Tracking Tool Which Harvests Data Without Consent in Potential Breach of Australian Privacy Laws Laurence Karacsony, Sky News
December 27, 2023 2024 Taiwan Elections: First Charge Laid Over China Voter Tours Tsai Ching-hua, Taipei Times 2024 Taiwan Elections: Presidential Hopefuls Debate Energy, Key Visions Lee I-chia, Taipei Times Taiwan Navy Confirms Submarine Incident Likely Due to Unexpected Waves Joseph Yeh, CNA Philippines Mulls Building Fishers’ Shelter in Ayungin Shoal Joviland Rita, GMA Integrated News Increased U.S. Partnership With the Philippines Coming in 2024 Geoff Ziezulewicz, Defense News Chinese Submariner Appointed Head of People’s Liberation Army Navy Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News The EU-China Summit Showed How Close Washington and Brussels Are Milton Ezrati, Forbes China Imposes Sanctions on U.S. Consulting Firm James T. Areddy, The Wall Street Journal How China Games the Universal Periodic Review System Renee Xia and William Nee, The Diplomat
December 26, 2023 This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out Michael Forsythe and Gabriel J.X. Dance, The New York Times How to Thwart China’s Bid to Lead the Global South Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs There Has Been a Surge in Hongkongers’ Urge to Leave — What Does That Say About the City? Tim Hamlett, Hong Kong Free Press Big Winners and Losers in China’s Industrial Policy Guangwei Li, Asia Times Behold Orca: U.S. Navy’s Robotic Sub Built for Drone Swarms Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times Carrier USS Carl Vinson Back in the South China Sea After Singapore Port Visit Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News U.S. Tensions With China Are Fraying Long-Cultivated Academic Ties. Will the Chill Hurt U.S. Interests? Didi Tang, Associated Press How Taiwan-ASEAN Semiconductor Cooperation Can Bolster Taipei’s National Security Chin Hsueh, The Diplomat
December 25, 2023 The Evolution of Identity in Taiwan Zhuoran Li, The Diplomat Indigenous Taiwanese Drone Breaks Flight Record Yu Tai-lang and William Hetherington, Taipei Times Taiwanese Man Held for Allegedly Faking Election Surveys Tsai Ching-hua and Jake Chung, Taipei Times Biden Signs Into Law 2024 Defense Spending Bill With Taiwan Provisions Chiang Chin-yeh and Sean Lin, CNA Japan Approves Record Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 Kosuke Takahashi, Naval News Taiwan Navy Still Searching for Submariners Lost at Sea for Over 72 Hours Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans Paul Mozur, Aaron Krolik and Adam Satariano, The New York Times Analysis: China’s Spy Agency Now Watches for Doomsayers Katsuji Nakazawa, Nikkei China’s Maritime Militia: The ‘Gray Zone’ Force in the South China Sea Micah McCartney, Newsweek Chinese Spacecraft Emitting Strong Signal Over North America Victor Tangermann, Futurism