September 27, 2023 Chinese TV Presenter Linked to Missing Foreign Minister Had Surrogate Child in U.S. Ryan McMorrow, Sun Yu, Joe Leahy and James Kynge, Financial Times Why Xi Jinping Doesn’t Trust His Own Military Joel Wuthnow, Foreign Affairs Jimmy Lai’s Son Says the Jailed Hong Kong Media Tycoon ‘Refuses to Be Cowed’ Dan De Luce and Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News Calls for Release of Jimmy Lai on Media Mogul’s 1,000th Day in Custody ‘Slanderous,’ Hong Kong Government Says Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China Urges Countries to Boycott Hong Kong Media Freedom Event: Document Emma Farge, Reuters U.S. Restricts Imports From Three More Chinese Companies Tied to Forced Labor Doina Chiacu and Karen Freifeld, Reuters Canada Sees China as Less ‘Dependable’ Partner on Critical Minerals, Minister Says Reuters Tensions With China Cross a New Line in the South China Sea Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times Near-Space in China’s Military Strategy: Strategic Reconnaissance, Precision Strike, and Battlefield Advantage Devin Thorne, Recorded Future Chinese Hackers TAG-74 Targets South Korean Organizations in a Multi-Year Campaign The Hacker News North Korea And China Aren’t the Allies You Think They Are Bruce Bennett, 19FortyFive
September 26, 2023 Philippines Says No Standoff With China After Removal of Floating Barrier in South China Sea Reuters Ford Pauses Construction on Politically Divisive Battery Plant Nora Eckert Follow and Andrew Duehren, The Wall Street Journal Law Firm Layoffs Rise in Hong Kong as China Business Slows Pak Yiu and Echo Wong, Nikkei Hong Kong’s Leader Says Still Waiting for Invite to U.S. Summit Kari Soo Lindberg, Blomberg Vietnam Reportedly Seeking Military Aid From Both Moscow and Washington Voice of America South Korea Seeks Xi’s Visit to Mark ‘Turning Point’ in Ties Sangmi Cha and Shinhye Kang, Reuters Taiwan Expects to Deploy Two New Submarines by 2027, Security Adviser Says Yimou Lee, Reuters Biden Pledges More Aid to Pacific Islands to Counter Growing Chinese Influence Siosifa Pomana and Julian Borger, The Guardian How China’s Underground Historians Fight the Politics of Amnesia Ian Buruma, The New Yorker China’s ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Targeting Uyghurs Aren’t Going Away. Here’s What the International Community Can Do Atlantic Council Chinese Investment and Elite Sentiment in Southeast Asia: An Event Study of Influence Along the Belt and Road Yining Sun Ethan B. Kapstein Jacob N. Shapiro, Empirical Studies of Conflict Anatomy of China’s Maritime Strategy: Threatening the Maritime Order Through Its National Legislation and Self-Centered Interpretation of UNCLOS Shigeki Sakamoto, International Law Studies
September 25, 2023 New Report Uncovers Three Distinct Clusters of China-Nexus Attacks on Southeast Asian Government The Hacker News Philippines to ‘Take Appropriate Actions’ to Remove China’s Barrier, Protect Filipino Fishers Gaea Katreena Cabico, Philippine Star Blasting Bullhorns and Water Cannons, Chinese Ships Wall Off the Sea Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar, The New York Times U.S. Weighs Stationing Patriot Air Defense Systems in Palau Ryo Nakamura and Riko Sato, Nikkei China Bans Nomura Senior Investment Banker From Leaving Mainland: Sources Reuters Solar Supply Chains Must Diversify Away From China, Warns EDP Rachel Millard in London and Barney Jopson, Financial Times World War III: Could China ‘Annihilate’ U.S. Military Bases in a War? Brandon Weichert, 19FortyFive Taiwan Moves Closer to Acquiring 160 Turkish-Made Jackal Drones Tayfun Ozberk, Defense News
September 22, 2023 Jimmy Lai’s Son Fears Hong Kong Media Mogul May Die in Detention While Awaiting Trial Associated Press China’s Fighter Jets Aren’t Just Flying Around Taiwan. They’re Practicing Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal China’s Quest for Human Genetic Data Spurs Fears of a DNA Arms Race Joby Warrick and Cate Brown, The Washington Post U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China Joe Brock, Bloomberg Silicon Valley Venture Firm GGV Splits U.S. and China Operations Yifan Yu, Nikkei Foreign Interference: RCMP Investigate Death of British Columbia Man Targeted by China Stewart Bell and Jeff Semple, Global News Chinese Envoy Takes Aim at Europe’s ‘De-Risking,’ National Security Fears Sylvie Zhuang, South China Morning Post Philippines to File Suit vs China Franco Jose C. Barona and Bernadette E. Tamayo, The Manila Times Acclaimed Uyghur Folklorist Rahile Dawut’s Life Sentence Confirmed Liam Scott, Voice of America Marshall Islands Says U.S. Must Address Nuclear Legacy for Deal on Future Ties Reuters Most ‘America Skepticism’ Discourse in Taiwan Originates Locally: Researcher Chung Yu-chen, CNA
September 21, 2023 China's ‘Hurt Feelings’ Law Is Tailor-Made for Xi Jinping Benjamin Qiu. Nikkei Foreign Investors Still Shunning China Despite Signs of Upturn William Langley, Financial Times Philippines on Cusp of New South China Sea Cold War Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times Hong Kong Loses Edge to Singapore as World’s Freest Economy, as Think Tank Cites Interference and Waning Rule of Law Hans Te, Hong Kong Free Press White House told U.S. ambassador to Japan to stop taunting China on social media Carol E. Lee, Courtney Kube and Peter Nicholas, NBC News Blockade a ‘Monster Risk’ for China: U.S. Officials AFP Inside the Ring: China Purges Based on Maoist-Stalinist Ideology Bill Gertz, The Washington Times Xi’s Personnel Mismanagement Willy Wo-Lap Lam, The Jamestown Foundation Chinese Satellite Ground Stations Installed on Disputed South China Sea Reefs Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post China Accuses U.S. of Hacking Huawei Servers as Far Back as 2009 Debby Wu, Bloomberg Pacific Island Leaders Hope for More Substance From U.S. Summit Stephen Wright, BenarNews
September 20, 2023 China Declines to Address Wall Street Journal Report Foreign Minister Was Removed Over Extramarital Affair Simone McCarthy and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Commentary: What One More Dash in the South China Sea Tells Us About China’s Game Collin Koh, Channel News Asia Hardeep Singh Nijjar: Why Western Nations Fear India-Canada Row James Landale, BBC Japan Protests After China Sets Up Buoy in EEZ Near Senkakus Kyodo News Trouble Brews After Embassy Worker Finds Spy Bug in China Teapot Constance Kampfner, The Times of London On Sidelines of U.N. General Assembly, Sri Lankan President Calls AUKUS ‘a Mistake’ and Rejects Fears Over China Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware Andy Greenberg, Wired Chinese Loans to Africa Plummet to Near Two-Decade Low: Study Joe Bavier and Rachel Savage, Reuters German Envoy Summoned by Beijing After Foreign Minister Called Chinese Leader Xi Jinping ‘Dictator’ AFP U.S. Officials Warn Government Shutdown Could Slow Weapons to Ukraine, Taiwan Reuters
September 19, 2023 ASEAN Troops Launch Maritime Drills Amid South China Sea Tension Ismi Damayanti, Nikkei Taiwan’s Path Between Extremes Hou Yu-ih, Foreign Affairs Beijing Demands Consulates in Hong Kong Submit Data of All Locally Employed Staff Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press Poll Shows Taiwanese Confidence in National Defense Capabilities on the Rise Sam Howard, Taiwan News Taiwan Unveils New Combat Drones at Taipei Aerospace Expo 2023 Joe Saballa, The Defense Post China Brings Out the Big Guns in the South China Sea Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy Ukraine Isn’t the Reason the U.S. Is Unprepared for War Kori Schake, The Atlantic Biden’s National Security Adviser Holds Two Days of Talks in Malta With China’s Foreign Minister Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak, Associated Press
September 18, 2023 Trump ‘Won’t Say’ if He Would Provide Military Support to Taiwan Against an Invasion from China NBC News China Tells Countries ‘NOT to Participate’ in U.N. Event on Uyghur Atrocities Jimmy Quinn, The National Review Taiwan’s Defense Ministry Urges Beijing to Stop ‘Military Harassment’ After 103 Chinese Warplanes Fly Near Island Eric Cheung, CNN WHO Chief Pushes China for ‘Full Access’ to Solve COVID’s Origins Donato Paolo Mancini, The Financial Times Beijing Hits Back at Berlin as German Foreign Minister Refers to Chinese Leader Xi Jinping as ‘Dictator’ AFP The Bizarre Secret Behind China’s Spy Balloon David Martin, CBS News All Thanks to ‘Big Yellow Taxi’: How State Discovered Chinese Hackers Reading Its Emails John Sakellariadis and Maggie Miller, Politico In Risky Hunt for Secrets, U.S. and China Expand Global Spy Operations Julian E. Barnes and Edward Wong, The New York Times The Real Reasons for the West’s Protectionism Gideon Rachman, The Financial Times
September 15, 2023 U.S. Considering Seeking Access to More Philippine Bases, Admiral Says Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores, Reuters Chinese Defence Minister Under Investigation by Beijing, U.S. Believes Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times The World’s Solar Panel Industry Is Still Powered by Uyghur Forced Labor Ruth Ingram, The China Project China Trying to ‘Headhunt’ Powerful Brits, U.K. Government Claims Andrew McDonald, Politico Chinese Research Vessels Reportedly Roaming East of Philippine Sea Joviland Rita, GMA Integrated News China’s Military Spending Is Much Bigger Than We Thought James Stavridis, Bloomberg The U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Is Not All About China Nguyen Hung Son, The Diplomat Five Reasons Navy Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers Will Play a Key Role in a War With China Daniel Goure, 19FortyFive Reformulating Taiwan’s Statehood Claim Masahiro Kurosaki, Lawfare Every Taiwan Citizen a Resistance Member: Preparing for a Chinese Occupation Lumpy Lumbaca, Modern War Institute
September 14, 2023 China Unveils Taiwan Economic ‘Integration’ Plan as Warships Conduct Maneuvers off Coast Helen Davidson, The Guardian Chinese Aircraft Carrier, Warships Massing for Major Exercise Near the Philippines Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Taiwan Says China Is Bolstering Coastline Military Bases Facing the Self-Ruled Island Simina Mistreanu, Associated Press U.S. to Shift Millions in Military Aid From Egypt to Taiwan Vivian Salama, The Wall Street Journal The Case for Urgency Against China Alex Velez-Green, The Heritage Foundation KMT’s Hou to Visit U.S. for Eight Days Liu Kuan-ting and Bernadette Hsiao, CNA China Enforces Ban on Mongolian Language in Schools, Books Kasim Kashgar, Voice of America China’s J-20 Isn’t a ‘Dominating Aircraft,’ USAF General Says Oliver Parken, The War Zone China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques David E. Sanger and Steven Lee Myers
September 13, 2023 Japan Elevates Taiwan Security Ties in Move Likely to Rile China Kaori Kaneko, Yukiko Toyoda, Tim Kelly and Sakura Murakami, Reuters China Exploring Using AI to Manipulate Audiences Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times China’s Navy Starts Largest-Ever Exercises in Pacific Ocean Kathrin Hille, Financial Times Taiwan Says China Bolstering Air Power Along Coastline Facing Island Reuters China-Linked Hackers Breached a Power Grid — Again Andy Greenberg, Wired Hanoi’s American Hedge Huong Le Thu, Foreign Affairs U.K. Spy Scandal Could Shift China Policy James Palmer, Foreign Policy China: How is Beijing Whitewashing Its Xinjiang Policy? Yuchen Li, Deutsche Welle Mainland Chinese Student Jailed for 6 Months Over Plan to Display Tiananmen Monument Banner in Hong Kong Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Self-Exiled Hong Kong Democrat Ted Hui’s In-Laws Questioned by National Security Police: Reports James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press China’s Defense Minister Not Seen for Two Weeks Nikkei Taiwan Defense White Paper Outlines Plan for 7,700 Drones Jono Thomson, Taiwan News
September 12, 2023 Biden Accused of Sidelining Vietnam and India Rights Over Strategic Interests David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters It’s Time to Build Combined Forward Operating Base Sierra Madre Blake Herzinger, War on the Rocks Taiwan Military to Showcase New Drone, Rifle, Exoskeleton Suit at Defense Show Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Europe’s Solar Industry Warns of Bankruptcies Over Chinese Imports Alice Hancock, Financial Times China Isn’t as Strong as You Think John Rapley, UnHerd China Sails Shandong Aircraft Carrier Into West Pacific: Taiwan Military Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA The Case for Urgency Against China Alexander Velez-Green, The National Interest Why Hasn’t China Rushed to Bail Out Its Economy? Zhang Jun, Project Syndicate