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
September 11, 2023 Frustrated China Steps Up Warship and Fighter Plane Activity Around Taiwan Helen Davidson, The Guardian China Slams U.K. Spying Reports as ‘Political Farce’ and ‘Malicious Slander’ AFP Taiwan: Not So Safe, Not So Weak Ian Easton, Taipei Times Taiwan Army Says Tank Training to Continue Despite Facility Upgrade Delays Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Biden Doubts China Able to Invade Taiwan Amid Economic Woes Akayla Gardner and Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg Biden Forges Deeper Ties With Vietnam as China’s Ambition Mounts Peter Baker and Katie Rogers, The New York Times China Opposed Plans for U.S. to Host G20 in 2026 Henry Foy, Lucy Fisher and James Politi, Financial Times China Won’t Start With Taiwan Patrick Fox and Garrett Ehinger, 19FortyFive
September 8, 2023 Biden Is Not Planning to Meet Chinese Premier Li at G-20 Summit John Harney, Bloomberg Xi’s Expected G20 No-Show May Be Part of a Plan to Reshape Global Governance Nectar Gan, CNN The China Model Is Dead Michael Schuman, The Atlantic U.S., Australia Should Use Civil Aid, Not Military, to Woo Pacific Island States From China: Wargame Colin Clark, Breaking Defense Yuan Drops Toward Record Low as China Budges in Fight With Bears Bloomberg Allies Target Early AUKUS Milestones to Keep 20-Year Plan on Track Megan Eckstein, Defense News Betrayal of China’s Muslims Undermines the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Credibility Aaron Rhodes and Marco Respinti, The Diplomat Beijing Keeps Exiled Uyghurs in the Dark About Relatives in China Ruth Ingram, The China Project Biden Goes All-In On Vietnam Phelim Kine and Stuart Lau, Politico The Universality of Human Rights at Stake as China Unveils Global Civilization Initiative Press Trust of India
September 7, 2023 Analysis: Xi Reprimanded by Elders at Beidaihe Over Direction of Nation Katsuji Nakazawa, Nikkei China Is Honing Runway-Repair Teams Thomas Corbett and Peter W. Singer, Defense One How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products Andy Greenberg, Wired Sleight of Hand: How China Weaponizes Software Vulnerabilities Dakota Cary and Kristin Del Rosso, Atlantic Council Cambridge University and the Chinese Military UK-China Transparency China Bans iPhone Use for Government Officials at Work Yoko Kubota, The Wall Street Journal China’s United Front Strategy in Africa Paul Nantulya, Africa Center for Foreign Studies Scoop: China Hawk Kurt Campbell Is Leading Candidate for Deputy at State Barak Ravid and Hans Nichols, Axios Taiwan’s KMT Rejects Alliance With Anti-China Parties Matthew Strong, Taiwan News
September 1, 2023 China’s Disinformation Fuels Anger Over Fukushima Water Release Motoko Rich and John Liu, The New York Times Raimondo’s China Trip Proves That Just Engaging Beijing Isn’t Enough Josh Rogin, The Washington Post China’s Xi Set to Snub G20, Dashing Chance of Biden Meeting: Reports Joe Jacquez, The Hill Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Suspends Sending Cadets to China CNN Philippines Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia Reject China’s Latest South China Sea Map Reuters Vietnam Fisherman Says China Coast Guard Water Cannon Broke Arm Charles Lavery, Newsweek U.S. Allies Key to Deterring Russia, China, Financially a ‘Mixed Bag,’ Experts Say USNI News
August 31, 2023 Exclusive: U.S Military in Talks to Develop Port in Philippines Facing Taiwan Karen Lema and Poppy Mcpherson, Reuters Malaysia Does Not Recognize China’s Claims in the South China Sea Bernama Huawei Mystery Phone Rallies China Against U.S. Curbs Bloomberg First U.S. Military Transfer to Taiwan Approved Under Program for Sovereign States Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill China’s PLA Scaling Up in Aksai Chin: Satellite Data Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times Travel Firms Urged to Halt Trips to Uyghur Region Over China Rights Abuses Helen Davidson, The Guardian Threats in Western Pacific Drawing South Korea, Japan Closer Together, Experts Say John Grady, USNI News Chinese Political Warfare: A Strategic Tautology? The Three Warfares and the Centrality of Political Warfare Within Chinese Strategy Pieter Zhao, The Strategy Bridge
August 30, 2023 Chinese Intel Officers Interfered in U.S. Election Adam Rawnsley, Rolling Stone Meta: Pro-Chinese Influence Operation Was the Largest in History Aj Vicens, Cyberscoop Exclusive: State Department Picks Veteran Diplomat Lambert as Top China Policy Official: Sources Humeyra Pamuk and Michael Martina, Reuters Beijing’s ‘Fisher Militia’ Menaces the South China Sea. The U.S. Must Lean In Tom Sharpe, The Telegraph Japan ‘Cannot Maintain’ Security at Current Capabilities: SDF Chief Naoya Yoshino, Nikkei Marcos: Philippines Seeking Alliances With Europe for Security, Defense a ‘Welcome Evolution’ Jelo Ritzhie Mantaring, CNN Philippines Putin Agrees to Visit China in First Trip Since Arrest Warrant Bloomberg Vietnam Weighs Singapore Diplomatic Upgrade as Lee Visits Lien Hoang, Nikkei Americans Are Unwittingly Financing the CCP. It Has to Stop Mike Gallagher, The Washington Post Coast Guard Will Enforce Maritime Law Around Palau as Competition With China Intensifies David Rising, Associated Press Blind, See, Kill: The Grand Networking Plan to Take On China Tyler Rogoway, The Warzone Japan’s Cybersecurity Agency Breached by Suspected Chinese hackers: Report Alexander Martin, The Record
August 29, 2023 Why Hanoi May Agree to a Vietnam-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Le Hong Hiep, Fulcrum Philippines, Aussie Joint Maritime Patrols in South China Sea Approved Michael Punongbayan, The Philippine Star Joint Exercises With China Look Murky Amid Territorial Tensions — Brawner Jean Mangaluz, Philippine Daily Inquirer Philippine Coast Guard Drills With U.S., Japan on Ship Maintenance Yuichi Shiga, Nikkei Laser and Water Cannon Diplomacy in the South China Sea Modern Diplomacy ‘Xizang’: China Insists on Depriving Tibet of Its Name Lopsang Gurung, Bitter Winter China’s Cartographic Manipulation of Tibet is ‘Colonialism of Perception’ Vijay Kranti, Central Tibetan Administration Increasingly Authoritarian Central America Just Snubbed Taiwan in Favor of China Arturo Mcfields, The Hill BRICS: A China-Led Group Looking for Relevance Thiago de Aragao, The Diplomat Pentagon Unveils ‘Replicator’ Drone Program to Compete With China Noah Robertson, Defense News China Says Its Ban on Japanese Seafood Is About Safety. Is It Really? Kathleen Magramo and Michelle Toh, CNN Q&A: Japan’s Release of Treated Fukushima Wastewater Huang Ming-hsi and Bernadette Hsiao, CNA
August 28, 2023 Notes From Central Taiwan: The Chiang Ching-kuo Legacy and Taiwan’s Next Election Michael Turton, Taipei Times Terry Gou Jumps Into 2024 Presidential Race as Independent Candidate Chung Yu-chen, CNA The Real Contest With China Michael Brown and Robert Atkinson, Foreign Affairs China’s Xi Doubles Down on Hardline Xinjiang Policy Stuart Lau, Politico U.S., Australia, Japan Drill With the Philippines in South China Sea; China Flies Military Drone Near Taiwan Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News U.S. Sanctions China Officials Over Tibetan Assimilation Policies Nolan Zhu, Jurist Biden’s Course for U.S. on Trade Breaks With Clinton and Obama David J. Lynch, The Washington Post Huawei Agrees Long-Term Patent Deal With Ericsson Despite Western Curbs Eri Sugiura, Financial Times
August 25, 2023 China Bans Japanese Seafood as Nuclear Wastewater Released Shoko Oda, Bloomberg Thirteen China Plants Released More Tritium in 2021 Than Fukushima Annual Total Plan NHK It Aims to Challenge the West and Could Rival the G7. What Is BRICS? Lucy Cormack, The Sydney Morning Herald BRICS Shows It’s Little More Than a Meaningless Acronym Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg ‘There Is No Worse to Come With the KMT, It Is Already Falling Apart Now’ Courtney Donovan Smith, Taiwan News KMT Presidential Candidate Hou to Make Eight-Day Trip to U.S. in September Chung Yu-chen, CNA U.S. Seeks Short-Term Extension to Science and Tech Agreement With China Alison Snyder, Axios China Quietly Recruits Overseas Chip Talent as U.S. Tightens Curbs Julie Zhu, Fanny Potkin, Eduardo Baptista and Michael Martina, Reuters China’s COVID Zero Exit Led to 1.9 Million Deaths in Two Months, Study Finds Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg German Guarantees for China Investments Plummet: Document Andreas Rinke, Reuters U.S. Denies Reports Claiming It Considered Canceling F-16 Sale to Taiwan Chiang Chin-yeh, Christie Chen, Joseph Yen and Frances Huang, CNA The AIIB’s Former Communications Chief on Why He Blew the Whistle The Economist
August 24, 2023 Taiwan Proposes $3 Billion Spending on New Weapons, Gets F-16 Boost Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung, Reuters China Tries to Increase Its Clout in Africa Amid Rivalry With the U.S. David Pierson and Lynsey Chutel, The New York Times Biden’s Asia Diplomacy Is Still Incomplete Zack Cooper, War on the Rocks Biden Resists Pressure From Lawmakers and Seeks Short Extension to Key China Science Pact Jennifer Jett and Abigail Williams, NBC News The Fukushima Nuclear Plant Begins Releasing Treated Radioactive Wastewater Into the Sea Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Beijing Allegedly Tried to Run Candidate Against Popular Canadian Mayor Sam Cooper The Bureau Man Flees China by Riding Jet Ski Hundreds of Miles Across the Sea Stella Kim and Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News Growing Tension With China Requires More Surveillance off the Philippines, Report Finds John Grady, USNI News Mapping China’s Strategic Space National Bureau of Asian Research In U.S.-China Trade War, Bystander Countries Increase Exports Michael Totty, UCLA Anderson Review