June 8, 2023 Hong Kong Prisons Work to Compel Loyalty to China Among Young Activists Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post Most Europeans Agree With Macron on China and U.S., Report Shows Jakob Hanke Vela and Nicolas Camut, Politico U.S. to Link Up With Taiwan and Japan Drone Fleets to Share Real-Time Data Kathrin Hille and Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times Taiwan Election Season Embroiled in #MeToo Furor Jeff Pao, Asia Times U.K. Orders China to Shut Unofficial Police Stations on British Soil, as Beijing Denies Their Existence AFP Yoon’s Security Strategy Focuses on ROK-U.S. Alliance, Stronger Deterrence Against North Korea Nam Hyun-woo, The Korea Times Uyghur Foreign Travel Vlogs Likely a Feature of Chinese Government Propaganda Liam Scott, Polygraph.info First Marine Corps Tomahawk Cruise Missile Unit Has Stood Up Joseph Trevithick, The Warzone Former ByteDance Executive Says Chinese Communist Party Tracked Hong Kong Protesters via Data Zen Soo, Associated Press Fiji Reconsiders Security Ties With China Amid Pacific Tensions Nick Perry, Associated Press Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai Files Appeal Against Rejection of Attempt to Challenge National Security Committee Decision Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Dan Andrews Is Called Out After Australian Media Are Banned From His Speech to a Pro-China Forum — As He Hits Back at Scathing Letter Olivia Day, Daily Mail Australia ‘The Little Mermaid’ Flops in China, South Korea as Moviegoers Pick on Ariel’s Skin Color Bryan Ke, Next Shark
June 7, 2023 Twitter Silences Critical Voices With Search Bans on Top Uyghur and Tibetan Accounts M. Sliwa Public Relations Accounts of Hong Kong Opposition Party Members Terminated by HSBC and Other Banks, League of Social Democrats Says Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press House Armed Services Chair Wants China Spending Bill, Less Ukraine Aid Bryant Harris, Defense News Japan, Australia, U.S. to Fund Undersea Cable Connection in Micronesia to Counter China’s Influence Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press EU Considers Mandatory Ban on Using Huawei to Build 5G Javier Espinoza, Financial Times Not So Great Powers: U.S.-China Rivalry in an Era of Weakening States Timothy Heath, 19FortyFive Rising Risk of U.S.-China ‘Near Misses’ Around Taiwan Meredith Oyen, Asia Times Tsai Pledges Reforms Amid Wave of #MeToo Cases in Taiwanese Politics Yeh Su-ping and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA Cultural Genocide in Tibet: Communist China’s Church Model for Schools for Imposing Communism Vijay Kranti, Organiser Fiji Reconsiders Security Ties With China Amid Pacific Tensions Nick Perry, The Independent New Zealand, Fiji Leaders Finalize Defence Agreement 1News Vanuatu Security Deal With Australia to Go Before Its Parliament Before the End of 2023 Australian Broadcasting Corporation How to Read Xi Jinping John Culver, John Pomfret and Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs China Is Building the Most Powerful Warship Radar on Record: Scientists Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post Taiwan Just Said No to the F-35 Stealth Fighter. What Now? Michael A. Hunzeker and Alexander Lanoszka, The National Interest China’s Top VCs Warn Dollar Fundraising Will Only Get Tighter Echo Wong, Pak Yiu and Kenji Kawase, Nikkei U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Set to Travel to Beijing for Talks in Coming Weeks Jenny Leonard and Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg President Yoon to Attend NATO Summit in Lithuania Next Month Nam Hyun-woo, The Korea Times
June 6, 2023 Living the ‘Chinese Dream’: Beijing’s New World Order Frederik Kelter, Al Jazeera ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ Protest Song to Be Banned? Government Files Court Injunction Against Promoting Tune Brian Wong, South China Morning Post Hong Kong Law Is ‘Clearly Stated,’ John Lee Says When Asked About Arrests Over Tiananmen Crackdown Anniversary Mandy Cheng, Hong Kong Free Press How China Is Erasing Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square Memories William Yang, Deutsche Welle U.S., Australia, Japan Forming New Quad With Philippines. Should India Be Concerned? Nayanima Basu, ABP Live China Says It’ll Work on Political Ukraine Solution With France Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg Chinese PostalFurious Gang Strikes UAE Users With Sneaky SMS Phishing Scheme Ravie Lakshmanan, The Hacker News Has Geopolitical Conflict Between China and the U.S. Caused Their Networks to Disconnect? Tim Stronge, TeleGeography China’s France Envoy Slams ‘Attack’ After Post-Soviet States Uproar: ‘Big Deal Out of Nothing’ Hayley Wong, South China Morning Post As Taiwan Gears Up for 2024 Presidential Poll, Who are the Top Candidates? Alyssa Chen, The Japan Times A Strait Too Far: How a Deliberate Campaigning Approach in the Pacific Can Make Beijing Think Twice Benjamin Van Horrick, War on the Rocks China Is Waging a Restitution Campaign Against Taiwan’s Forbidden City Treasures Louise Benson, The Art Newspaper America’s Goal Should Be a Democratic China Liza Tobin, Foreign Policy China Owes Korea Much Explanation Choo Jae-woo, The Korea Times
June 5, 2023 Tiananmen Square: Hong Kong Police Detain Activists on Anniversary of Massacre Martin Yip and Adam Durbin, BBC Huge Police Deployment Thwarts Tiananmen Crackdown Commemorations as Hongkongers Detained Over Candles, Clothes, Slogans Hong Kong Free Press ‘To Care, to Express Our Sorrow’: Taiwan Hosts Tiananmen Crackdown Remembrance Vigil Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Navy Shows Chinese Warship's 'Unsafe Interaction' Near Taiwan Ben Blanchard and Laurie Chen, Reuters Chinese General Threatens Foreign Navies After Warships Nearly Collide in Taiwan Strait Eryk Bagshaw, The Age General Li Shangfu Carries China's Aggressive Territorial Claims to Shangri-La Dialogue Duncan Bartlett, Japan Forward China Lobbies Press Club Against Tibetan Appearance Matthew Knott, The Sydney Morning Herald Award-Winning Hong Kong Journalist Wins Appeal in Rare Court Ruling Upholding Media Freedom Kanis Leung, Associated Press Lessons From the ‘Nikkei’ Taiwan Debacle: A Call for Informed, Conscientious Reporting Ogasawara Yoshiyuki, Nippon.com Hong Kong Police Impound Sports Car With ‘8964’ License Plate on Tiananmen Crackdown Anniversary Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Canada Boosts Indo-Pacific Naval Deployments, Military Engagements Mike Yeo, Defense News Exclusive: World’s Spy Chiefs Meet in Secret Conclave in Singapore Xinghui Kok, Raju Gopalakrishnan and Greg Torode, Reuters Notes From Central Taiwan: DPP: Lai-able to Win? Michael Turton, Taipei Times
June 2, 2023 Ukraine War Has Not Changed China’s Strategy For Unification With Taiwan: Report Lim Ai Leen, The Straits Times Hongkongers Struggle to Get Voice Heard on Tiananmen Square Anniversary Chan Ho-him and Joe Leahy, Financial Times Top American, Chinese Defense Officials Vie for Influence in Asia-Pacific David Rising, Associated Press Taiwan Market Luring More Japanese Corporate Investments Amid China Tensions, Supply-Chain Fears Ralph Jennings, South China Morning Post Much More to Do in U.S. Trade Talks, Says Taiwan’s Top Trade Official Chiang Chin-yeh, Liu Chien-ling and Sean Lin, CNA Elon Musk Tears Up the Decoupling Script in China William Pesek, Asia Times End U.S.’s Strategic Ambiguity Policy Joseph Bosco, Taipei Times Pentagon Grant to U.S. University That Feeds China Military Research Comes Under Congressional Microscope Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon EU Raises Alarm Over Chinese Demands for Cosmetics Trade Secrets Alberto Nardelli and Angelina Rascouet, Bloomberg Exclusive: TikTok CEO Should Be Investigated By DOJ, Senator Says Alexandra S. Levine Forbes Xinjiang Exit Bans Keep Uyghur ‘Agitators’ in Place, Divide Families Ruth Ingram, The China Project How the U.S. is Deepening Military Alliances in China’s Backyard Demetri Sevastopulo and Kathrin Hille, Financial Times Kishida’s Push to Protect Vital Undersea Cables Brad Glosserman, The Japan Times
June 1, 2023 U.S.-Taiwan Relations: New Trade Deal to Be Signed as China Tensions Rise Annabelle Liang, BBC Nvidia’s CEO Plans Trip to Meet China Executives Despite U.S. Curbs Bloomberg China and Key U.S. Partner Singapore Agree to Top-Level Defense Hotline Syawalludin Zain and David Rising, Associated Press Taiwan May Tighten Residency for Hong Kongers Amid Spying Fears Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Beware China’s Salami Tactics in Taiwan Ivo Daalder, Politico The China Hawks Briefing DeSantis Email Alex, Politico Chinese Tech Entrepreneurs Keen to ‘De-China’ as Tensions With U.S. Soar David Kirton, Reuters Suspected Chinese Spies, Disguised as Tourists, Tried to Infiltrate Alaskan Military Bases Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today China Conveys ‘Four Noes’ to South Korea, a Response to Seoul’s Pro-U.S. Bias Lee Je-hun, Hankyoreh Why We Should All Worry About the China-India Border Dispute Nishant Rajeev and Alex Stephenson, USIP
May 31, 2023 Chinese Jet Carried Out ‘Aggressive’ Maneuver Near U.S. Military Plane, Pentagon Says Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom, Reuters China Removes 1.4 Million Posts and 67,000 Accounts in Latest Social Media Purge Mack DeGeurin, Gizmodo Biden Administration Announces Indo-Pacific Deal, Clashing With Industry Groups Ana Swanson, The New York Times TikTok Creators’ Financial Info, Social Security Numbers Have Been Stored In China Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes China’s Economic Recovery Continues to Stutter With Manufacturing Facing ‘Downward Spiral’ as Demand Weakens Andrew Mullen, South China Morning Post Canada’s Ex-Conservative Party Leader Says Chinese Misinformation Campaign Targeted Him in Last Election Paula Newton and Caitlin Hu, CNN Hong Kong Ex-Leader Urges U.K. Police to Investigate Cancelled Event Involving ‘Seditious’ Sheep Books Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Discovers 100 World War II Cannon Balls Believed to Be Still Active on a Cargo Ship From China Bernama Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Emily Benson, Japhet Quitzon and William Alan Reinsch, CSIS Nvidia to Turn Taiwan Into a World-Class AI Hub Jeff Pao, Asia Times Tech Transfer: Why Indonesia Likes Partnering With China Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta Globe COVID Might Have Come From a Lab Leak, Says China’s Former Top Scientist Nicolas Camut, Politico Chinese Police Clash With Protesters Over Plans to Demolish Mosque Christian Shepherd and Vic Chiang, The Washington Post National Security Trial of Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Estimated to Take 83 Days Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ Li Yuan, The New York Times
May 30, 2023 China Launches New Crew for Space Station, With Eye to Putting Astronauts on Moon Before 2030 Associated Press Taiwan Rushes to Prevent China From Cutting Internet, Phones Jamie Tarabay and Cindy Wang, Bloomberg Ex-Student Leader and Detained Activist Among Seven Who Plead Guilty to Rioting Inside Hong Kong Legislature in 2019 Lea Mok. Hong Kong Free Press Malaysia Detains Chinese Ship Linked to Suspected Illegal Salvage of British World War II Wrecks Rozanna Latiff, Reuters University Says Uyghur Student Didn’t Go to Hong Kong Where He Reportedly Went Missing Kanis Leung and Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press Taiwanese Election Drama Is a Subversive Hit in China Erin Hale, The News Lens Nvidia's Boom Is Not a Straightforward American Success Story Joel Kotkin, UnHerd How to Avoid War With China Daniel Davis, 19FortyFive Spy Agency Warns Canadian MP That She’s on Beijing’s ‘Evergreen’ Target List Zi-ann Lum, Politico Taiwan Won’t Let China Determine ‘Red Lines,’ Official Says John Feng, Newsweek China Rejects U.S. Proposal for Defense Chiefs to Meet in Singapore This Week Natasha Bertrand and Jennifer Hansler, CNN U.S.-China Trade Talks End in More Chip War Salvos Jeff Pao, Asia Times Four Ways U.S. Support for Ukraine Helps Defend Taiwan Gabriel Scheinmann, Foreign Affairs Jailed Dutch-Chinese Scientist ‘Forgotten’ by His Country and Company Jan van der Made, RFI
May 29, 2023 ‘Confidence Is a Big Problem’: China’s Economic Recovery Loses Steam Joe Leahy and Xinning Liu, Thomas Hale and Chan Ho-him, The Financial Times China Urges Japan to Halt Export Restrictions on Chips Joe Cash and Bernard Orr, Reuters China’s War Chest: Beijing Seeks to Remedy Its Vulnerability to Food and Energy Embargoes Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Philippine Coast Guard to Hold First Trilateral Maritime Exercise With U.S., Japan in June GMA News Online Taiwan’s Navy Set to Take Delivery of Second Homemade Corvette Next Month Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Okinawa Still Strategically Key and China Knows It Grant Newsham, Asia Times Notes From Central Taiwan: PRC Tourists, Taiwanese Voters and the DPP Michael Turton, Taipei Times Hongkongers Can Now Check Organ Donor Status in App, as Withdrawal Rules Tightened Amid Cross-Border transplant Controversy Hong Kong Free Press Ryan Hass On Taiwan: Now Is the Time to Build Zones of Political Consensus Ryan Hass, Taipei Times More Chinese Now Regard India as a Security Threat. Only 8% Consider It Favorable Aadil Brar, The Print Is the Biden Administration Going Soft on China? Danielle Pletka, Foreign Policy Hong Kong Denies Knowledge About Uyghur Student, Slams Amnesty for Saying He Disappeared at Airport Zen Soo, Associated Press No, Japan is Not Planning to ‘Double Its Defense Budget’ Adam P. Liff, Brookings
May 22, 2023 Hong Kong Schools Should Set Up CCTV Cameras in Classrooms, Police Say Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Doxxing Site Targeting Journalists, Activists Still Online Almost 2 Years After Authorities Alerted Tom Grundy, Hong Kog Free Press Notes From Central Taiwan: Reading Taiwan’s History Right Michael Turton, Taipei Times U.S. to Sign New Security Pact With Papua New Guinea Amid Competition With China Nick Perry, Associated Press What Washington Gets Wrong About Deterrence Raphael S. Cohen, War on the Rocks China’s $23 Trillion Local Debt Mess Is About to Get Worse Bloomberg ‘Uncle Roger’ Jokes About China and Censors Don’t See the Funny Side Chris Lau, CNN China Bans Major Chip Maker Micron From Key Infrastructure Projects Peter Hoskins, BBC Taiwan to Begin Light Frigate Construction in June Curtis Lee, Naval News China Seeks to Counter Musk’s Starlink With Own Satellite Network Clarence Leong and Micah Maidenberg, The Wall Street Journal ‘Illegal, Malign’: China’s State-Sponsored Crime Stretches Across Pacific Nick McKenzei and Amelia Ballinger, The Sydney Morning Herald AstraZeneca Will Seek to ‘Love the Communist Party,’ Its China Boss Says Joe Cash and Brenda Goh, Reuters Beijing's Global Media Influence 2022 Freedom House
May 19, 2023 Submarine Hunt Incident a Peak Into Cat-and-Mouse Games in South China Sea Joseph Trevithick, The Warzone Taiwan, U.S. Finalize First Agreement Under Trade Initiative Lai Yu-chen and Sean Lin, CNA U.S. Agrees on Taiwan Trade Terms, Clouding Plans for China Talks Eric Martin, Bloomberg China Looms Behind KMT's Choice of Hou as Presidential Nominee Derek Grossman, Nikkei Satellite Image Shows WZ-8 Supersonic Drone at Chinese Base Mike Yeo, Defense News Hong Kong Court Dismisses Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai’s Legal Bid to Fight for U.K. Lawyer Kanis Leung, Associated Press Taiwan: One China Principle or Just a Policy? Brent Stricker, 19FortyFive Leaked Document Reveals Iran’s Multiple Telecom Deals With China Iran International Manila Might Retake Control of China-Held Grid Operator Bloomberg Xi Jinping Calls on China, Central Asia to ‘Fully Unleash’ Potential in Trade, Cooperation AFP First Ever: U.S. Army Drills to Defend Taiwan Against China Chris Kirkman, American Military News China’s Loans Pushing World’s Poorest Countries to Brink of Collapse Bernard Condon, Associated Press
May 18, 2023 Get Ready to Meet the Next President of Taiwan Mark Harrison, The Strategist U.S. Default, China Decoupling Hang Heavy Over Hiroshima William Pesek, Asia Times Vietnam Rebukes China, Philippines Over South China Sea Conduct Reuters Philippines, Vietnam Agree to Work on South China Sea Code of Conduct ABS-CBN News Ukraine Tells China Envoy It Will Not Give Up Territory to Russia as Price of Peace AFP Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Says U.S. Security Pact Still a Work in Progress, Reveals Visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Stephen Dziedzic, Timothy Swanston and Liam Fox, ABC News (Australia) With China Looming, Biden Plans New Pacific Islands Summit After PNG No-Show Jeff Mason and Kirsty Needham, Reuters Ukraine vs. Taiwan: America’s Defeatist, Pointless Debate Andrew A. Michta, 19FortyFive ‘It’s Just Crazy’: How the U.S.-China Energy Race Imperils the Climate Fight Sara Schonhardt And Phelim Kine, Politico China Puts Spymaster in Charge of U.S. Corporate Crackdown Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal U.S. Multinationals Face ‘Mountain of Risk’ Over China Sean Ashcroft, Supply Chain Digital Japan Can’t Pass the Buck Anymore Jennifer Lind, The New York Times Ignoring Beijing, Korean Rights Group Recognizes Jailed Hong Kong Barrister Cheryl Tung and Fong Tak Ho, Radio Free Asia