April 25, 2023 China Doesn’t Want Peace in Ukraine, Czech President Warns Lili Bayer and Ketrin Jochecova, Politico Why the Seoul-Tokyo Detente Is Crucial to U.S. Strategy Choe Sang-hun, The New York Times Taiwan Isn’t Playing Dollar Diplomacy Anymore Rocio Fabbro and Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy Hong Kong Plans Electoral Overhaul for District Councils Kanis Leung, Associated Press ‘Patriots’ Appointed by ‘Multiple Channels’ to Lead Hong Kong’s District Councils, Leader John Lee Says Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China to Prosecute Taiwan Activist for ‘Secession’ Kelly Ng, BBC Family: Chinese Journalist Faces Espionage Charges Associated Press MAC Condemns China’s Arrest of Taiwanese Activist Lee Ya-wen, Shih Hsiu-chuan and Lee Hsin-yin, CNA PH Inks Deal With EU for Asia’s First Space Cooperation Program Krixia Subingsubing, Philippine Daily Inquirer Cold War With China Would ‘Betray’ Britain’s National Interests, U.K. Foreign Secretary Warns Cristina Gallardo, Politico John Bolton to Visit Taiwan, Speak at Pro-Taiwan Independence Events Joseph Yeh, CNA North Korean Defectors May Face Deportation by China as COVID Border Controls Ease Anthony Kuhn, NPR Who Owns America: Why Chinese Land Purchases Near U.S. Bases Have National Security Experts Concerned Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner Marcos to Discuss ‘Evolution’ of PH-U.S. Military Pacts With Biden Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations Reveal Its Security Strategy John Hill, Naval Technology Foreign Delegations to Taiwan Turn From Trickle to Flood Courtney Donovan Smith, Taiwan News Taiwan Says It Is Tracking Chinese Carrier off Its Southeast Coast Reuters
April 24, 2023 Fears Grow for Taiwan Book Publisher Believed Held in China Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin, The Guardian Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story Mara Hvistendahl and Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times Chinese Ambassador Sparks European Outrage Over Suggestion Former Soviet States Don’t Exist Simone McCarthy, CNN Australia Plans Major Overhaul of Defenses as China Rises Rod Mcguirk, Associated Press China Ramps Up Coal Power Despite Carbon Neutral Pledges Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Micron Tech Gets Caught in U.S-China Tensions, Lands South Korea in Sticky Situation Anusuya Lahiri, Benzinga Elections Not Necessary for Hong Kong’s District Councils, Ex-Leader Leung Chun-ying Says Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Europe’s Disunity Over China Deepens Jamil Anderlini, Politico How China’s Alipay and WeChat Pay Became the Most Popular E-Payment Apps in Hong Kong Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan to Begin Requiring Female Reservists to Undergo Military Training Joseph Yeh, CNA China Lodges Complaint Over South Korean President’s ‘Erroneous’ Taiwan Remarks Ryan Woo, Reuters The Real Cost of Business as Usual With China Ian Easton, Taipei Times Taiwan and U.S. Sign NT$12.84 billion Jet Repair Deal Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times Bipartisan Bill Would ‘Arm Taiwan to the Teeth’ With U.S. Cyber Tech Colin Demarest, Defense News Sustaining Distributed Forces in a Conflict With China John Sattely and Jesse Johnson, War on the Rocks
April 21, 2023 Hong Kong Bishop Invites Head of China’s State-Backed Church Kanis Leung, The Associated Press Twitter Removes Labels for All News Outlets, Including Chinese State Media Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press Leaked U.S. Intel Suggests First Chinese WZ-8 Drone Unit Established Curtis Lee, Naval News China Building Cyber Weapons to Hijack Enemy Satellites, Says U.S. Leak Mehul Srivastava, Felicia Schwartz and Demetri Sevastopulo, The Financial Times Tianqi Drops Bid for Australian Lithium Miner as M&A Heats Up Annie Lee, Bloomberg Europe’s Dream of Strategic Autonomy Gunter Schubert, Commonwealth Magazine China’s Foreign Minister: Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait Belong to China Casey Hall and Bernard Orr, Reuters Germany Gets Tough With China Hong Tsun-ming, Taipei Times New Legislation Would Push Pentagon Cybersecurity Cooperation With Taiwan Justin Katz, Breaking Defense In New Caledonia, Australia Urges Pacific Island Unity Amid China, U.S. Competition Kirsty Needham, Reuters Asia Power Snapshot: China and the United States in Southeast Asia Susannah Patton and Jack Sato, Lowy Institute Product Labels May Be Failing to Protect Pangolins in China Niu Yuhan, China Dialogue U.S. Marines to Set Up Tomahawk Battalion by 2030 Kyodo News Admiral Richard Chen Talks Taiwanese Blockade Contingency Plan Evan Gorelick and Yash Roy, Yale Daily News China’s Lending Practices Are Not a Good Look Peter Coy, The New York Times
April 20, 2023 China Readies Supersonic Spy Drone Unit, Leaked Document Says Christian Shepherd, Vic Chiang, Pei-Lin Wu and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post Pentagon: Yes, We Are Still Lagging Behind China’s Hypersonics Geoff Ziezulewicz, Defense News Chinese and Russian Defence Chiefs Agree to Boost Military Ties Jack Lau, South China Morning Post ‘Get Ready’: Taiwan Civilians Train for Chinese Invasion Zhao Yan and Jack Moore, AFP Manalo: Philippines Won’t Let U.S. Store Weapons for Taiwan Ops at EDCA Sites Xave Gregorio, Philstar.com 3 Nuclear Superpowers, Rather Than 2, Usher In a New Strategic Era David E. Sanger, William J. Broad and Chris Buckley, The New York Times Japan Scrambled Fighters Almost 800 Times Against Chinese, Russian Aircraft in 2022 Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Properly Arming Taiwan Key to Deterring Chinese Invasion, Pentagon Official Tells HASC John Grady, USNI News U.K. Alarm Over Chinese Businessman and ‘Secret Police Station,’ as Beijing Warns of ‘Hearsay’ AFP Why China’s Police State Has a Precinct Near You Phelim Kine, Cristina Gallardo and Joseph Gedeon, Politico China COVID Protesters Released After Four Months’ Detention Laurie Chen, Reuters Paying the Defense Bill: Financing American and Chinese Geostrategic Competition Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Samuel Gerstle, Texas National Security Review
April 19, 2023 Hong Kong Leader Vows to Crack Down on ‘Hostile Forces’ as Beijing Official Concludes Visit Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Beijing Says ‘Political Manipulation’ Behind U.S. Arrests of 2 Accused of Running Covert Chinese Police Station AFP After FBI Busts Chinese ‘Police Station’ in NYC, Six More Exposed in U.S. Isabel Vincent, New York Post What Are China’s Alleged ‘Secret Overseas Police Stations’? Associated Press Taiwan to Buy 400 US Anti-Ship Missiles Intended to Repel a China Invasion Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg Taiwan Suspects Chinese Ships Cut Islands’ Internet Cables Huizhong Wu and Johnson Lai, Associated Press Why China’s Shrinking Population Is a Problem for Everyone Nicole Hong, The New York Times What is the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act? Max Hahn, Taiwan Business Topics U.S. Commander Pushes Back Against Colleagues ‘Guessing’ Taiwan Invasion Date Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times Russian Memo Said War Leaves Moscow Too Reliant on Chinese Tech Alberto Nardelli, Bloomberg U.S. Sends Scores of Military Advisers to Taiwan as China Threat Continues Radio Free Asia Frozen Frontiers: China’s Great Power Ambitions in the Polar Regions Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Aidan Powers-Riggs, CSIS
April 18, 2023 Jakarta Drafting Taiwan Pullout Plan for Citizens Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times China Minister Lauds Putin for ‘Promoting World Peace’ Bloomberg U.S. Becomes India's Biggest Trading Partner in FY23: Report Mint News Report on China’s Air Prowess False: MND AFP Fear of China Is Pitting Taiwan’s People Against Each Other Yingtai Lung, The New York Times A U.N. Review Shows the Limits of China’s Loud Microphone Communications Strategy William Nee, Open Global Rights China Starts ‘Surgical’ Retaliation Against Foreign Companies After U.S.-Led Tech Blockade Edward White and Kana Inagaki, Financial Times Taiwan Has No Choice But to Stick With Cross-Strait Status Quo: Ko Wen-je Chiang Chin-yeh and Evelyn Kao, CNA Why Taiwan’s 2024 Elections Matter From Beijing to Washington Cindy Wang and Samson Ellis, Bloomberg To Stay Ahead of China in AI, the U.S. Needs to Work With China Paul Scharre, Time Secret Chinese Police Station in New York City Leads to Arrests Larry Neumeister and Eric Tucker, Associated Press Beijing Says ‘Political Manipulation’ Behind U.S. Arrests of 2 Accused of Running Covert Chinese Police Station AFP Revealed: Britain Has Given Communist China £400 Million in Foreign Aid Since Ministers Vowed to End the Payments in 2010 Jason Groves, Daily Mail Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Back in South China Sea, Chinese Carrier Still on Pacific Patrol Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News
April 17, 2023 China Tensions Top Agenda as G7 Diplomats Meet in Japan Jesse Johnson, Japan Times China Tries to ‘Set Record Straight’ Over Envoy’s Remark on Filipino Workers’ Safety in Taiwan Amy Sood, South China Morning Post Exclusive: Hikvision Internal Review Found Contracts Targeted Uyghurs Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Ina Fried, Axios From Duterte’s ‘Pivot to China’ to Marcos Jr.’s ‘Rebalance to the U.S.’? Aaron Jed Rabena, Fulcrum Pro-Beijing Labor Union Calls Off Labor Day March as Hong Kong Police Yet to Issue Approval Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Macron’s China Remarks Are a ‘Disaster’ for Europe, EU Conservative Leader Says Nicolas Camut, Politico In the U.S.-China Competition, the Real ‘Existential’ Danger is Nuclear War Max Boot, Washington Post U.S. Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait Elizabeth Hsu, CNA Ukraine Latest: Russia and China Target Closer Military Ties Bloomberg China Hit by Surge in Belt and Road Bad Loans James Kynge, Financial Times Fears of Chinese Ownership of American Farmland Overblown Daniel Griswold, Real Clear Policy China Rolls Out Electromagnetic Weapon to Quell Violent Protests Low De Wei, Bloomberg ‘I Am Taiwanese’: China Threat Toughens Island’s Identity AFP Japan Looks to Partner With U.S. on Railgun Project Stew Magnuson, National Defense As U.S. Tries to Isolate China, German Companies Move Closer Melissa Eddy, The New York Times Taiwan to Add Subsea Internet Cables Chung Li-hua and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times Australia Wants to Ensure ‘Strategic Equilibrium’ in Asia, Says Foreign Minister Penny Wong Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News (Australia)
April 14, 2023 Half of Hongkongers Unable to Name Any Serving Lawmaker, Poll Finds Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press Tennis’s Support for Peng Shuai Has Turned to Dust With WTA’s China U-turn Tumaini Carayol, The Guardian France’s Macron Ignores Violations During China Visit Benedicte Jeannerod, Human Rights Watch Macron and Multipolarity: Why the French President Might Have a Point Peter Harris, 19FortyFive German Minister Warns of Taiwan ‘Horror’ on Testy China Trip Arne Delfs, Bloomberg Brazil’s Lula Meets Xi in Beijing After Lashing Out at U.S. Dollar, IMF Peter Catterall, AFP China’s No-Fly Zone North of Taiwan Linked to Satellite Launch: Officials Yang Sheng-ru and Kay Liu, CNA Risk of Chinese Economic Blockade Has Taiwan Preparing Response Jenny Leonard and Debby Wu, Bloomberg U.S. Preparing Arms Deliveries: Senator Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times World Leaders Are Lining Up to Meet Xi Jinping. Should the U.S. Be Worried? Simone McCarthy, CNN Coal Returns to the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Zofeen T. Ebrahim, China Dialogue Majority of Taiwanese Support Meeting Between President, U.S. Speaker Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News Paying the Defense Bill: Financing American and Chinese Geostrategic Competition Rosella Cappella Zielinski, Samuel Gerstle, Texas National Security Review
April 13, 2023 Americans Are Critical of China’s Global Role — as Well as Its Relationship With Russia Laura Silver, Christine Huang, Laura Clancy and Moira Fagan, Pew Research Center Don’t Forget That China Used to Be a Better Place Minxin Pei, Bloomberg China Unveils Probe of Taiwan’s ‘Trade Barriers’ Chen Cheng-hui, Taipei Times China Warns as U.S., Philippines Stage Combat Drills Jim Gomez, The Associated Press United Front Work and Beyond: How the Chinese Communist Party Penetrates the United States and Western Societies Martin Purbrick, Jamestown Foundation Songkran: Hong Kong Arrests Two for Shooting Water Guns at Police Joel Guinto, BBC News Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Files Legal Bid Against Gov’t Decision to Deny His Foreign Lawyer a Visa Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Japan Eyes Torpedo Tubes to Speed Debut of Sub-Launched Missile Yusuke Takeuchi, Nikkei TikTok Hearing Underscores Importance of Big Tech Competition With China Daniel Goure, 19FortyFive France Wants Independence, Will Stay ‘Strong and Reliable’ U.S. Ally, Finance Minister Says David Lawder, Reuters Xi Says China Must Strengthen Training for ‘Actual Combat’ Jing Xuan Teng, AFP U.S. Defense Event a Sign of Mutual Trust, Experts Say Kayleigh Madjar, Taipei Times China Seeks to Regulate AI Technology, Demands Content Reflect ‘Core Socialist Values’ Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Why China Should Worry About Asia’s Reaction to AUKUS Derek Grossman, Foreign Policy How Biden’s Foreign Policy Could Isolate America Russ Douthat, The New York Times
April 12, 2023 China to Close Airspace North of Taiwan April 16-18, Sources Say Yimou Lee and Sakura Murakami, Reuters Poll Finds Over 80% of Hong Kong Journalists Who Emigrated Do Not Regret Leaving the City Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Emigrants to U.K. Blocked From Accessing £2.2 billion in Pensions Primrose Riordan, The Financial Times Japan Signs $2.8 Billion Deals for Long-Range Missile Development Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Bangladesh Deep-Sea Port Promises Strategic Anchor for Japan, India Faisal Mahmud and Ryohtaroh Satoh, Nikkei China Records World’s First Human Death From H3N8 Bird Flu, WHO Says Dominique Patton, Reuters Hong Kong Spends HK$65,600 on YouTube Video, But Nets 4,000 Views Sammy Heung, South China Morning Post Are Taiwan’s Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands in the Hot Seat? Stephen Bryen, Asia Times On China Trip, EU’s Top Diplomat Aims to Project EU Unity After Macron Remarks Alexandra Brzozowski, EURACTIV.com Tracking China’s April 2023 Military Exercises Around Taiwan Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Samantha Lu, Hannah Price, Matthew Slade, China Power What’s Holding Back Transition Finance in China? Zhao Xin and Shi Zhixi, China Dialogue Taiwanese Working in China Has Steadily Dropped Since 2014: Report Lee Ya-wen and Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA
April 11, 2023 China Using Spies to Keep Muslim Uyghurs From Fasting During Ramadan Shohret Hoshur, RFA Uyghur How a Volkskrant Reporter Became the Target of Chinese Intimidation Marije Vlaskamp, deVolkskrant China-Taiwan: How Beijing Calibrates Its Taiwan Response Grace Tsoi, BBC News Chinese Navy Ships Remain Around Taiwan After Drills End Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters U.S. Starts Week of Courting Asian Partners After Taiwan Flare-up AFP China ‘Successfully Completes’ Taiwan War Games Aimed at ‘Sealing Off’ Island Matthew Walsh and Jack Moore, AFP French Lawmakers to Visit Taiwan Amid Tensions With China Jenny Leonard, Ania Nussbaum and Angelina Rascouet, Bloomberg Yale Students Slam University President for Attending NYC Event With CCP Official Who ‘Defended’ Genocide Houston Keene, Fox News GOP Lawmakers Condemn French President Macron’s ‘Betrayal’ of Taiwan Phelim Kine, Nahal Toosi and Nancy Vu, Politico Tracking China’s April 2023 Military Exercises Around Taiwan Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Samantha Lu, Hannah Price and Matthew Slade, China Power I Love the Country I Was Told to Hate, and I’m Not Alone Se-Woong Koo, The New York Times AUKUS Countries Don’t Want Kra Canal, Worry About Pathway to Indian Ocean for China Arun Saronchai, Thai Inquirer U.S. House Committee Chair ‘Concerned’ by Tesla Deals in China Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters China Shows Off Latest Hardware in Military Drills AFP The U.S. Needs to Stop Paying Lip Service to the Uyghur Cause and Start Acting | Opinion Nury Turkel, Newsweek Tesla to Open Battery Factory in Shanghai as China Seeks Foreign Investment Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post
April 10, 2023 Record-Breaking 91 Chinese Planes Detected Around Taiwan in 12 Hours Matt Yu and James Lo, CNA China Jails Two Leading Human Rights Lawyers After Closed-Door Trial Laurie Chen, Reuters China Simulates Striking Taiwan on Second Day of Drills Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters How China’s Economic Slowdown Could Hurt the World Daniel H. Rosen and Sophie Lu, Foreign Affairs EU Concerned by Chinese Drills Around Taiwan, Calls for Restraint Jan Strupczewski, Reuters Chinese Aircraft Carrier Drills Pose Threat to Eastern Taiwan: Experts Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA U.S. Confident It Can Keep the Peace: AIT Lu Yi-hsuan and Huang Ching-hsuan, Taipei Times Why Is China So Obsessed With Taiwan? Miles Yu, Taipei Times U.S.-Philippines Defense Cooperation Hits Turbulence Amid Domestic Opposition Richard Heydarian, South China Morning Post U.S. Based Disinfo Actors Spread Fear About Taiwan Jackie Singh, Hacking, But Legal 7th Fleet Destroyer Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs Europe Must Resist Pressure to Become ‘America’s Followers,’ Says Macron Jamil Anderlini and Clea Caulcutt, Politico Why China Wants Macron to Drive a Wedge Between Europe and America Stuart Lau, Politico