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
April 7, 2023 China Sanctions Reagan Library, Others Over Tsai’s U.S. Trip Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Data Analysis: How Hong Kong Convicted 200 People for Rioting During the 2019 Protests and Unrest Peter Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Xi Jinping Says ‘Wishful Thinking’ to Expect Beijing to Compromise on Taiwan Teddy Ng, South China Morning Post China, Russia Propaganda Wither as Cameras Multiply, U.S. Admiral Says Colin Demarest, Defense News The Warm Embrace and the Cold Shoulder: China Mines Europe’s Fractures During Joint Visit Clea Caulcutt, Jamil Anderlini, Suzanne Lynch and Stuart Lau, Politico The U.S. Needs an Economic War Council for China Charles Edel and Edward Fishman, Foreign Policy PM’s Asian Monetary Fund Idea Meant to Aid Trade With China, Says Tengku Zafrul as He Downplays Fallout With U.S. Syed Jaymal Zahiid, Malay Mail China Says No Illegal Fentanyl Trafficking Between It and Mexico Yew Lun Tian and Liz Lee, Reuters Mexican President Asks China for Help in Fight Against Fentanyl Evan Lambert, News Nation China Plans $500 Million Subsea Internet Cable to Rival U.S.-Backed Project Joe Brock, Reuters The West Is Trying to Cut China Out of Rare Earths — and China Is Noticing Mary Hui, Quartz Fiji Prime Minister Investigating China Spy Claims, Says ‘Survival’ Is Key Issue for Pacific Nations Lice Movono, Nick Sas and Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News (Australia) China ‘Steals’ Patented Pineapple Yang Yuan-ting and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times
April 6, 2023 Defying China, U.S. House Leader and Taiwan President Present a United Front Eric Cheung and Nectar Gan, CNN China Deploys Warships Around Taiwan After Island’s President Meets U.S. House Speaker in LA Sravasti Dasgupta, The Independent Tensions Rise as China Says It Will Check Taiwan’s Vessels Huang Li-yun, Yu Hsiao-han, Joseph Yeh and Sean Lin, CNA Meeting With President Tsai Not Meant to Escalate Tensions With China, McCarthy Says Teng Pei-ju, CNA Led by China, More Countries Targeting Citizens Abroad With Abductions, Violence, Deportations: U.S. Study AFP China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech Seima Oki, Yomiuri Shimbun Apple’s Complex, Secretive Gamble to Move Beyond China Mark Gurman, Bloomberg China’s Ambassador to the E.U. Tries to Distance Beijing From Moscow Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Steven Erlanger, The New York Times German Business Calls for Renegotiation of China Investment Agreement Alexandra Brzozowski, EURACTIV What Taiwan’s Tsai Privately Told Three Senators Alexander Ward, Suzanne Lynch, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Joe Gould, Anthony Adragna and Daniel Lippman, Politico Four Steps to Enhance Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait Bryan Burack, The Heritage Fondation Macron Has Humiliated Himself — and the EU Con Coughlin, The Telegraph Canadians Describe Surveillance, Intimidation and Terror ‘Under China’s Shadow’ Ashleigh Stewart, Jeff Semple and Stewart Bell, Global News
March 31, 2023 Taiwan Calm in Face of China Raising Tensions, President Tsai Says in New York Hussein Waaile, Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard, Reuters Ma Reaffirms ‘1992 Consensus’ in Talks With China’s Top Taiwan official Lu Chia jung, Chen Chieh-ling, Shen Pei-yao and Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA U.S. Indo-Pacific Forces Watching for China Backlash Wu Su-wei and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times Terry Gou Warns of Dependence on China Stacy Hsu and Evelyn Kao, CNA Japan to Restrict Chipmaking Equipment Exports as It Aligns With U.S. China Curbs Tim Kelly and Miho Uranaka, Reuters ‘We Are Not Ready’: An Interview With Taiwan’s Former Military Chief Gabriel Dominguez, Japan Times Chinese Nationalists Are Annoyed About Colonial-Era Place Names The Economist China Wants to Be at Center of New World Order, Top EU Official Says Laurence Norman and Kim Mackrael, The Wall Street Journal There's a New Bipartisan, Bicameral Push for a National Response Strategy Should China Invade Taiwan Anthony Adragna, Politico India-China Border Tensions and U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Lisa Curtis and Derek Grossman, Center for a New American Security Bangladesh Tilts Toward the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific Michael Kugelman, Foreign Policy New Zealand Defense Minister Says Military Needs More Resources Amid Growing Challenges Lucy Craymer, Reuters Austin Sees No Sign Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Is Imminent Nick Wadhams and Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg
March 30, 2023 Taiwan’s President Begins U.S. Visit to Shore Up Support Ellen Knickmeyer And Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War John Pomfret and Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs An Allied Coast Guard Approach to Countering CCP Maritime Gray Zone Coercion Jada Fraser, Center for International Maritime Security Letter From Kinmen: Taiwan Is Already Under Attack Katie Stallard, The New Statesman Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China James Carafano, Michael Pillsbury, Jeff Smith and Andrew Harding, The Heritage Foundation SECNAV Del Toro: Virginia Attack Sub Construction ‘Significantly Behind,’ District of Columbia Submarine 10% Behind Schedule Sam LaGrone, USNI News China’s Growing Influence Threatens to Undermine Global Human Rights, New Research Finds Karen Gilchrist, MSNBC Hong Kong Plans to Share Transplant Organs With China Sparks Human Rights Concerns Lee Yuk Yue, Radio Free Asia Philippine Vessels Drive Away China Militia Boat, Say Fishers Richa Noriega, GMA Integrated News Bhutan Changes Stance, Says China Party to Doklam Dispute Ajay Banerjee, Tribune News Service Britain Secures Agreement to Join Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc Graham Lanktree, Politico China’s No. 2 Leader Says Economy Improved in March Associated Press Brazil, China Strike Trade Deal Agreement to Ditch U.S. Dollar Bradford Betz, Fox News
March 29, 2023 Taiwan President Defiant After China Threatens Retaliation for U.S. Trip Fabian Hamacher and Bernard Orr, Reuters China Warns of Retaliation if Taiwan’s President Meets U.S. House Speaker During Visit Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin, The Guardian Foxconn’s Guo Shakes Up Taiwan’s Presidential Race Jeff Pao, Asia Times Former Taiwan Leader Begins Mainland Tour at Historic Tomb Han Guan Ng and Huizhong Wu, Associated Press An Influential Chinese Blogger Disappeared From the Internet. This Woman Says She Knows Why Nectar Gan, CNN ‘Taiwan Must Improve Chip Strategy’ Lisa Wang, Taipei Times Japan, U.S., Philippines to Launch Security Talks - Kyodo Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters Are U.S. Sanctions on China Working? China Tech ETFs Paint a Picture Anusuya Lahiri, Benzinga Congress Zeros In on China's Economic Coercion Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios China Seeks Stalemate in Ukraine, U.S. Diversion From Taiwan John Bosco, The Hill Heritage Foundation Declares New Cold War With China: ‘More Capable and Dangerous’ Than Soviet Union Peter Kasperowicz, Fox News How China Became a Global Lender of Last Resort Astha Rajvanshi, Time
March 28, 2023 Doubts Grow Over Taiwan’s Silicon Shield Alexander Neill, Geopolitical Intelligence Services China Spent $240 Billion Bailing Out ‘Belt & Road’ Countries, Study Shows Rachel Savage, Reuters ‘We Are All Chinese,’ Former Taiwan President Says While Visiting China Nicoco Chan, Reuters Hong Kong Press Group Receives More Reports of Reporters Being Tailed, as Police Slam ‘Unverified Speculation’ Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Penny Wong Advised to Pressure China Over Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Documents Reveal Daniel Hurst, The Guardian Czech Parliament Speaker, in Taiwan, Says We'll Always Stand With You Ben Blanchard, Reuters Disinformation and Democratic Resilience in Taiwan Sheryn Lee, East Asia Forum Cultural Genocide: The Indoctrination of Uyghur Children Gulfiye Y., Bitter Winter Biden Should Invite Vietnam’s Party Chief for a Visit Murray Hiebert, CSIS House Unanimously Passes Bill to Work to Remove China’s ‘Developing Country’ Label Mychael Schnell, The Hill The AUKUS Submarine Deal Highlights a Tectonic Shift in the U.S.-Australia Alliance Ashley Townshend, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace TikTok’s Links to China Demand a Serious U.S. Response Michael Posner, Forbes
March 27, 2023 ‘When China Attacks’ — and the U.S. Goes Down to Defeat Scott Foster, Asia Times Why China’s Renewables Push Fuels Coal Power Investment Zhang Shuwei, China Dialogue Amid Strained U.S. Ties, China Finds Unlikely Friend in Utah Alan Suderman And Sam Metz, Associated Press Taiwan Residents Flee Remote Islands as China Severs Internet Sea Cables Sophia Yan, The Telegraph Former Taiwan President Heads to China Pledging Peace Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang, Reuters Taiwan, Honduras Sever All Relations Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipiei Times Vietnam Sends Ship to Track Chinese Vessel Patrolling Russian Gas Field in EEZ: Data Francesco Guarascio, Reuters Foxconn Founder Gou, Possible Taiwan Presidential Candidate, to Visit U.S. Ben Blanchard, Reuters Taiwan Says Sees No Signs of PLA Deployment Before President’s U.S. Trip Roger Tung and Faith Hung, Reuters Assessing Hong Kong’s Continuing Downward Spiral (and Its Implications for Taiwan) Stephen M. Young, Taipei Times German Christian Democrats Rewrite Merkel’s China Playbook Gabriel Rinaldi, Politico Why Doesn’t the World Care More About the Uyghurs? Foreign Policy Hong Kongers Hold First Protest in Years Under Strict Rules Kanis Leung, Associated Press
March 24, 2023 The TikTok Hearing Was Mostly Lawmakers Berating the CEO and Following Detailed Questions With ‘Yes or No?’ Dan Whateley and Aaron Mok, Business Insider Countering United Front Work: Taiwan’s Political Warfare System Mariah Thornton, LSE IDEAS From Rockets to Ball Bearings, Pentagon Struggles to Feed War Machine Eric Lipton, The New York Times Ex-NBA Player Says TikTok Blocked Him for Posting About ‘China’s Human Rights Abuses’ Mairead Elordi, The Daily Wire ‘Like a War Zone’: Congress Hears of China’s Abuses in Xinjiang ‘Re-Education Camps’ Lauren Gambino, The Guardian China Threatens Consequences Over U.S. Warship’s Actions in South China Sea David Rising, Associated Press Juggled Plan for McCarthy-Tsai Meeting Does Taiwan No Favors Derek Grossman, Nikkei U.S. ‘Tiger Team’ to Expedite Arms Sales Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times Countries Compete to Lure Manufacturers From China Jason Douglas and Stella Yifan Xie, The Wall Street Journal How to Out-Deter China Joel Wuthnow, Foreign Affairs Why is China Strengthening Its Military? It’s Not All About War Timothy R. Heath, Defense News Chinese Clout Is Strongest in Taiwan: Report Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung, Taipei Times Taiwan Must Demonstrate Strength to Deter China: O’Brien Teng Pei-ju, Central News Agency 2022 Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China U.S. Department of Defense 2022 in ADIZ Violations: China Dials Up the Pressure on Taiwan Ben Lewis, China Power
March 23, 2023 U.S. State Department Reverses Restrictions for Asian American Diplomats Lily LaMattina, Taiwan News Chip War and Censorship Hobble Chinese Tech Giants in Chatbot Race Poornima Weerasekara and Sebastien Ricci, AFP Analysis: China’s Sway Over Russia Grows Amid Ukraine Fight Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press In a Brother Act With Putin, Xi Reveals China’s Fear of Containment Chris Buckley, The New York Times Biden Doesn’t Need to Keep Pushing Xi and Putin Closer Jake Werner, The Nation ‘Pandora’s Box’: EU Weighs Changing Relations With China Alexandra von Nahmen, Deutsche Welle Nuclearizing the Indo-Pacific Jakarta Post U.S. F-22s Land in Philippines for First Time, Furthering Defense Ties Zamone Perez and Jon Simkins, Air Force Times Taiwan Pursues Internet Satellite Service Ahead of Potential Chinese Invasion Louise Matsakis, Semafor U.S. Bolstering Military Interoperability Among Indo-Pacific Partners: Taiwan Defense Ministry Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News Enhance Taiwan-U.S. Cooperation to Deter China: Ex-AIT Chair Sean Lin, Central News Agency China Is Starting to Act Like a Global Power Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal MP Han Dong Resigns From Liberal Caucus, Denies Advising China to Delay Two Michaels’ Release Ryan Tumilty, Catherine Levesque, National Post Young Adults in Europe Are Critical of the U.S. and China – but for Different Reasons Laura Clancy, Pew Research Center