June 27, 2023 New Zealand Leader’s Plane So Prone to Breakdowns He Takes a Backup on China Trip Nick Perry, Associated Press Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s Response to Report of Being Harangued in Meeting With China Derek Cheng, The New Zealand Herald Liu Jianchao: Notorious Human Rights Violator Received With Honors in U.K. Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter Hong Kong Will ‘Comply’ With China’s Patriotic Education Requirements Under Proposed Law, Leader John Lee Says Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan Protests Name Change by Mechanical Puzzle Association Huang Ya-shih and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA Taiwan Military Reiterates Stance to Engage PLA in Territorial Space Joseph Yeh, CNA If Biden Wanted to Ease U.S.-China Tensions, Would Americans Let Him? Ian Prasad Philbrick, The New York Times The Regenerating Road: China’s Rapid Runway Repair Capabilities and Other Recovery Methods China Aerospace Studies Institute Anti-China Rhetoric Distracts Washington — and Boosts Beijing Gregory W. Meeks, Foreign Policy How Advanced Is Russian-Chinese Military Cooperation? Dmitry Gorenburg, Elizabeth Wishnick, Paul Schwartz, and Brian Waidelich, War on the Rocks
June 26, 2023 U.S. Aircraft Carrier Makes Da Nang Port Call as America Looks to Strengthen Ties With Vietnam David Rising, Associated Press Taiwan Reconnaissance Drones Being Given Combat Capabilities Matt Yu and James Lo, CNA Taiwan Missile Production to Hit Delivery Peak Lo Tien-pin, Taipei Times Domestically Made Military Vehicles on Schedule: Taiwan Military Joseph Yeh, CNA New Zealand Looks to Broaden Trade With China as Hipkins Meets Xi Matthew Brockett and Tracy Withers, Bloomberg China Is Looking All Over the World for Help Building and Flying Its Fighter Jets Michael Peck, Insider China Targets Weakest Link in Washington-Tokyo-Seoul Triad Hiroshi Minegishi, Nikkei Run Silent, Not Deep: Information Warfare Essay Contest — Third Prize Lieutenant Commander Greg Porter, U.S. Naval Institute Palau Under CCP Pressure to Switch Recognition From Taiwan to China Cleo Paskal, The Sunday Guardian Blinken Backs Biden After He Called China’s Xi a Dictator Kelly Garrity, Politico The Perils of China’s Great Information Wall Dewey Murdick and Owen J. Daniels, Time
June 23, 2023 China Has its Eyes on Okinawa The Economist Taiwan Military Aid Granted by Once-Reluctant Appropriators Bryant Harris, Defense News Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chased Out of 13 Homes in Two Months as Pressure Rises on Legal Advocates Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Hong Kong Security Law Article 23 Will ‘Definitely’ Be Enacted This Year or Next, Leader John Lee Says Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China’s Plans for Latin America Go Beyond Spying From Cuba Andrew Harding, 19FortyFive’ U.S. Combat Ship to Make Rare Port Call in Vietnam Amid South China Sea Tensions Francesco Guarascio, Reuters ASML to Face New Export Restrictions to China as Soon as June 30 Cagan Koc and Diederik Baazil, Bloomberg U.S., Taiwan and Semiconductors: A Critical Supply Chain Partnership U.S. Taiwan Business Council Opinion: America’s Asian Allies Are Quietly Joining Forces to Confront China Josh Rogin, Washington Post
June 22, 2023 New Zealand PM Disagrees With Biden, Says Xi Jinping Not a ‘Dictator’ Renju Jose, Reuters Fierce Backlash in Beijing to Biden Likening Xi to a Dictator Comes as He Hopes for a Thaw Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tackling Maritime Security Requires a Revised Indo-Pacific Strategy Brandon Prins, Anup Phayal, Aaron Gold, Curie Maharani, Deng Palomares, Daniel Pauly and Sayed Fauzan Riyadi China’s Cloud Computing Firms Raise Concern for U.S. David McCabe, The New York Times Editorial: A Tale of Three Presidential Polls Taipei Times B-52 Bombers Arrive In Indonesia for the First Time Oliver Parken, The Warzone Intelligence Service Warns China Is Recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn to Spy for Beijing Unwittingly Connor Mycroft, South China Morning Post Chinese Carrier Sails Through Taiwan Strait One Day After U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sam LaGrone, USNI News Exclusive: Taiwan on Alert for Chinese-Funded Election Interference Yimou Lee, Reuters China Backs Argentina’s Falklands Claim, Calls for End to ‘Colonial Thinking’ Dewey Sim, South China Morning Post
June 21, 2023 Inside China’s Underground Market for High-End Nvidia AI Chips Josh Ye, David Kirton and Chen Lin, Reuters Beijing Plans a New Training Facility in Cuba, Raising Prospect of Chinese Troops on America’s Doorstep Warren P. Strobel, Gordon Lubold, Vivian Salama and Michael R. Gordon, The Wall Street Journal Ko Overtakes Hou in Presidential Favorability Taipei Times China's H6K Bomber Threatens Taiwan With New Air Launched YJ-21 ‘Hypersonic’ Missile Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven Chinese Anti-Submarine Helicopters Detected in Taiwan’s ADIZ Henry Wu and Evelyn Yang, CNA U.S.-China Tensions: Biden Calls Xi a Dictator Day After Beijing Talks Derek Cai, BBC News U.S. Urges China Military Dialogue Despite Rebuff to Blinken Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters Europe Unveils ‘De-Risking’ Strategy but States Divided on China Catherine De Beaurepaire, Nikkei Three Men Convicted in U.S. Trial That Scrutinized China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ Repatriation Campaign Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Southeast Asian Nations Move Ahead With Plan for Navy Drills Near Disputed Area of South China Sea Edna Tarigan and David Rising, Associated Press Eye on China, India to Gift Vietnam Missile Corvette Rajat Pandit, The Times of India AstraZeneca Plans to Hive Off Its China Division Calum Muirhead, Business Plus Stealth Laser-Air Combat: Chinese J-20 & US F-35 Will Both Fire Lasers Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven China’s Edge on Critical Minerals Has Threatened U.S. Security, But It’s Not Too Late to Even the Score Tom Magness, Real Clear Policy
June 20, 2023 Behind China’s Decade of European Deals, State Investors Evade Notice Daniel Michaels, The Wall Street Journal Xi Rejects U.S. Offer to Set Up Military Crisis Hotline, Blinken Says Laura Kelly, The Hill What Genocide? Volkswagen’s Morally Expensive Bet on China Stuart Lau, Joshua Posaner and Hans Von Der Burchard, Politico In Busan, U.S. Navy Runs Rehearsal for Ballistic Submarine Visit Ken Moriyasu, Nikkei Yushan Amphibious Transport Dock Commissioned Into Service Wu Sheng-hung, Joseph Yeh and Evelyn Kao, CNA China Cuts Key Interest Rates, Hoping to Kick-Start Flagging Economy Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Stunning Moment Aussie China Watcher Is Questioned by Police Over Vile False Threats to ‘Rape and Kill’ a Young Chinese Woman — as It's Revealed China's Spies Were Really Behind the Email Max Aitchison, Daily Mail Australia Undersea Threat: China Accelerates Yuan Attack Submarines & Jin-Class JL-3 Nuclear Missiles Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven Unmarried Chinese Women Travel Overseas for Egg Freezing, as Beijing Ban on Their Access to Reproductive Services Continues Joyce Cheng, ABC News
June 19, 2023 Secretary Blinken’s Visit to China Is One Giant Mistake Gordon Chang, 19FortyFive China’s ByteDance Has Gobbled Up $1 Billion of Nvidia GPUs for AI This Year Francisco Pires, Tom's Hardware Exclusive: Japan Regulator Sounded Out Top Domestic Banks About China Risks, Sources Say Takaya Yamaguchi, Makiko Yamazaki and Paritosh Bansal, Reuters Xi Jinping’s Dream of a Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Edward White and Sun Yu, Financial Times U.S., China Remain at Odds on Numerous Issues as Blinken Finishes First Day of Meetings in Beijing Matthew Lee, Associated Press Uniqlo, Zara Owners Face New Paris Lawsuit Over Uyghur Forced Labor Mailys Pene-lassus, Nikke Organ Harvesting From Uyghurs: Evidence Grows, the U.S. Reacts Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter China Condemns European Parliament Resolution on Human Rights Suppression Polina Dvornikova and Yaroslav Mudryi, Jurist ASEAN Seeks to Demonstrate ‘Unity’ in South China Sea Drills Nana Shibata, Nikkei Chris Hipkins to Meet Xi Jinping in China Next Week Luke Malpass, Stuff Italy Strips China’s Sinochem of Its Influence as Pirelli’s Largest Investor Amy Kazmin and Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Financial Times Taiwan’s Defense Dilemma Jenny Li, The Diplomat Japan-Based Chinese Researcher Behind AIST Data Leak May Have Close Ties to Beijing The Yomiuri Shimbun
June 16, 2023 Japan Hopes to Shore Up Philippines' Defense Amid Taiwan Conflict Fears Tim Kelly, Sakura Murakami and Yukiko Toyoda, Reuters Rank-and-File Revolt Won’t Affect AUKUS Support: PM Phillip Coorey, The Australian Financial Review Cyber Spying Campaign Linked to China Targeting Agencies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Report Finds AFP When a Huawei Bid Turned Into a Hunt for a Corporate Mole Jordan Robertson and Drake Bennett, Bloomberg ‘Alarmingly Deteriorating’ Situation: EU Lawmakers Renew Calls for Sanctions on Hong Kong Leaders Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post Exclusive: Palau Seeks More U.S. Patrols of Its Waters After Chinese Incursions Sakura Murakami and John Geddie, Reuters U.S., Japan Say There Are No Plans to Share Drone Surveillance Data With Taiwan Jonathan Snyder, Stars and Stripes Why India and the U.S. Are Closer Than Ever Rishi Iyengar, Foreign Policy France Presses EU to Declare Trade War Against China Barbara Moens, Jakob Hanke Vela, Joshua Posaner, Hans Von Der Burchard, Giorgio Leali and Camille Gijs, Politico The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act Is U.S. Law. Where Are the Sanctions? Omer Kanat, The Diplomat Palestinian Leader Supports China’s Uyghur Policies in Joint Statement Kurban Niyaz, Radio Free Asia Vietnam Is Doubling Down on Its ‘Multi-Alignment’ Strategy Richard Javad Heydarian, World Politics Review
June 15, 2023 Labor’s Internal Dissent Over AUKUS Is Building Phillip Coorey, The Australian Financial Review Hong Kong Protest Song Disappears From Music Streaming Sites, Social Media Platforms Zen Soo, Associated Press U.S. Military Granted Unimpeded Access to Key Papua New Guinea Defense Facilities in New Security Agreement Tim Swanston and Prianka Srinivasan, ABC News Making the U.S.-Philippines Alliance Count Susannah Patton, War on the Rocks It’s Time for South Korea to Refocus on Multilateral Diplomacy Gabriela Bernal, The Interpreter Canada Suspends Work With Chinese-Founded Development Bank While It Investigates Complaints Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's Hidden Local Government Debt Soars to Over $8 Trillion Iori Kawate, Nikkei Look Closely, China’s Masterplan for Economic Domination Is Faltering Matthew Henderson, The Telegraph China’s Economy Is Way More Screwed Than Anyone Thought Linette Lopez, Insider U.S. Submarine Damaged in South China Sea Won’t Return Until 2026 as Shipyards Are Clogged Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg Germany Accuses China of ‘Aggressively’ Claiming Supremacy in Asia Hans Von Der Burchard, Politico State Department Cables: Wuhan Institute of Virology Conducted Classified Research Emily Kopp, U.S. Right to Know How a Chinese Company Censors Its Own Answer to ChatGPT Alexander Boyd, China Digital Times Netizen Voices: Weibo Blocks Hashtags, Discussion of BBC Expose of Criminal Gang Peddling Assault Videos Cindy Carter, China Digital Times
June 14, 2023 China ‘Anxious and Regretful’ Over Ukraine War, PLA Strategist Says Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post New Zealand and Fiji Strike Defense Deal Amid Rising Pacific Tensions Christopher Cottrell, The Guardian Japan’s SDF, Coast Guard Plan First Field Drill Against Direct Attack Yusuke Takeuchi, Nikkei China’s AI Drive Takes Center Stage at Human Rights Hearing Oma Seddiq, Bloomberg Law News Temu Sells Products in U.S. Linked to Forced Labor in China’s Uyghur Region, Analysis Shows Sheridan Prasso, Bloomberg Singapore’s Tharman Urges U.S., China to Abandon ‘Hubris’ of Viewing Own System as Superior Bhavan Jaipragas, South China Morning Post China’s Patient But Insistent South China Sea Grab Denny Roy, Asia Times NATO to Upgrade Ties With Australia, New Zealand, South Korea Ken Moriyasu and Takashi Tsuji, Nikkei South Korean Leader Criticizes China Envoy Over 'Inappropriate' Remarks Hyonhee Shin, Reuters Debunking Reports of ‘Cracks’ in China’s Third Aircraft Carrier Brian Hart, Matthew P. Funaiole, and Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., CSIS How the U.S. Is Pushing China Out of the Internet’s Plumbing Anna Gross, Alexandra Heal, Chris Campbell, Dan Clark, Ian Bott and Irene de la Torre Arenas, Financial Times Taiwan Handbook Teaches Civilians How to Spot ‘Enemy’ Chinese Soldiers Arpan Rai, The Independent U.S. Eyes Joint Weapons Manufacturing With Taiwan Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times
June 13, 2023 U.S. Targets China Entities for Pilot Training, Hypersonic Tech Eric Martin, Bloomberg Corruption Is China Weapon in Effort to Corner Lithium Market in Latin America, Experts Say Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald Eye On China: Australia’s Proposed Defense Reforms are a Step in the Right Direction Andrew Harding, 19FortyFive U.S. Government, Activists Demand Release of Jailed 19-Year-Old Uyghur Student Shohret Hoshur, Radio Free Asia Hong Kong Court Adjourns Hearing of Government Application to Ban Protest Song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Review of Citizen Evacuation Policy for Taiwan Not Needed: White House Chiang Chin-yeh and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA China’s Big Gas Bet Raises Questions About Complicity With Russia Steven R. Miles and Gabriel B. Collins, Foreign Policy U.S. to Allow South Korean, Taiwan Chip Makers to Keep Operations in China Yuka Hayashi, The Wall Street Journal Former Samsung Executive Charged Over Alleged Plans to Build Copycat Chip Factory in China Michelle Toh and Gawon Bae, CNN Five Urgent Steps to Prevent American Military Defeat in the Pacific Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery (ret.) and Bradley Bowman, Defense News Sunk Costs: The Difficulty of Using Sanctions to Deter China in a Taiwan Crisis Gerard DiPippo and Jude Blanchette, CSIS China’s Dual Aims in Myanmar: Indian Ocean Access, Crime Fighting Katsuhiko Meshino, Nikkei Arab League Visits China’s Xinjiang Region, Rejects Uyghur Genocide Kasim Kashgar, Voice of America
June 12, 2023 Why the Battle for Supremacy in Asia Begins With China’s Coast Guard Damien Cave Is Joe Biden Hiding Intelligence on China’s Assistance to Russia? Michael Rubin, About Us 19FortyFive’ Is the Big One Coming? Admirals’ Warnings Go Unanswered Ian Easton, Taipei Times Dutch Government to Screen Chinese Tech Students on Security Risks Andy Bounds, Financial Times China Struggles With Weak Post-COVID Economic Recovery Associated Press New Zealand PM Hipkins to Visit China at End of June Lucy Craymer and Renju Jose, Reuters Vietnam’s Accusation of Sovereignty Infringement ‘Unacceptable’: Taiwan Joseph Yeh, CNA Cut Off From Headquarters: Global Fund Managers Are Stuck in China’s Black Box Jing Yang and Rebecca Feng, The Wall Street Journal China Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Three-and-a-Half Years in Prison Victoria Kendi Murumba, Jurist China’s Palestinian Moment Is About Global Standing Rather Than Peace Bethan McKernan, The Guardian The End of Western Naivety About China The Economist The Pentagon Is Freaking Out About a Potential War With China Michael Hirsh, Politico