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
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