July 7, 2023 Inside the Subsea Cable Firm Secretly Helping America Take on China Joe Brock, Reuters Chinese Vessels Swarm Iroquois Reef, Sabina Shoal: Military ABS-CBN News Musk Ultimatum to Taiwan Imperils Its Push to War-Proof Internet Cindy Wang, Jamie Tarabay and Bruce Einhorn, Bloomberg New Zealand PM Says ‘Tough Conversations’ With China Better Than No Talks Renju Jose and Lucy Craymer, Reuters Chris Hipkins Says New Zealand Being Independent Doesn't Mean ‘Neutral,’ Will Take ‘Bread and Butter’ Approach to Foreign Affairs Jamie Ensor and Lloyd Burr, Newshub Yellen Tests Bilateral Thaw in Beijing Phelim Kine, Politico KJ-600: The Eye in the Sky for China’s Future Carriers Rick Joe, The Diplomat Chinese Professional Military Education for Africa: Key Influence and Strategy Paul Nantulya, United States Institute of Peace NATO, China, and the Vilnius Summit Garret Martin and James Goldgeier, War on the Rocks U.S. Weighs Human Rights as It Looks to Expand China Chip Restrictions Johanna Costigan, Forbes Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Dips Further as Journalists Say They Are Hesitant to Criticize Beijing Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press
July 6, 2023 Hong Kong Police Arrest Four Men Accused of Supporting People Overseas Endangering National Security Kanis Leung, Associated Press China’s Bullying Proves South Korea’s Yoon Is on the Right Track Derek Grossman, Nikkei DoD Looks to Block Chinese and Russian Influence on U.S. Academia Jonathan Lehrfeld, Defense News Russian Military Failures in Ukraine Should Be ‘Sobering’ for China’s Taiwan Invasion Plans, Experts Say John Grady, USNI News Pacific Fleet Goes to Washington: How Admiral Paparo Will Refine the Navy Steve Wills, Defense News India Revises Stance on China-Philippines Maritime Dispute as New Delhi Looks East Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News China’s Type 075 LHD Sails Through Japanese Strait Kosuke Takahashi, Naval News China Simulates ‘Z-Day’ Total Sea War With the U.S. Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times Manila Accuses Chinese Boats of ‘Dangerous’ Moves AFP China-India Border Escalations: A Triangular Explanation Ghulam Ali, The Diplomat
July 5, 2023 My Plan to Preserve Peace in the Taiwan Strait Lai Ching-te, The Wall Street Journal China accuses US of turning Taiwan into a powder keg with its latest sales to self-governing island Associated Press Hong Kong Security Chief Slams Wall Street Journal Criticism of International Arrest Warrants, as Interpol Says No ‘Red Notice’ Received James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press China Postpones Beijing Trip by Top European Diplomat, EU Says Natalia Drozdiak and Li Liu, Bloomberg ‘You Can Never Become a Westerner:’ China’s Top Diplomat Urges Japan and South Korea to Align With Beijing and ‘Revitalize Asia’ Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese Vessels Again Accused of ‘Dangerous Maneuvers’ Frances Mangosing, Philippine Daily Inquirer European and Chinese Energy Groups Race to Lock in LNG Shipments From U.S. Shotaro Tani, Financial Times Albanese Urged to Cancel China Trip as Beijing Warns Australia Against Sheltering ‘Fugitives’ Daniel Hurst, The Guardian China Accuses U.K. of Harboring Hong Kong Fugitives Simon Fraser, BBC News Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Back in the South China Sea, Details of Talisman Sabre Exercise Emerge Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News
July 4, 2023 They Will ‘Live in Fear’: Hong Kong’s John Lee Invites ‘Anyone’ to Help Police Arrest Wanted Overseas Democrats Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s Global Bounty Hunters The Wall Street Journal Hong Kong Security Law to Deal With ‘Soft Resistance,’ Security Chief Chris Tang Says James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press KMT Presidential Candidate Could Change One-Year Military Service Policy Wu Sheng-hung, Wang Cheng-chung and Evelyn Kao, CNA The Real Problems Facing Taiwan Michael Danielsen, Taipei Times Chinese Hackers Target European Embassies With HTML Smuggling Technique Alexander Martin, The Record from Recorded Future News China’s Military Won’t Talk to the U.S. ー So What? Grant Newsham, Asia Times China Restricts Export of Chipmaking Metals in Clash With US Archie Hunter and Alfred Cang, Bloomberg Vietnam Bans ‘Barbie’ Movie Due to an Illustration Showing China’s Territorial Claim Associated Press China Upping Bullying Tactics Against Neighbors, Says Top State Department Diplomat John Grady, USNI News
July 3, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to Visit China to Build ‘Healthy’ Ties With Beijing AFP Video: China’s Attempt to Interrupt U.N. Testimony by Son of Detained Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Rejected Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Can Deter China Invasion: Milley Taipei Times With Eye on China, Japan to Deepen Ties With NATO at Key Leaders’ Summit Gabriel Dominguez, Japan Times Developments on the Philippine Air Defense Identification Zone Implementation Pitz Defense Analysis Time to Act on China’s Surveillance Threat Iain Duncan Smith, The Telegraph China’s Demographic Doomsayers Cite the Wrong Data David P. Goldman, Asia Times U.S. State Department Approves $440 Million Ammo, Logistics Deals for Taiwan Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Defense News EU Declares Position on Taiwan-China Issue for First Time at Summit Tien Hsi-ju and Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA Chinese Language Schools in Sweden and Their Connections With the Communist Party of China Frida Lindberg and Erika Staffas Edstrom, Swedish National China Centre
June 30, 2023 Chinese Spy Balloon Did Not Collect Information Over U.S., Pentagon Says Reuters U.S. Approves Arms Sales of $440 Million to Taiwan Stacy Hsu and Evelyn Yang, CNA U.S. Asks ASEAN Claimants to Resolve Own South China Sea Issues Before Taking On China Charissa Yong, The Straits Times India Asks China to Abide by South China Sea Ruling Beijing Calls Null and Void Sachin Parashar, Times of India New Chinese Law Raises Risks for American Firms in China, U.S. Officials Say Kate O’Keeffe, The Wall Street Journal China Wants Sanctions Lifted as Condition for Military Talks With U.S. Iain Marlow, Bloomberg Exclusive: U.S., Dutch Set to Hit China’s Chipmakers With One-Two Punch Karen Freifeld, Reuters A Firebreak Between China and the United States Collin Koh, The Prospect Foundation China’s Imperialist Foreign Policy ByJames Holmes, 19FortyFive’ Between the Superpowers: What Is Germany’s China Policy? Christiane Heidbrink, The Diplomat Are Cheap Drones the Answer to Tension in the Taiwan Strait? Andrew Hoehn and Thom Shanker, Defense News
June 28, 2023 Will New Zealand Regret Kowtowing to China? Nicholas Sheppard, The Spectator China’s Asia-Pacific Trade Deal, Digital Economy Pact Aspirations Backed by New Zealand Kandy Wong, South China Morning Post Editorial: China Trade — Precious and Precarious The New Zealand Herald Congress Aims for Faster Arms Sales With Defense Bills and Task Force Bryant Harris, Defense News China’s Overseas Police Service Stations in the Middle East Mordechai Chaziza, The Diplomat Chinese Balloon Used American Tech to Spy on Americans Nancy A. Youssef, The Wall Street Journal China’s New Law Extends Xi’s Combative Foreign Policy Stance Bloomberg Scoop: Netanyahu Sees Upside to China’s Growing Involvement in Middle East Barak Ravid, Axios Why War With China Over Taiwan Could Ruin the Global Economy Richard Engel, Charlotte Gardiner, Jennifer Jett and Alexander Smith, NBC News China’s Foreign PR Enablers Sarah Cook, The Diplomat
June 28, 2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping Appears to Raise Chris Hipkins’ Refusal to Call Him a Dictator in Meeting Thomas Coughlan, The New Zealand Herald New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Scores Trade Deals on China Trip AFP The Terror of Threes in the Heavens and on Earth William J. Broad, The New York Times U.S. Considering New Restrictions on AI Chip Exports to China, Wall Street Journal Reports Reuters Military Announces Rare Detection of Russian Warships Near Taiwan Joseph Yeh, CNA Pentagon Uses Ukraine Funds to Split Supply Chains From Russia, China Bryant Harris, Defense News Can China Export Its Way Out of Its Economic Slump? Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Getting U.S.-Japanese Command and Control Right Christopher B. Johnstone and Zack Cooper, War on the Rocks Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles Landing in Solomon Islands for Talks on the Future of Australia’s Defense Presence Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News Chinese Nuclear Plants Releasing Water Containing Tritium at Levels 6.5 Times Higher Than Planned Fukushima Discharge Yomiuri Shimbun
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