June 2, 2023 Ukraine War Has Not Changed China’s Strategy For Unification With Taiwan: Report Lim Ai Leen, The Straits Times Hongkongers Struggle to Get Voice Heard on Tiananmen Square Anniversary Chan Ho-him and Joe Leahy, Financial Times Top American, Chinese Defense Officials Vie for Influence in Asia-Pacific David Rising, Associated Press Taiwan Market Luring More Japanese Corporate Investments Amid China Tensions, Supply-Chain Fears Ralph Jennings, South China Morning Post Much More to Do in U.S. Trade Talks, Says Taiwan’s Top Trade Official Chiang Chin-yeh, Liu Chien-ling and Sean Lin, CNA Elon Musk Tears Up the Decoupling Script in China William Pesek, Asia Times End U.S.’s Strategic Ambiguity Policy Joseph Bosco, Taipei Times Pentagon Grant to U.S. University That Feeds China Military Research Comes Under Congressional Microscope Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon EU Raises Alarm Over Chinese Demands for Cosmetics Trade Secrets Alberto Nardelli and Angelina Rascouet, Bloomberg Exclusive: TikTok CEO Should Be Investigated By DOJ, Senator Says Alexandra S. Levine Forbes Xinjiang Exit Bans Keep Uyghur ‘Agitators’ in Place, Divide Families Ruth Ingram, The China Project How the U.S. is Deepening Military Alliances in China’s Backyard Demetri Sevastopulo and Kathrin Hille, Financial Times Kishida’s Push to Protect Vital Undersea Cables Brad Glosserman, The Japan Times
June 1, 2023 U.S.-Taiwan Relations: New Trade Deal to Be Signed as China Tensions Rise Annabelle Liang, BBC Nvidia’s CEO Plans Trip to Meet China Executives Despite U.S. Curbs Bloomberg China and Key U.S. Partner Singapore Agree to Top-Level Defense Hotline Syawalludin Zain and David Rising, Associated Press Taiwan May Tighten Residency for Hong Kongers Amid Spying Fears Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Beware China’s Salami Tactics in Taiwan Ivo Daalder, Politico The China Hawks Briefing DeSantis Email Alex, Politico Chinese Tech Entrepreneurs Keen to ‘De-China’ as Tensions With U.S. Soar David Kirton, Reuters Suspected Chinese Spies, Disguised as Tourists, Tried to Infiltrate Alaskan Military Bases Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today China Conveys ‘Four Noes’ to South Korea, a Response to Seoul’s Pro-U.S. Bias Lee Je-hun, Hankyoreh Why We Should All Worry About the China-India Border Dispute Nishant Rajeev and Alex Stephenson, USIP
May 31, 2023 Chinese Jet Carried Out ‘Aggressive’ Maneuver Near U.S. Military Plane, Pentagon Says Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom, Reuters China Removes 1.4 Million Posts and 67,000 Accounts in Latest Social Media Purge Mack DeGeurin, Gizmodo Biden Administration Announces Indo-Pacific Deal, Clashing With Industry Groups Ana Swanson, The New York Times TikTok Creators’ Financial Info, Social Security Numbers Have Been Stored In China Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes China’s Economic Recovery Continues to Stutter With Manufacturing Facing ‘Downward Spiral’ as Demand Weakens Andrew Mullen, South China Morning Post Canada’s Ex-Conservative Party Leader Says Chinese Misinformation Campaign Targeted Him in Last Election Paula Newton and Caitlin Hu, CNN Hong Kong Ex-Leader Urges U.K. Police to Investigate Cancelled Event Involving ‘Seditious’ Sheep Books Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Discovers 100 World War II Cannon Balls Believed to Be Still Active on a Cargo Ship From China Bernama Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Emily Benson, Japhet Quitzon and William Alan Reinsch, CSIS Nvidia to Turn Taiwan Into a World-Class AI Hub Jeff Pao, Asia Times Tech Transfer: Why Indonesia Likes Partnering With China Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta Globe COVID Might Have Come From a Lab Leak, Says China’s Former Top Scientist Nicolas Camut, Politico Chinese Police Clash With Protesters Over Plans to Demolish Mosque Christian Shepherd and Vic Chiang, The Washington Post National Security Trial of Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Estimated to Take 83 Days Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ Li Yuan, The New York Times
May 30, 2023 China Launches New Crew for Space Station, With Eye to Putting Astronauts on Moon Before 2030 Associated Press Taiwan Rushes to Prevent China From Cutting Internet, Phones Jamie Tarabay and Cindy Wang, Bloomberg Ex-Student Leader and Detained Activist Among Seven Who Plead Guilty to Rioting Inside Hong Kong Legislature in 2019 Lea Mok. Hong Kong Free Press Malaysia Detains Chinese Ship Linked to Suspected Illegal Salvage of British World War II Wrecks Rozanna Latiff, Reuters University Says Uyghur Student Didn’t Go to Hong Kong Where He Reportedly Went Missing Kanis Leung and Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press Taiwanese Election Drama Is a Subversive Hit in China Erin Hale, The News Lens Nvidia's Boom Is Not a Straightforward American Success Story Joel Kotkin, UnHerd How to Avoid War With China Daniel Davis, 19FortyFive Spy Agency Warns Canadian MP That She’s on Beijing’s ‘Evergreen’ Target List Zi-ann Lum, Politico Taiwan Won’t Let China Determine ‘Red Lines,’ Official Says John Feng, Newsweek China Rejects U.S. Proposal for Defense Chiefs to Meet in Singapore This Week Natasha Bertrand and Jennifer Hansler, CNN U.S.-China Trade Talks End in More Chip War Salvos Jeff Pao, Asia Times Four Ways U.S. Support for Ukraine Helps Defend Taiwan Gabriel Scheinmann, Foreign Affairs Jailed Dutch-Chinese Scientist ‘Forgotten’ by His Country and Company Jan van der Made, RFI
May 29, 2023 ‘Confidence Is a Big Problem’: China’s Economic Recovery Loses Steam Joe Leahy and Xinning Liu, Thomas Hale and Chan Ho-him, The Financial Times China Urges Japan to Halt Export Restrictions on Chips Joe Cash and Bernard Orr, Reuters China’s War Chest: Beijing Seeks to Remedy Its Vulnerability to Food and Energy Embargoes Amy Hawkins, The Guardian Philippine Coast Guard to Hold First Trilateral Maritime Exercise With U.S., Japan in June GMA News Online Taiwan’s Navy Set to Take Delivery of Second Homemade Corvette Next Month Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA Okinawa Still Strategically Key and China Knows It Grant Newsham, Asia Times Notes From Central Taiwan: PRC Tourists, Taiwanese Voters and the DPP Michael Turton, Taipei Times Hongkongers Can Now Check Organ Donor Status in App, as Withdrawal Rules Tightened Amid Cross-Border transplant Controversy Hong Kong Free Press Ryan Hass On Taiwan: Now Is the Time to Build Zones of Political Consensus Ryan Hass, Taipei Times More Chinese Now Regard India as a Security Threat. Only 8% Consider It Favorable Aadil Brar, The Print Is the Biden Administration Going Soft on China? Danielle Pletka, Foreign Policy Hong Kong Denies Knowledge About Uyghur Student, Slams Amnesty for Saying He Disappeared at Airport Zen Soo, Associated Press No, Japan is Not Planning to ‘Double Its Defense Budget’ Adam P. Liff, Brookings
May 22, 2023 Hong Kong Schools Should Set Up CCTV Cameras in Classrooms, Police Say Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong Doxxing Site Targeting Journalists, Activists Still Online Almost 2 Years After Authorities Alerted Tom Grundy, Hong Kog Free Press Notes From Central Taiwan: Reading Taiwan’s History Right Michael Turton, Taipei Times U.S. to Sign New Security Pact With Papua New Guinea Amid Competition With China Nick Perry, Associated Press What Washington Gets Wrong About Deterrence Raphael S. Cohen, War on the Rocks China’s $23 Trillion Local Debt Mess Is About to Get Worse Bloomberg ‘Uncle Roger’ Jokes About China and Censors Don’t See the Funny Side Chris Lau, CNN China Bans Major Chip Maker Micron From Key Infrastructure Projects Peter Hoskins, BBC Taiwan to Begin Light Frigate Construction in June Curtis Lee, Naval News China Seeks to Counter Musk’s Starlink With Own Satellite Network Clarence Leong and Micah Maidenberg, The Wall Street Journal ‘Illegal, Malign’: China’s State-Sponsored Crime Stretches Across Pacific Nick McKenzei and Amelia Ballinger, The Sydney Morning Herald AstraZeneca Will Seek to ‘Love the Communist Party,’ Its China Boss Says Joe Cash and Brenda Goh, Reuters Beijing's Global Media Influence 2022 Freedom House
May 19, 2023 Submarine Hunt Incident a Peak Into Cat-and-Mouse Games in South China Sea Joseph Trevithick, The Warzone Taiwan, U.S. Finalize First Agreement Under Trade Initiative Lai Yu-chen and Sean Lin, CNA U.S. Agrees on Taiwan Trade Terms, Clouding Plans for China Talks Eric Martin, Bloomberg China Looms Behind KMT's Choice of Hou as Presidential Nominee Derek Grossman, Nikkei Satellite Image Shows WZ-8 Supersonic Drone at Chinese Base Mike Yeo, Defense News Hong Kong Court Dismisses Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai’s Legal Bid to Fight for U.K. Lawyer Kanis Leung, Associated Press Taiwan: One China Principle or Just a Policy? Brent Stricker, 19FortyFive Leaked Document Reveals Iran’s Multiple Telecom Deals With China Iran International Manila Might Retake Control of China-Held Grid Operator Bloomberg Xi Jinping Calls on China, Central Asia to ‘Fully Unleash’ Potential in Trade, Cooperation AFP First Ever: U.S. Army Drills to Defend Taiwan Against China Chris Kirkman, American Military News China’s Loans Pushing World’s Poorest Countries to Brink of Collapse Bernard Condon, Associated Press
May 18, 2023 Get Ready to Meet the Next President of Taiwan Mark Harrison, The Strategist U.S. Default, China Decoupling Hang Heavy Over Hiroshima William Pesek, Asia Times Vietnam Rebukes China, Philippines Over South China Sea Conduct Reuters Philippines, Vietnam Agree to Work on South China Sea Code of Conduct ABS-CBN News Ukraine Tells China Envoy It Will Not Give Up Territory to Russia as Price of Peace AFP Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Says U.S. Security Pact Still a Work in Progress, Reveals Visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Stephen Dziedzic, Timothy Swanston and Liam Fox, ABC News (Australia) With China Looming, Biden Plans New Pacific Islands Summit After PNG No-Show Jeff Mason and Kirsty Needham, Reuters Ukraine vs. Taiwan: America’s Defeatist, Pointless Debate Andrew A. Michta, 19FortyFive ‘It’s Just Crazy’: How the U.S.-China Energy Race Imperils the Climate Fight Sara Schonhardt And Phelim Kine, Politico China Puts Spymaster in Charge of U.S. Corporate Crackdown Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal U.S. Multinationals Face ‘Mountain of Risk’ Over China Sean Ashcroft, Supply Chain Digital Japan Can’t Pass the Buck Anymore Jennifer Lind, The New York Times Ignoring Beijing, Korean Rights Group Recognizes Jailed Hong Kong Barrister Cheryl Tung and Fong Tak Ho, Radio Free Asia
May 17, 2023 As China Looms Over Taiwan’s Presidential Race, the Opposition Picks a Moderate John Liu and Paul Mozur, The New York Times Can China Thread the Needle on Ukraine? Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs China Calls on Netherlands to ‘Adhere to Strategic Autonomy’, as U.S. Restrictions Weigh on Trade Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post South Korea Gets Tough on Tech Leaks to China Christian Davies and Song Jung-a, Financial Times People vs Platforms: U.S.-Taiwan Security Cooperation in the Near Future Eric Chan, Global Taiwan Institute Ex-Apple Engineer Indicted in Crackdown on Flow of Restricted Tech to China, Russia Sadie Gurman and Dylan Tokar, The Wall Street Journal Korea Eyes Submarine Deal With Canada Nam Hyun-woo, The Korea Times What is Driving the Adoption of Chinese Surveillance Technology in Africa? Bulelani Jili, DFR Lab Mekong Squeeze Tests China’s Good Neighbor Narrative Denny Roy, Asia Times No Joke: China Fines a Comedy Firm $2 Million for ‘Insulting’ the Military Chang Che and Olivia Wang, The New York Times
May 16, 2023 With Eye on Ukraine, Top Chinese General Calls for Unconventional Warfare Capabilities Ryan Woo, Reuters Ex-ByteDance Employee Claims China Had ‘Supreme Access’ to All Data Laura He and Ramishah Maruf, CNN Chinese Warships Circle Japan Ahead of G-7 Summit Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News U.S. to Sign Pacts With Micronesia and PNG as Washington Seeks to Counter China in Pacific Reuters Germany Urges China to Shut Secret Police Outposts in Berlin Michael Nienaber, Bloomberg China sanctions Britons Over West's Xinjiang Criticism Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas, Associated Press Books Removed From Hong Kong Public Libraries Still Accessible in Shops, Says Chief Executive John Lee Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press China Censors Citizens From Discussing Pakistan Protest. Political Revolt Is a Sensitive Topic Aadil Brar, The Print Philippines Warns of ‘Serious Repercussions’ if China Removes Navigational Buoys BenarNews PLA Reveals U.S.-China Military Encounter off Hong Kong Day Before January 6 Capitol Riot Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post China’s Navy: Ships & Aircraft of the PRC, 1955–2021 Admiralty Trilogy Group Liz Truss Calls for Deeds, Not Words, From West on China Ahead of Taiwan Visit Andrew McDonald, Politico Consultancy Firms in China Tested Limits Before Beijing's Crackdown Engen Tham and James Pomfret, Reuters
May 15, 2023 China Kidnaps Southern Mongolian Dissident in Mongolia Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken Expresses Concern Over China Forcefully Gathering DNA From Tibetans in Tibet Organiser China’s War Chest: Beijing’s ‘Great Wall of Steel’ Faces Obstacles to Military Supremacy Amy Hawkins, The Guardian After 20 Years in U.K., British Chair Professor Joins China’s Hypersonic Program Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post Philippines Places Buoys in Parts of South China Sea to Assert Sovereignty Reuters China's Rising Clout Spotlighted at Finance Chief Meetings Before G7 Summit Tetsushi Kajimoto, Reuters Advisory Firms on Alert After China Raids and Arrests, as Experts Say Data Crackdown Will Hinder International Investment Hong Kong Free Press Guest Nations at the G-7 Reflect Outreach to Developing Countries, Worries Over China, Russia Hyung-jin Kim and Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press PLA Drone Flights Aimed at Mapping Routes: Experts CNA U.S. Eyes Access to Papua New Guinea Naval Base and Airport Ryo Nakamura And Rurika Imahashi, Nikkei Hongkongers Find New Ways to Defend Democratic Ideals AFP China, Russia Are Increasing Military Cooperation: Japan Associated Press Who Should the KMT Pick as Their Taiwan Presidential Candidate? Courtney Donovan Smith, Taiwan News Taiwanese Buys Anti-CCP Book, Gets Scam Call From Chinese Propagandist Stephanie Chiang, Taiwan News
May 12, 2023 Why I Am Giving Up Writing About Hong Kong Politics Tim Hamlett, Hong Kong Free Press Another Chinese Drone Partially Circles Taiwan as 13 Aircraft Breach ADIZ Sean Lin, CNA China Has Been on a Charm Offensive. Now It Is Committing Dollars to a Reset Eryk Bagshaw, The Sydney Morning Herald Dwight Howard: Former NBA Player Apologizes After Angering China Over Taiwan Reference Fan Wang, BBC News Why the U.S. Delayed China Sanctions After Shooting Down a Spy Balloon Michael Martina, Reuters Collapsing Buildings, Incoming Missiles: Taiwan Rehearses a Chinese Assault on Its Cities Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin, The Guardian The Plot to Steal the Other Secret Inside a Can of Coca-Cola Drake Bennett and Jordan Robertson, Bloomberg Germany Warns EU on Hitting China With Russia Sanctions: Sources Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters Royal Philips to Pay $62 Million to Settle China Bribery Probe Dylan Tokar, The Wall Street Journal China Has Interfered for Decades But Every Government Ignored It, Ex-CSIS Agent Tells MPs Ryan Tumilty, National Post Confronting China’s War on Religion Part IV: The Catholic Church Eric Felten and Carl M. Cannon, RealClearWire Analysis: China’s Messaging Machine Tamps Down Taiwan War Hype Katsuji Nakazawa, Nikkei Exclusive: Biden to Sign Defence Pact in Papua New Guinea, With Eyes on China Kirsty Needham, Reuters