May 11, 2023 Korean NGO Says Chinese Officials Visited Office After They Awarded Rights Prize to Detained Hong Kong Tiananmen Activist Peter Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Remarks About Blowing Up TSMC ‘Selectively Clipped’: U.S. Rep. Moulton Shih Hsiu-chuan and Teng Pei-ju, CNA Pacific Fleet Leader Asks to Go Before China Committee to Talk Taiwan Bryant Harris, Defense News Biden's Stopover in PNG Derided as ‘Muscle Flexing’ Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Journalist ASEAN Navies Approve Maritime Interaction Guidelines Joviland Rita, GMA Integrated News Volkswagen Investors Demand Independent Audit of China Car Plant Patricia Nilsson, Financial Times Son of Jailed Hong Kong Media Tycoon Condemns U.K. Government ‘Weakness’ Reuters China Keeps Up Campaign to Pressure Critics Abroad Despite Western Backlash Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina, Reuters Taiwan Is Urging the U.S. Not to Abandon Ukraine Josh Rogin, The Washington Post Automation Giant Faces U.S. Government Probe Over China Operations Vivian Salama, The Wall Street Journal U.S. Accounting Regulator Finds ‘Unacceptable Rate’ of Shortcomings in Mainland China Audits Chad Bray, South China Morning Post Hong Kong Mulls Wider Ban on Insults to Regional Flag, Making Online Desecration Illegal Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press
May 10, 2023 World War III: Could America Stop China From Invading Taiwan? Brandon Weichert, 19FortyFive How China’s Echo Chamber Threatens Taiwan Tong Zhao, Foreign Affairs China: Growing and Going to Sea James E. Fanell, U.S. Naval Institute U.S. Eyes Mideast-India Transport Network to Counter China Yukihiro Sakaguchi, Nikkei China ‘Furious’ With Patriot PAC-3 Missile Deployment Near Its Border; Analyst Says Another Attempt To Interfere In Taiwan Sakshi Tiwari, The Eurasian Times China Hones its Global South Diplomacy Joseph Rozen, Asia Times Amid Human Trafficking Horrors, China’s Claims of Gender Equality Ring Hollow Leslie Fu, The Diplomat Situation of Tibetan Women in Tibet Raised at U.N. Meeting Ahead of China Review Central Tibetan Administration China, Beware of the New Anti-Espionage Law Hu Zimo, Bitter Winter Making the South Korea-Japan Rapprochement Last Robert Kelly, 19FortyFive Berlin to Increase Pressure on China After Cancelled Beijing Talks Jonathan Packroff, EURACTIV Hong Kong 47: Anonymous Witness Grilled at National Security Trial Over ‘Secretly Recorded’ Footage Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press Chinese Spaceplane Docked With Another Object Multiple Times, Data Indicates Joseph Trevithick, The War Zone ‘Everybody Is Worried’: China Raids Offices of Consultancy Firm Capvision in Widening Industry Crackdown Nectar Gan and Juliana Liu, CNN Biden Hopes for Vietnam Breakthrough Derek Grossman, Foreign Policy Biden to Become First Sitting U.S. President to Travel to Papua New Guinea Betsy Klein, CNN U.N. Rules Useless Against China’s Forced Labor, Research Shows Stuart Lau, Politico
May 9, 2023 Hong Kong Schools in Crisis as Teachers and Students Flee ‘Toxic’ Political Climate Verna Yu, The Guardian Canada Expels China Diplomat for Alleged Threats to Lawmaker Rob Gillies, Associated Press More Canadian Universities Now Say They’ll Steer Clear of Chinese Telecom Huawei Joanna Chiu, Toronto Star Hong Kong Asked Google to Remove 183 Items in Latter Half of 2022, National Security Takedown Requests Surged Hong Kong Free Press Japan, South Korea to Link Radar Systems to Track North Korea Missiles Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kaori Kaneko, Reuters China Attempts to Snoop on ASEAN-India Naval Drill in South China Sea The Times of India Jokowi: Aim Is to Make ASEAN Region Stable New Straits Times How Top Silicon Valley Investor Sequoia Bankrolls China’s Tech Danny Fortson, The Times of London China Tells U.S. to ‘Reflect Deeply’ Over Downturn in Ties Associated Press Taiwan Needs Business Help to Harden Its Economy Against China Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Policy The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion: Part III Ethan Gutmann, RealClearWire China Races Ahead of U.S. on AI Regulation Ryan Heath, Axios Internationally Acclaimed Tibetan Filmmaker No More TibetanReview.net China Raids Offices of Another Consulting Firm in Espionage Crackdown David Pierson and Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times The U.S. Is Investigating Shein Over Alleged Ties to Forced Labor in China Diego Lasarte, Quartz
May 8, 2023 China Is Making Its Move in Ukraine, and the U.S. Has No Chance of Matching It John Lyons, ABC News (Australia) Joint Patrols in South China Sea to Begin ‘Very Soon’: Envoy ABS-CBN News Brussels Plans to Slap Sanctions on Chinese Companies Aiding Russia’s War Machine: Financial Times Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru, Reuters Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Cost World Economy $1 Trillion: U.S. Intelligence ANI News Doval in Saudi to Discuss U.S. Rail Link Plan for West Asia Shubhajit Roy, The Indian Express Japan PM in South Korea Says ‘Heart Hurts’ Over Occupation Choonsik Yoo, Hyonhee Shin and Sakura Murakami, Reuters The Forces Behind South Korea’s and Japan’s Thaw Choe Sang-hun, The New York Times Hong Kong Ex-Official Compares District Councilors to Migrant Domestic Workers, Says They Could Be Fired if Disobedient Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Think Tank Reports Prompted Beijing to Put a Lid on Chinese Data Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal U.S. Prepares to Fast Track $500 Million of Arms for Taiwan Peter Martin and Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg In New Battle for the Pacific, U.S. and China Force Regional States to Take Sides Simon Tisdall, The Guardian As U.S.-China Rivalry Boils, Manila Should Play Its Cards Well Lucio B Pitlo III, Asia Times ‘They Said They Could Make Me Straight’: Hongkonger Recalls ‘Brainwashing’ by Group With Gov’t Funding From ‘Equality’ Scheme Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press
May 5, 2023 Canada Mulls Expelling China Diplomat for Targeting Lawmaker Rob Gillies, Associated Press Study: China’s Squid Fleet Avoids Peru to Dodge New Port Law Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Why Some of China’s Most Successful Companies Are Desperate to Hide Their Roots Michelle Toh, CNN China’s Economic Coercion Hits a Chip Wall in S. Korea Dominic Simonelli, David Hundt and Baogang He, East Asia Forum Press Group: China Biggest Global Jailer of Journalists Associated Press Australia’s Exports to China Hit Record High as Relations Thaw Laura He, CNN Hong Kong National Security Police Seize Tiananmen Crackdown Statue for ‘Inciting Subversion’ Probe: Reports Peter Lee, Hong Kong Free Press China Says South China Sea Should Not Be ‘Hunting Ground’ for Foreign Forces Reuters Taiwan Military to Receive Sky Sword II Mobile Missile Launchers Next Week Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News Why China’s Delegate to King Charles’ Coronation Is Causing Controversy Chad de Guzman, Time China-U.S. Fight for Influence Runs Through Police in Pacific Mike Cherney and Austin Ramzy, The Wall Street Journal Marcos Says Philippines Bases Could Be ‘Useful’ if Taiwan Attacked David Brunnstrom, Reuters Hong Kong Ice Hockey Body Slams Sports Federation’s ‘Unjustified’ Allegations Over Anthem Blunder Peter Lee, Hong Kong Free Press China’s Club for Talking to Central Europe Is Dead, Czechs Say Stuart Lau, Politico
May 4, 2023 Imprisoned Hong Kong Activist Wins Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Jung Min-ho, The Korea Times China Flags Uighurs as ‘Extremist’ for Having Quran, Report Says Erin Hale, Al Jazeera U.S., Philippines Vow Joint Defense ‘Anywhere in the South China Sea’ Bryant Harris, Defense News FACT SHEET: U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Defense Guidelines U.S. Department of Defense Hong Kong Gov’t Slams Self-Exiled Democrat Ted Hui for Calling Reformed District Council Polls ‘Pseudo-Election’ Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong 47: Ex-District Council Chief Begins Testimony Aagainst Fellow Democrats in National Security Trial Kelly Ho, Hong Kong Free Press University of Waterloo Ends Research Partnerships With Huawei, Amid Security Concerns Over China Joanna Chiu, Toronto Star Multinationals Add China-Taiwan Risk Clauses to Contracts as Tensions Rise Echo Wong and Pak Yiu, Nikkei Taiwan’s Spy Chief Says ‘Five Eyes’ Helping to Grasp Xi’s Motives Jenny Leonard and Debby Wu, Bloomberg Taiwan Trade Chief Warns Against ‘Unnecessary Fear’ of China Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press U.K. Foreign Minister’s China Speech Lacks Details on Rights Maya Wang, The Diplomat Coal Power Is No Cure for Guangdong Zhang Xiaoli, China Dialogue Senate’s China Bill to Restrict Advanced Tech Exports, Bolster Allies Bryant Harris, Defense News First of its Kind Submarine Visit Forges Relationship Lt. Eric Uhden, Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 Public Affairs China Sends Drones Circling Taiwan in New Surveillance Tactic Kari Soo Lindberg and Cindy Wang, Bloomberg U.S. Lawmakers Query Nike, Adidas Over Forced Labor in China Bloomberg
May 3, 2023 China’s COVID Whistleblower in Wuhan Reportedly Freed After Three Years Helen Davidson, The Guardian Hong Kong’s John Lee Chides Reporter for Referring to 2019 ‘Protests’ Instead of ‘the Black Violence’ Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan Ranked 35th in 2023 RSF Press Freedom Index Teng Pei-ju, CNA Hong Kong Ranks 140th on 2023 Int’l RSF Press Freedom Index Below Colombia, Cameroon Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press F-16V Deliveries to Taiwan Postponed Until Late 2024 Matthew Strong, Taiwan News China Restricts Overseas Access to Key Corporate Information Bloomberg Don’t Bother Investing in China Unless You’re Chinese Shuli Ren, Bloomberg U.S. Defense Industry Ready to Help Taiwan’s Self-Defense: Ex-Officer Joseph Yeh, CNA Arms Control for Artificial Intelligence Megan Lamberth and Paul Scharre, Texas National Security Review U.S. Lawmakers Query Nike, Adidas Over Forced Labor in China Jarrell Dillard, Bloomberg A Downed U.S. Jet, a Bombed Embassy, and 25 Years of Rumors About How China Built Its First Stealth Fighter Michael Peck, Insider U.S. Navy Is Hobbled by Failures as the Risk of Conflict With China Looms Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg U.S. Orders MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drones for Taiwan Joe Saballa, The Defense Post Marcos, Back in Arms of U.S., Is Making His Own Name in Foreign Policy Sui-lee Wee, The New York Times
May 2, 2023 Democratically Elected Seats to Be Slashed to 20% for Local Hong Kong Elections, Candidates Vetted Peter Lee, Hong Kong Free Press Is America Postured for a Fight in the Indo-Pacific? Dustin Walker, Defense News China’s Answers to ChatGPT Have a Censorship Problem Sarah Zheng, Bloomberg Blocking Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Overseas Counsel in National Security Trial Is ‘Persecution,’ Says Lawyer Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press Shrinking U.S. Military Capacity Now for Capabilities Later Is a Mistake Mackenzie Eaglen, 19FortyFive Shein: China Fashion Giant Faces U.S. Calls for Probe Over Uyghur Claims Mariko Oi, BBC China Steps Up Use of Exit Bans Under Xi: Rights Group AFP Bolton Lauds Expanding U.S.-Taiwan Relations Liu Tzu-hsuan, Taipei Times Tibet’s Exiled Government Pushes China on Sovereignty Claims in Bid for Leverage Mure Dickie, Financial Times Xi Jinping’s Worst Nightmare: A Potemkin People’s Liberation Army Andrew Scobell, War on the Rocks Exclusive: Never-Before-Seen Chinese Military Blimp Caught on Satellite Images of Remote Desert Base Paul P. Murphy and Alex Marquardt, CNN Philippines Won’t Be Military Staging Post — Marcos Alexis Romero, The Philippine Star Singapore Backs AUKUS and Says Australia Could Play ‘Bigger Role’ in Regional Security Daniel Hurst, The Guardian PCG: China Should Rethink Behavior, Presence of Journalists in Maritime Patrols May Continue CNN Philippines Philippine Coast Guard Cutters, Chinese Warship Almost Collide in South China Sea Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News U.S. ‘Ready’ to Aid Philippine Resupplies in South China Sea: Admiral Ryo Nakamura, Nikkei Is China’s Korla Laser ASAT Site Hacking Western Satellites? Andrew Salerno-Garthwaite, Army Technology
April 28, 2023 Freedom to Write Index: China Worst Jailer of Writers in 2022, NGO Says Hong Kong Free Press U.S. Spies Detected Construction at Suspected Chinese Military Site in UAE, Reveals Discord Leaks WION Germany in Talks to Limit Export of Chip Chemicals to China Michael Nienaber, Jenny Leonard and Kamil Kowalcze, Bloomberg China Is Blazing a Trail in Regulating Generative AI — on the CCP’s Terms Rebecca Arcesati and Wendy Chang, The Diplomat Chinese, Philippine Vessels in ‘David and Goliath’ Near-Crash AFP Chinese State Company Wins Contract to Redevelop Solomon Islands Port, Prompting Cautious Response Daniel Hurst, The Guardian Hong Kong Courts Should Step in When National Security Committee Oversteps Power, Argues Lawyer for Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Candice Chau, Hong Kong Free Press China Lodges Official Protest over S. Korea-U.S. Statement on Taiwan KBS World India Can Help Draft a New Brahmaputra Water Treaty Nilanthi Samaranayake, Joel Wuthnow and Satu Limaye, The Hindustan Times Taiwan’s Submarine Prototype to Be Launched in September Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News What Would a New Cold War Between China and the U.S. Mean for Human Rights? Daniel Braaten, Open Global Rights Scholz’s New Push for China Port Deal Triggers Row in German Coalition Hans Von Der Burchard And Gabriel Rinaldi, Politico U.N. Experts Say China Forcing Tibetans Into ‘Vocational Training’ AFP Poll Shows 55% of Taiwanese Expect U.S. Help if Attacked Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times
April 27, 2023 Xi Jinping to Send Chinese Peace Talks Delegation to Ukraine Peter Beaumont, Emma Graham-Harrison and Amy Hawkins, The Guardian China’s Search Engines Have More Than 66,000 Rules Controlling Content, Report Says Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times Taiwan Drills to Focus on Piercing Blockade, Get ‘Five Eyes‘ Intelligence Link Ben Blanchard and Roger Tung, Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden to Visit Papua New Guinea on His Way to Australia Stephen Dziedzic, Thierry Lepani and Timothy Swanston, ABC News (Australia) U.S.-China Relations Have Entered a Frightening New Era Martin Wolf, Australian Financial Review U.S. Consulting Firm Is the Latest Target of a Chinese Crackdown Daisuke Wakabayashi and Keith Bradsher, The New York Times Chips Act Win-Win for U.S., S. Korea: Biden Choi Si-young, The Korea Herald U.S., Filipino Forces Show Firepower at Sea Amid China Tension Jim Gomez and Aaron Favila, Associated Press 2 Chinese Navy Ships Head to Singapore for Joint Drills Associated Press U.S. to Send Nuclear Submarines in New Pledge to Protect South Korea From North’s Threats Alexander Smith, NBC News Ex-Harvard Professor Sentenced in China Ties Case Gina Kolata, The New York Times China Sends Top Wolf Warrior Lu Shaye to the Dog House Clea Caulcutt and Stuart Lau, Politico U.K. China Stance ‘Naive,’ Human Rights Group Warns, as Westminster Calls for ‘Robust' Relationship With Beijing Jane Bradley, The Scotsman
April 26, 2023 China Detains Taiwan-Based Man Who Published Books Critical of Communist Party Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN China Approves Arrest of Taiwanese Activist: Beijing Media Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA Where China’s Food Policies and Climate Goals Meet You Xiaoying, China Dialogue AFP Eyes More EDCA sites for ‘360 Degree Protection’ of PH Martin Sadongdong, Manila Bulletin Yoon, Biden to Announce ‘Major Deliverables’ on Extended Deterrence: NSA Sullivan Byun Duk-kun, Yonhap As U.S. Congress Debates Budget, Pacific Island Nations Are Watching With Concern Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post Does China-Russia Cooperation Hurt India’s National Interests? Krzysztof Iwanek, The Diplomat Malaysia’s Energy Needs Face Chinese Pushback in South China Sea Amy Chew, Al Jazeera ‘Emotional Meltdown’: Hong Kong Labor Day Demo Cancelled, as Activist Says Security Law Prevents Disclosing Why Lea Mok, Hong Kong Free Press New in DepEd Draft Curriculum: Lessons on West Philippine Sea, Hague Ruling Cristina Chi, Philstar.com Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Fund Closes China Equity Investment Team Summer Zhen and Xie Yu, Reuters China Lagging U.S. in Crucial Laser Weapon Race Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times 2023 Han Kuang Drills to Test Response to Latest PLA Threats: MND Joseph Yeh, CNA Chinese Carrier Recently Sailed Near Guam, Enters South China Sea Joseph Trevithick, The War Zone Japan Ruling Parties Hold 1st Talks on Easing Weapon Export Rules Kyodo News
April 25, 2023 China Doesn’t Want Peace in Ukraine, Czech President Warns Lili Bayer and Ketrin Jochecova, Politico Why the Seoul-Tokyo Detente Is Crucial to U.S. Strategy Choe Sang-hun, The New York Times Taiwan Isn’t Playing Dollar Diplomacy Anymore Rocio Fabbro and Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy Hong Kong Plans Electoral Overhaul for District Councils Kanis Leung, Associated Press ‘Patriots’ Appointed by ‘Multiple Channels’ to Lead Hong Kong’s District Councils, Leader John Lee Says Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China to Prosecute Taiwan Activist for ‘Secession’ Kelly Ng, BBC Family: Chinese Journalist Faces Espionage Charges Associated Press MAC Condemns China’s Arrest of Taiwanese Activist Lee Ya-wen, Shih Hsiu-chuan and Lee Hsin-yin, CNA PH Inks Deal With EU for Asia’s First Space Cooperation Program Krixia Subingsubing, Philippine Daily Inquirer Cold War With China Would ‘Betray’ Britain’s National Interests, U.K. Foreign Secretary Warns Cristina Gallardo, Politico John Bolton to Visit Taiwan, Speak at Pro-Taiwan Independence Events Joseph Yeh, CNA North Korean Defectors May Face Deportation by China as COVID Border Controls Ease Anthony Kuhn, NPR Who Owns America: Why Chinese Land Purchases Near U.S. Bases Have National Security Experts Concerned Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner Marcos to Discuss ‘Evolution’ of PH-U.S. Military Pacts With Biden Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations Reveal Its Security Strategy John Hill, Naval Technology Foreign Delegations to Taiwan Turn From Trickle to Flood Courtney Donovan Smith, Taiwan News Taiwan Says It Is Tracking Chinese Carrier off Its Southeast Coast Reuters