December 30, 2025 Chinese Forces Fire Rockets Near Taiwan, Practice Port Seizure With Amphibious Forces Aaron-Matthew Larios, USNI News 90 PLA Warplanes Cross Taiwan Strait Median Line as China Stages Drills Matt Yu, Chen Chi-ching, Lee Feng-hsien and Frances Huang, CNA Chinese Military Drills Send ‘Stern Warning’ After U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal KMT, TPP Block Consideration of Special Defense Budget for Fifth Time Chen Chun-hua and Matthew Mazzetta, CNA China Threatens Detention in Xinjiang Over Banned Uyghur Songs Simina Mistreanu, The Associated Press Takeaways From AP’s Report on Banned Uyghur Songs Simina Mistreanu, The Associated Press Starmer Must Broach Human Rights Abuses and Spying on China Visit The Times
December 29, 2025 China’s Live-Fire Drill Around Taiwan ‘Unilateral Provocation’: Presidential Office Joseph Yeh, CNA See How a Chinese Attack on Taiwan Would Be Japan’s Problem Niharika Mandhana and Daniel Kiss, The Wall Street Journal Military Drill Highlights China’s ‘Two-Pronged’ Taiwan Strategy: Mainland Affairs Council Yang Shu-min and Sunny Lai, CNA PLA Drill Areas Within Taiwan’s Territorial Waters: Taiwan Military Joseph Yeh, CNA Taiwan Eyes 1,600 Unmanned Attack Vessels Under $39.8B Defense Plan Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News The KMT’s Budget Blackmail Michael Turton, Taipei Times China Sanctions Boeing, Other U.S. Companies Over Taiwan Arms Sale Stu Woo, The Wall Street Journal
December 26, 2025 Panama Canal Ports Deal at Risk After China’s Cosco Demands Majority Stake Arjun Neil Alim, Ryan McMorrow and Ivan Levingston, Financial Times Chinese Military Simulated Battles Near Mexico, Cuba and Taiwan, CCTV Report Shows Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post China Plans to Build Six Aircraft Carriers in 10 Years: Pentagon Ryan Chan, Newsweek Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone Caviar and Foie Gras? China Is Becoming a Luxury Food Powerhouse Eleanor Olcott, Thomas Hale and Haohsiang Ko, Financial Times As U.S. Battles China on AI, Some Companies Choose Chinese Tech AFP Mistrial Declared in Case of New York Governors’ Aide Accused of Acting as Chinese Agent Ben Kochman, New York Post Borrowing a Mouth to Speak: Overtourism in China’s Imagined Tibet Tenzin Daha, Asia Times India Is on a Himalayan Building Spree to Prepare for a Clash With China Shan Li, Aakash Hassan and Ming Li, The Wall Street Journal
December 24, 2025 China’s Military Buildup Makes U.S. Vulnerable, Pentagon Report Says Courtney McBride and Nectar Gan, Bloomberg U.S. Pushes Additional Tariffs on Chinese Chips to June 2027 Kif Leswing, CNBC China’s Sprint for Tech Dominance Can’t Hide an Economy Full of Holes Brian Spegele, The Wall Street Journal China’s Other Olympics Eliot Chen, The Wire China ‘Saturation Attacks’: Drone Swarms Key for Wartime Victory, Chinese Military Paper Says Yuanyue Dang, South China Morning Post Chinese University of Hong Kong College Student Unions Suspend Operations Over School’s Recognition James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press
December 23, 2025 ‘Orwellian Climate of Fear’: How China Cracks Down on Critics in the U.S. Mark Walker and Alicia Chen, The New York Times U.S. Drops Plan to Deport Chinese National Who Exposed Xinjiang Abuses, Rights Activists Say Didi Tang, Associated Press China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry in Hong Kong Summons U.K., U.S. Representatives Over Remarks on Jimmy Lai Conviction Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press The West Has Abandoned Hong Kong to Totalitarianism Jonathan Sumption, The New Statesman China Likely Loaded More Than 100 ICBMs in Silo Fields, Pentagon Report Says Reuters Takaichi’s Cabinet Sustains 70% Approval Amid Tensions With China Kim Bo-kyung and Sung Ho-chul, The Chosun Daily KMT Taking Orders to Stall Defense Bill From Beijing, DPP Says Chen Yun, Lin Hsin-han and Jason Pan, Taipei Times China’s Economy: Rightsizing 2025, Looking Ahead to 2026 Daniel H. Rosen, Logan Wright, Oliver Melton and Jeremy Smith, Rhodium Group
December 22, 2025 Taiwan Political Clash Puts Global Support at Risk, Foreign Officials Warn Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Inside Tencent’s Deal to Use Nvidia’s Best AI Chips in Japan David Keohane and Ryan McMorrow, Financial Times Rubio Seeks to Balance Relations With Japan, China; Says China Will Continue to Be ‘Factor in Geopolitics’ Takayuki Fuchigami, Yomiuri Shimbun Japan Ruling Party Heavyweight Hagiuda to Visit Taiwan, Hopes to Meet Lai Kyodo News LDP Lawmakers Continue to Visit Taiwan Amid Tensions With China The Jiji Press China Enabling U.S. Adversaries to Avoid Punishing Sanctions, Export Controls at Massive Scale James Lynch, National Review The Anatomy of a Chinese Church Crackdown Vivian Wang, The New York Times
December 19, 2025 U.S. Launches Review of Advanced Nvidia AI Chip Sales to China, Sources Say Alexandra Alper, Reuters Honda to Halt Production at Plants in Japan and China Due to Chip Shortage By Nicholas Takahashi and Tsuyoshi Inajima, Bloomberg Taiwan Opposition Seeking to Impeach Premier Hollie Younger, Taipei Times Trump Signs NDAA Bill Authorizing $1 Billion in Taiwan Defense Funding Elaine Hou and Lee Chieh-yu, CNA ‘Better Off With Taiwan’: Honduras Joins Other Latin American Countries Rethinking Ties With China Mat Youkee and Helen Davidson, The Guardian Japan Needs to Possess Nuclear Weapons, Prime Minister's Office Source Says Kyodo News Hong Kong Government Hits Out at Amnesty International Report on ‘Inhumane Treatment’ in Local Prisons Hong Kong Free Press G7 Calls for Jimmy Lai’s Release, China Slams ‘Interference’ in Its Affairs Alastair McCready, Al Jazeera
December 18, 2025 U.S. Announces Massive Package of Arms Sales to Taiwan Valued at More Than $10 Billion Matthew Lee and Simina Mistreanu, The Associated Press How China Built Its ‘Manhattan Project’ to Rival the West in AI Chips Fanny Potkin, Reuters China Monitoring Taiwanese From Its Embassies in Several Democratic Countries Sam Garcia, Taipei Times A Chinese Man Who Filmed Secret Footage in Xinjiang Risks Deportation From the U.S. Emily Feng, NPR Prosecutor Calls 2019 Storming of Hong Kong Legislature ‘Unprecedented,’ as Seven Appeal Rioting Sentences Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press China’s Stealth War Has Already Begun Nikki R. Haley and John P. Walters, The Free Press Tibetans-in-Exile Demand China to Release Protesters Held for Rallying Against Zachukha Mining ANI
December 17, 2025 Panama Ports Deal Hits Impasse as China Makes New Demands for Its Approval Costas Paris, The Wall Street Journal Honduras’ Electoral Breakdown Has Deep Implications for China and Taiwan Juan Fernando Herrera Ramos, The Diplomat China’s 2025 White Paper on Latin America Sets the Stage for Renewed Competition With the U.S. R. Evan Ellis, The Diplomat Taiwan in Constitutional Crisis After Cabinet Refuses to Sign Revenue-Sharing Law Nathan Batto, Frozen Garlic U.S. Bolstering First Island Chain Deterrence: National Security Bureau Aaron Tu and Shelley Shan, Taipei Times Xi Backs Hong Kong Leader After Deadly Fire, Jimmy Lai Verdict Bloomberg China’s ‘Low-Human-Rights’ Advantage Qin Hui and Perry Link, The Diplomat
December 16, 2025 Meta Tolerates Rampant Ad Fraud From China to Safeguard Billions in Revenue Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham, Reuters Philippines to Protest China’s Actions That Injured Filipino Fishermen in South China Sea Reuters Chinese Carrier Liaoning Concludes Philippine Sea Patrol Near Japan Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI News Philippines, U.S. Eye Luzon Strait Base for Joint Defense Operations Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, Naval News Japan Set to Lose Last Pandas in Symbol of Icy China Ties Sakura Murakami and Eddy Duan, Reuters U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Speed Up Defense Transfers to Taiwan Elaine Hou and Evelyn Kao, CNA Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu, The New York Times China’s AI Chip Deficit: Why Huawei Can’t Catch Nvidia and U.S. Export Controls Should Remain Chris McGuire, Council on Foreign Relations China’s Spratly ISR and EW Upgrades Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
December 15, 2025 Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Found Guilty of Colluding With Foreign Forces Kelly Ng, Koey Lee, Hong Kong and Danny Vincent, BBC In Full: The 855-page Guilty Verdict Against Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Hong Kong Free Press Hong Kong’s Opposition Democratic Party Commits to Disband Hong Kong Free Press Trump Said Freeing Jimmy Lai Would Be Easy. He Should Prove It. Mark L. Clifford, The New York Times Man Who Filmed Uyghur Concentration Camps Now Fights for His Own Freedom in the United States Human Rights in China Chinese, Russian Bombers Flew Unusual Path by Heading Toward Tokyo; Move Likely Meant to Intimidate Japan The Yomiuri Shimbun Taiwan, Poland to Codevelop Drones Huang Ching-hsuan, Taipei Times
December 12, 2025 China Sets 2026 Economic Priorities With Demand Revival at the Core Cheng Siwei and Denise Jia, Caixin Mexico to Impose Tariffs as High as 50% on Chinese Imports Gonzalo Soto, Bloomberg China’s Huawei and SMIC Make Progress With Chips, Report Finds Ian King, Bloomberg China’s ZTE May Pay More Than $1 Billion to the U.S. Over Foreign Bribery Allegations, Sources Say Karen Freifeld and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters China Launches Massive Aerial Drone Carrier in Show of Prowess Josh Xiao, Bloomberg From Chips to Security, China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S. Lily Kuo, The New York Times Trump’s Security Strategy Is Making a Hard Pivot on China. Why Now? Jessie Yeung and Mike Valerio, CNN China Is Quietly Breaking America’s Pacific Defense Chain Brent Sadler, National Security Journal