About a month after her release from the Shanghai Women’s Prison in May 2024, citizen journalist and former lawyer Zhang Zhan (張展) made her first post
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KMT Brushes Off ‘Lower Level Opinions’ From U.S. Officials Over Defense Budget
Taiwan’s opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is “playing with fire,” in the words of one U.S. senator, as it blocks $40 billion in proposed
Xi Can’t Deliver
As the world enters 2026, the economic relationship between the United States and China remains defined by expectations on the part of President
Xi Isn’t Done Reshaping China’s Top Military Body
Two of China’s top generals, Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Liu Zhenli (劉振立), were seen missing from a public event on January 20. Domino Theory was one of
Nvidia’s H200 Is Headed to Chinese Military Firms
Chinese regulators have reportedly approved the first shipments of the H200, the flagship AI chip from Nvidia’s previous generation that had been
The Xi Loyalist Hosting the KMT’s China Delegation
When a delegation from Taiwan’s main opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) travels to Beijing this week, they will be received by a relatively
X Says China Floods Site With Porn to Drown Out Unrest
The head of product at X (formerly Twitter) has accused the Chinese government of flooding the app’s search results “with porn whenever there is
Labour’s Tilt Toward China Has Been Years in the Making
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is on his way to Beijing where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) tomorrow. This meeting marks the
The Chinese Citizen Poised to Enter Taiwan’s Parliament
Taiwan’s smaller opposition party, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), is poised to undertake a major legislative reshuffle in February because its six
TikTok Finally Under New Ownership, Algorithm to Be ‘Leased’ From China
TikTok’s American spinoff, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, has finally been established after years in limbo. TikTok users do not have to download a
Why the Xinjiang Camps Closed
The night before she was released, Tursunay Ziyawudun couldn’t sleep. For 10 months, locked in a reeducation camp near her hometown in Xinjiang, she
Pope Leo Might Be Striking a New Balance on Cross-Strait Relations
Pope Leo XIV appeared to speak to the brewing cross-strait crisis earlier this month in his first address to the Vatican diplomatic corps since he