Taiwanese Citizens Detained in China Weeks after Taiwanese rights groups said 857 people from Taiwan have been forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily
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Dutch Aim to Create Strategic Autonomy With Chip Gear Export Controls
This month, the Netherlands implemented new controls on the export of deep ultraviolet, or DUV, lithography equipment to China that are nearly
U.S. Tightens Restrictions on Semiconductors
It comes as a surprise to no one that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden released an interim final rule for the third round of
U.S. Support for Israel in Gaza Hits Its Credibility and Popularity. China Stands to Benefit
Twenty-one years since the Iraq War began, there is a strong case that its lack of legitimacy helped nudge the world toward multipolarity. During
What Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Got Wrong About Semiconductors
The topic of semiconductors came up within the first 12 minutes of the U.S. presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former
Hong Kong & Human Rights, September 11 2024
A roundup of human rights issues in Hong Kong. Includes updates on the first sedition conviction since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997,
How China’s Semiconductor Industry Is Adapting to U.S. Trade Restrictions
Mao once declared that “all people must make semiconductors.” Semiconductor production has been a national priority in China since the Great Leap
Is the ‘Silicon Shield’ Real?
Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, specifically TSMC, is likely responsible for the device you're reading this article on. But also the car you drive
Human Rights & China: September 4, 2024
This week’s roundup of human rights issues in China focuses on the disappearance of hundreds of Taiwan nationals in China, a U.N. update on Xinjiang
Why Brazil May Finally Join China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said last month that he is assembling a “proposal to join” China’s Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI,
Why China Is Spreading Disinformation About a U.N. Resolution
At this year’s Ketagalan Forum in Taiwan, former United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was invited to give a keynote address,
The Academic Freeze Between the U.S. and China
In June, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns lamented that there are currently only around 800 American students studying in China, down from a











