Chinese state media gave a response to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth’s Shangri-La Dialogue speech that was swift and loud. But the Chinese
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In the Face of Trump’s Dramatic Reordering of International Trade, What Is Beijing Doing?
From February 4, when U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on all imports from China, Beijing and Washington engaged in a three-month back
Malaysia’s Retraction of Support for Huawei-Powered Sovereign AI Project Reveals an Upside of Trump’s Technology Policy
Last week, a Malaysian official announced the first ever deployment of DeepSeek and Huawei Ascend-powered AI servers at a national scale outside of
China Says, Are You Sure ‘We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together’?
Clad in a spiked, floor-to-ceiling maroon gown made of 270 meters of curtain fabric, Lady Gaga emerged onto the stage of Singapore’s National Stadium
Human Rights & China: May 21, 2025
Jack Ma Involved in Coercion Attempt Jack Ma (馬雲), the billionaire co-founder of Alibaba (阿里巴巴), was enlisted as part of a Chinese government
Jensen Huang: A Friend to All Is a Friend to None?
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang made a cinematic entrance at the Computex AI exhibition yesterday as he jogged onto the stage of the Taipei Music
Trump Has Not Yet Turned to Taiwan
U.S. President Donald Trump has still not told the world what his Taiwan policy is yet. But people in Taipei don’t seem that worried. Trump got off
Taiwan Diplomacy Power Rankings: April-May, 2025
1. U.S.: Bipartisan Delegation Visits Taiwan, U.S. House of Representatives Passes Two Taiwan-Related Bills, Continued Efforts to Push for Taiwan’s
Pope Leo: A Typical American China Hawk?
During “sede vacante,” the period between Pope Francis’ death and the election of Pope Leo XIV, Beijing took the opportunity to show the world who is
Why China Wants to Talk to Trump
American workers sit at sweatshop benches struggling to sew clothes. In an AI-generated video on Tiktok. On Instagram, a Chinese influencer tells
Does Trump’s 100% Movie Tariff Make China’s Heavy-Handed Censorship Look Reasonable?
When Trump proposed a 100% tariff on movies from “foreign lands” last weekend, one X user said, “Why not, China does it!” It’s true that
Friends of Taiwan on the Ropes in Washington
The headline is that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is gone. But the story for Taiwan is that his deputy Alex Wong is out, too. Wong