Balloon
Feb 13 | Reuters
The U.S. military said it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a U.S. fighter jet off South Carolina's coast, including key sensors presumably used for intelligence gathering. More
Feb 13 | Reuters
Congress will take a bipartisan look at unidentified aerial objects that have made their way into U.S. and Canadian airspace, and why they were not found sooner, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. More
Feb 10 | Politico
The chair of the House's new Select Committee on China said the balloon episode fits a decades-long pattern of Beijing seeking to embarrass foreign leaders during or ahead of important encounters, meaning he can't rule out that Xi did know at least something about it. More
Feb 10 | NYT
The action to cut off five Chinese companies and a research institute from American parts and technologies is part of the Biden administration's response to the balloon it shot down last week. More
U.S.'s China Policy
Feb 10 | Politico
Former U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus criticizes Republicans and Democrats alike for muddling the U.S. relationship with China in order to score political points at home. More
Feb 10 | Hill
Former National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien writes that Congress should immediately address four key areas where the CCP poses serious threats to the U.S. and where Congress can have a meaningful impact: military modernization, Taiwan, tech, and U.S. farmland. More
Tech & National Security
Feb 12 | CNN
“We do know there's Chinese ownership of the company that owns TikTok. And there are some people in the Commerce Committee that are looking into that right now,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “We'll see where they come out.” More
Feb 09 | FT
China has cut its participation in an internet cable project to link Asia with Europe, as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing over control of the physical infrastructure that transmits the world's online traffic. More
Feb 08 | SCMP
After Japan reportedly agreed to a U.S. request to tighten its export controls of chip-making equipment, Chinese factories are preparing for the worst. While the U.S. and Japan have yet to officially disclose details of their agreement, it could affect suppliers such as Nikon and Tokyo Electron. More
Taiwan
Feb 12 | Nikkei Asia
"We know that will infuriate the Chinese," Select Committee member Rob Wittman (R-VA) said. "But I think it's incredibly important for us...to send the signal that we're strongly on the side of Taiwan." More
Feb 12 | FT
Taiwan has observed dozens of Chinese military balloon flights in its airspace in recent years, far more than previously known, adding to concerns that Beijing could be preparing for an attack on the country. More
Feb 07 | Bloomberg
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul said he plans to lead a bipartisan delegation to Taiwan this spring, despite renewed tensions with Beijing over China's alleged spy balloon incursion over the US. McCaul said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would plan a separate trip to the island either later this year or next year. More
Military & Maritime
Feb 13 | Japan Times
After signing separate defense deals with the U.S. and Japan, the Philippines is now also reviewing a proposed tripartite security pact with these countries amid tensions with China and concerns it could be pulled into a Taiwan conflict. More
Feb 12 | AP
Within hours of downing the Chinese balloon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Chinese counterpart via a special crisis line, aiming for a quick general-to-general talk that could explain things and ease tensions, but Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe declined to get on the line. More
Feb 07 | WSJ
While the U.S. leads in intercontinental missiles and warheads, China's gains are fueling debate in Congress about how Washington should respond to Beijing's nuclear buildup. More
China & U.S. Farmland
Feb 13 | SCMP
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin nixed a $3.5 billion battery plant, and 2,500 new jobs for his state, because Ford Motors has a Chinese partner on the project. In three other states, legislative bans on Chinese land ownership, and in some cases even real estate, are pending. More
Intelligence & Espionage
Feb 13 | Bloomberg
Norway's domestic intelligence service warned that Chinese investment in businesses and properties in the High North may form part of China's espionage and influence efforts focused on the Arctic region. More
Feb 10 | NYT
Federal prosecutors accused NYPD officer Baimadajie Angwang of being an agent for China who reported on New York-area Tibetans. Then, with scant explanation, they abandoned the case. More
U.S. Multilateralism
Feb 11 | Reuters
The U.S. and Papua New Guinea have made "substantial progress" on the text of a defense cooperation agreement that lays the groundwork for closer military ties between the two nations, amid mounting concern over China's intentions toward Taiwan and Beijing's extensive claims in the disputed South China Sea. More
Feb 10 | Reuters
The U.S. has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federated States of Micronesia, reflecting a shared understanding on future U.S. assistance to the Pacific island country that Washington is anxious to keep out of China's orbit. More
Feb 09 | Reuters
The majority Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a report calling for Washington to commit more diplomatic and security resources to the Indo-Pacific to push back against China as Beijing seeks to create a regional sphere of influence. More
Geopolitics
Feb 12 | AP
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is meeting with Xi Jinping during a three-day trip to China, as the two U.S. rivals seek further cooperation. More
Feb 11 | Asia Times
Tough decisions lie ahead for Israel, whose semiconductor industry now finds itself in the crossfire of American extraterritorial restrictions on exports to China. More
Feb 08 | Bloomberg
Discussions are still in the formative stage, and actions taken by each G-7 state might not be the same. The companies that might be included are also still being decided. More
Feb 09 | RFA
China's government has “penetrated” the United Nations, undercutting its oversight functions by stacking bodies like the U.N. Human Rights Council with its own people, said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. More
Feb 13 | Reuters
Officials hope to resolve China's concerns about cutoff dates to protect new financing from debt restructuring. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other G7 officials see China, now the world's largest sovereign creditor, as the main stumbling block for quicker work on debt treatments. More
Trade & Commerce
Feb 11 | WSJ
The U.S. agriculture industry is projecting another strong year, with elevated crop prices and China's rebound from Covid-19 expected to boost farmers, chemical suppliers, and grain traders. More
Feb 08 | VOA
The U.S.'s two-way trade with other nations spiked in 2022, new federal data show, including trade with China despite increasing friction between the world's two largest economies. More
Business & Investment
Feb 13 | SCMP
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is ramping up efforts to lure businesses from the Middle East to issue local bonds and invest in mainland China through the city, with its deputy head saying Gulf state operators have a need to diversify from the West amid geopolitical tensions. More
Feb 12 | WSJ
Top executives from multinational companies are trickling back into China with the country's post-zero Covid reopening, underscoring how, despite the heightening geopolitical tensions, Western companies are looking to the business opportunity presented by China. More
Feb 09 | NYT
The Biden administration is preparing new rules that would restrict U.S. dollars from flowing to China in an effort to restrict Beijing's access to advanced technologies that could be used in war. More
Hong Kong
Feb 14 | SCMP
Veteran political observers say Beijing's priorities for city have shifted, urging Lee to wait until after Taiwan's election early next year and focus on the local economy. But Lee says his "position remained unchanged." More
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