AUKUS
Mar 14 | BBC
The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. More
U.S.'s China Policy
Mar 13 | Politico
A split is emerging at the very top of the European Union over the bloc’s China policy, amid growing pressure from U.S. President Joe Biden for Brussels to take a more hawkish stance toward Beijing. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is toeing America's hard line on China, while Council chief Charles Michel wants to avoid confrontation. More
Mar 11 | Diplomat
Despite significant domestic opposition, Carter made a bold decision that helped keep the peace in Asia for the next 40 years, writes National Committee President Stephen Orlins. More
Mar 09 | China Project (Podcast)
The House Select Committee on China's focus on the CCP as an "existential threat" adds up to an embarrassing moral panic that distracts from the serious issue the U.S. confronts when it comes to China. Jude Blanchette. More
Taiwan
Mar 09 | Bloomberg
The U.S. intelligence community assesses that China doesn't want a military conflict over Taiwan even as it's determined to bring the independently governed island under its control. More
Mar 09 | WSJ
Taiwan’s government said President Tsai Ing-wen plans to stop in New York and California en route to Central America, confirming a visit that attracted widespread scrutiny this week after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he plans to meet with her when she is in the U.S. More
Geopolitics
Mar 13 | AP
President Xi Jinping called for China to play a bigger role in managing global affairs after Beijing scored a diplomatic coup as the host of talks that produced an agreement by Saudi Arabia and Iran to reopen diplomatic relations. More
Mar 13 | AP
In a letter to other national leaders, Micronesia's President David Panuelo said China had been using nefarious tactics, including spying and offering bribes, in an effort to ensure that if it goes to war with Taiwan, Micronesia would align with China rather than the U.S., or would at least abstain from taking sides. Panuelo's letter discussed switching diplomatic allegiance from China to Taiwan in exchange for $50 million. More
Mar 10 | WSJ
India and Australia are deepening their security and economic ties, with both countries seeking to diversify their export markets, shore up supply chains and upgrade their militaries as tensions with China rise. More
Military & Maritime
Mar 13 | CNN
Speaking at the closing of the annual meeting of China's rubber-stamp parliament, Xi underscored the need to bolster national security by comprehensively modernizing national defense and the military. More
Mar 11 | WSJ
China incrementally built up military outposts, with little pushback from the U.S., and has emerged as a power in the strategic waters through which trillions of dollars in trade passes. More
Tech & National Security
Mar 10 | Politico
The rush of TikTok legislation is driven by lawmaker concern that the Biden administration's own national security review of the popular Chinese app is stuck. More
Mar 09 | Bloomberg
The U.S. is working to close a loophole in restrictions imposed on Inspur Group that leaves American companies such as Intel Corp. free to keep supplying the Chinese server maker's affiliates. More
Mar 09 | CNN
The Netherlands announced that new restrictions on overseas sales of semiconductor technology, marking the first public move by the Dutch government toward adopting rules, advocated by Washington, to restrict China's chipmaking industry. More
Mar 08 | WSJ
President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are set to discuss a plan to reduce their dependence on China. More
Business & Investment
Mar 14 | SCMP
Silicon Valley Bank's failure appears to have shattered its Chinese clients' belief that their money is bulletproof within the U.S. financial system. The likely impact is that China's tech elite will look to banks in Hong Kong, Singapore and even Europe. More
Mar 12 | Forbes
With about 37% of all apparel imports still arriving from China, where will the products be made if China becomes a lesser option? More
Mar 09 | Reuters
Senator Rubio (R-FL), the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, introduced legislation that would block tax credits for electric vehicle batteries produced using Chinese technology. More
Inside China
Mar 13 | CNN
In his first press conference as the country's No. 2 official, Li Qiang sought to fire up the private sector, a group that has been scarred by a years-long regulatory crackdown and has grown concerned about Beijing's increasingly statist approach. More
Mar 09 | WSJ
Xi is set to become China's longest serving head of state since the Communist victory in 1949 after the country's rubber-stamp legislature formally vested him with another five years as president. More
U.S.-China Travel & Covid
Mar 14 | AP
China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the COVID-19 pandemic. More
Mar 08 | WSJ
“China has not fully cooperated, and that is a key critical gap that would help us understand what, exactly, happened,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said during a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee. More
China-Russia
Mar 13 | WSJ
Conversation would likely follow the Chinese leader’s meeting with Russia’s Putin next week, and reflects Beijing's effort to play a more active role in mediating an end to the war in Ukraine. More
Mar 09 | WSJ
The Biden administration levied new sanctions against Chinese companies that supply Tehran's drone program and a network of firms the U.S. says are part of a clandestine financial system Tehran uses to facilitate trade and global finance. More
Mar 08 | NYT
China sees a partnership with Russia as a way to challenge – and potentially weaken – the United States, a new threat assessment said. More
Tibet & Human Rights
Mar 10 | AP
Rep. Mike Gallagher called Beijing “bloodthirsty” and “power hungry” at a rally outside the Chinese embassy in Washington. More
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