Hong Kong’s top court revokes bail for Jimmy Lai
(Apple Daily, 12/31/2020)
The world next innovations depend on a single country, Taiwan
(Eric Khun, 12/31/2020)
Shenzhen detainees jailed for up to three years
(RTHK, 12/30/2020)
China drops 76ers broadcasts as Hong Kong row rumbles on
(Japan Times, 12/29/2020)
Trump approves provisions for Taiwan Assurance Act
(Radio Taiwan International – RTI, 12/28/2020, Shirley Lin)
Water Wars: Flirting in the Taiwan Strait
(lawfare, 12/23/2020, Sam Cohen)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail
(AP, 12/23/2020, Zen Soo)
US warns against travel to HK, cites security law
(RTHK, 12/18/2020)
China Escalates Trade War With Australian Coal Ban, Despite Shortages
(China Digital Times, 12/17/2020, John Chan)
‘Beijing’s Plan to Export Revolution Hasn’t Changed’: Ching Cheong
(Radio Free Asia, 12/17/2020, Chan Chun-ho, translated by Luisetta Mudie)
Competition With China Could Be Short and Sharp: The Risk of War Is Greatest in the Next Decade
(Foreign Affairs, 12/17/2020, Michael Beckley and Hal Brands)
Belt and Road Initiative Takes New Path as State Funding Declines
(China Digital Times, 12/16/2020, Joseph Brouwer)
Why Taiwan Can Feel at Ease with Joe Biden as U.S. President
(RAND, 12/15/2020, Derek Grossman)
Coercive Labor in Xinjiang: Labor Transfer and the Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities to Pick Cotton
(Center for Global Policy, 12/14/2020, Adrian Zenz)
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way
(New York Times, 12/14/2020, Chris Buckley)
China plays the sanctions game, anticipating a bad US habit
(Peterson Institute, 12/14/2020, Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Euijin Jung)
Pound for Pound, Taiwan Is the Most Important Place in the World
(New York Times, 12/14/2020, Ruchir Sharma)
China’s tiny Jewish community in fear as Beijing erases its history
(The Telegraph, 12/13/2020, Sophia Yan)
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai faces national security charge, bail denied as prosecution cites tweets
(AFP in HKFP, 12/12/2020)
China has politics too: Xi Jinping prepares for make-or-break decade
(Axios, 12/11/2020, Kevin Rudd)
China Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Beijing Staff Member
(Bloomberg, 12/11/2020, Reto Gregori and Madeleine Lim)
Hong Kong rebel media tycoon Jimmy Lai becomes most prominent person charged under national security law
(ABC News, 12/11/2020, Britt Clennett and Karson Yiu)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law
(Reuters, 12/11/2020)
Taiwanese-American tipped for US trade post
(Taipei Times, 12/11/2020, Kayleigh Madjar)
China launches ‘gray-zone’ warfare to subdue Taiwan
(Reuters, 12/10/2020, Yimou Lee, David Lague, and Ben Blanchard)
How China’s Communist Party trains foreign politicians
(The Economist, 12/20/2020, “Exporting Xi Jinping thought”)
With Account Freezes and Sanctions, Financial Bodies Become Hot Front in Hong Kong Turmoil
(China Digital Times, 12/8/2020, John Chan)
Hong Kong police arrest 8 more opposition figures, inc. ‘Long Hair’, Eddie Chu, Figo Chan, Wu Chi-wai
(HKFP, 12/8/2020, Rachel Wong)
How Ping An, an insurer, became a fintech super-app
(The Economist, 12/3/2020, “Ping An: Metamorphosis”)
How China’s bullying could backfire
(The Economist, 12/3/2020, Chaguan)
Pro-democracy politician Ted Hui announces his exile from Hong Kong
(Apple Daily, 12/3/2020)
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai detained for fraud
(BBC, 12/3/2020)
Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow & Ivan Lam jailed over 2019 ‘unauthorised assembly’
(HKFP, 12/2/2020, Kelly Ho)
The Slow Death of China’s Dialects
(The McGill International Review, 2019, Wing Wong)