Hong Kong Bans Pro-independence Party
Hong Kong has banned the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party (HKNP) in an unprecedented move...
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El Salvador Severs Ties with Taiwan
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen made a brief transit in the United States over the weekend,...
Airlines Bow to Chinese Pressure over Taiwan
Four major U.S. airline companies were today expected to change their designation of Taiwan on...
Burkina Faso Cuts Ties with Taiwan
Weeks after the Dominican Republic switched its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China,...
Chinese Influence Takes to the Skies
On April 25, a letter from the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority to 36 foreign airlines called for...
Foreign Firms Under Fire Over Taiwan, Tibet References
The past week has seen a series of moves by the Cyberspace Administration of China and other...
Phrase of the Week: Hurt Feelings
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
China Warns Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
The Dalai Lama will be visiting the small southern African nation of Botswana next month, where he...
Xi and Obama Meet on Sidelines of Security Summit
While meeting on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on Monday, Presidents...
After Crimea, Hu Xijin Says “Truth Follows Power”
The Crimean parliament and an overwhelming majority of voters chose to join the Russian...
U.S. Weighs In on South and East China Sea Disputes
Since the Xi administration came to power in 2012, China has become more assertive...
Stability and Sovereignty in Cyberspace
China Real Time’s Josh Chin highlights one novel aspect of a police recommendation for the...
ASEAN, China to Discuss Maritime Code of Conduct
Indonesia’s foreign minister told reporters on Thursday that his ASEAN counterparts will hold a special meeting with China to discuss a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, according to AFP: The meeting was...
China to Open Disputed Islands to Tourism
Reuters reports that China will soon be allowing tourists to visit disputed islands in the South China Sea: China will this month start allowing tourists to visit the Paracel Islands, one of a group of disputed islets and reefs...
Chinese Manhunt Shows Sway, or Softness
At The New York Times, Jane Perlez and Bree Feng revisit the international hunt for drug lord Naw Kham, who was executed in March for the 2011 murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river. For China, the arrest was a...
“The Commons Must Remain The Commons”
China continues to assert itself and threaten freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and East China Sea, writes James R. Holmes, who explores what other stakeholder nations can do to safeguard “the commons.”...
Will 2013 Bring War Over the Diaoyu Islands?
Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun on Thursday said the Chinese military is on guard against Japanese jet activity near the Diaoyu Islands, according to Xinhua News: “We will decisively fulfill our tasks and missions...
Will Beijing Use Force Over Diaoyu Islands?
The Diplomat’s James Holmes writes that Beijing has found “a low-risk way to make a high-impact statement” by taking to the skies in its dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands, though the advantages become...
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