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ANALYSIS: Washington eases the chip leash on China, under strict conditions
A case-by-case review , not a blanket ban and not an open door: that is the exact posture Washington adopted on July 27, 2026…
DECODING: China's factory profits slow sharply in June, despite a solid headline
18.7% versus 15.1% : two figures published the same week by China's National Bureau of Statistics , and only one of them tells the…
ANALYSIS: Tokyo logs four China-Russia naval and air moves in two days
Four press releases in two days: that is the pace at which the Joint Staff of Japan's Ministry of Defense published, on July 27…
DECODING: Kyiv says 30,000 more North Korean troops, Seoul says not yet
Thirty thousand additional North Korean soldiers: that is the number Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky put on the table on Saturday, July 25, 2026, claiming…
ANALYSIS: Seoul writes the law that will govern its nuclear submarines
South Korea's Defense Ministry will present a "special nuclear submarine law" bill explicitly stating there will be "no development or manufacture of nuclear weapons"…
DECODING: Seventy-six years on, the UN Command's red line still holds
The United Nations Command in Korea remains, 76 years after its creation, an essential pillar of the security setup on the Korean Peninsula, Australian…
ANALYSIS: North Korea's armistice parade, with Beijing and Moscow in the stands
Pyongyang staged a commemorative parade on July 27, 2026 marking the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that suspended the Korean War, according to state…
DECODING: A Chinese rocket is set to cross Taiwan's air defense zone
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense warned on July 28, 2026 that a Chinese carrier rocket was set to launch on a flight trajectory crossing…
ANALYSIS: Jets, ships, a helicopter — China's pressure on Taiwan never lets up
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected 1 sortie of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around the island up to 6 a.m. (UTC+8)…