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ANALYSIS: China encircles Taiwan from the east — the fait accompli strategy
Since June 1, 2026, the waters east of Taiwan — the Pacific Ocean, the island's "forgotten side" — are no longer what they were.…
OPEN LETTER: Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella — Beijing has already made the choice for you
I am writing to you from outside your headquarters — from the vantage point of someone who has observed, for years, the way you…
PROFILE: Huawei, the Champion Forged Against Its Will — Born of Sanctions, King of Chinese AI
In 2019, the Trump administration placed Huawei Technologies on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List, cutting the company off from Qualcomm, Intel, ASML…
COLUMN: Taiwan Expels, Beijing Returns — The South China Sea as a Full Dress Rehearsal
On June 7, 2026, Taiwan's coast guard deployed seven patrol vessels to intercept four Chinese government ships that had entered restricted waters located 30…
EDITORIAL: DeepSeek V4 Pro under MIT license — poisoned gift or Beijing's masterstroke?
On April 24, 2026, DeepSeek, the artificial intelligence startup based in Hangzhou, published its V4 Pro model on Hugging Face under an MIT license.…
ANALYSIS: Trump, Nvidia, and China — how technology sanctions are accelerating the enemy
In June 2026, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) finalized an AI infrastructure plan of historic scale: 2 trillion yuan — $295 billion…
EDITORIAL: UK, France, Germany "concerned" about China near Taiwan — and that's it
On June 24, 2026, the British, French, and German representations in Taipei published a rare joint statement expressing their "concern" over China's recent activities…
DECODING: China's real estate sinks deeper — state subsidies cannot rescue confidence
On June 16, 2026, Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics released data that landed like a cold slap. Chinese retail sales fell 0.6 % in…
REPORT: China seizes its AI engineers — talent as a militarized state asset
On May 26, 2026, Bloomberg revealed what many observers had anticipated but Beijing had not officially confirmed: China was imposing travel restrictions on its…