Region
East Asia
Israel, Iran, and China Put to the Test
By Thiago de Aragao
There is an important connection between China and Hamas’ attack last weekend.
Japan’s Government Will Seek to Revoke Legal Status of Unification Church
By Mari Yamaguchi
Decades of cozy ties between the church and Japan’s ruling party, revealed in the investigation of Abe’s 2022 assassination, have triggered public outrage.
‘Digital Empires’: The China-EU-US Competition Over Tech Regulations
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Anu Bradford.
Can China Leapfrog ASML in Its Quest for Semiconductor Self-Reliance?
By Eve Register
China is looking to manufacture a homegrown EUV machine to compete with those of Dutch tech giant ASML – or cut such machines out of the process entirely.
US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea as North’s Leader Kim Exchanges Messages With Putin
By Hyung-jin Kim
The USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group came to the southeastern South Korean port of Busan after participating in a trilateral South Korean-U.S.-Japanese maritime exercise.
China’s 3rd Belt and Road Forum Finally Gets a Date
By Shannon Tiezzi
The big event is happening October 17and 18. The question now is: who will show up?
US Air Force Will Relocate MQ-9 Reaper Squadron to Okinawa
By Takahashi Kosuke
The drones will move to Kadena Air Base, part of a broader buildup of forces on Japan’s southwestern Nansei island chain.
China’s Response to the Israel-Hamas Conflict Reflects Its Longstanding Support for Palestine
By Jianli Yang
Israeli diplomats may have assumed that years of providing China with advanced technology would change Beijing’s stance on Israel. This was a serious miscalculation.
Car Rams Into Chinese Consulate in San Francisco
By Associated Press
Police fatally shot the driver, but have not released any information on the driver’s identity or the circumstances of the shooting.
Amid Legal Troubles, Lee Jae-myung Tightens Grip on South Korea’s Opposition Party
By Eunwoo Lee
South Korean politics is becoming messier as the proxy war between Lee and President Yoon continues.
US Senators See a Glimmer of Hope for Breaking Logjam With China Over the Fentanyl Crisis
By Associated Press
China has refused to hold talks on fentanyl unless the U.S. lifts certain trade restrictions, but Xi did not reject immediately a recent entreaty to hold talks – an illustration of what counts as progress amid the China-U.S. chill.
Ian Johnson on the ‘Sparks’ Illuminating China’s Hidden History
By Shannon Tiezzi
“In terms of China, the dominant storyline is the surveillance state has won; China is a lost cause. My book shows that this isn’t the case.”