Region
East Asia
Another Severed Submarine Cable Raises Alarm in Taiwan
By Brian Hioe
A series of incidents, both at home and in Europe, stoked concerns about Chinese attempts to disrupt telecommunications in Taiwan.
China’s Soft Power Play: How Video Games Are Boosting Beijing’s Global Influence
By Shaoyu Yuan
Tencent's dominance in the gaming world has turned digital entertainment into a powerful vehicle for projecting China’s culture and influence globally.
With All Eyes on TikTok, US Should Not Overlook WeChat
By Yaqiu Wang
The messaging app is dominant among users in the Chinese diaspora, and it features heavy censorship and surveillance.
Trump, China, and the Truth about the Panama Canal
By Carla Martínez Machain, Michael A. Allen, and Michael E. Flynn
Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the U.S.
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol Detained on 2nd Attempt
By Shannon Tiezzi
Over 3,000 police came to bring in Yoon for questioning after a much smaller initial attempt was blocked by presidential security.
Eva Dou on the Secretive ‘House of Huawei’
By Catherine Putz
"Many people know of Huawei either as a smartphone brand, or a foreign firm with a history of intellectual property theft problems, but Huawei is more than either of those things."
Difficult Days Ahead for Taiwan in the Trump 2.0 Era
By Calvin Chu
Taipei is bracing for reduced patience and heightened pressure from the incoming Trump administration.
North Korea Launches SRBMs Toward Its Eastern Waters, South Korea Says
By Mitch Shin
Eight days after Pyongyang launched a hypersonic ballistic missile, it fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the sea.
China-Ukraine Relations and Trump 2.0
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Vita Golod.
Are China and the West Falling Apart?
By Gabriele Manca
As economic integration falters, social ties also weaken. Without maintaining these connections, mistrust and misunderstanding will only grow.
North Korea in 2025: Make Money Not War
By Khang Vu
A country on the precipice of war with its neighbors would not be selling arms and sending troops off to fight in a distant conflict.
What Does the Chinese Public Think of the Belt and Road?
By Syed Inam Ali Naqvi
Interviews offer first-hand insights into how the Chinese people perceive the BRI and its global and domestic implications.