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Passengers queue for immigration inspection at Terminal 1 of Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China's Tianjin. (写真:新華社/アフロ)
Open Doors, Tighter Controls: China’s New Exit–Entry Rules and the Securitisation of Mobility
2026-08-05
China’s new exit–entry rules place cross-border mobility within a widening architecture of national, industrial and technological security. Foreign nationals face exclusion from future entry; Chinese ……
The Strait of Hormuz remains chaotic amid US-Iran tensions(写真:ロイター/アフロ)
The New Oil Power
2026-07-31
Still Lost Two months ago this column ran a piece titled “Defeat”. It was clear to everyone except Trump that under his leadership, and through no fault of the brave servicemen and women, the US had ……
Taiwan Coast Guard Administration cutter Taipei sailing alongside the US Coast Guard cutter Midgett(by the American Institute in Taiwan)
From Black Ships to White Hulls: Taiwan–US Coast Guard Imagery and the Transformation of Indo-Pacific Maritime Order
2026-07-29
Taiwan remained outside ASEAN’s formal diplomatic language, yet the public display of Taiwan–US coastguard cooperation points towards a more operational form of regional inclusion.   During the……
ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine(写真:代表撮影/ロイター/アフロ)
Mechanisms Advance, Strategy Stays Restrained: ASEAN’s Manila Meeting and the Institutionalisation of South China Sea Competition
2026-07-27
As ASEAN builds more durable maritime mechanisms, China continues to intensify pressure at sea. Japan must strengthen Philippine resilience while keeping its regional engagement compatible with ASEAN ……
On May 22, 2026, at Jiang Primary and Secondary School in Wuyao Town, Rugao City, Jiangsu Province, educators briefed students on the "Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress".(写真:アフロ)
China’s Ethnic Unity Law and the Shadow of Long-Arm Legal Coercion
2026-07-04
From Ethnic Governance to Compulsory Identification When China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law took effect on 1 July 2026, one question immediately arose in Taiwan: is this another law aime……
Hong Kong: Night view from Victoria Peak(写真:leochaume0124/イメージマート)
Anniversaries
2026-06-29
Anniversaries This week marks a number of notable anniversaries.  For the United States the fourth of July is of course Independence Day and marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of In……
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests while visiting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing(Photo by Whitehouse)
Defeat
2026-05-31
Delivering on Low Expectations We've had a fantastic relationship. We've gotten along. When there were difficulties, we worked it out. I would call you, and you would call me. And whenever we had a……
A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III lands at Beijing Capital International Airport, ahead of the U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to China, in Beijing, China, May 11, 2026.(写真:ロイター/アフロ)
Not Reconciliation, but Managed Rivalry: A Taiwanese Reading of Trump’s Beijing Visit
2026-05-12
A Summit of Managed Rivalry, Not Reconciliation President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing should not be read as a revival of the older era of U.S.–China engagement. Nor should it be mistaken for a ge……
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping(写真:ロイター/アフロ)
Trump Travels to Beijing
2026-04-28
Summit In mid-May, if all goes as planned and nothing needs to be delayed or cancelled Donald Trump will travel to Beijing to meet CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping.  Originally planned for mid-April ……
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with a delegation of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party led by its chairwoman Cheng Li-wun in Beijing(写真:新華社/アフロ)
Beyond Engagement: Hierarchy, Institutional Asymmetry, and Agenda-Setting Failure in the Zheng–Xi Meeting
2026-04-13
In Taiwan, meetings of this kind are never judged simply by whether they take place. They are judged by who appears to set the terms, who gains symbolic advantage, and whether Taiwan’s own democratic ……