The Chinese Mission to the EU hosts Salon 19 event themed on China’s economy and China-EU economic relation – Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union eu.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/mh/202405/…

Defending Taiwan by Defending Ukraine: The Interconnected Fates of the World’s Democracies – Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu in Foreign Affairs foreignaffairs.com/china/defendin…

Chinese companies hit with US trade restrictions over quantum technology and spy balloon incident – Reuters reuters.com/world/us/biden…

Both the US and China have fallen short in their quest to win over Southeast Asia – Tommy Koh in The Straits Times straitstimes.com/opinion/both-t…

Patriotism for Sale: WeChat Channels’ information ecosystem – Doublethink Lab medium.com/doublethinklab…

The New Propaganda War: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world – Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Whispering advice, roaring praises: The role of Chinese think tanks under Xi Jinping – Nis Grünberg and Grzegorz Stec for MERICS: ‘Think tanks that proactively support government positions increasingly dominate the space, also in track 1.5 and 2.0 fora.’ merics.org/en/report/whis…

Matsu halts plan to help residents apply for Fujian-launched city pass, MAC says – Focus Taiwan: ‘efforts by China to localize […] assert Taiwan as a province of China, which requires only coordination between provinces, not country to country contacts.’ focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/2…

11 Chinese vessels detected in Taiwan-controlled waters off Kinmen – Focus Taiwan: ‘the first intrusion into Taiwan's prohibited and restricted waters by Chinese patrol vessels operating in coordination with other types of Chinese vessels’ focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/2…

Hong Kong trade body says ex-employee under investigation, 2 weeks after Germany arrests 3 over spying for Beijing – SCMP: ‘a marketing manager at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) since July 2022.’ scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

Blown Away: EU faces stifling wind energy competition from China – Ryan Featherston for ChinaTalk: ‘The worry for EU policymakers is that China’s wind industry is simply at an earlier stage of what has become a familiar process’ chinatalk.media/p/blown-away-e…

Comment des Ouïgours ont été forcés de travailler dans des usines de poisson destiné aux Etats-Unis et à la France – Le Monde lemonde.fr/videos/video/2…