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Asia Daily: January 20, 2026
China’s military ‘monitors’ U.S. vessels transiting the Taiwan Strait.
24 hrs ago • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
Asia Daily: January 16, 2026
China warns against the ‘law of the jungle’ amid anti-government protests in Iran.
Jan 16 • Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳) and Alex Gintz (林大可)
Asia Daily: January 15, 2026
Trump sets 180-day deadline to counter China’s control of critical minerals.
Jan 15
Asia Daily: January 14, 2026
China China limits Nvidia chip purchases to special circumstances, Information reports. China has told some technology firms that purchases of Nvidia’s…
Jan 14 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
Asia Daily: January 13, 2026
Xi urges advancing Party self-governance with higher standards, more concrete measures.
Jan 13 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
The Asia Outlook: 2026
As the global community enters 2026, it does so amid a rapidly shifting international order defined less by continuity than by disruption.
Jan 12 • Alex Gintz (林大可), Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳), Caleb Mills, Nattan Casey Plewissara, Sapna, and Alex Benetos
Asia Daily: January 12, 2025
China, Russia, Iran start 'BRICS Plus' naval exercises in South African waters.
Jan 12 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
Asia Daily: January 9, 2026
China China Prices Show Signs of Stabilizing in December. A Caixin survey of 15 institutions forecast December CPI inflation at 0.8% year on year, up…
Jan 9 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
Asia Daily: January 8, 2025
China bans two Taiwan ministers for alleged ‘independence activities’, angering Taipei.
Jan 8 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
Asia Daily: January 7, 2026
China buys more U.S. soybeans, total purchases approach 10 million tons.
Jan 7 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
Chinese Counterterrorism Diplomacy in Afghanistan: Cooperation or Coercion?
How Beijing uses investment, recognition, and security demands to shape Taliban behavior after the U.S. withdrawal.
Jan 6 • James Andrew Calderon
Asia Daily: January 6, 2026
‘Shocked’ China demands U.S. release Maduro after ‘trampling’ Venezuela’s sovereignty.
Jan 6 • Alex Gintz (林大可) and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)
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