Archive - The Asia Cable

Asia Daily: January 27, 2026

China close to opening $10 billion canal linking heartlands to Southeast Asia.

23 hrs ago • Alex Gintz (林大可） and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)

Asia Daily: January 26, 2026

China probes senior military officials Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli for suspected serious discipline, law violations.

Jan 26 • Alex Gintz (林大可） and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)

Asia Daily: January 23, 2026

Xi signs order to promulgate regulations on military theory work.

Jan 23 • Alex Gintz (林大可） and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)

Asia Daily: January 22, 2026

Chinese goods pour into Africa, widening trade gap to record $102 billion amid U.S. pressure.

Jan 22 • Alex Gintz (林大可） and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)

Asia Daily: January 21, 2026

China expels former intelligence official Gao Yichen from Communist Party for corruption.

Jan 21 • Alex Gintz (林大可） and Nick Ayrton (孔澜岳)

Asia Daily: January 20, 2026

China’s military ‘monitors’ U.S. vessels transiting the Taiwan Strait.

Jan 20 • 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, 2026

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)

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