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#theguardian.com. Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. Chinese state media hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’

#economist.com. Will Trump’s tariffs turbocharge foreign investment in America?. Companies from Asahi to TSMC are expanding production in the country—for now

#bbc.com. Taiwan revokes visa of pro-Beijing Chinese influencer. The woman has attracted criticism over videos calling for the unification of Taiwan with mainland China.

#aljazeera.com. Taiwan says tougher measures needed to counter Chinese infiltration. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te claims China is deepening its ‘influence campaign’ on the island.

#aljazeera.com. Dalai Lama says successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside of China. Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed.

#theguardian.com. Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’. New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of Tibet

#wired.com. Trump Still Considering Tariffs on Taiwanese Chips, Despite $100 Billion TSMC Deal. Enforcing the tariffs on Taiwan would be difficult, and they wouldn’t necessarily be enough to meaningfully increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, experts told WIRED.

#time.com. Taiwanese Chipmaking Giant TSMC to Invest $100B in U.S.. Trump announced the semiconductor manufacturing investment but did not say if it would provide security for Taiwan.

#theguardian.com. ‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says. Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’

#washingtonpost.com. Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.. Trump’s transactional style is unnerving many in Taiwan, who fear it will encourage Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his ambitions to take control of the island.

#aljazeera.com. Xi and Putin discuss relations with Trump, Ukraine and Taiwan. Leaders discussed their prospective contacts with new US administration during a wide-ranging video call, Kremlin says.

#theguardian.com. Mike Pence to Trump: cutting Taiwan support would ‘likely spark a new nuclear arms race’. Former vice-president makes surprise visit to Taipei and predicts that if China annexes its neighbour other Asia-Pacific countries will build nuclear arsenals

#washingtonpost.com. Carter took pride in warming U.S.-China ties — in a very different D.C.. Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, a move that remains a point of tension, though it moved China away from the Soviet Union.

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