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“So many athletes compete for a different country. People only have a problem with me doing it because… they just hate China.” That was Olympic skier Eileen Gu’s response to U.S. Vice President J.D. [1]

Lauren Dickey is a non-resident senior associate for the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She previously served as senior advisor and acting director for Taiwan in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. [2]

George Chen is partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group (TAG), a business and policy consulting firm, and former regional policy director for Meta/Facebook in Asia. [3]

International relationsTrump and Xi supercharge South Korea's APEC: 5 things to watch Lee Jae Myung faces diplomatic test as leaders gather in Gyeongju South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is hosting world leaders this week at the APEC forum, with Ch... [4]

Wei Yao is chief Asia-Pacific economist at Societe Generale in Hong Kong. Michelle Lam is greater China economist at the bank. [5]

Yun Jiang is the first AIIA China Matters Fellow as part of a joint program of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra and the policy institute China Matters in Sydney. [6]

TAIPEI / HONG KONG — Ever since a civil war split the two sides more than 60 years ago, China has viewed Taiwan as a renegade province that needs to be absorbed into the mainland. [7]

TAIPEI/BANGKOK -- An extraordinary ceremony in the Myanmar town of Mongla in eastern Shan State bordering China, on Tuesday will highlight the role of Peng Jiasheng, one of the country's most enigmatic rebel figures. [8]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-02-28 · 50% match

2 Olympic Gold Medalists Show the Mixed Results of China’s Efforts to Bring Back Diaspora Talent

“So many athletes compete for a different country. People only have a problem with me doing it because… they just hate China.” That was Olympic skier Eileen Gu’s response to U.S. Vice President J.D.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-25 · 39% match

The US has built a Taiwan security toolkit. Now it needs to use it

Lauren Dickey is a non-resident senior associate for the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She previously served as senior advisor and acting director for Taiwan in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-27 · 39% match

Performing robots push Chinese tech to center stage

George Chen is partner and co-chair of digital practice at The Asia Group (TAG), a business and policy consulting firm, and former regional policy director for Meta/Facebook in Asia.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-29 · 40% match

Trump and Xi supercharge South Korea's APEC: 5 things to watch

International relationsTrump and Xi supercharge South Korea's APEC: 5 things to watch Lee Jae Myung faces diplomatic test as leaders gather in Gyeongju South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is hosting world leaders this week at the APEC forum, with Ch

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-06 · 43% match

Xi Jinping Thought explains curious stance of China's central bank

Wei Yao is chief Asia-Pacific economist at Societe Generale in Hong Kong. Michelle Lam is greater China economist at the bank.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-27 · 41% match

Security focus is setting back science in both China and the U.S.

Yun Jiang is the first AIIA China Matters Fellow as part of a joint program of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Canberra and the policy institute China Matters in Sydney.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-11-27 · 40% match

How China’s Shadowy Agency Is Working to Absorb Taiwan

TAIPEI / HONG KONG — Ever since a civil war split the two sides more than 60 years ago, China has viewed Taiwan as a renegade province that needs to be absorbed into the mainland.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-03-29 · 40% match

Peng Jiasheng, life and times of a Kokang warlord

TAIPEI/BANGKOK -- An extraordinary ceremony in the Myanmar town of Mongla in eastern Shan State bordering China, on Tuesday will highlight the role of Peng Jiasheng, one of the country's most enigmatic rebel figures.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-07-25 · 39% match

Inside Xi Jinping’s Purge of China’s Oil Mandarins

BEIJING/HONG KONG — Oil executive Jiang Jiemin rose to power in Communist China in time-honored fashion: by hitching his star to a mighty mentor.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-13 · 39% match

China Offers Bounty for Myanmar Junta’s Scam Kingpin in Kokang

Chinese authorities have issued an arrest warrant for an official from the junta-backed Kokang Self-administered Zone who owns a scam compound where several Chinese nationals were killed last month.

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