China Policy Monitor

The American Foreign Policy Council's Review of P.R.C. Government Actions and U.S. Policy

China Policy Monitor

China Reform Monitor No. 1431

September 1, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China's hackers pillage Taiwan's semiconductor industry;
China's hackers steal data from ten Taiwanese agencies;
Taipei announces ban on China's streaming services;
Scores of Chinese fishing vessels near Galapagos Islands - Ecuador;
Saudi Aramco suspends $10 billion refinery joint venture with China

China Reform Monitor No. 1430

August 25, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Top U.S. health official holds meeting with Taiwanese President;
New museum exhibit promotes "heroic" battle against COVID-19;
HK textbooks revised to "correct political misconceptions";
Seven countries suspend extradition treaties with Hong Kong:
After Cai Xia defection, Beijing launches campaign

China Reform Monitor No. 1429

August 19, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Taiwan inks deal for 66F-16s;
New Taiwan passport designs up for public vote;
Google pulls 2,500 of China's disinformation YouTube channels;
Former Malaysian Minister arrested on China-linked graft ch;arges;
India raids Chinese shell companies for money laundering

China Reform Monitor No. 1428

August 13, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

​Hong Kong elections postponed for a year;
Russia withholding missile deliveries to China while expediting sales to India;
India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps;
China calls first ever "quadrilateral" meeting with Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan;
Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels discovered near Galapagos Islands

China Reform Monitor No. 1427

August 11, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Pakistan signs a flurry of BRI deals;
State Department: U.S. citizens in China face "arbitrary" arrest;
India stops China's firms from bidding on government tenders;
Xi consolidates control over law enforcement before 2022 Congress;
China closes U.S. consulate in Chengdu

China Reform Monitor No. 1426

August 5, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China faces massive floods...;
...raising questions about the Three Gorges Dam;
U.S. announces Taiwan arms deal...so China sanctions Lockeed;
U.S. sanctions top PRC official over Muslim abuses;
...so China sanctions U.S. lawmakers

China Reform Monitor No. 1424

July 20, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China passes Hong Kong national security law;
Hundreds arrested on first day of new security law...;
...and Hong Kong denies bail to first defendant;
British PM offers 3 million Hong Kongers a path to citizenship;
U.S. Army releases film on joint military exercises with Taiwan

China Reform Monitor No. 1423

July 14, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China and India clash amid simmering border tensions;
Scores of soldiers fell to their deaths as hundreds fought;
PLA warplanes enter Taiwan Strait;
U.S. to sanction Chinese officials connected to Xinjiang camps;
China's Zijin Mining to buy Guyana Goldfields for $238MM

China Reform Monitor No. 1422

July 9, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Leading Russian Arctic scholar accused of spying for China;
Jakarta rejects Beijing's offer for South China Sea talks;
Zoom admits ending meetings at Beijing's behest;
Twitter suspends 170,000 China-linked false news accounts;
Myanmar's audit chief cautions his government against China's BRI