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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Yu-chen Li

    Inside the Ukrainian military unit training fighters from China (opens the original)

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    Despite the risks, a number of soldiers from the country seen as Russia’s biggest backer have found their way to Ukraine On the makeshift workbench in the cramped front room of a cottage near the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war, there are all the accoutrements of a drone workshop. The walls are lined with pliers and rolls of duct tape; the table is cluttered with screwdrivers and piles of wire. Propped up against the wall are two kamikaze drones. Only one item looks out of place in this Ukr

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Yu-chen Li

    ‘This is seriously bold’: How China turned Taiwan tensions into a top-rating TV spy drama (opens the original)

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    Dismissed in Taiwan as simply propaganda, the Long Watch, or Jiaofeng, has proved a sensation across the strait with its references to real-life crises After shaking off the people trailing her through a crowded market and emerging from a bathroom in disguise, the double agent appears to have escaped. But a sip of water on a plane eventually gets her. She is poisoned after Taiwan’s military intelligence service discovers that she has been working secretly for China. The plot comes from a new C

  3. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Yu-chen Li

    Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’ (opens the original)

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    Gao Zhen sentenced to three years in prison after already spending two years in detention Gao Zhen, a prominent Chinese artist known for provocative sculptures of the former leader Mao Zedong, has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of slandering China’s “heroes and martyrs”. The sentencing came two years after he was detained while visiting the country with his family, according to his wife and human rights groups. The case has attracted international condemna

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Yu-chen Li

    ‘TikTok wouldn’t open at all’: Taiwan simulates an internet blackout, with an eye on China threat (opens the original)

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    Taiwan practised cutting off internet for the first time amid concerns about the safety of the undersea cables that form its ‘digital lifeline’ In Taipei, the streets swiftly empty as air raid sirens ring out and alerts ping on mobile phones. Police officers usher any stragglers into shelters, leaving the capital suddenly deserted. In cities across Taiwan, these kinds of drills are a fact of life every year, amid the growing threat posed by China across the strait, but this time there is som

  5. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Yu-chen Li

    With Hollywood struggling in China, can the Odyssey draw a crowd? (opens the original)

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    Christopher Nolan’s epic will be released on Friday across most of the country’s 800 Imax screens, at a time when western films have been struggling The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster juggernaut, has overcome an onslaught of attacks from the world’s richest man and stared down criticism from a classicist who translated the poem, to become one of the year’s most celebrated and highest-grossing films. But this week, the film faces one of its biggest challenges yet. Released in Chi

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