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Xi Jinping congratulates Papua New Guinea on 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations, China Issues Guideline to Curb Food Safety Violations, Weibo Users Debate Mandatory Social Security Contributions
【GIScience & Digital Humanities Lecture】Digital Cultural Heritage and the Venice Time Machine
Programme 09:30–12:00 | Time Machine Workshop By invitation only | Language: English The workshop brings together scholars and specialists from different fields to exchange
A Taiwan School of Music? Rethinking Identity, Politics, and Aesthetics
Written by Min-Erh Wang. This article examines the conceptualisation of a "Taiwan School of Music" within contemporary musicology. Exploring the intersection of music, postcolonial agency, and identity, the author critiques state-driven cultural hegemony while advocating for a bottom-up, pluralistic framework. Using strategic essentialism, the project offers an open acoustic space to express Taiwan's distinct democratic identity.Continue reading
Why Does Losing Weight Become a National Mission?
Discover how China’s health policy, the fitness industry, and new weight-loss drugs are reshaping the fight against obesity in China.
DSET and SCSP Co-Host Physical AI Discussion on U.S.–Taiwan Robotics Cooperation and Trusted Supply Chains
The Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET) on Oct. 9 co-hosted an event in Washington, D.C., with the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) to present findings from its report, The Age of Robotics: China-West Competition and Taiwan’s Indispensable Role in the Non-Red Supply Chain. Drawing on China’s robotics development and Taiwan’s supply
HK enacts checks for arrivals from Russia after mystery lab death
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has stepped up checks for arrivals from Russia after a lab worker in Siberia died from severe pneumonia of undetermined causes earlier this month. The World Health Organization (WHO) became aware of the death at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute on October 2, according to a statement on
HK actor Angela Yuen calls for eradication of film industry misogyny
A Hong Kong actor has called for the “eradication” of misogynistic film industry culture in a widely shared social media post detailing sexist jokes and unwarranted physical touch by male colleagues. Angela Yuen posted an Instagram essay in the early hours of Tuesday morning recounting multiple instances of verbal sexual harassment by a journalist, a
Guidelines for developing new quality productive forces; EU-China trade talks; Combating auto involution; Food safety crackdown
In this issue: 1. Guidelines for developing new quality productive forces 2. Outcomes from EU-China trade talks 3. Improving new car design safety and quality 4. Cracking down on food safety violations The Feed: Business, Economy and Trade - Politics and Law - Foreign and Defense Affairs - Hong Kong - Taiwan - Tech and Media - Society, Arts, Sports, Culture and History - Energy, Environment, Science and Health Today’s top items:
2026 Bund Summit is coming on October 19
Global Financial Leaders, Policymakers and Scholars to Gather in Shanghai to Explore “Technology, Geopolitics and the Global Economy”
ROC National Day 10.10
Taiwan Radar Weekly Update 05 October-11 October
Taiwan to ‘closely monitor’ China live-fire drills
Taiwan will “closely monitor” Chinese live-fire drills off China’s coast this week, the democratic island’s defence minister said on Monday. Chinese maritime authorities announced in recent days that drills would be held from October 12-20 in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea. China claims Taiwan is part of its
Shenzhou-23 Crew Perform Spacecraft Training Aboard Tiangong
Tiangong TV: October 11th 2026
10 Takeaways from Q3
AI, China, defense, national security, supply chains, the Protestant roots of Kim Il-sung’s Messiah complex, the lethality of hydrofluoric acid, and horseback archery in Kyrgyzstan.
The weaknesses of the PLA cavalry continue to reveal themselves
Recently, the Xinjiang Military Command concluded its inaugural cavalry training course, with around one hundred troopers participating in
Tracking the PLA
Week ending 03 Oct 2026
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea
Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation, linking Gwadar with research, coastal industries and environmental management
Free to Read: Chinese Science Blogger Detained After Aiding Cherry Growers’ Campaign
Police in Dalian detained Hong Guangyu on a charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble,’ according to a notice received by his family
Beijing’s Quiet Deleveraging Push
Listen now (33 mins) | For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio.
Taiwan’s leader says increasing defence spending to ‘deter war’
Taiwan aims to “deter war” by increasing its defence spending, the democratic island’s leader said on Saturday, as China uses military pressure to assert its territorial claims. Taiwan’s 23 million people live under the constant threat of an attack by China, which insists the island is part of its territory and has threatened to use
september: the centre takes the strain
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