The “never-s” #JimmyLai told the court this morning: 1. Apple Daily never gave orientation or training on editorial policy to its hires 2. He never discussed anything with Luke de Pulford , “his only purpose to contact me was for me to publish his articles”

President Trump’s Cabinet is packed with China hawks—but Elon Musk, with his deep ties to Beijing, is the wildcard. Will he soften Trump’s hardline stance or spark a clash of egos with Marco Rubio? The stakes for U.S.-China relations couldn’t be higher. Jim Sciutto Eric Cheung

Miao Hua being purged is a much bigger deal than Dong Jun Miao is on Xi’s Central Military Commission, unlike Dong Miao also worked in Fujian when Xi was a local leader there, suggesting that Xi is concerned enough about PLA corruption to take down people he may know well 1/4

Citing regional intelligence assessments, a senior Taiwanese official tells Eric Cheung — China could respond to Taiwan President Lai’s first overseas trip by staging a new round of military drills near the island — now facing a far more uncertain future under Trump 2.0

BBC: Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory bbc.com/news/articles/…

Breaking: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared martial law. In an emergency address to the nation, he claimed martial law was necessary to protect S. Korea's liberal democratic order from what he termed "pro-North Korean anti-state forces."

SEOUL (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address, saying the move was necessary to protect the country from "communist forces."

SEOUL — We’re witnessing military vehicles LEAVE the area around the South Korea’s National Assembly

SEOUL (CNN) — 4:35AM — President Yoon says he will END MARTIAL LAW and make it official, once all his cabinet members are assembled.

SEOUL (CNN) — 9:30AM — Mere hours after martial law ended across South Korea, demonstrators chant, “arrest Yoon Suk Yeol,” vow to stay outside the National Assembly until President Yoon resigns or is removed from office.

"Syria is free." Extraordinary moment as Clarissa Ward and her team witness a Syrian prisoner freed from a secret prison in Damascus. Left alone for days without food, water or light, the man was unaware Bashar al-Assad's regime had fallen.

1/ Remember the drama over whether #HongKong's US-sanctioned John Lee was invited to the APEC meeting in San Francisco in 2023? Lee said it was "indisputable fact" that he was invited. I put in a US Freedom of Information Act request which - years later - came back last week...

2/ I requested the invite for John Lee. What I got back refers to an invite "for delivery to Secretary Yau in CEDB," with emails sent to "tid.gov.hk" addresses, along with a follow-up message clarifying that the invites were to the ministerial meeting "not Leaders'

North Korea reopens to Western tourists, with influencers flocking to visit the isolated country and share their experiences on social media. To bypass the US travel ban, some are spending up to $250K on second passports. Despite strict COVID-19 protocols and paranoia, the tours

Chang Hsien-yi, who helped the US shut down Taiwan's nuke program: “I didn’t want to have any conflict in any way with mainland China. Using any kind of deadly chemical or nuclear weapons… it’s nonsense to me. I believe we are all Chinese and that doesn’t make sense.”

Timely CNN piece on Taiwan's former nuke program. "Some have argued that if Taiwan had successfully acquired nuclear weapons it could have served as an ultimate deterrent – paralleling Ukraine, where Russia might not have invaded if Kyiv." By Eric Cheung: edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/asi…

BBC management is closing ⁦BBC HARDtalk⁩ after three decades holding power to account around the world. Here are some thoughts ⬇️ ‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC theguardian.com/media/2025/mar…

‘Don’t come here’: Warning from the frontlines to Chinese nationals thinking of fighting for Russia. Report by Eric Cheung: edition.cnn.com/2025/04/29/eur…

After months of secrecy, North Korea and Russia are flaunting their military alliance. By why now? Shreyas Reddy reports for NK NEWS the timing may be an attempt to gain leverage for talks with Trump. Eric Cheung John Mees Erin Burnett OutFront Erin Burnett

🚨1/ @HKFP EXCLUSIVE: The US consulate is facing "increasing" difficulty in finding venues for its events in the city, with hosts pulling out at the last minute citing pressure from authorities, HK's former top US diplomat has told @HKFP. "Phone calls are made... [venues] get