CHINA

1. China’s ports dominance undermines western aims to loosen trade ties

https://www.ft.com/content/a7c2b2f6-e106-436d-a599-cfcc69d18b05

2. Taiwan cling to its rare diplomatic friends as China looms large

https://www.ft.com/content/9954b9dc-5a30-41ea-9225-b733cae3d0df

3. How China is winning the race for Africa’s Lithium

https://www.ft.com/content/02d6f35d-e646-40f7-894c-ffcc6acd9b25

4. Japan Probed China Communist Party member over leaking farm tech data

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/03/national/crime-legal/chinese-technician-data-leak/

5. China and Saudi Arabia are getting closer. Should the US be worried?

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/31/middleeast/saudi-china-get-closer-mime-intl/index.html

6. China presses Japan to change course on chip export curbs

https://www.ft.com/content/c932027c-a865-48f2-abac-3baba2b21f88

7. Taiwan’s Tsai arrives in US to warnings from China of serious confrontation

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65120501

8. Can Russia and China succeed in dethroning the dollar?

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/counting-the-cost/2023/4/1/can-russia-and-china-succeed-in-dethroning-the-dollar

CENTRAL ASIA

1. Central Asia and the European Union in the new era

https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/central-asia-and-the-european-union-in-the-new-era

2. The ebb and flow of the Taliban’s relations with Central Asia

https://www.rferl.org/a/majlis-podcast-taliban-relations-central-asia/32345891.html

3. Taliban’s diplomatic presence growing in Central Asia

https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/talibans-diplomatic-presence-growing-in-central-asia/

4. Central Asia and Gulf state are key battlegrounds in China’s cyberspace bid

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3215568/central-asia-and-gulf-states-are-key-battlegrounds-chinas-cyberspace-bid

5. Kazakhstan to play catalyst role in integration process in Central Asia, says expert

https://astanatimes.com/2023/03/kazakhstan-to-play-catalyst-role-in-integration-processes-in-central-asia-says-expert/

6. Saudi Arabia joins the Central Asian market as a “Dialogue Partner”

https://atalayar.com/en/content/saudi-arabia-joins-central-asian-market-dialogue-partner

EAST ASIA

1. East Asia and Pacific Regional Growth to Accelerate as China Rebounds

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/03/30/east-asia-and-pacific-regional-growth-to-accelerate-as-china-rebounds

2. Rusal underemployment threatens China’s growth

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/03/30/rural-underemployment-threatens-chinas-growth/

3. ASEAN, East Asia finance officials seek easier access to $240 bln liquidity fund

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/asean-east-asia-finance-officials-seek-easier-access-240-bln-liquidity-fund-2023-03-30/

4. Forbes names Laos as South East Asia’s most charming country

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/04/01/forbes-names-laos-as-south-east-asias-most-charming-country

5. Rising Tensions in East Asia

https://manilastandard.net/opinion/314317893/rising-tension-in-east-asia-2.html