Chinese protesters take to the streets in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities. Is this just a flash over COVID restrictions or a harbinger of something deeper? What should the USA and the rest of the free world do? Taiwanese voters send a message to the DPP, the Vatican still romances Beijing, and Jimmy Lai goes on trial again in Hong Kong.

Xi and Trudeau have words in public at G-20 in Bali. Trump is in the race—does China want him there? Labor in Australia disappoints. Are arms for Taiwan are going to Ukraine instead?

Taiwan and the rest of Asia react to the prospect of divided government in the USA. Why Taiwan must ask permission before asking permission to buy arms. Problems with AIT, the de facto U.S. embassy in Taiwan. Vietnam's leader goes to China and the Philippines thinks again about China.

Taiwan and Japan reopen to most travel, but will business pick up? Does Taiwan prioritize children sufficiently, and do Taiwanese think Americans will really help them in a war? Is Hong Kong going to phony up financial analysis in the name of national security? Christian is just back from Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Taipei.

Singapore displaces Hong Kong as the East’s key financial capital. New York still ranked at the top globally but will its politicians ruin that? China wants to have its cake and eat it too. Are Republicans surging as Latinos ditch Dems?

India declines to play along with the Biden administration's joke of an economic framework for Asia and some flee expensive Singapore to work from Bali, but probably not for “naked experience” hotels. Is there a role for special ops in Taiwan and the broader fight looming in the Pacific?

Why China's real estate crisis is a YUGE problem, the US-China accounting agreement flops, Taiwan relies too much on fleeting semiconductor hoopla, and Singapore welcomes you if you're rich.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan; why did Beijing think it could stop the trip? Manufacturing dips in China at the housing industry crisis deepens. Hong Kong goes from bad to worse for business.

Joe Biden tells House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not to go to Taiwan. Will she comply and why the wimpy tone from Biden? Also, China’s real estate crisis deepens and Beijings is cutting is dollar reserves. Will Japan increase its defense budget?

China has an ugly reaction to the assassination of Shinzo Abe, banks start to pull back in Northeast Asia amid slump but Southeast Asia may be a different story. Will Taiwan suffer from semiconductors becoming boring again? Myanmar is back in play.