Jonathan Cheng

An announcement: My first book, KOREAN MESSIAH, will be published by Alfred A. Knopf on April 14. It’s the product of a decade wrestling with a question: How did North Korea come to be this way? More at my LinkedIn: linkedin.com/posts/jonathan…

Taiwan’s All-Hands-on-Deck Plan to Fend Off China—A civil-defense movement gains momentum across the self-ruled island @joyuwang wsj.com/world/asia/tai… wsj.com/world/asia/tai…

Beijing’s Big Problem: An Incredible Shrinking Economy—China has taken pride in its explosive growth over the decades. But now, its economy is falling behind because of deflation and a weak currency. @JonathanEmont wsj.com/world/china/be… wsj.com/world/china/be…

The indictment alleges the three men conspired to sell servers housing AI technology to buyers in China. Super Micro wasn’t named as a defendant in the indictment. wsj.com/tech/super-mic…

Liaw and Sun were arrested Thursday and will be presented in the Northern District of California, the Justice Department said. Chang, a citizen of Taiwan, remains a fugitive, the Justice Department said. wsj.com/tech/super-mic…

Super Micro Computer Employees Arrested for Alleged Sales to China—An indictment alleges the three men conspired to sell servers housing AI technology to buyers in China wsj.com/tech/super-mic… wsj.com/tech/super-mic…

@joyuwang “We won’t slow down our efforts [to toughen up our defense] just because a report suggests China has appeared to slow down its military preparations against Taiwan,” Liang said. wsj.com/world/china/ch…

@joyuwang Taiwan considers the threat from China an enduring concern, and its military always prepares for the worst when it comes to its military buildup and combat readiness, Liang Wen-chieh, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, said Thursday. wsj.com/world/china/ch…

China Isn’t Planning to Invade Taiwan in 2027, U.S. Concludes—Beijing views an amphibious attack as a losing gamble, intelligence assessment says @joyuwang wsj.com/world/china/ch… wsj.com/world/china/ch…

@Lingling_Wei To many in Washington and elsewhere, it is a sobering thought: the structural reforms that once defined the U.S.-China economic war might be traded away for purchase orders and investment checks—while the geopolitical landscape shifts beneath our feet. wsj.com/articles/trump…

@Lingling_Wei For Beijing, the Taiwan issue is the ultimate prize, as it seeks to undermine confidence in the island’s security to eventually force a political reunification on Chinese terms. wsj.com/articles/trump…

Trump Shifts U.S.-China Strategy on Trade to Dealmaking—Plus, President Trump has asked Beijing to delay his summit with Xi and some have signaled renewed openness to bilateral investment @Lingling_Wei wsj.com/articles/trump… wsj.com/articles/trump…