Japanese-Taiwanese talks. Officials from Japan’s and Taiwan’s respective ruling parties held long-awaited security talks on Friday, a major if still mostly symbolic breakthrough in Japan’s emergence as a factor in Taiwan’s defense. We were watching closely for signs that the talks touched on areas of tangible bilateral military cooperation. However, they reportedly focused primarily on […]
Daily Memo: Japan’s Breakthrough, China’s Corruption Charges
A former senior anti-graft inspector in Beijing was charged with taking millions in bribes.




