Taiwan flashpoint. Targeted Chinese scientists in the U.S. will flee.

The People's Liberation Army "closes in" on Taiwan; Xi Jinping boosts science and welcomes CEOs; China snuggles up to Europe, Japan, South Korea; etc.

Detail from front cover of March 1959 issue of Youth Pictorial magazine 青年画报. A scan of the whole cover is here.

This is The China Week, a succinct roundup of what happened in the world’s other superpower in the last seven days.

The top story in this week’s newsletter is about China’s military drills around Taiwan. the second story below may be more significant in the long run: the Trump administration’s driving away of scientific talent, especially Chinese talent, contrasted with the warm welcome such people are receiving in China.

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