The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves the "Porcupine Act," which could help Taiwan's acquisition of American weapons. China confirms that it will hold trade talks with the United States in Malaysia this weekend, but hasn't yet confirmed whether Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet directly with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the upcoming APEC summit in South Korea. And Taiwan is scrambling to deal with a potential outbreak of African swine fever at a pig farm in Taichung. Also in today's show:
- A former lieutenant general has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for taking Chinese money to build a spy network in Taiwan.
- The US sanctions Russia's two biggest oil producers as frustration grows between Trump and Putin over stalled peace efforts.
- Thailand accuses Cambodia of laying new landmines in violation of the Ottawa Treaty, threatening to destabilize a fragile peace between the two neighboring states.
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