Kathrin Hille

Taipei

Greater China Correspondent at Financial Times

FT Greater China correspondent. Former Moscow bureau chief, former Beijing correspondent, former Taiwan correspondent

Articles

Taiwan TV drama to give public a visceral vision of war with China

3 days ago | ft.com | Kathrin Hille

The TV anchor reads the news without blinking: China has imposed a blockade on Taiwan and appears poised to attack.
China calls US a ‘small stranded boat’ in propaganda campaign

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Joe Leahy |Ryan Mcmorrow |Kathrin Hille

China has stepped up an international propaganda campaign against the US trade war, unleashing slick videos portraying itself as standing...
Beijing’s flag-planting in South China Sea revives tensions with Manila

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Kathrin Hille

Apr 28, 2025 – 12.19pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Taipei | China’s move to proclaim sovereignty over a disputed reef in the South China Sea has triggered a new stand-off with the Philippines, raising tensions between the two rival claimants on the eve of US-Philippine military drills nearby.
Beijing’s flag-planting in South China Sea revives tensions with Manila

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Kathrin Hille

China’s move to proclaim sovereignty over a disputed reef in the South China Sea has triggered a new stand-off with the Philippines,...
Coast guard seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Kathrin Hille

Apr 27, 2025 – 11.43am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Taipei | Washington | China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South China Sea, raising the risk of a new stand-off between the two rival claimants.
China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Kathrin Hille |Demetri Sevastopulo

China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South China Sea,...
Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Michael Acton |Stephen Morris |John Reed |Kathrin Hille

Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter, as...
China’s Yellow Sea fish farms stoke anger in South Korea

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Christian Davies |Kathrin Hille

Anger is building in South Korea over Chinese fish farming installations in the Yellow Sea, opening another front in Beijing’s tensions...
US and Philippine forces to conduct ‘full battle test’ in South China Sea

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Kathrin Hille

US and Philippine forces are to conduct their first “full battle test” for fighting together in flashpoints such as Taiwan or the South...
Tech industry fears Donald Trump’s trade war will hamper US AI ‘dominance’

3 weeks ago | cnas.org | Christian Davies |George Hammond |Kathrin Hille |Michael Acton

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