Editor’s note for May 24, 2023

A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.

Dear reader:

Today we bring you a scoop: NATO Defense College confirmed a previously unreported meeting in Taiwan in March.

It’s just one of an array of regional and global moves aimed at restraining China’s future military options. Scroll down for a summary, or click through for all the details, reported from Taipei by Chris Horton.

Our Word of the Day is: NATO (北约 běi yuē) or, in full, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (北大西洋公约组织 běi dàxīyáng gōngyuē zǔzhī).