Balloon
Feb 21 | AP
While the House and the Senate both voted unanimously to condemn China's ruling political party for the incursion and largely supported the Biden administration's decision to shoot down the balloon, they have questions about what's next. More
Feb 17 | NYT
A top U.S. military official said he believed that Xi Jinping was likely unaware of the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States until the controversy erupted. More
Feb 15 | NYT
With the Senate's bipartisan action, both chambers of Congress have officially taken China to task for the episode amid questions about the Biden administration's response. More
U.S.'s China Policy
Feb 14 | RealClearPolitics
Gallagher is laser-focused on preventing a global war with China and making deterrence work. He is committed to a bipartisan approach to tackling not just the military risk but also the ideological and economic threats presented by the CCP. More
Feb 13 | Lawfare
A recent review of scientific papers has led researchers to a worrisome conclusion: The U.S. government's efforts to stay ahead of China in a technology race by restricting cross-border collaboration have “slowed American advancements.” More
Taiwan
Feb 21 | AP
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss deepening military cooperation between the two sides. Tsai thanked the lawmakers for coming, saying it was a chance to deepen ongoing cooperation in semiconductor chip design and manufacturing, renewable energy, and next-generation 5G mobile network. More
Feb 20 | Aljazeera
Taiwan's main opposition KMT has wrapped up a nine-day trip to China, including meetings with some of the Communist Party's highest-ranking officials, amid hopes its links with Beijing will help boost its chances in presidential elections that are due to be held next year. More
Feb 18 | Reuters
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and National Security Adviser Wellington Koo will lead the delegation from Taiwan, and will meet U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman for talks meant to be private to avoid a reaction from China. More
Feb 16 | Reuters
The top Republicans on congressional foreign affairs and armed services committees pressed President Biden to include $2 billion in military assistance grants for Taiwan in his upcoming budget request. More
Geopolitics
Feb 22 | WSJ
The meeting demonstrates the Biden administration's renewed focus on allies on the front lines of Washington's great power competition with both Russia and China. More
Feb 20 | Foreign Affairs
Amidst growing risk of debt distress amongst developing countries, the U.S. and China need to cooperate on providng debt relief to enhance global economic well-being and prevent a systemic debt crisis. More
Feb 19 | Atlantic Council
In the wake of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's recent visit with President Xi in Beijing and Xi's promise to visit to Iran in the future, Atlantic Council experts shed light on how China is reaching out to the Middle East and what Iran, in particular, wants from Beijing. More
Feb 19 | SCMP
Qian Bo, China's ambassador to Fiji since 2018, was appointed as the first special envoy of the Chinese government on Pacific Islands affairs. In this role, Bo will enhance exchanges and cooperation between China and Pacific Island nations and work to promote the development of their comprehensive strategic partnership. More
China-Russia
Feb 21 | AP
Qin Gang told participants at a security conference in Beijing that China was concerned the almost yearlong war could escalate further and spin “out of control.” China would continue to urge peace talks and provide “Chinese wisdom” to bring about a political settlement, he said. More
Feb 21 | CNN
As President Biden touched down in Ukraine to meet with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, Wang Yi was traveling in the opposite direction, on his way to Russia for the final stop of his eight-day Europe tour. More
Feb 21 | Bloomberg
A top Treasury Department Official says the cost of violating sanctions is 'steep' and warned companies in China and around the world that they will be punished if they keep doing business with Russia in violation of U.S. sanctions. More
Military & Maritime
Feb 22 | Reuters
Regional diplomats and security analysts had held out the prospect of China somehow being convinced to join U.S.-Russian talks on extending the New START arms control treaty, but Russia's suspension of the treaty may have dashed any hopes of dragging China to the table to start talking about its own rapidly accelerating nuclear arms programs. More
Feb 20 | NYT
Driven by worry about China's aggression, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has adopted the most muscular foreign policy approach that the Philippines has seen in close to a decade by seeking out alliances, restoring his country's defense ties with the United States, and prioritizing his country's territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. More
Feb 19 | USNI
The exercise tests joint operations between the JSDF and U.S. Forces by integrating airborne operations by the JGSDF 1st Airborne Brigade with bilateral amphibious operations. More
Feb 17 | NYT
American officials are worried China is far along in developing military technology that operates in the unregulated high-altitude zone of “near space," including aerial craft and advanced munitions. More
Espionage & Influence
Feb 17 | FT
The balloon may be a highly visible manifestation of China's espionage efforts, but its more covert operations have been evolving for years. Growing in ambition and scale, Chinese state intelligence-gathering is leaving Washington struggling to catch up. More
Feb 16 | Economist
The propaganda churned out by the CCP isn't very subtle –or accurate. But when directed at foreigners, China's messaging is surprisingly effective, suggests a new study. More
Tech & National Security
Feb 22 | WSJ
The Biden administration kicks the $53 billion Chips Act program into gear this week—and with it, a test of the U.S. government’s ability to reverse an overseas exodus of the domestic semiconductor industry. More
Feb 17 | WSJ
The Justice Department and Commerce Department are teaming up to police technology exports that could pose a national security threat in the hands of rivals such as China and Russia. Federal prosecutors will be paired with Commerce Department agents to investigate and prosecute criminal violations of U.S. export controls laws. More
Feb 15 | WSJ
U.S. and European officials are discussing how to set up a new group of allies that cooperate on procuring minerals used in clean-energy technologies, hoping to rely less on China while patching up a rift over U.S. subsidies for electric vehicles. More
Feb 14 | Reuters
The senator asked the Biden administration to review Ford Motor's deal to use technology from Chinese battery company CATL as part of the automaker's plan to spend $3.5 billion to build a battery plant in Michigan. More
Trade & Commerce
Feb 17 | WashPost
The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democrat Mark R. Warner and GOP’s Marco Rubio, is pressing the Biden administration to intensify its efforts to curb China's military advances and repression of religious and ethnic minorities – and to do so “immediately.” More
Feb 16 | WSJ
The two largest U.S. defense contractors are added to Beijing's 'unreliable entities list,' a largely symbolic gesture that nevertheless signals escalating tensions following the shooting down of the Chinese balloon. More
Feb 15 | Nikkei Asia
A U.S.-led Pacific trade framework that excludes China will deliver practical benefits for business, the U.S. Trade Representative said on a visit to Vietnam, adding that the postwar history between Washington and Hanoi shows how today's economic and geopolitical problems can be solved. More
Business & Investment
Feb 21 | Bloomberg
Chinese authorities have urged state-owned firms to phase out using the four biggest international accounting firms, signaling continued concerns about data security even after Beijing reached a landmark deal to allow U.S. audit inspections on hundreds of Chinese firms listed in New York. More
Feb 21 | SCMP
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group is joining hands with the U.S. NBA to launch a “comprehensive strategic collaboration” in China in the latest move to elevate the sport in one of its biggest markets outside the U.S. More
Feb 20 | Bloomberg
United Airlines announced it would delay adding U.S.-China flights for at least six months after bilateral talks to lift a 12 flights-a-week cap grew deadlocked. An increase in United Airlines flights was originally slated to start late next month. More
Feb 20 | Reuters
On one hand, the rules provide clarity after a regulatory crackdown by Beijing since mid-2021 that has slowed U.S. listings by Chinese firms to a trickle. But where once – before the crackdown – there was very little in the way of regulatory requirements, there are now more hoops for companies to jump through. More
Feb 18 | FT
Dollar investments in China's new companies fell by nearly three-quarters last year due to geopolitical tensions with the U.S., as well as Beijing's tech crackdown and harsh zero-Covid policy spooking foreign investors. More
Climate & Energy
Feb 17 | Reuters
g China's oil refining capacity overtook the U.S. as the world's largest in 2022, though its production of fuel products lagged the U.S. due to low utilisation rates. More
Feb 15 | SCMP
Some Chinese listed companies in sectors unrelated to energy have recently entered the solar business, already forecast to go into oversupply with the biggest players aggressively expanding capacity as part of China’s renewable-energy push. The results are causing some concern. More
Inside China
Feb 22 | SCMP
The Politburo considers candidates recommended to join state institutions and CPPCC, with final approvals due next week for eventual NPC endorsement. The Central Committee second plenum will also consider further restructuring of party and state bodies. More
Feb 21 | Reuters
Domestic tourism revenue in 2023 could reach about 4 trillion yuan ($580.8 billion), a year-on-year increase of about 95%, and recover to about 71% of 2019 levels, according to data from the China Tourism Academy. More
Feb 16 | Foreign Affairs
Over the past three months, the Chinese government has faced a seemingly debilitating series of crises. Yet instead of going into crisis mode, Beijing has largely shrugged off these setbacks. For now, the strategy appears to have worked. More
Xinjiang
Feb 16 | WSJ
Companies and researchers have found it difficult to determine who exactly is in the crosshairs of an anti-forced labor campaign targeting China. More
Feb 16 | Reuters
Uyghur advocacy groups called on United Nations bodies to take action against China over its abuses against the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, after U.N. experts this week reviewed Beijing's rights record. During a two-day U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights review in Geneva, Beijing vehemently denied any abuses. More
Hong Kong
Feb 17 | SCMP
In response to a proposal to close economic and trade offices in the U.S. if the White House decides Beijing has undermined Hong Kong's government, Hong Kong authorities urge the U.S. "to respect basic norms governing international relations and stop maliciously interfering." More
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