U.S.'s China Policy
Feb 27 | WSJ
To promote competition, the panel should look at education, antitrust, mining, and chip policies. In addition to examining China and its place in the world, the committee will also have to understand the U.S. and its global standing, which means wrestling with American domestic policy. More
Feb 25 | NYT
With budgets tight and political knives drawn, lawmakers seeking to capitalize on a bipartisan urgency to confront China are setting their sights on narrower measures. More
China-Russia
Feb 28 | WSJ
Russia's economy, restricted from Western financial networks and the U.S. dollar, has embraced the Chinese yuan, jettisoning longstanding concerns about giving China too much leverage over its economy. More
Feb 25 | WSJ
The U.S. has threatened sanctions on anyone who sells many varieties of chips to Russia. Still, recent leaks—and some publicly available data—make clear that they keep showing up on Russian shores. At the center of the trade is China and, allegedly, a few other intermediary countries such as Turkey. More
Feb 24 | WSJ
No weapons deliveries have yet taken place. But, if China were to go ahead and deliver lethal aid to Russia, the resulting tensions could shape Western relations with Beijing for years and potentially have profound consequences on the battlefield in Ukraine, at a point when both sides are gearing up for a spring offensive. More
Taiwan
Feb 28 | SCMP
Deputy Li Yihu to the National People's Congress says the strategic goals and focus for resolving the Taiwan issue have "become very clear." The new policies are expected to be unveiled during next week's "two sessions." More
Feb 26 | WSJ
Russia's struggles to seize and keep territory in Ukraine over the past year has likely fueled doubts by Xi Jinping that China's military could successfully invade Taiwan later this decade, CIA Director William Burns said. More
Feb 22 | NYT
House lawmakers, returning from a pair of official trips to Taiwan aimed at bolstering ties with the self-governing island, said Taiwan was stepping up its defenses but needed the United States to deliver on promised arms sales to stave off threats from China. More
Military & Maritime
Feb 26 | New Yorker
Not since the Berlin Wall fell has the world been cleaved so deeply by the kind of conflict that John F. Kennedy called a "long, twilight struggle." Evan Osnos. More
Feb 24 | WSJ
A Chinese J-11 jet fighter, armed with four air-to-air missiles, appeared at the rear of an American P-8 patrol aircraft, passed above, and settled a few hundred feet from the wing of the U.S. Navy plane. This encounter shows Beijing's pilots are turning more aggressive, U.S. officials say. More
Intelligence & Espionage
Feb 24 | Reuters
"China early on through protected consular channels clearly demanded the United States notify [China] on the progress [of the balloon's recovery], but the United States refused to respond," the foreign ministry's spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing. More
Geopolitics
Feb 22 | NYT
In a day of dueling efforts to shore up allegiances, Biden wrapped up a three-day trip to Europe with a promise of America's commitment to its allies as Putin warmly welcomed China's top diplomat to Moscow and rallied pro-war Russians. On the surface, it looked like a reversion to the Cold War era. The reality was even more complicated. More
Feb 22 | Economist
Previously Chinese banks lent to developing countries for massive, useless projects. With its change of approach, China seems unlikely to step in, and other countries are no keener. China's new era of lending will be more focused, and better for its own public finances. More
Tech & National Security
Feb 28 | WSJ
The Pentagon will have secure access to leading-edge semiconductors manufactured at facilities receiving Chips Act funding, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said, ensuring the industry can supply the military with the advanced chips it needs for modern weapons systems. More
Feb 27 | SCMP
The government-to-government notification system will help ensure semiconductor supply for cars and could cover chipmaking raw materials and manufacturing equipment. The warning system is thought to be a world first, but is not expected to impact mainland China. More
Feb 23 | FP
There are several ways Congress might ban TikTok, each with different efficacies and side effects. In the end, all the effective ones would destroy the free internet as we know it, write Harvard Kennedy School's Bruce Schneier and USC's Barath Raghavan. More
Space & Science
Feb 26 | Bloomberg
When Beijing and Moscow announced plans for a joint lunar project, it looked like a powerful alliance, matching China's technological prowess with deep Russian experience in space, dating back to the original moon race. Yet even before Russia's war in Ukraine, there were doubts about what Moscow could offer Beijing. More
Feb 24 | SCMP
The satellite constellation is likely to be launched quickly to prevent SpaceX from hogging "low-orbit resources." The project, code-named "GW," would provide internet services and could be used to spy on rival networks and carry out anti-Starlink missions. More
Trade & Commerce
Feb 27 | WSJ
Chinese e-commerce apps are making a play for the spoils from Americans' favorite hobby—shopping. Affordable prices and clever use of social media have worked wonders for growth but profitability might be harder and political risks are still lurking in the background. More
Feb 27 | Reuters
The U.S. Commerce Department and other government agencies approved about 69.9% of export license applications involving China in the 2022 budget year, according to written testimony. More
Business & Investment
Feb 27 | FT
The U.S. congressional panel created to focus on threats from Beijing plans to look at the role of private equity, venture capital and Wall Street firms in China as it prepares to launch hearings. More
Feb 27 | Bloomberg
Fears over Chinese purchases of U.S. cropland are vastly overblown. Lawmakers should slow down before imposing damaging new restrictions. More
Feb 22 | FT
China has secured its grip on proposed offshore listings with new rules that bankers and lawyers say will favor Hong Kong and domestic Chinese markets over Wall Street. More
Human Rights
Feb 28 | Reuters
Representative Mike Gallagher said he sees the hearing, the first of many over the next two years when the Republicans hold power in the House, as part of an effort to convince Americans about why they should care about competing with China, and to "selectively decouple" the U.S. and Chinese economies. More
Inside China
Feb 28 | AP
China has ordered closer adherence to the dictates of the ruling Communist Party and leader Xi Jinping in legal education, demanding that schools "oppose and resist Western erroneous views" such as constitutional government, separation of powers, and judicial independence. More
Feb 23 | WSJ
Zhu Hexin and He Lifeng, two close associates of President Xi, have emerged as leading candidates for top positions at China's central bank. More
Covid-19
Feb 27 | WSJ
The White House said there is no consensus within the Biden administration over the origins of the Covid-19 virus, a day after the disclosure of an Energy Department assessment that the pandemic most likely originated with a leak from a Chinese lab. More
Hong Kong
Feb 23 | SCMP
Liu Guangyuan, commissioner of the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office, warns U.S. Consul General Gregory May not to endanger national security or slander city's prospects. But the U.S. consulate vows it will continue expressing concerns over the 'erosion' of city's high degree of autonomy. More
Climate & Energy
Feb 26 | WashPost
China last year approved the largest expansion of coal-fired power plants since 2015, showing how the world's largest emitter still relies on a fossil fuel that scientists say must be quickly phased out to avoid the worst consequences of a warming atmosphere. More
Feb 26 | Bloomberg
China's lithium industry is reeling as its top production hub—responsible for around a 10th of the world's supply—faces sweeping closures amid a government probe of environmental infringements. More
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