Administration
Oct 12 | NYT
In his 48-page national security strategy, which every new administration is required to issue, Mr. Biden made clear that over the long term he was more worried about China's moves to “layer authoritarian governance with a revisionist foreign policy” than he was about a declining, battered Russia. More
Oct 14 | Politico
Beijing won't engage with U.S. officials trying to draft an agenda for face-to-face meeting between Presidents Biden and Xi on the sidelines of the G-20 next month. The White House denied any problems in negotiating the planned Biden-Xi meeting. More
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20th Party Congress
Oct 13 | Bloomberg
As Xi and his supporters toast his victory, they would be wise to examine how differently Mao and Deng handled their own second decades in power. Only one of them managed to avoid disaster. More
Oct 17 | WSJ
Shanghai party chief Li Qiang is a front-runner for premier, people close to party leaders say, despite outrage over Covid-19 lockdown. Others likely to join the Standing Committee include Mr. Xi's chief of staff, Ding Xuexiang, and the top party official in Guangdong province, Li Xi, who once worked as a secretary to a veteran of the Communist revolution with close ties to Mr. Xi's family. More
Tech Competition
Oct 17 | WashPost
It is common for Western companies to broadly suspend exports in the immediate wake of new U.S. restrictions, and then resume some later once they decipher the rules. But national security experts say the latest restrictions are among the toughest the United States has enacted. More
Oct 16 | NYT
At the party congress, Mr. Xi emphasized the importance of technological innovation, but made strong indications that the state, not private industry, would guide key initiatives. Xi called for China to cultivate talent and fund basic scientific research as it seeks to increase its global competitiveness. More
Oct 13 | Reuters
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel last week circulated the proposed ban to the other three commissioners for final approval. The companies would not be able to sell new equipment in the United States without equipment authorizations. More
Taiwan
Oct 18 | SCMP
Taipei's cabinet-level Office of Trade Negotiations expects to sign some of the 11 components of the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade over the next two-and-a-half months after talks began in mid-August. So-called early harvests normally liberalize some trade between parties as a way to build trust toward reaching deeper agreements. More
Oct 16 | NYT
In a speech on Sunday, Xi broke little new ground on the question of Taiwan but struck a sharper tone, warning the world that China, and China alone, would decide how and when to bring about unification. The focus on external forces signaled growing recognition by China that Taiwan has become more of a priority for the United States, as well as for an increasing number of countries around the world. More
Oct 13 | FA
A group of leading China experts warn that shifting U.S. policy toward support for Taiwan's permanent separation from the mainland is more likely to provoke than to deter an attack on Taiwan. All sides must not only be threatened with harm for crossing these redlines but also be assured that they will not suffer catastrophic losses to their interests if they refrain from these actions. More
Military & Maritime
Oct 18 | AP
A Ministry of Defense spokesperson said authorities are reviewing the use of confidentiality contracts across defense departments as part of measures to stop Chinese recruitment programs in their track. More
Oct 17 | WashPost
Military research groups at the leading edge of China's hypersonics and missile programs — many on a U.S. export blacklist — are purchasing a range of specialized U.S. technology, including products developed by firms that have received millions of dollars in grants and contracts from the Pentagon. More
Oct 16 | CSIS
As part of broader personnel shifts, the top brass of the People's Liberation Army is slated to be significantly altered. ChinaPower experts analyze past personnel changes within the PLA leadership to identify important trends and to forecast changes that could take place at the 20th Party Congress. More
Intelligence & Espionage
Oct 18 | Nikkei Asia
Concerns over foreign ownership of U.S. farmland spiked this summer after it emerged that Chinese agricultural company Fufeng Group had purchased 370 acres of land in Grand Forks, North Dakota, just over 10 miles away from a U.S. Air Force base that is home to some of the most advanced drones. More
Oct 17 | The New Yorker
How exactly a Chinese intelligence collaborator, Guo Wengui, was reborn as a darling of Trump Republicans is a measure of the shifting folkways of conservative politics, and the extraordinary power that accrues to people with the wealth and savvy to command the technologies of influence. More
Oct 17 | WashPost
Over the past week, FBI agents in field offices across the country have notified some Republican and Democratic state party headquarters they might be targets of the Chinese hackers. None of the potential targets were hacked or breached, officials said. More
Business & Investment
Oct 17 | NYT
During his decade as China's leader, Xi Jinping has increasingly demanded that businesses conform to the aims of the Communist Party, an agenda he doubled down on this week at an important political gathering. More
Oct 17 | Nikkei Asia
During the previous decade of Xi's leadership, investors have been excited by the potential for the world's second largest economy to deliver returns mirroring its strong growth. But changes of policy have led to big reversals and disappointments. More
Climate & Energy
Oct 17 | WashPost
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has long argued that America must curb its dependence on China for solar panels, batteries and other technologies key to fighting climate change. If Republicans regain control of the House in next month's midterm elections, McMorris Rodgers would become chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee. More
Oct 17 | Bloomberg
President Xi Jinping has promised a slow and steady end to the growth of planet-warming emissions in China, with energy security taking top priority. Xi said that prudence would govern China's efforts to peak and eventually zero out carbon emissions. More
Inside China
Oct 17 | NYT
The postponement of the report drew speculation that the data might have been worse than officials expected. Western economists had been predicting that China would announce that the economy grew a little more than 3 percent in the third quarter compared with last year. More
Oct 16 | NYT
China's leader, Xi Jinping, on Sunday dashed any hopes that the “zero Covid” policy would end in the coming months. Mr. Xi emphasized that “zero Covid” had saved lives. To abandon it, he seemed to suggest, would be to disregard human life. More
Human Rights
Oct 17 | Reuters
Xi's decade as the party's general secretary has seen the number of women in politics and elite government roles decline and gender gaps in the workforce widen, academics and activists say. Feminist voices have also been muzzled and in recent years, the government has increasingly emphasized the value of traditional roles for women as mothers and caregivers, they add. More
Oct 17 | Financial Post
The Labor Department said China imports almost 90 percent of its cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a significant amount of the mineral is produced through informal mines that employ children. More
Science & Higher Ed
Oct 18 | Chemistry World
Governments around the world – led by the US – are moving to restrict and control academic collaborations with China. However, a recent survey from RAND shows that UK academics are not all on board with the decoupling. More
Oct 18 | Nikkei Asia
As the rivalry between Beijing and Washington as well as zero-COVID restrictions squeeze bilateral exchanges in the academic sphere, India has overtaken China as the top country of origin for international students in the U.S. The sharp reduction in numbers of Chinese students – a drop of 30% – "is one of the collateral damages of the sharp decline of the bilateral relationship" since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2017, said Liu Yawei, senior adviser on China at the Carter Center. More
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