Administration
Oct 19 | Reuters
To wean the country off supplies from China and combat its "unfair subsidies and trade practices," twenty U.S.-based manufacturing and processing companies will receive U.S. Energy Department grants to domestically mine lithium, graphite and nickel, build the first large-scale U.S. lithium processing facility, construct facilities to build cathodes and other battery parts, and expand battery recycling. More
Oct 19 | FT
President Biden's technological decoupling marks a final break with decades of U.S. foreign policy that assumed China's global integration would tame its rise as a great power. By Edward Luce. More
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U.S. Multilateralism
Oct 25 | State Department
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Tokyo with Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong. Noting the strength of U.S.-ROK economic ties, the Deputy Secretary and First Vice Foreign Minister highlighted the importance of working together to improve supply chain resilience and strengthen the economic security of both nations. More
Oct 25 | Kyodo News
Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman also pledged to continue to work toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea under U.N. Security Council resolutions, including in a trilateral cooperation framework with South Korea. More
Oct 18 | Reuters
Throughout his trip, the department said Adeyemo would reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, while highlighting initiatives such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. The newly relaunched G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment and U.S. efforts to build up supply chains with trusted partners were also on the agenda. More
Military & Maritime
Oct 25 | Reuters
The arrest came the same week Britain warned dozens of former military pilots to stop working in China or face prosecution on national security grounds under new laws. Australia is also investigating reports some of its former fighter pilots have been approached to work in China. More
Oct 25 | Bloomberg
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is close to reaching a compromise over a disputed sale of a stake in a Hamburg container terminal to China's state-owned shipping conglomerate Cosco. The chancellor agreed to settle for a smaller deal that would give the company less sway after six members of his cabinet – including ministers of the economy, foreign affairs, finance, transport and defense – voiced their opposition. More
Oct 20 | WSJ
The true test of PLA personnel will be when they're called on to fight. Some American military strategists and analysts say China might be a generation away from having the ability and training in its military that could effectively match those of the U.S. More
Taiwan
Oct 20 | FT
The debate in the U.S. about when China might invade Taiwan has intensified since Admiral Philip Davidson, then-head of Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress last year that the Chinese military could take action against Taiwan before 2027. More
Oct 19 | Reuters
Asked about the effort, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said: "The United States is looking at all options to ensure the rapid transfer of defensive capabilities to Taiwan." Possibilities would include the United States providing technology to produce weapons in Taiwan, or producing the weapons in the United States using Taiwanese parts. More
Intelligence & Espionage
Oct 25 | The Diplomat
Two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct the U.S. criminal investigation and prosecution of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Federal investigators also revealed charges against Chinese agents attempting to forcibly repatriate Chinese citizens living in the United States. More
Oct 25 | Bloomberg
Chinese hackers are more easily able to steal personal data because of a lack of intelligence sharing between US spy agencies and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) warned in a letter to the heads of national intelligence and the FTC. More
Oct 21 | The Verge
In a series of tweets, TikTok accused Forbes of leaving off a vital part of its statement, which says that “TikTok does not collect precise GPS location information from US users,” despite the article's claims that its parent company ByteDance considered obtaining “location data from U.S. users' devices.” More
Tech Competition
Oct 21 | Bloomberg
The potential plans, which are in an early stage, are focused on the still-experimental field of quantum computing, as well as artificial intelligence software. Industry experts are weighing in on how to set the parameters of the restrictions on this nascent technology. More
Oct 23 | WSJ
The new U.S. restrictions on exports of chips and related items to China are aimed at using America's strength in critical areas of the semiconductor supply chain to weaken China's advanced-chip development. More
Oct 20 | The Hill
New semiconductor export controls the Biden administration announced on Oct. 7 present China with an unprecedented industrial policy challenge. The standard Chinese playbook for retaliating against foreign governments provides no obvious response, so here are China's current retaliation options and what we can expect. More
Business & Investment
Oct 20 | WSJ
The enforcement guidelines are a first for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. which previously had no written guidelines on the topic. The interagency committee is run by the U.S. Treasury Department and reviews foreign investments in U.S. companies and real estate, and can advise the president to block or unwind a deal. More
Trade & Commerce
Oct 20 | PIIE
Even if policymakers foresee long-run benefits in disentangling the two economies, their choices come with immediate costs – including product shortages, as supply chains struggle to adjust, and inflation, as companies find it expensive to establish new suppliers. Firms and ultimately consumers need to prepare to pay the price for the new policy-induced reality. More
Oct 20 | JD Supra
On October 12, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that it is seeking public comments in connection with its review of Section 301 duties on Chinese goods. As a result of the review, USTR could decide to alter the product-targeting of the tariffs, removing or adding products or categories of products. More
Diplomacy
Oct 24 | Nikkei Asia
With China's leadership reshuffle, longtime foreign-policy hand Wang Yi is seen snagging a promotion to the coveted role of top diplomat. Qin Gang, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S., has been floated as a possible successor to Wang as foreign minister. More
Oct 20 | NYT
Taiwan's foreign ministry budget released in September included a sizable increase because it expects to host 2,368 meetings with foreign guests in 2023 — 304 more than this year. That translates to more than six meetings per day, every day of the year. More
20th Party Congress
Oct 24 | Reuters
State Department spokesperson Ned Price told a regular briefing the party congress would not bring a change in the U.S. approach to China. More
Oct 23 | AP
President Xi Jinping increased his dominance Sunday when he was named to another term and promoted allies who support his vision of tighter control over society and the struggling economy. Party plans call for creating a prosperous society by mid-century and restoring China to its historic role as a political, economic and cultural leader. More
Oct 23 | AP
The new Politburo Standing Committee was unveiled over the weekend. With four newcomers and the exclusion of Premier Li Keqiang and Wang Yang, the top body is now firmly in President Xi's control. More
Inside China
Oct 24 | PIIE
COVID-19 outbreaks, hardships imposed by draconian public health mandates, and sliding property prices all threw shade on President Xi's big plans for a year of stability. Now slowing global demand for Chinese exports and continuing weakness in the property sector complicate the government's attempts to revive growth in the coming months. More
Oct 20 | CNN
China's advanced online ecosystem – run on mobile phone superapps and ubiquitous QR codes – has offered arguably unrivaled convenience for consumers to shop, dine and travel. Now, those technologies play a role in constraining daily life. More
Xinjiang & Human Rights
Oct 20 | Bloomberg
Four months into a sweeping ban on imports from China's Xinjiang region, the top US customs official is signaling confidence that companies are observing the embargo. More
Oct 20 | The Guardian
The Chinese Communist party is using social media influencers from troubled regions like Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia to whitewash human rights abuses through an increasingly sophisticated propaganda campaign, a report has claimed. More
Oct 22 | Reuters
It was the second time the accord, which is still provisional, was extended for another two years since it was first reached in 2018. Critics, including Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, have denounced it as a sell-out to the communist authorities. More
Hong Kong
Oct 25 | AP
Pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai was found guilty Tuesday on two fraud charges related to lease violations, the latest in a series of prosecutions apparently aimed at punishing him for his past activism. More
Oct 18 | Bloomberg
Hong Kong will grant a two-year visa to high earners who earned at least HK$2.5 million ($318,480) in the past year, as well as for graduates from the top-ranked universities. The city will also suspend the annual quota of its current program for skilled talent and extend the limit of stay for non-local graduates from one to two years. More
Geopolitics
Oct 22 | Politico
In recent years, China's had no significant impact beyond the Russian Arctic, where it's also been met with limitations due to concerns over COVID-19 and EU sanctions related to the invasion of Ukraine. Nevertheless, security and foreign policy circles continue to assume China's presence in the Arctic is expanding — including in Greenland. More
Oct 21 | Axios
The Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz held a video conference call with China's National Energy Administrator Zhang Jianhua last week. One of the key issues discussed was the oil market. More
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