Administration
Oct 01 | SCMP
During a speech celebrating China's National Day, Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the resumption of Sino-US cooperation in areas like anti-drug trafficking and climate change where it was suspended by Beijing following senior US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial August visit to Taiwan. More
Sep 29 | WSJ
Last week's action targets an international network of companies that U.S. officials say helped Iran sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of petroleum products to customers in Asia. More
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Taiwan
Sep 28 | WSJ
Vice President Kamala Harris's speech followed a series of meetings with allies in which she sought to reassure them of Washington's security commitments amid escalating tensions with China and North Korea, which fired ballistic missiles a few hours after the speech. More
China-Russia
Oct 02 | The Wire China
A careful examination of recent events should discourage any wishful thinking that Beijing is distancing itself from Moscow. More
Sep 28 | Politico
Calls are growing inside and outside the Biden administration to enlist China and India, two major powers with close ties to Moscow, to amp up the pressure on Putin by signaling that even a limited nuclear strike in Ukraine would sever what few global lifelines Russia has left. More
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What Xi must tell Putin now. An opinion piece by former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, former U.S. senator Sam Nunn (D-GA), and former U.S. energy secretary Ernest J. Moniz, all of whom serve on the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s board of directors. WashPost (Sep 29)
U.S. Multilateralism
Oct 02 | Kyodo News
Defense ministers from Japan, Australia, and the U.S. met in Hawaii to discuss deepening coordination over security strategy and to "strongly condemn" China's ballistic missile launches across the Taiwan Strait in August. More
Sep 30 | NYT
The United States and 14 Pacific Island nations signed a broad partnership agreement, putting climate change, economic growth and stronger security ties at the center of an American push to counter Chinese influence in the region. The United States will invest more than $810 million in expanded programs for the Pacific Islands, on top of the more than $1.5 billion provided in the past decade, according to a White House fact sheet. More
Science
Oct 01 | Homeland Security Today
The Government Accountability Office has found that from FY 2015 to 2021, federal agencies provided $28.9 million directly to Chinese entities for research and development activities. This funding resulted in scientific articles, data collection systems, and international workshops. More
Tech Competition
Oct 03 | WSJ
A deal with TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. aimed at erecting a wall between the U.S. and Chinese operations is close, but hurdles remain – including operational challenges and possible opposition by China's government. More
Sep 29 | FT
Governments in China, the U.S., the EU, Japan and India have collectively promised $190bn of subsidies over a decade as they seek to localize semiconductor manufacturing capacity. Governments may be pouring money into the sector just at the point when excess capacity comes on stream and prices tumble. More
Trade & Commerce
Oct 03 | Roll Call
The USTR is taking the lead in the trade talks with Taiwan, with the first round expected to take place this fall. For now, though, the thorniest trade issues surrounding market access and tariffs are not part of either the IPEF talks or the trade discussions with Taipei. More
Sep 30 | WSJ
China is more dependent on exports for growth than it has been in years. But the export boom is starting to lose steam. And for both the economy and China’s currency, that is bad news. More
Business & Investment
Sep 29 | Atlantic Council
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said U.S. companies are increasingly sensitive to geopolitical tensions and want to avoid a hasty departure similar to what happened after many companies left Russia earlier this year. Raimondo also said the government is particularly interested in keeping China from building an edge in the advanced microchip technology sector. More
Sep 29 | Nikkei Asia
China Satcom, which Washington placed off-limits to U.S. investors, is preparing a private placement of 400 million new shares and has opened a bank account for the expected funds. More
20th Party Congress
Oct 04 | Nikkei Asia
With China's twice-a-decade Communist Party congress two weeks away, debate is heating up over whether the Mao-era title of "chairman" will be revived for President Xi Jinping, a change that could position him to lead for life but remains deeply controversial. More
Oct 03 | FA
Xi Jinping's Global Security Initiative marks a significant shift in Chinese foreign policy. It directly challenges the role of U.S. alliances and partnerships in global security and seeks to revise global security governance to make it more compatible with the regime security interests of the Chinese Communist Party, writes expert Sheena Chestnut Greitens. More
Covid-19
Oct 01 | Nikkei Asia
Even as they mull loosening restrictions on foreign visitors, jittery Chinese officials are taking no chances at a time when hundreds of millions traditionally crisscross the country to see faraway relatives. More
Inside China
Sep 30 | Bloomberg
As September draws to an end, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index has lost 14% to rank as the worst performer among major equity benchmarks globally this month. Hovering around the lowest since the global financial crisis, it is now trading at 0.6 times book value, the cheapest ever. More
Xinjiang & Human Rights
Oct 01 | AP
Britain, Canada, the U.S. and the five Nordic countries are leading a call for Human Rights Council members to agree a debate at its next session in March on alleged abuses against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang. An approaching vote will show if their campaign has broader appeal. More
Public Opinion & Influence
Sep 29 | Pew
Since Xi took office in 2013, opinion in the U.S. and other advanced economies of China and of President Xi himself has turned precipitously more negative. More
Sep 28 | International Republican Institute
Using a dozen case studies, a new report examines how China seeks and amasses influences in other countries' politics and economies. More
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