Administration
Sep 12 | WashPost
President Biden issued an executive order Monday intended to boost the domestic biotechnology industry, which encompasses everything from pharmaceutical manufacturing to plastics to innovative fuels, according to White House officials. More
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Geopolitics
Sep 10 | Reuters
China's rising pressure on Taiwan, North Korea's nuclear test threats and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are among issues to be discussed, with the summit likely to be held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting. More
Sep 09 | NYT
Chinese and Indian officials have agreed to pull back soldiers from friction points along their disputed border in the Ladakh region. More
Sep 08 | Reuters
China is the world's largest bilateral lender but discloses little on lending conditions and also on how it renegotiates with borrowers in distress, so interest in how it handles ongoing debt restructuring with Zambia is intense, particularly as more countries such as Sri Lanka struggle to repay loans. More
China-Russia
Sep 13 | NYT
The summit this week between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping is a show of force by two autocratic leaders united against what they consider American hegemony. It is also a moment of mutual weakness as Russia suffers losses in Ukraine and China endures an economic slowdown. More
Trade & Commerce
Sep 12 | PIIE
U.S. exports to China of energy and semiconductor products have fallen in 2022, as hardening geopolitics impact global trade. More
Sep 11 | Nikkei Asia
In a time of prolonged confrontation between the U.S. and China, countries are weighing how much distance it should create between the two competitors. For IPEF to succeed, Washington will have to show regional partners tangible benefits. More
Sep 08 | SCMP
Speaking last week with Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Florida Democrat heading an eight-member bipartisan delegation, Tsai said the latest visit – despite repeated warnings from Beijing – underscored American support for the self-governed island in countering mainland China. More
Tech Competition
Sep 12 | Axios
The U.S. could miss out on trillions of dollars in economic growth if it fails to confront the growing technology threat posed by China, according to a new report from the Eric Schmidt-led Special Competitive Studies Project. More
Sep 10 | Nikkei Asia
Lawmakers returning from summer recess face the question of what to do with a stack of measures aimed at countering China, such as outbound investment reviews, that were left out of the CHIPS and Science Act. More
Space
Sep 11 | WSJ
The U.S. needs a national strategy for maintaining and promoting America's leadership in space. A World War II-style mobilization model for harnessing its thriving commercial base to support national security is a key to the future of American space leadership. More
Military & Maritime
Sep 08 | SCMP
China has just built the world's largest free-piston driven shock tunnel. The new facility can reportedly provide ground test support for developing hypersonic vehicles such as scramjet-powered aircraft by simulating the escape velocity from Earth's gravitational field. More
Sep 07 | Reuters
The Pentagon has stopped accepting new F-35 jets after it discovered a magnet used in the stealthy fighter's engine was made with unauthorized material from China. More
Inside China
Sep 12 | WashPost
While much of the world is moving past the pandemic, China remains stuck, with leader Xi Jinping continuing orders to maintain "zero covid." These lockdowns are keeping localized outbreaks from spreading but are taking an enormous economic and psychological toll on the population. More
Sep 08 | NYT
Wealthy and powerful entrepreneurs in China were once idolized by the public, doted on by the government and courted by foreign investors. Now, they are keeping low profiles, stepping down from their companies or leaving the country entirely. More
Human Rights
Sep 11 | Reuters
After the release of a UN report finding that China's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims there may constitute crimes against humanity, a Western diplomats said a group of democracies is considering a range of options including a resolution on China for the first time in the council's 16-year-history. More
Sep 10 | SCMP
A District Court judge has sentenced five speech therapists behind a series of children's books containing provocative depictions of mainland China to 19 months in jail each under Hong Kong's colonial-era sedition law. More
Influence
Sep 08 | Freedom House
The Chinese Communist Party is accelerating its multibillion-dollar global campaign to shape public opinion and secure both its hold on power in China and its policy priorities abroad, but local journalists, civil society activists, governments, and news consumers are pushing back at these efforts, according to a new report released by Freedom House. More
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