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China and the World

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The China-US trade war has worsened in recent days
Jul 13, 2018 (WiC 417)

Trade wars are good and easy to win” was the breezy claim from Donald Trump back in March. His dictum is soon to be tested, after he pushed the button on tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods last Friday, with commitments to add duties on $16 ...

Into deep water

China’s fishing fleet targets long-distance catch
Jul 6, 2018 (WiC 416)

By 2020 China’s homegrown satellite navigation system Beidou should cover the globe. That’s good news for the country’s fishermen, who are venturing further from home after depleting many of their own reserves. China is the world’s ...

Blame us, Donald

New book says Republicans key to China’s rise
Jun 22, 2018 (WiC 414)

As Donald Trump talks up tariffs aimed at reducing his country’s trade deficit with the Chinese, a new book tells the story of how Trump’s political party – the Republicans – have engaged with China over the last 250 years and aided its ...

Trade hawks ascendant

A wild week in Sino-US relations as trade tensions spill over
Jun 22, 2018 (WiC 414)

Donald Trump doesn’t like the media much and the Chinese newspapers returned the sentiment in spades last weekend after news that he would levy tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods. The People’s Daily led the attack, blasting his ...

Meet my new buddy

But is China the biggest winner of the Trump-Kim summit?
Jun 15, 2018 (WiC 413)

He can allegedly launch a nuclear missile at a Californian city, but when it comes to getting to Singapore he has to borrow a jumbo jet from China. It is one of the many paradoxes of the Kim Jong-un regime. The footage of his arrival at Changi ...

Jack Ma tours Israel and Jordan with a retinue of 35 senior executives
May 25, 2018 (WiC 410)

Chinese internet giant Alibaba’s executive chairman Jack Ma once liked to call himself CEO, by which he meant “chief education officer”. Such a role, he explained, required him to pass on his thinking and experience. Since stepping down ...

The network effect

Bankers from Saudi Arabia, Singapore and UK discuss China trade flows
May 4, 2018 (WiC 407)

Trade friction between China and the United States has been a feature of the first four months of the year, with the threat of billions of dollars of tariffs hanging heavily in the air. As tensions mounted further this week Donald Trump sent ...

Stakes raised in chip ban

Will sanctions on ZTE (and possibly Huawei) trigger a US-China tech war?
Apr 27, 2018 (WiC 406)

Chen Jin made a name for himself 15 years ago with the invention of the Hanxin computer chip, which means “the heart of Han [Chinese]”. The domestic media was ecstatic about his homegrown processor, predicting that it would allow every ...

China is driving an Asian arms race, writes Asian Affairs magazine’s Editor
Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404)

The soldiers who battle China’s enemies in the hit film Operation Red Sea are presented as fine examples of the bravest men in the People’s Liberation Army. When the flag is raised during one epic fight, it stirs such pride among audiences ...

Keeping the door open

Xi Jinping’s speech in Boao takes a more conciliatory tone
Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404)

On December 16, 1978 China signed a joint communiqué with the United States on establishing diplomatic relations. Just two days later the Communist Party held an all-important Third Plenum of its 11th National Party Congress to adopt economic ...

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