But nobody should have been that shocked by the decision. It represented the convergence of three long-standing trend lines: the exponential growth and assertive use of the Chinese military; the drastic increase in political and economic pressure imposed on Australia by China; and the steadily growing American concerns about China, […]
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China Claims ‘US Paying $1000 Per News Article’ To Slander Its BRI In Zimbabwe
In response to the report detailing the US plan to ‘discredit’ the Chinese investments in Zimbabwe, Beijing has called on Washington to do more practical work for African people and “show respect.” According to China’s state media Global Times, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday, October 15, […]
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Why China Won’t Back Off Taiwan
If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen each deliver a speech after Beijing’s recent incursions, India’s media reports more tensions on its disputed border with China, […]
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Neither Russia nor China Could Fill a U.S. Void in the Middle East
But such concerns are misguided. Neither Russia nor China is capable of filling a supposed U.S. void in the Middle East, nor do they desire to. More recently, however, the topic of great-power competition among the United States, Russia, and China in the Middle East has increasingly moved to the […]
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China’s Economic Coercion Is More Bark Than Bite
This is a well-worn playbook that is becoming easier to read—and increasingly less effective. According to a study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute , China has used “coercive diplomacy” more than 150 times against foreign governments and firms since 2010. Observers often tend to exaggerate the impact of these […]
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China Asks US To Stop Interfering In Matters Related To Taiwan, Xinjiang & Hong Kong
The United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met a Chinese Communist Party Political Bureau member and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission Yang Jiechi in Zurich, Switzerland. During the meeting, Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi urged the US administration to not interfere in China’s internal matters, according […]
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The Real Reasons Behind China’s Energy Crisis
But the reasons for the crisis can also be traced back to a string of policy missteps and poorly thought-out market interventions after the beginning of the pandemic. The crisis has put China’s continued dependence on coal in stark relief, even as its market shares of renewable and nuclear energy […]
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Biden’s Vague Muddle of a Trade Policy for China
U.S. President Joe Biden’s blueprint, if it can be called such a thing, tries to split the difference. Tai made it clear that former President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports would stay in place but promised to restart an “exclusion” process that should give relief to some U.S. companies […]
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What Do China’s Taiwan Intrusions Mean?
If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: China sets a new record for intrusions on the edge of Taiwan’s airspace , a prominent security official meets his downfall in Beijing, and a dubious new study […]
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World Bank Top Officials Put Staffers ‘under Pressure’ To Boost China’s Ranking: Report
World Bank’s top officials placed its staffers “under pressure” to alter data to inflate the rankings for China and Saudi Arabia in 2018 and 2020 editions of the report, concluded an independent investigation. The law firm commissioned by the World Bank to conduct the probe, WilmerHale found that then-CEO Kristalina […]