The Biden Administration has said the US is in competition with China and restricted the ability of American businesses to sell high-end chip tech to China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — A ban on US investment in Chinese tech could drive up market volatility — but some sectors may escape untouched, Bank … Read more
Xi Jinping expected to visit Russia, defying impression of split over warSouth China Morning Post Opinion | Xi Jinping doesn’t want to wind up on the losing side in UkraineThe Washington Post View Full Coverage on Google News
Petr Pavel, the Czech Republic’s president-elect, held a phone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday, becoming the first elected European head of state to do so, in a move that risks angering China. European Union leaders traditionally refrain from direct political contact with Taiwanese authorities, limiting official exchanges to the level of civil … Read more
A US general said in a memo on Friday that he believes the country will be at war with China by 2025, according to several outlets that obtained a copy of the communication. “I hope I am wrong,” Gen. Mike Minihan, a four-star Air Force general who leads the Air Mobility Command (AMC), said in … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that relations with Australia were moving in the right direction in the latest sign of an improvement in ties between the major trading partners. Key points: Chinese President Xi Jinping says both countries are “making active efforts towards the right direction of improving and growing China-Australia ties” China expert … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Beijing wants to be friends again. Chinese diplomats are fanning out with a new softer message for international partners and adversaries alike. Gone is the aggressive “wolf warrior” rhetoric. In its place, a warmer tone and a promise of economic cooperation. Vice Premier Liu … Read more
The reopening of China has reawakened a broader interest in foreign investing, and strategists expect it to deliver rewards to investors in its own markets and beyond this year. Strategists see China’s markets easily scoring double-digit gains this year. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is up just under 10% year-to-date while mainland markets, like Shanghai, … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DAVOS, Switzerland — The World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in the Swiss Alps is the greatest intersection of wealth and political power on the global calendar, but this year the balance is shifting. Each January, forum organizers became used to announcing another record-setting list … Read more
ABU DHABI — If the world gets lucky, this could be the year fossil fuel producers and climate activists bury their hatchets and join hands to reduce emissions and ensure our planet’s future. If that sounds hopelessly Utopian, take that up with the leaders of this resource-rich, renewables-generating Middle Eastern monarchy. The United Arab Emirates … Read more
In China, Xi Jinping Faces a Difficult Year on Several FrontsThe Wall Street Journal China’s Covid crisis: What went wrong and how bad is it? | Talking Post with Yonden LhatooSouth China Morning Post What China looks like after the abrupt abandonment of its zero-Covid policyITV News Opinion: China’s autocracy is in crisisThe Globe and … Read more