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China's No. 5 official gains favor within Xi's inner circle

asia.nikkei.com BEIJING -- As the fifth-ranked figure in the Chinese Communist Party, Cai Qi has amassed an extensive set of duties that observers say attests to the favor he enjoys from…

U.S. and China Prepare for Possible Blinken Visit to Beijing

wsj.com Washington and Beijing are preparing for a potential visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken later this month that could include a meeting with Chinese…

China steps up support for Putin as Western sanctions bite

finance.yahoo.com China’s total trade with Russia has soared to levels not seen since the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, official data showed, as Beijing steps up support for…

Foreign CEOs in China Keep ‘Heads Down’ to Manage Tricky Ties

asiafinancial.com Scores of foreign CEOs, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook, have made their way to China in the last few months, as the world’s second-largest economy reopens…

Hong Kong Asks Court to Stop Protest Anthem From Circulating Online

nytimes.com “Glory to Hong Kong,” which grew organically out of the pro-democracy protests in 2019, became an anthem for the movement. Efforts to ban “Glory to Hong Kong,” a song…

For Musk and other foreign CEOs visiting China, silence is golden

reuters.com SHANGHAI/BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - A veritable parade of overseas CEOs including Tesla's (TSLA.O) Elon Musk and Goldman Sachs' (GS.N) David Solomon have made their way to…

Is Asleep At The AI Wheel

forbes.com Since the launch of generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT last November, America has been consumed by the hype, hoopla, and indeed the hysteria surrounding the promise and…

India and China are kicking out each others’ journalists in the latest strain on ties

edition.cnn.com India and China are fast heading toward having few or no accredited journalists on the ground in each others’ country – the latest sign of fraying relations between the…

12.9 million Chinese students take college entrance exam as pressures mount

edition.cnn.com For nearly 13 million high school students across China, Wednesday marks a day that could make or break their plans for college and the increasingly competitive job market…

Blinken to embark on high-stakes trip to China

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks for talks, two U.S. officials told NBC News on Tuesday. The news comes…

South Africa eyes virtual BRICS summit to dodge Putin arrest warrant

semafor.com The Scoop JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is considering hosting the headline meeting of leaders from BRICS nations entirely online to avoid Russian President Vladimir Putin…

The West must get real and seize chance for Ukraine settlement

asia.nikkei.com Masahiro Matsumura is professor of international politics and national security at the faculty of law of St. Andrew's University in Osaka. French President Emmanuel Macron's…

Real estate is China's economic Achilles heel

noahpinion.blog This is the second in a short series of posts about China’s economy. The first post, from last week, was entitled “Where China is beating the world”. I once joked to a…

How regulators are mitigating the risk of extinction from AI: Law Decoded, May 29

cointelegraph.com The lively discussion around artificial intelligence (AI) continues. Last week, dozens of AI experts — including the CEOs of OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic — signed…

JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon bows to Beijing

washingtonexaminer.com CEO of JP Morgan Chase and former board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Jamie Dimon is recognized as the nation’s preeminent banker. Since 2005, when he…

China’s war chest: how Beijing has rearranged the diplomatic pieces ahead of a potential conflict

theguardian.com In diplomatic terms, China could be said to have already won its battle against Taiwan. Most of the world’s governments – including the US – formally agree with the Chinese…

Ramaswamy Pushes AR-15s For Every Taiwanese Family To Deter China's Threat

benzinga.com Republican presidential primary Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday said the U.S. should give Xi Jinping "a taste of American exceptionalism" to protect Taiwan. What Happened:…

The Fraying Of The Liberal International Order

zerohedge.com The Fraying Of The Liberal International Order Authored by Ramesh Thakur via The Brownstone Institute, International politics is the struggle for the dominant normative…

China EV market share hits 27 percent, tax breaks extended

theregister.com Asia In Brief China's State Council last week anounced an extension of tax breaks for vehicles powered by alternative energy. China is already the world's largest market for…

Hong Kong's loss of rights looms as Taiwan commemorates Tiananmen

axios.com TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of people gathered in Taipei on Sunday to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement in China, which was crushed…

Vivek Ramaswamy Proposes ‘Major Concessions to Russia’ in Contentious Interview With ABC’s Martha Raddatz

mediaite.com ABC News’ Martha Raddatz cast doubts on Vivek Ramaswamy’s approach to foreign policy, especially his willingness to give “major concessions to Russia” to end the war in…

Tesla Soars 10% Amid Musk's China Visit, Lucid Slumps On Stock Sale, Ford-Uber's Win-Win Partnership And More: Biggest EV Stories Of The Week

benzinga.com Electric vehicle stocks closed the week ending May 19 on a mixed note, with market leader Tesla, Inc. TSLA having a strong run amid CEO Elon Musk's first China visit since…

CIA Director William Burns Made A Secret Trip To China. Here's Why

benzinga.com CIA director William J. Burns made a secret visit to China in May, according to The Wall Street Journal. According to the report, a U.S. official said that Burns' visit to…

China is drilling a hole over 33,000-feet-deep to explore the Earth's crust

businessinsider.com This aerial photo taken on May 30, 2023 shows the drilling project of a borehole over 32,808 feet deep for scientific exploration in northwest China's Xinjiang region. Li…

Taiwan war would be ‘devastating’ for world, Lloyd Austin warns at Shangri-La Dialogue

fortune.com Defense chiefs from around the world gathered in Singapore for Asia’s largest security forum to discuss major threats as tensions rise between the US and China. In a speech…

Why Is China Digging 33,000 Feet Into The Earth's Crust?

zerohedge.com Why Is China Digging 33,000 Feet Into The Earth's Crust? Chinese scientists broke ground Tuesday on a planned 10,000-meter (32,808) foot hole into the Earth's crust - the…

What is China's strategy for Central Asia? – DW

dw.com China will host leaders from five Central Asian countries to boost economic and trade ties with the region. With Russia hit by sanctions, Central Asia is becoming more…

What the world’s hottest MBA courses reveal about 21st-century business

economist.com S Graduate School of Business ( ) exhorts its students to dream big. When one of its alumni in the class of 2006, Rishi Sunak, became Britain’s prime minister last year, the…

The fault lines in America’s China policy

economist.com T between America and China has a postmodern look to it. Whereas presidents tried to isolate and contain the Soviet Union, America is economically entwined with China, the…

Investors Have Soured on China’s Stocks, Renewing Fears About Economy

nytimes.com Data have been mixed about the performance of China’s factories, which are a bellwether of the economy. They initially reacted enthusiastically to China’s reversal of…

CIA Chief Made Secret Visit To China To Salvage Spiraling Relations

zerohedge.com CIA Chief Made Secret Visit To China To Salvage Spiraling Relations CIA director Bill Burns recently made a secret trip to China in an attempt to rescue deteriorating…

Finding the Tank Man in Ourselves on the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre

newsweek.com They have been continually rumbling in my mind and heart since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre 34 years ago. We will commemorate the anniversary Sunday. In the spring of…

Jamie Dimon Visits Taipei With China Tensions Boiling: JPMorgan CEO Is Third American Exec To Visit In Recent Weeks

benzinga.com JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM CEO Jamie Dimon, arrived in Taipei Friday on an unofficial trip to meet with the bank's employees and clients at a time of heightened tensions…

CIA Director Bill Burns took a secret trip to China in May

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — CIA Director William Burns visited Beijing last month, his first trip to China since becoming the head of the intelligence agency for the Biden administration,…

US, Taiwan sign trade deal over China's opposition

aol.com The United States signed a trade agreement Thursday with Taiwan over opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory. The two…

There's a global backlash brewing against the US dollar as world leaders say it's being weaponized for American interests

fortune.com All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the hegemony of the US dollar. Brazil and China recently struck a deal to settle trade in their local currencies, seeking…

Foreign investors are pulling out of Chinese markets at a faster pace as the economic rebound stumbles

markets.businessinsider.com Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a press conference at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, China September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool Foreign…

China's Ukraine envoy urges countries to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article China’s Ukraine envoy appealed Friday to other governments to…

Chinese censors remove protest site Sitong Bridge from online maps

theguardian.com Chinese censors scrubbing the internet of any words or symbols that could be used to reference the Tiananmen Square massacre in the run-up to Sunday’s anniversary have a new…

Farm animals, crops suffer from extreme weather affecting China

edition.cnn.com With parts of China experiencing record high temperatures and heavy rains, reports of farm animals and crops suffering from extreme weather patterns are dominating headlines…

Putin’s War Ignites Backlash Against US Dollar Across the World

finance.yahoo.com All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the hegemony of the US dollar. • None China Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the Earth • None Wall Street Banks…

Bank of China chairman visits PNG amid Sino-U.S. rivalry

asia.nikkei.com Bank of China chairman Ge Haijiao has traveled to Papua New Guinea (PNG) as the world's fourth-largest bank seeks an operating license in the Pacific islands nation, which…

U.S.-China ties weigh on security summit as defense chiefs meet in Singapore

cnbc.com "Any meeting between Austin and Li would reassure other countries in the region, but I don't think it would change the security dynamic or the potential for instability."…

US Lacks 'Effective Tool' To Stop China’s Tech Theft: Treasury Official

zerohedge.com US Lacks 'Effective Tool' To Stop China’s Tech Theft: Treasury Official Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States lacks an…

Partial U.S.-Taiwan trade deal is a first step, but China still hates it

washingtonpost.com The United States and Taiwan signed a modest trade agreement Thursday, underscoring Washington’s commitment to the self-governing island that China claims as its own. The…

Xi Calls On China's Top National Security Officials To Prepare For "Worst Case Scenarios"

zerohedge.com Xi Calls On China's Top National Security Officials To Prepare For "Worst Case Scenarios" By Alex Wu of The Epoch Times Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on May 30…

Elon Musk wrapped up his first visit to China in years. Here's what the Tesla CEO was up to

cnbc.com Elon Musk left Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a whistle-stop tour of China in which the billionaire met with top officials, praised the country's technology development…

Xi Jinping highlights tech self-sufficiency message in new book

scmp.com Chinese president Xi Jinping determined as early as a decade ago that the country had to pursue self-sufficiency in key technologies, according to a new book of his speeches.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wraps up whirlwind two-day trip to China

theglobeandmail.com Tesla Inc TSLA-Q Chief Executive Elon Musk departed Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a two-day trip to China in which he met senior Chinese government officials including…

Elon Musk Concludes China Trip With Promising Talks And Factory Visit: Here's What Happened

benzinga.com Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk left Shanghai on Thursday morning local time after his first visit to China in three years and returned to the U.S. and Twitter after two days.…

I Went to China for the First Time in 3 Years, and I Saw Just How Formidable It Is

nytimes.com I Went to China for the First Time in 3 Years, and I Saw Just How Formidable It Is On my first trip to China in more than three years, I awoke to an uncharacteristically…

Elon Musk's whirlwind China trip included talks with vice premier

reuters.com Chief Executive Elon Musk departed Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a two-day trip to China in which he met senior Chinese government officials including the…

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