South Korea invited senior Chinese and Japanese officials for a rare trilateral meeting, regarded as an attempt to allay Beijing’s fears about Seoul and Tokyo’s growing security relations with the US and resurrect a long-stalled trilateral leaders’ summit. Seoul has been strengthening ties with the United States and Japan while North Korea conducts regular nuclear … Read more
This week, President Joe Biden will attend a second meeting with leaders of Pacific island nations as part of a charm drive by the United States to prevent additional Chinese incursions into a vital region that Washington has long regarded as its own backyard. The United States will formally recognize two Pacific islands during the … Read more
It “wouldn’t be credible” for the UK to stop cooperating with China. In his recent trip to Beijing, the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly made this statement. This was the first high-level British visit in five years. China is the UK’s fourth-largest trading partner, with combined trade between the two countries reaching £107.5 billion in the … Read more
On the eve of the release of its most recent iPhone, Apple did not require a crisis in China, according to Mark Gurman in Bloomberg. Beijing last week started ordering government employees to stop using Apple goods entirely, whether at work or at home, citing cybersecurity worries as just as company leaders were getting ready … Read more
On Tuesday, China revealed a proposal to strengthen ties between the coastal province of Fujian and independent Taiwan. While promoting the advantages of deeper cross-strait collaboration, China also sent warships in a show of military force to the island. The State Council and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party simultaneously issued the directive, … Read more