SCMP Columnist

Robert Delaney

Robert Delaney is the Post's US bureau chief. He joined the Post after nearly 20 years in journalism. He spent 11 years in China as a language student and correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg.

Mobile phone footage captured the attack on an unidentified Asian woman on the New York City subway on Tuesday. Image: Juan Ayala via Facebook

United States & Canada

Video shows shocking racist assault on Asian woman in New York subway

15 Dec 2018 - 10:36pm 159

David Mulroney, Canada’s former ambassador to China, sees parallels between Michael Kovrig’s detention and the 2014 case of Kevin and Julia Garratt. Photo: Harbin University

Diplomacy

Ex-Canadian ambassador warns Kovrig detention has precedent as reprisal

12 Dec 2018 - 8:28pm 73

US and Chinese presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Forbidden City in Beijing in 2017. Trump has been known to trade away Washington’s principles in exchange for an expeditious deal. Photo: AFP

Opinion

Huawei, Patrick Ho cases just more bargaining chips for Trump’s trade war

11 Dec 2018 - 4:12am 13

China summons US envoy to protest ‘unreasonable’ arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou, threatens to retaliate

United States & Canada

China summons US ambassador and threatens further steps in Huawei case

12 Dec 2018 - 8:48pm 177

Arrest of Huawei’s Sabrina Meng Wanzhou signals trouble for US tech companies doing business with China

United States & Canada

Huawei arrest signals trouble for US tech companies with business in China

12 Dec 2018 - 8:55pm 45

Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer and executive director of Huawei. Photo: Handout

Politics

China wants clarity over arrest of Huawei CFO at US’ request

12 Dec 2018 - 8:53pm

Huang Ping, China’s new consul general in New York, and his wife Zhang Aiping at the China Institute gala on Wednesday night. Photo: Robert Delaney

Diplomacy

China breaks with tradition in selection of New York consul general

3 Dec 2018 - 6:39am 2

Some analysts predicted an interim deal after the meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, rather than an end to the trade dispute. Photo: AP

China Economy

China in ‘weaker’ economic position than US as Trump-Xi set for G20 talks

29 Nov 2018 - 11:26pm 96

China’s ZTE may have cheated on US deal by installing Dell hardware for Venezuela, senators tell White House

Diplomacy

China’s ZTE cheated on deal with US, senators tell White House

30 Nov 2018 - 3:23am 64

Donald Trump sets sights on increased China tariffs and may tax more than US$500 billion in Chinese goods as trade war rages on

United States & Canada

Trump still sees China tariff hike and may tax over US$500 billion in goods

27 Nov 2018 - 9:12am 119

In praise of the Donald Trump playbook, which will help the US score a victory over China, albeit temporarily

Opinion

All hail a Trump victory over China (be quick, it won’t last long)

27 Nov 2018 - 2:56pm 53

China Institute’s Blue Cloud Gala honorees this year include artist Liu Dan, the creator of works such as this contemporary ink painting, ‘Airy Mountains, Rushy Glens after Li Tang’. Photo: Dickson Lee

Diplomacy

Chinese fine arts to hit the spotlight at China Institute gala in New York

24 Nov 2018 - 1:04am

Peking turkey at RedFarm in New York.

China

‘Peking turkey’? At Thanksgiving in US, it’s on at least one Chinese menu

23 Nov 2018 - 9:45am 1

Former Hong Kong Home Affairs Secretary Patrick Ho Chi-ping, photographed in Aufust 2017, faces eight bribery and money-laundering charges in US District Court in Manhattan. Photo: Tony Cheung/SCMP

Hong Kong

Jurors in Patrick Ho’s bribery trial will hear accounts of arms sales

15 Nov 2018 - 11:00pm 2

A burned-out vehicle rests against a tree in Concow, California, on November 11, after fire ripped through the area. Three major wildfires are roaring through California. The so-called “Camp Fire” in the north has already destroyed more than 6,700 structures, and is considered the most destructive fire in state history. Photo: AFP

Opinion

California burns, but climate change is now a matter of opinion

13 Nov 2018 - 2:42am 12

New satellite images of hidden ballistic missile bases suggest North Korea’s claims to be eliminating its nuclear weapons are a deception. Photo: CSIS/Beyond Parallel/DigitalGlobe

East Asia

North Korea hiding bases that could launch nuclear missiles at US

13 Nov 2018 - 4:02pm 38

No big deal: Trump-Xi talks at G20 unlikely to produce breakthroughs, analysts say

China

Trump-Xi talks at G20 ‘unlikely to produce breakthroughs’

3 Nov 2018 - 10:38pm 42

Donald Trump said he and Xi Jinping “talked about many subjects, with a heavy emphasis on trade”. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Trump and Xi have ‘good conversation’ on trade war ahead of G20

2 Nov 2018 - 12:50pm 70

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Wednesday that a series of US actions had been taken “to convince China to behave like a normal nation”. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

US secretary of state warns China to ‘behave like a normal nation’

1 Nov 2018 - 11:31pm 199

On Wednesday the US accused China of hacking US and European aviation companies. Photo: Bloomberg

Military

US charges 10 Chinese agents with hacking aviation companies

31 Oct 2018 - 10:33pm 55

President Donald Trump discusses his hardline approach to immigration during an event in the White House. Photo: TNS

Opinion

Mass shootings have become a fact of American life, like Trump’s hate

30 Oct 2018 - 4:27am 11

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Diplomacy

Pompeo promises ‘strong and vigorous response’ to China’s strategies

27 Oct 2018 - 11:15pm 107

Xu Yanjun. Photo: Handout

China

Suspected Chinese spy brings former US government official onto legal team

26 Oct 2018 - 3:08pm 8

Yanjun Xu.

Politics

US keeping accused Chinese spy jailed over use of alias

20 Oct 2018 - 3:18am 43

The meeting between Kanye West and Donald Trump in the Oval Office last week made great material for late-night show hosts. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion

Laugh now at Trump’s follies, but climate change isn’t funny

16 Oct 2018 - 7:55am 10

American global leadership is vastly preferred to that of China, a new poll finds. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Diplomacy

United States or China as world leader? Asians vastly prefer US, study says

13 Oct 2018 - 11:39pm 475

US federal agents lured a Chinese government spy to Belgium, where authorities transferred him to the US for prosecution on economic espionage charges. Photo: AP

Politics

Chinese spy caught in ‘rare’ sting after ‘plot to steal US trade secrets’

11 Oct 2018 - 10:49am 243

Mike Pence’s speech comes after US President Donald Trump accused China during a UN Security Council meeting of interfering in American elections. Photo: AFP

Politics

Pence hits out at China, saying it’s trying to sabotage elections

5 Oct 2018 - 5:07pm 116

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump shake hands last November during Trump’s visit to Beijing. Photo: TNS

Opinion

Kavanaugh inquiry a reminder to China the gloves are off in Washington

2 Oct 2018 - 3:09am 34

‘China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election, coming up in November, against my administration,’ Trump told the UN Security Council

United States & Canada

Trump says China is interfering in US elections ‘because we’re winning’

27 Sep 2018 - 5:17pm 50

US president’s speech to the General Assembly suggests further escalation in trade war with Beijing, while praise for Kim Jong-un cites ‘his courage’ on nuclear disarmament

United States & Canada

Trump slams China at UN for ‘victimising’, ‘cheating’ and ‘plundering’ US

26 Sep 2018 - 9:31am 179

Agreements with Japan and Australia have already been put in place by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

South Asia

India in talks to join US deal countering China’s belt and road

25 Sep 2018 - 10:30pm 66

Terry Branstad, the US Ambassador to China, was summoned by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Saturday over new sanctions that were imposed after Beijing procured military equipment from Russia. Photo: Bloomberg

Diplomacy

Tension escalates as China summons US ambassador over military sanctions

23 Sep 2018 - 3:44pm 68

Harry Harris, the ambassador to South Korea, at the Ministry of Foreign Affair in Seoul on September 11, 2018. Photo: Alamy Live News

East Asia

Top US diplomat in Seoul takes hard line on North Korea’s nukes

22 Sep 2018 - 10:09pm 17

Media reports dismissing a Daily Beast report as ‘pure fabrication’ are accurate, says the director of the Wilson Centre’s Kissinger Institute on China and the US

Politics

Henry Kissinger ‘didn’t press Trump to work with Russia’ to box in China

21 Sep 2018 - 9:50am 19

The founder of the e-commerce site JD.com was arrested August 31 in Minneapolis on suspicion of rape; Liu was released the next day and he returned to China

China

Rape claims against JD.com’s Richard Liu under review for possible charges

15 Oct 2018 - 11:31am

The new 10 per cent tariffs will rise to 25 per cent on January 1

United States & Canada

Trump hits China with new US$200 billion tariff attack

18 Sep 2018 - 4:22pm 365

Robert Delaney says those sure that the US ‘free market’ approach beats China’s state-led tech strategy should worry that California, home to Silicon Valley, remains a favourite target of Republican disdain

Opinion

Trump’s hatred of California may crush its advantages over China

18 Sep 2018 - 6:18am 9

Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the US House Foreign Relations Committee, said Thursday he was very concerned that the sanctions programme against North Korea ‘is faltering’. Photo: Reuters

East Asia

US House members frustrated with administration’s North Korea policies

14 Sep 2018 - 6:54am 3

JD.com faces US class action lawsuits as CEO Richard Liu's arrest over rape claim sparks share price slide

E-Commerce

JD.com faces US share-price slide lawsuits in wake of Richard Liu's arrest

6 Sep 2018 - 10:23am 27

No charges have been filed, with the Minneapolis Police sex crimes division still investigating the alleged incident

Society

Arrest details revealed: JD.com boss Liu was accused of first-degree rape

26 Sep 2018 - 7:25pm 38

US President Donald Trump holds up a defence bill named for Senator John McCain on August 13, 2018. Photo: AP

Opinion

Will a tide of McCain mania sweep aside Trump’s support?

3 Sep 2018 - 7:43pm 18

US President Donald Trump, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Wednesday. He says Chinese pressure on North Korea has stymied progress on denuclearisation. Photo: TNS

East Asia

China slams ‘absurd logic’ after Trump accuses Beijing over North Korea

30 Aug 2018 - 9:49pm 60

Steven Mnuchin tells CNBC that Washington’s priorities are now negotiating new deals with Mexico, Canada and Europe

China

US treasury secretary says trade talks with China are on back burner

29 Aug 2018 - 6:48am 41

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a news conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Photo: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

East Asia

Moon Jae-in’s credibility is a casualty of fraying US-North Korea ties

29 Aug 2018 - 11:04pm 5

Two days of low-level negotiations ended on Thursday with no positive moves towards ending the trade war

China

Latest US-China trade talks end not with a bang but a whimper

24 Aug 2018 - 11:24pm 64

The Information Technology Industry Council, the sector’s trade group, is urging the Trump administration to focus on China’s new cybersecurity laws. Image: Reuters

Big Tech

Tech sector hopes to focus US attention on China’s cybersecurity law

23 Aug 2018 - 2:53am 12