https://www.scmp.com/rss/321418/feed Moritz Rudolf is a fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, focusing on the implications of China’s rise for the international legal order. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A recent report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders about the existence of “secret Chinese police stations” in cities around the world has sparked investigations in several European countries and attracted the attention of the FBI. But while these investigations aim to protect the rule of law from subversion, they also highlight how unprepared Western democracies are to grapple with China’s growing international influence. In their eagerness to appear “tough on China”, Western media and government... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3200806/west-must-be-prepared-face-growing-global-reach-chinas-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3200806/west-must-be-prepared-face-growing-global-reach-chinas-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Nov 2022 03:15:09 +0000 European countries are currently divided over whether to join US President Joe Biden’s diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The episode underscores that, when it comes to dealing with China, Europe and the US truly are an ocean apart. Most European governments cannot reconcile their interests with the vision of a US-led coalition of democracies standing up to the world’s autocracies, and officials balk at pursuing a China policy focused on containment, under the guise of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3161380/eu-can-play-crucial-role-averting-armed-conflict-between-us-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3161380/eu-can-play-crucial-role-averting-armed-conflict-between-us-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:30:20 +0000 Click to view the full-size infographic in high resolution Sources: Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics), IMF, World Bank, International Monetary Institute, Renmin University of China, Rhodium Group, HSBC, Daiwa Capital Markets, Geography Cement, hongxiang100.com https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1874865/infographic-one-belt-one-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1874865/infographic-one-belt-one-road?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:15:45 +0000