https://www.scmp.com/rss/325830/feed Elisabeth Braw is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Last month, a US government panel rejected Chinese internet tycoon Jack Ma’s US$1.2 billion bid for MoneyGram, a US-based money transfer firm. It was reported that, according to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the planned acquisition raised concerns that Ant Financial would use MoneyGram’s software to spy on US citizens. The companies mutually agreed to terminate the merger. And in Congress, a bill that would bar Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from bidding for US... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131334/europes-security-concerns-over-chinese-investments-need-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131334/europes-security-concerns-over-chinese-investments-need-be?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:24:09 +0000 This summer, Norwegian Public Radio reported that an icebreaker was about to embark on a circumnavigation of the North Pole. But the icebreaker wasn’t Norwegian. In fact, the vessel doesn’t come from any of the countries that make up the Arctic: it’s Chinese, and its journey is just the latest illustration of China’s Arctic ambitions. Though none of the Arctic nations officially complain about their adopted neighbour near the North Pole, they are concerned. Beijing would be well-advised to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2120850/china-needs-spell-out-its-arctic-ambitions-ease-suspicions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2120850/china-needs-spell-out-its-arctic-ambitions-ease-suspicions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:08:46 +0000