https://www.scmp.com/rss/326290/feed Dr Yu Jie is Senior Research Fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Programme, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and associate fellow at LSE IDEAS. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With its conceptual ambiguity, “Indo-Pacific” is the latest geopolitical buzzword between the United States and its allies. Behind its increased use is an overt aim to curb China’s growing economic, political and military influence between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Beijing’s foreign policy deliberation is being rigorously tested with this increasing tilt by the West towards the Indo-Pacific. For China, this tilt complicates the already erratic relations between Beijing and Taipei, escalates... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3130182/win-hearts-indo-pacific-china-must-end-its-combative-diplomacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3130182/win-hearts-indo-pacific-china-must-end-its-combative-diplomacy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:30:12 +0000 The notion that China will emerge stronger from the crisis and seek to fill the void in global leadership left by a retreating United States has become conventional wisdom among Western commentators. Judging by the long-delayed meeting this year of the National People’s Congress, though, Chinese leadership is more focused on managing its own economic woes than leading the world. Beijing holds its conservative maxim that no matter how complicated the international situation has become, China must... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3087713/coronavirus-and-trade-war-pushing-china-focus-fixing-economy-rather?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3087713/coronavirus-and-trade-war-pushing-china-focus-fixing-economy-rather?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jun 2020 01:00:19 +0000 Sometimes the world needs a crisis to turn challenges into opportunities. The Covid-19 pandemic indeed presents a geopolitical opportunity for China to step up and fulfil its desire to be seen as a respected global leader by extending swift international assistance in the form of medical equipment and sharing clinical experience. But China’s pandemic diplomacy strategy must proceed carefully, particularly amid the vociferous and growing anti-China rhetoric, led by the United States. The Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3079971/chinas-coronavirus-diplomacy-succeed-beijing-must-dial-generosity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3079971/chinas-coronavirus-diplomacy-succeed-beijing-must-dial-generosity?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:00:10 +0000 On December 18, President Xi Jinping summoned a grand gathering for the 40th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s landmark reform and opening up, attended by the most important Communist Party cadres, entrepreneurs and Olympic champions, to reveal China’s next steps in its reform agenda for the coming decades. The event took place after a tumultuous 2018, where China found itself fighting an economic slowdown coupled with an unexpected and enduring trade war with Beijing's most important economic and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/world/article/2180086/xi-jinping-can-dramatically-reform-chinas-economy-or?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/world/article/2180086/xi-jinping-can-dramatically-reform-chinas-economy-or?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:15:15 +0000 Europe remains disengaged in Asian geopolitical struggles. Brussels has shown no interest or capacity to get involved in the global power struggles between Beijing and Washington. Instead, China is viewed almost exclusively in economic terms, as an opportunity for European service-oriented economies and a threat to the European manufacturing sectors. While the European Union seems incapable of resolving one severe crisis after another, Beijing will inevitably reassess the value of its... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2153765/how-trump-can-bring-china-and-european-union-closer-if?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2153765/how-trump-can-bring-china-and-european-union-closer-if?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jul 2018 03:15:45 +0000 UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s upcoming visit to Beijing is part of London’s efforts to build “Global Britain” by forging new trade partnerships beyond the EU. “Brexiteers” claim to be encouraged by friendly noises from potential bilateral trade partners. But these are mainly former colonies, mostly small or in Australasia, whose modest markets are now part of the Chinese economic orbit. Apart from US President Donald Trump, whose enthusiasm for Brexit appears both frivolous and mischievous, it... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2129965/dont-let-politics-get-way-sino-british-economic-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2129965/dont-let-politics-get-way-sino-british-economic-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:06:05 +0000