https://www.scmp.com/rss/41362/feed Wang Qishan was born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1948, and graduated from the History Department of Northwest University in 1976. Wang was a deputy governor of China's central bank between 1993 and 1994, then president of China Construction Bank from 1994 to 1997. He was appointed acting mayor of Beijing when SARS struck the city in spring 2003,  and served as mayor until 2007. Known for his straight-talking style and financial management expertise, Wang was promoted to vice premier in 2008. He... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang A senior Chinese financial regulator and former graft fighter has been placed under investigation for corruption, officials announced on Tuesday, marking one of the highest-profile purges among China’s financial regulatory apparatus in recent years. Zhou Liang, vice-chairman of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), is under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law”, a euphemism for corruption, bribery and abuse of power, according to an announcement by the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3347731/senior-chinese-financial-regulator-and-ex-graft-fighter-zhou-liang-under-corruption-probe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3347731/senior-chinese-financial-regulator-and-ex-graft-fighter-zhou-liang-under-corruption-probe?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:58:44 +0000 Xinlu Liang,Yuanyue Dang Xinlu Liang,Yuanyue Dang China’s anti-corruption watchdog has detailed how disgraced former banker and Communist Party chief of Hubei province Jiang Chaoliang received bribes for favours, ultimately landing himself and his brothers under investigation. The revelations came in an episode of a CCTV documentary series that aired on Tuesday night during the fifth plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). Held at the beginning of each year, the session aims to sum up the achievements of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3339899/chinas-anti-corruption-watchdog-reveals-how-former-banker-fell-bribery-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3339899/chinas-anti-corruption-watchdog-reveals-how-former-banker-fell-bribery-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:08:22 +0000 Josephine Ma Josephine Ma China crowned a busy week of grand diplomacy with a spectacular military parade on Wednesday, sending a message to the world that it has the determination and strength to champion a multipolar global order as geopolitical challenges rise. Flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and leaders from 26 countries, President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech on top of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the war against... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3324233/china-parades-statecraft-and-hardware-world-faces-critical-choices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3324233/china-parades-statecraft-and-hardware-world-faces-critical-choices?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:01:03 +0000 Former Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan has replaced ex-premier Zhu Rongji as honorary chairman of a high-profile multinational academic board that serves as a key “track 1.5” diplomacy channel for Beijing. The advisory board of the Tsinghua University school of economics and management was founded by Zhu in the year 2000 to be a platform for dialogue among the world’s business titans, leading academics and Chinese officials. Tsinghua University president Li Luming conveyed a message of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3284682/chinas-key-track-15-diplomacy-channel-sees-reins-pass-zhu-rongji-wang-qishan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3284682/chinas-key-track-15-diplomacy-channel-sees-reins-pass-zhu-rongji-wang-qishan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:00:18 +0000 Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make his first official trip to Argentina at the end of January, before visiting the United States, Portugal and China, an official said on Tuesday. Lula, as the 77-year-old leader is commonly known, will participate in the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), which takes place on January 23 and 24 in Buenos Aires. The leftist leader, who was sworn in as president of the South American giant for the third time... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3205497/brazils-lula-puts-biggest-trading-partner-china-among-first-official-visits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3205497/brazils-lula-puts-biggest-trading-partner-china-among-first-official-visits?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Jan 2023 03:02:42 +0000 The former president of China Merchants Bank (CMB) has been arrested on suspicion of “taking bribes and abusing power”, according to Chinese state-owned broadcaster CCTV, which cited the country’s top prosecutor. The National Commission of Supervision completed an investigation of Tian Huiyu, the ex-president and former party secretary of the bank, over allegations including taking bribes, abusing power and trading on undisclosed information, CCTV reported on Wednesday afternoon. The commission... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3197322/china-arrests-tian-huiyu-disgraced-former-cmb-president-following-xi-jinpings-pledge-zero-tolerance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3197322/china-arrests-tian-huiyu-disgraced-former-cmb-president-following-xi-jinpings-pledge-zero-tolerance?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:00:10 +0000 The political turmoil in Britain over Liz Truss’ surprise resignation as prime minister on Thursday will probably take some pressure off its strained ties with Beijing but the long-term outlook remains clouded, according to Chinese observers. While internet commenters in China expressed glee over Truss’ reign as the shortest-serving British prime minister in history, the Chinese foreign ministry refused to comment directly on Friday on the sudden departure of Truss, who continued her predecessor... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3196830/chance-stability-aftermath-china-hawk-liz-truss-analyst-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3196830/chance-stability-aftermath-china-hawk-liz-truss-analyst-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:30:14 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan will visit Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, and he could miss the upcoming Communist Party congress as a result of Beijing’s strict Covid rules. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular press briefing on Tuesday that Wang “will lead a delegation to Kazakhstan to attend the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia [CICA] in Astana”. The two-day trip is likely to mean Wang will be absent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3195605/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-heads-kazakhstan-and-may?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3195605/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-heads-kazakhstan-and-may?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:30:56 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan has joined world leaders at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday. Dressed in a black Mao suit and wearing a mask, Wang – as the special envoy of President Xi Jinping – paid tribute to the late queen alongside US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden and some 500 other foreign leaders and dignitaries. Wang also visited the queen’s lying-in-state in the Palace of Westminster on Sunday evening, two days after Parliament... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3193041/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-attends-queen-elizabeths?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3193041/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-attends-queen-elizabeths?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:00:10 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan is expected to attend the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth in London next week, diplomatic sources have told the Post. Wang is expected to arrive in the British capital on Sunday, a day before the funeral at Westminster Abbey, which is likely to be attended by hundreds of foreign dignitaries. His trip would be the latest by Chinese state leaders who had started to head overseas for diplomatic visits after spending most of the past three years at home as the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3192606/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-expected-attend-queen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3192606/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-expected-attend-queen?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:11:35 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan will attend the inauguration of Philippine president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr on Thursday, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday that Wang would attend as president Xi Jinping’s special representative, heading a Chinese delegation. In a phone call after the election in May, Xi congratulated Marcos on his win and expressed hopes of deepening ties between the two countries. Wang also sent a message... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3183396/chinas-vice-president-attend-marcos-inauguration-philippines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3183396/chinas-vice-president-attend-marcos-inauguration-philippines?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:51:08 +0000 China’s vice-president has told South Korea’s new leader that Beijing hopes for more strategic communication and high-level exchanges, a message delivered after he attended Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration in Seoul on Tuesday. Wang Qishan said South Korea and China “are important cooperation partners as well as close neighbours” with common interests, and should strengthen communication and coordination on international and regional affairs, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. “The two... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3177243/china-urges-cooperation-south-koreas-new-president-takes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3177243/china-urges-cooperation-south-koreas-new-president-takes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 May 2022 02:00:22 +0000 A former senior inspector of China’s top anti-corruption agency has been given a suspended death sentence for taking 463 million yuan (US$72.9 million) in bribes. Dong Hong, who was until 2018 a deputy leader of the central inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – the Communist Party’s top anti-corruption watchdog – pleaded guilty in court, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday. The Qingdao Intermediate People’s Court in eastern Shandong province said Dong... https://www.scmp.com/news/18th-party-congress/article/3165203/former-top-chinese-anti-graft-inspector-given-suspended?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/18th-party-congress/article/3165203/former-top-chinese-anti-graft-inspector-given-suspended?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:00:19 +0000 In late January, soon after Joe Biden entered the White House, Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan had a long conversation with an American guest in Beijing. John Thornton, a Wall Street veteran who had previously headed Goldman Sachs, is an old friend who had known Wang, President Xi Jinping’s right-hand man, when he was still a mid-level official in the 1990s. The pair steered their conversation far beyond day-to-day politics and talked about Chinese and American history, the clash of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3150303/what-chinese-vice-president-told-old-friend-us-about-communist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3150303/what-chinese-vice-president-told-old-friend-us-about-communist?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:00:18 +0000 A former senior inspector at China’s top anti-corruption agency has been charged with accepting 460 million yuan (US$71 million) in bribes. Dong Hong, who until 2018 was deputy leader of the central inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – the Communist Party’s top anti-corruption watchdog – faced trial on Thursday at the Intermediate People’s Court of Qingdao, eastern China, according to state broadcaster CCTV. His trial drew national attention because he is... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3146619/china-charges-former-top-corruption-inspector-taking-us71?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3146619/china-charges-former-top-corruption-inspector-taking-us71?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:48:10 +0000 China and the United States have more common interests than differences and should work together rather than seek confrontation, Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan said on Friday. Speaking to US business leaders and former officials at a videoconference – the first high profile meeting between the two sides since Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president – Wang appealed for greater cooperation and fewer clashes. “Upholding the spirit of non-conflict and non-confrontation, mutual respect and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3119825/us-china-relations-common-interests-outweigh-differences-wang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3119825/us-china-relations-common-interests-outweigh-differences-wang?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:30:05 +0000 Henry Paulson, a former US Treasury secretary long known as one of Washington’s strongest proponents of dialogue with Beijing, said President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods should not be lifted without the US getting something in return. “The American administration is about to change. But the clock will not simply be rewound,” Paulson said in a speech at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Monday. “We should look to a punitive toolkit built on targeted reciprocity that includes jointly... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3110109/former-us-treasury-secretary-henry-paulson-calls-targeted-reciprocity-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3110109/former-us-treasury-secretary-henry-paulson-calls-targeted-reciprocity-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:54:13 +0000 China’s rivalry with the United States will be the “biggest external uncertainty” that restrains its medium- and long-term development but “time is on China’s side”, the country’s top economic planning agency said in its assessment ahead of this week’s key meeting in Beijing to chart the future course of the world’s second-largest economy. “China will have to seek development in an ever more unstable and uncertain world,” it said. The assessment, completed in August and written by department... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3107470/china-us-rivalry-main-challenge-asian-giants-development-ndrc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3107470/china-us-rivalry-main-challenge-asian-giants-development-ndrc?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:30:12 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan made his first speech in nearly a year on Saturday, sending a message that Beijing will focus more on economic self-reliance and financial risk ahead of a crucial Communist Party gathering. Speaking through a video-link, he told the 2020 Bund Summit in Shanghai that the country would rely more on domestic markets and innovation to drive growth in the world’s second largest economy, pivoting away from the previous export-oriented and investment-led pattern. “The... https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3106947/china-will-focus-self-reliance-and-cutting-financial-risk-says-vice-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3106947/china-will-focus-self-reliance-and-cutting-financial-risk-says-vice-president?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:11:24 +0000 A senior Chinese government inspector, a long-time colleague of Vice-President Wang Qishan including when the latter was President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft tsar, has been placed under a corruption probe, it was announced on Friday. Dong Hong, who himself is a former senior disciplinary inspector for the central government, was under investigation for “suspected serious violation of laws and party rules”, according to a terse statement by the National Supervisory Commission (NSC), the country’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3103988/china-probes-former-aide-vice-president-wang-qishan-alleged?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3103988/china-probes-former-aide-vice-president-wang-qishan-alleged?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:00:20 +0000 As an elite group of business and political leaders gathered in Beijing last week to discuss global solutions to issues ranging from climate change to income inequality, one question lingered in the background: is globalisation, which has helped fuel unprecedented growth in China over the past two decades, still viable in its current form? The New Economy Forum was started last year by Michael Bloomberg, the media mogul and former mayor of New York City, to bring leaders from China and other... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3039104/globalisation-doomed-business-political-leaders-contemplate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3039104/globalisation-doomed-business-political-leaders-contemplate?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:00:13 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan has criticised protectionism and reaffirmed China’s commitment to letting the market play a decisive role, after US President Donald Trump raised fresh doubts about an interim trade deal. Without naming any particular nation, Wang said the international order was “under attack” because of protectionism and populism. “The rise of protectionism and populism have given a shock to the international order and economic globalisation,” Wang said on Thursday in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3038720/chinas-vice-president-wang-qishan-hits-out-protectionism-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3038720/chinas-vice-president-wang-qishan-hits-out-protectionism-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:28:48 +0000 A Japanese man reportedly detained by Beijing on allegations of spying has been released and returned to his home country, government officials in Tokyo said on Friday. Tokyo confirmed last month that a Japanese man in his 40s had been held by Chinese authorities since September on suspicion of violating Chinese laws, without providing details. Japanese media have identified him as a professor from Hokkaido University who was detained on suspicion of spying. “We confirmed his return … I’m glad... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3037971/japanese-spy-detained-china-last-month-allowed-return-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3037971/japanese-spy-detained-china-last-month-allowed-return-home?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:53:55 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan will attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony in Tokyo next week, the latest sign of improving ties ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected state visit to Japan next year. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Monday said Wang would attend the ceremony as Xi’s special envoy and he would also represent China at Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s inauguration for his second term on Sunday. Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have been... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3032898/china-send-wang-qishan-japanese-emperor-naruhitos-enthronement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3032898/china-send-wang-qishan-japanese-emperor-naruhitos-enthronement?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:30:14 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan has said Beijing should remain committed to economic globalisation despite the challenges posed by the trade war with the United States. Wang made the remarks on Monday with China and the US poised to resume their trade negotiations, which stalled in May, since the US slapped further tariffs on Chinese imports. “China’s development can’t be separated from the world, and the world’s development cannot be separated from China,” Wang said in an opening address to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3017667/globalisation-best-way-through-trade-war-says-chinas-vice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3017667/globalisation-best-way-through-trade-war-says-chinas-vice?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jul 2019 05:05:11 +0000 Vice-President Wang Qishan – who is known as China’s “firefighter” for taking on the tough jobs – said his main task now was “ceremonial diplomacy”, amid speculation that he has played a behind-the-scenes role in trade negotiations with Washington. Wang made the remarks on Monday when he met Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary, who was on an official visit to Beijing, according to Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television. “After 13 years, you’ve become more mature and I’ve become old,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3017001/firefighter-wang-qishan-working-behind-scenes-trade-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3017001/firefighter-wang-qishan-working-behind-scenes-trade-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:30:11 +0000 China said on Monday that it had Germany’s support in defending the global multilateral order, as its trade war with the US continues to escalate. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the two sides had “reached an agreement that in facing a complicated and ever-changing international environment, both China and Germany should jointly uphold multilateralism, maintain the current international order and oppose behaviour that will damage the current order with abusive sanctions”. “Both... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3012954/china-germany-agree-uphold-global-multilateral-order-berlin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3012954/china-germany-agree-uphold-global-multilateral-order-berlin?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:01:13 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan has urged Pakistan to bolster security for Beijing’s major development drive in the country, following the deadly terror attacks two weeks ago which appeared to target Chinese projects, including the strategic deep-sea port at Gwadar. Wang met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan during a three-day state visit to Islamabad, which concluded on Tuesday, and raised concerns for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including the need for “effective measures... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3012171/china-seeks-security-guarantees-pakistan-belt-and-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3012171/china-seeks-security-guarantees-pakistan-belt-and-road?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 May 2019 12:30:12 +0000 Beijing is stepping up efforts to seek support from regional and global players such as Russia and Central Asian nations as its geostrategic rivalry with Washington heats up. President Xi Jinping is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next month, when he will also address the St Petersburg International Economic Summit, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told state-run TASS news agency earlier. The Chinese president will also visit the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3012017/china-looks-russia-central-asia-support-amid-tensions-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3012017/china-looks-russia-central-asia-support-amid-tensions-us?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 May 2019 01:15:04 +0000 During his run as premier under President Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji – a former Shanghai mayor – was the object of respect from Western leaders and one reason they regarded China’s rise as a sustainable economic and geopolitical force with which they would have to work, like it or not. He had the force of intellect, semi-ready pragmatism, and a command over the relevant mainland bureaucracies that were relied on to deliver on understandings with Washington. Since he stepped down 16 years ago, a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2183892/wang-qishan-could-be-new-face-chinese-pragmatism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2183892/wang-qishan-could-be-new-face-chinese-pragmatism?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:03:32 +0000 China has just reported its slowest growth in nearly three decades, but some analysts are still confident that the economy is not close to tanking. China bulls are not as common as they used to be, but those that remain echo the views of Vice-President Wang Qishan, who told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that “growth will continue and be sustainable”. “We believe that we haven’t reached the end, we are actually pursuing more sustainable growth,” Wang told the annual gathering of elites in... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2183630/china-bulls-echo-wang-qishans-view-davos-chinas-economy-fine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2183630/china-bulls-echo-wang-qishans-view-davos-chinas-economy-fine?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:50:07 +0000 In the wake of the lowest quarterly mainland growth figures for decades and a warning to top cadres from President Xi Jinping against risks to China’s stability, many were apprehensive about what to expect when one of Xi’s most trusted aides addressed the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. Vice-President Wang Qishan surprised global political and business elites with optimism that China’s growth remains on track to deliver “modest prosperity” for all Chinese people by next year. Indeed... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2183536/wang-qishan-confidence-one-thing-success-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2183536/wang-qishan-confidence-one-thing-success-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:50:06 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan sought to reassure the world’s business and political elite about China’s economy at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, while also warning other countries against dominating future technologies and making what appeared to be a thinly veiled criticism of the Trump administration’s “bullying” tactics. Addressing the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Wednesday, Wang said China’s economic growth rate – which last year was 6.6 per cent,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2183390/china-track-more-growth-vice-president-wang-qishan-tells?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2183390/china-track-more-growth-vice-president-wang-qishan-tells?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:15:30 +0000 US President Donald Trump may have missed a chance to meet Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan after he pulled out of the World Economic Forum in Davos, but analysts say trade talks between the two sides remain on track. Trump said in a tweet on Thursday he had cancelled his trip to the forum, citing the “safety of our nation” as the reason amid a partial government shutdown in the United States as he continues to push for funding for a border wall with Mexico. “Because of the Democrats’... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181745/donald-trump-wont-be-davos-trade-talks-expected-go-without-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181745/donald-trump-wont-be-davos-trade-talks-expected-go-without-him?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:30:15 +0000 China’s vice-president said cooperation is the best choice for Beijing and Washington while reiterating his nation will stay committed to its own path, a day after mid-level trade talks ended on a positive note. “As Chinese-US relations stand at a new starting line, it must stay committed to our original aspiration and focus on coordination, cooperation and stability,” Wang Qishan said at a reception in Beijing on Thursday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China and the US establishing... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181517/chinas-vice-president-wang-qishan-says-cooperation-united?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181517/chinas-vice-president-wang-qishan-says-cooperation-united?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:38:38 +0000 China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan is likely to hold talks with US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting later this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. The talks, on the sidelines of the Davos forum in Switzerland, which runs from January 22 to 25, would be the second high-level meeting between China and the United States in two months as they continue to seek to reduce trade tensions. China’s President Xi Jinping and Trump agreed to a 90-day... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2180840/donald-trump-set-hold-talks-chinas-vice-president-wang-qishan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2180840/donald-trump-set-hold-talks-chinas-vice-president-wang-qishan?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jan 2019 12:00:00 +0000 This story is part of an ongoing series on US-China relations produced jointly by the South China Morning Post and POLITICO, with reporting from Asia and the United States. China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan will lead the Chinese delegation at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting from January 22-25 in Davos, Switzerland, according to two separate sources familiar with the arrangements. It is not known if Wang will have an official meeting with US President Donald Trump, who will be making... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2180512/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-lead-davos-delegation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2180512/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-lead-davos-delegation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:04:54 +0000 Vice-President Wang Qishan said China will maintain its “strategic focus” and will not abandon its economic model, at a time when the country is facing an increasingly hostile external environment due to the trade war with the United States. Wang told an event in Guangzhou on Monday that China would strive to be a leader in ‘economic globalisation’ and pledged support for the multilateral economic system. After four decades of nearly uninterrupted economic boom, China’s growth prospects have... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2177421/chinas-vice-president-vows-keep-strategic-focus-amid-mounting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2177421/chinas-vice-president-vows-keep-strategic-focus-amid-mounting?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:26:54 +0000 Peter Navarro and Henry Paulson, two Americans with vastly divergent views on trading with China, made speeches last week that indicate a speedy resolution to the US-China trade war may be hard to find. White House trade adviser Navarro, speaking at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, criticised Wall Street bankers and American “globalist elites” for interfering in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations with Beijing. Calling them “unregistered foreign... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2173440/when-even-china-hawks-and-doves-agree-its-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2173440/when-even-china-hawks-and-doves-agree-its-time?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:00:45 +0000 Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan’s presence at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore was a signal from Beijing that it wants to engage in high-level dialogue with the United States, according to observers. The list of attending Chinese officials at the New Economy Forum was not decided until a week before the event opened on Tuesday, but originally was headed by a ministerial-level official, according to a source. The late decision to send Wang was intended to show that China still... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2172161/chinese-vice-president-sends-signal-washington-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2172161/chinese-vice-president-sends-signal-washington-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:31:53 +0000 Beijing is facing strong headwinds to reverse tensions with Washington after missing “extremely good opportunities” to address problems in the past, according to a China scholar. “We are now in a very difficult position. I don’t see either side trying to break the downward slide of bilateral relations,” said Orville Schell, Arthur Ross director of the Centre on US-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York. He said there had been no new proposals to de-escalate trade tensions and no new... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171971/china-faces-strong-headwinds-mend-ties-us-after-missed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171971/china-faces-strong-headwinds-mend-ties-us-after-missed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:00:30 +0000 Political and business leaders gathered at the newest sanctum of the global elite – the Bloomberg New Economy Forum – on Tuesday preached realism as their mantra when reading the tea leaves on United States-China ties, and cautioned against excessive alarmism at the current state of feuding between the two powers. Pitched as an Asia-and-Africa-focused rival of sorts to the annual World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, the first edition of the conference saw intense discussion on issues that... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/2171999/calm-heads-prevail-discussion-us-china-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/2171999/calm-heads-prevail-discussion-us-china-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:00:00 +0000 China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan delivered unusually personal, off-the-cuff remarks in Singapore before his keynote address at a new economic forum after US tycoon Michael Bloomberg introduced him as “the most influential political figure” in China and the world. Wang, widely seen as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s right-hand man, seemed taken aback by the description at the inaugural Bloomberg New Economy Forum, and tried to “lighten the mood” by speaking about the pitfalls of flattery before... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171922/chinese-vice-president-unmoved-bloombergs-sweet-talk-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171922/chinese-vice-president-unmoved-bloombergs-sweet-talk-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:15:30 +0000 China is ready to engage with the US to resolve their months-long trade war, Vice-President Wang Qishan said at a new economic forum in Singapore hosted by US billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Wang, widely reputed to be a “firefighter” and one of President Xi Jinping’s most trusted allies, pushed back against Washington’s “America first” trade policies in a nearly 20-minute keynote address on Tuesday at the newly inaugurated Bloomberg New Economy Forum, without making reference to US President... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171856/china-ready-talk-resolve-us-trade-war-vice-president-wang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171856/china-ready-talk-resolve-us-trade-war-vice-president-wang?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 01:45:15 +0000 Beijing will send Vice-President Wang Qishan to a new economic forum organised by American tycoon Michael Bloomberg, where he is expected to offer assurances that China will continue to open its economy amid an escalating trade war with the US. It will be Wang’s third overseas trip since he was appointed vice-president in March. Wang, who is known as a “firefighter” and President Xi Jinping’s right-hand man, has made more regular international appearances since September last year. Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171048/china-send-wang-qishan-forum-business-elites-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2171048/china-send-wang-qishan-forum-business-elites-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:43:00 +0000 China has agreed to begin free-trade talks with Palestine, Beijing said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the country trying to increase its political and economic engagement in the Middle East. Commerce officials from the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding during Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan’s visit to the region, the first by a top level official in almost 20 years, the commerce ministry said in a statement. Wang, who oversaw the signing ceremony with Palestinian Authority... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2170002/china-palestine-sign-agreement-begin-free-trade-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2170002/china-palestine-sign-agreement-begin-free-trade-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:02:07 +0000 China is preparing to enhance its technological cooperation with Israel as Vice-President Wang Qishan travels to the Middle East next week, but closer ties between the two nations could trigger a security dilemma for Israel amid the rivalry between China and the United States. Wang, the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Israel in nearly two decades, will lead a delegation to the fourth China-Israel Innovation Committee, which is hosted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2169476/china-warms-israel-ties-could-cause-security-quandary-long-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2169476/china-warms-israel-ties-could-cause-security-quandary-long-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:03:09 +0000 Vice-President Wang Qishan will travel to Israel later this month to attend a major innovation summit, the most senior Chinese official to visit in nearly two decades, as Beijing moves to broaden hi-tech ties with the Middle Eastern nation, Israeli media reported. Wang, known as a “firefighter” and President Xi Jinping’s right-hand man, is expected to head the fourth China-Israel Innovation Committee during the three-day trip from October 22 to 25, according to the local Haaretz newspaper. He... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2167719/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-attend-innovation-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2167719/chinese-vice-president-wang-qishan-attend-innovation-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:07:07 +0000 A senior Japanese politician has invited Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan to visit Japan, in the latest sign that ties strained by territorial disputes and historical grievances are on the mend. Wang, a trusted ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping, received a high-level Japanese delegation on Friday for a meeting said to be in preparation for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip to China. There is growing speculation that Abe will visit China around October 23, when the two nations... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162355/beijing-tokyo-ties-mend-japan-invites-chinese-presidents-right?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2162355/beijing-tokyo-ties-mend-japan-invites-chinese-presidents-right?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Sep 2018 11:49:33 +0000 Wang Qishan is widely considered China’s most powerful vice-president, but the man dubbed “the firefighter” for taking on tough jobs might not have the hands-on role in US trade talks that many observers had expected, according to a source who spoke to Wang recently. Wang is reputed to be one of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s most trusted and important allies. Although he retired from the country’s highest decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee, in October, Xi appointed him... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2160877/china-us-trade-war-vice-president-wang-qishan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2160877/china-us-trade-war-vice-president-wang-qishan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:00:45 +0000