https://www.scmp.com/rss/501344/feed Chen Gong, founder of the Anbound think tank, is a scholar and author, well known for his achievements in the field of information analysis in public policy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com There is no simple, direct answer to the current state of US-China relations, which are determined by a complexity of circumstances and conflicting realities. Earlier this month, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Vienna, Austria, for two days of talks, and both sides released statements that carried intriguing subtleties. The White House referred to “candid, substantive and constructive discussions” on bilateral, global and regional security issues,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3221173/biden-looking-improve-us-china-relations-beijing-can-ensure-meetings-are-more-masquerade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3221173/biden-looking-improve-us-china-relations-beijing-can-ensure-meetings-are-more-masquerade?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 May 2023 00:15:14 +0000 The People’s Liberation Army said on August 10 it had concluded its largest exercises around Taiwan in decades, following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, and that it would continue regular combat readiness patrols in the Taiwan Strait. From a geostrategic perspective, the exercises are a clear sign that a blockade of Taiwan has always been part of Beijing’s plan to achieve unification. Breaking the opponent’s resistance without a fight and causing them to collapse on their own... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3189031/how-pla-military-drills-around-taiwan-weaken-us-indo-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3189031/how-pla-military-drills-around-taiwan-weaken-us-indo-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Aug 2022 22:45:23 +0000 There are many who still cling to an illusion about the future prospects of US-China relations. They believe that, with some positive factors, both countries could get back to harmonious relations. This group includes many entrepreneurs and people with a long history of cooperation with China. There are those who have academic or technological partnerships, as well as those with financial investment relationships. There are also many from one country with family ties to the other through... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3175936/why-us-china-relations-will-only-get-worse-no-matter-who-white?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3175936/why-us-china-relations-will-only-get-worse-no-matter-who-white?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:30:14 +0000 The way the West has jointly mobilised to impose comprehensive sanctions on Russia in response to its war on Ukraine is likely to have exceeded Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expectations. Putin – perhaps to show that he is in charge of a major power or a leader who holds true to his words – has ordered Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces to be put on high alert, or “special mode” as he called it. That he has ordered the fortification of Russia’s 6,000-warhead arsenal is tantamount to a major... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3170727/despite-putins-bluster-world-no-closer-nuclear-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3170727/despite-putins-bluster-world-no-closer-nuclear-war?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:30:13 +0000 Politicians in the US Congress are due to vote soon on the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. Whether or not the bill is passed, it shows that US intervention in Hong Kong will only increase as the city becomes a geopolitical battlefield amid US-China strategic competition and friction. This will not only affect Hong Kong’s entrepot trade but also its status as a financial centre and the internationalisation of the yuan. Unlike trade, financial transactions are focused on market stability... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3032563/hong-kongs-status-finance-hub-makes-it-us-target-which-may-force?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3032563/hong-kongs-status-finance-hub-makes-it-us-target-which-may-force?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:00:12 +0000 With the outbreak of the trade war with the United States and the imposing of US tariffs, China’s foreign trade and investment environment is facing great changes. Some foreign investors have chosen to withdraw to avoid tariffs and evade sanctions. At a July 11 news conference in Beijing, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng said he had noticed reports of affected business confidence at some foreign firms in the country but that the government will continue to safeguard the business... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3020234/what-makes-chinas-latest-wave-foreign-capital-withdrawal-different?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3020234/what-makes-chinas-latest-wave-foreign-capital-withdrawal-different?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jul 2019 19:00:11 +0000 With China’s demographic dividends gradually disappearing in recent years, production costs have soared in the world’s second-largest economy. This, and mounting environmental pressures have led many Chinese and foreign multinationals to relocate their factories to Southeast Asia. More importantly, many are looking to offset the business risks from the intensification of the trade war between the United States and China. That said, it is simplistic to assume the business environment in Southeast... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3016550/moving-factories-china-southeast-asia-watch-out-rising-costs-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3016550/moving-factories-china-southeast-asia-watch-out-rising-costs-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Jun 2019 19:00:09 +0000