https://www.scmp.com/rss/502861/feed Insights and takeaways from China Conference: United States, an annual flagship conference organised by the South China Morning Post. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A Palestinian official said that Israeli forces shot dead a teenager holding US citizenship in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, while the Israeli military said it had killed a “terrorist” who threw rocks at cars. Omar Muhammad Saadeh Rabee, a 14-year-old “who was killed in Turmus Ayya, held US citizenship”, the town’s mayor, Lafi Shalabi, said. The Israeli military said that during “counterterrorism activity” in Turmus Ayya, “soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks towards the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3305434/west-bank-teenager-us-citizenship-killed-israeli-forces-palestinian-official-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3305434/west-bank-teenager-us-citizenship-killed-israeli-forces-palestinian-official-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:53:52 +0000 [Sponsored Article] Recent SPAC Trends Over the last 3 years, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have become an increasingly popular way to gain capital and take a company public on the market. In fact, there were 613 SPAC initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2021, a significant increase from the 248 in 2020. The total SPAC IPO proceeds also nearly doubled last year, increasing from $82.1 billion in 2020 to more than $162 billion in 2021. However, experts are calling the 2021 SPAC... https://www.scmp.com/events/business/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3185936/spac-market-trends-and-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/events/business/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3185936/spac-market-trends-and-new?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:00:28 +0000 In this discussion, Dr. Mary E. Lovely, Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Sourabh Gupta, Head of the Trade & Tech Program at the Institute for China-America Studies, spoke about the growing importance of ASEAN and the current state of shifting supply chains the Southeast Asian region. This conversation is hosted by Owen Churchill, U.S.-Based Reporter at the South China Morning Post. The Role of ASEAN in the Diversification of Supply Chains The Association of... https://www.scmp.com/events/news/china/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3164948/asean-supports-supply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/events/news/china/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3164948/asean-supports-supply?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:28:48 +0000 The World Trade Organization (WTO) authorised China on Wednesday to impose US$645 million of compensatory tariffs against the United States in a ruling likely to receive a cool reception in Washington. China went to the WTO in 2012 to challenge anti-subsidy tariffs the United States imposed between 2008 and 2012, mainly during the term of US President Barack Obama, on 22 Chinese products ranging from solar panels to steel wire. The decade-long case into alleged subsidies has centred on whether... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3164842/china-has-right-impose-tariffs-us645-million-us-products?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3164842/china-has-right-impose-tariffs-us645-million-us-products?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:07:15 +0000 While US President Joe Biden seeks “strategic competition” with China and “common-sense guard rails” to avoid veering into conflict, former diplomats and other China observers say that the bipartisan hostility China faces in Congress is preventing cooperation between the two nations. The difficult US political environment has left Biden little room to forge more amicable relations with China, while the Chinese Communist Party’s concerns over political and economic instability also contribute to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3158977/us-congressional-hostility-toward-china-limits-bidens-ability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3158977/us-congressional-hostility-toward-china-limits-bidens-ability?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:32:02 +0000 China remains on top of international investors’ agenda as they continue to pour billions of dollars into Chinese bonds and equities despite the pandemic and political tension between Washington and Beijing, according to the boss of Hong Kong’s bourse operator. This will further strengthen Hong Kong’s role as a connector between mainland China and the global markets, Nicolas Aguzin, chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), said on Wednesday. “We’re not seeing a decoupling at... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3158916/international-investors-firmly-focused-chinas-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3158916/international-investors-firmly-focused-chinas-market?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:00:16 +0000 Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has urged business and community leaders in the United States to “take a rational, fair and objective view of China’s development”, stressing that getting the relationship between the two countries right is not optional, but “something we must do, and must do well”. In a pre-recorded keynote speech played on Tuesday at the opening of the Post’s annual “China Conference: United States”, Liu Guangyuan, commissioner of China’s foreign affairs office in Hong Kong,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3158788/beijings-top-diplomat-hong-kong-calls-us-business-leaders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3158788/beijings-top-diplomat-hong-kong-calls-us-business-leaders?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:17 +0000 Former US trade negotiator Wendy Cutler said China’s entry into a Pacific Rim trade pact was unlikely despite its expressions of interest because it would require economic reforms that Beijing is not prepared to make. Cutler, who spoke on Wednesday in the annual China conference, organised by the South China Morning Post and held virtually this year, was the US Trade Representative Office’s chief negotiator for the pact reached under president Barack Obama. She said she remained sceptical about... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112325/china-probably-wont-join-trade-deal-has-replaced-tpp-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112325/china-probably-wont-join-trade-deal-has-replaced-tpp-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:05:45 +0000 Beijing’s former top trade negotiator has dismissed as “groundless” claims that China would not meet strict criteria to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in the long term. President Xi Jinping said two weeks ago the country was “actively considering” joining the formerly American-backed trade pact, setting off debate as to whether China would meet its terms of entry, including on state-owned enterprises (SOEs), labour rights and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3112284/chinas-former-trade-chief-hits-out-groundless-claims-country?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3112284/chinas-former-trade-chief-hits-out-groundless-claims-country?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:30:17 +0000 The world’s two biggest trading nations ought to resume regular dialogue at strategic and operational levels to prevent disputes from spiralling out of control, avoiding the kind of quarrel that led to the ruinous two-year-long US-China trade war, China’s former top trade envoy has said. The United States and China should relaunch their biannual strategic and economic dialogues (SEDs) when president-elect Joe Biden takes office in January to discuss five issues: their trade gap, protection of... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3112197/us-china-should-address-trade-gap-and-humanitys-shared?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3112197/us-china-should-address-trade-gap-and-humanitys-shared?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:30:16 +0000 US President-elect Joe Biden should avoid any summit meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping until Beijing tones down its behaviour and Washington repairs its own alliances first, a group of China experts in the US warned on Tuesday. Speaking at the annual China conference, organised by the South China Morning Post and held virtually this year, long-time China watchers said that while the two countries might not fully cut ties with each other after Biden takes office next month, they seem almost... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112183/joe-biden-should-repair-us-alliances-meeting-xi-jinping-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112183/joe-biden-should-repair-us-alliances-meeting-xi-jinping-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:42:03 +0000 “Put away the megaphone” and take a leaf out of Japan’s diplomatic playbook – that was former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s advice to Canberra as the country’s relationship with China continues to deteriorate to lows unseen since ties were formalised five decades ago. Speaking at the China Conference organised by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, Rudd said he viewed Tokyo’s ability to deal with Beijing as particularly instructive because of the similarities between the East Asian... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3112064/deal-china-australia-should-learn-japan-and-put-away-megaphone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3112064/deal-china-australia-should-learn-japan-and-put-away-megaphone?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:00:20 +0000 Former Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa has warned that the city has become one of the biggest sticking points, along with Xinjiang and Taiwan, preventing better relations between China and the US and other Western powers. Blaming a campaign against Beijing based on misconceptions and misunderstanding, Tung said Hong Kong had been an indisputable part of the country since the end of British rule in 1997, and Western powers had no authority over the city. Tung, now a vice-chairman of China’s top... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3112167/ex-leader-tung-chee-hwa-warns-hong-kong-has-become-one-main?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3112167/ex-leader-tung-chee-hwa-warns-hong-kong-has-become-one-main?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:21:24 +0000 A return to stability in US-China ties is possible if both sides acknowledge that it takes “two to tango” and keep open minds on seemingly intractable subjects such as the future of Hong Kong and Taiwan, according to the former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. Rudd, speaking at the China Conference: United States organised by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, lauded the experience of US President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy team, noting that his candidate for secretary of state,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3112145/us-china-relations-ex-australia-pm-rudd-sees-re-engagement-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3112145/us-china-relations-ex-australia-pm-rudd-sees-re-engagement-no?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:15:09 +0000 Former diplomats, including Hong Kong elder statesman Tung Chee-hwa and other high-profile analysts, will square off on Tuesday in a two-day series of discussions over what is next for a US-China relationship that has been tested on nearly every front and may face new challenges as power changes hands in Washington. In his keynote remarks at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference: United States (CCUS), former Hong Kong chief executive Tung will note that the decades since the US... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112040/us-china-relations-two-day-virtual-conference-features-stellar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112040/us-china-relations-two-day-virtual-conference-features-stellar?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:01:06 +0000 [Sponsored Article] In Asia, attitudes toward sustainable investing have changed radically in just a few years. Much of this shift started as top- down driven. Now a ground-up narrative is fast developing as private and institutional money chases better ESG disclosures and practices. Top-down drive gaining traction Sustainable investing (SI) has been growing across Asia, with over USD 10trn worth of assets under management signed up to the UN Principles for Responsible Investing in the past... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3041472/whats-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3041472/whats-future?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jan 2020 08:02:29 +0000 [Sponsored Article] Future of US-China relations Tensions between the US and China are rooted in geopolitical rivalry. So while an interim deal should help de-escalate the trade conflict and boost market sentiment in the near term, the strategic competition will likely persist in the years ahead. Technology and finance are potentially the next focus of the conflict. Trade deal no panacea The relationship between the US and China may never be the same. Patience for Beijing to acquiesce to Western... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3041633/whats-next-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/china-conference-united-states/article/3041633/whats-next-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2019 04:10:55 +0000 China’s former commerce minister has issued a strong rebuff against “unthinkable” suggestions that the world’s two largest economies could disengage from each other due to the ongoing tensions caused by the trade war, with Chen Deming saying: “To hell with decoupling!” The United States and China have found themselves linked for the past 40 years, but with the 18-month trade war having led to the straining of the relationship, suggestions have been made that a technological decoupling could... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3041537/china-us-decoupling-unthinkable-says-former-commerce-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3041537/china-us-decoupling-unthinkable-says-former-commerce-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:06:26 +0000 A former US government trade official has warned that China and the United States are likely to miss a looming deadline to reach an agreement meant to pave the way for an end to their trade war. “Both sides have said that they are very close, but I can tell you as a trade negotiator that the last mile is always the most difficult,” former acting deputy US trade representative Wendy Cutler said, speaking at China Conference USA: Competition or Cooperation? sponsored by the South China Morning... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3041545/us-china-trade-deal-deadline-likely-be-missed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3041545/us-china-trade-deal-deadline-likely-be-missed?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:08:06 +0000 The outcome of the blistering US-China trade war is the most immediate of several variables poised to fundamentally shape the US-China relationship over the next decade and deeply influence the rest of the world, analysts at a conference on US-China relations said on Tuesday in New York. The panellists expressed hope that the two superpowers could dial back their distrust and suspicion moving ahead but added that they weren’t expecting much immediate progress. “Now more than ever, it’s very... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3041539/us-china-trade-war-fallout-among-crucial-factors-will-ripple?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3041539/us-china-trade-war-fallout-among-crucial-factors-will-ripple?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:51:44 +0000 The US and China’s race for primacy over fifth-generation mobile technology threatens to impede its rapid roll-out to consumers and broader society as well as inhibit innovation – but the rivalry is unlikely to end any time soon. That was the view of technology experts addressing the future of 5G standards and the telecoms ecosystem at a conference focused on US-China issues in New York on Tuesday. “It’s not really productive or accurate to talk about the race to 5G in a binary context or as a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3041532/us-china-telecoms-battle-will-hurt-5g-roll-out-and-technological?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3041532/us-china-telecoms-battle-will-hurt-5g-roll-out-and-technological?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:32:32 +0000 The heads of an influential American business group in Hong Kong were denied entry to Macau and detained for several hours on Saturday, before being sent back with no reason given. According to a statement issued on Saturday night by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham), its chairman Robert Grieves and president Tara Joseph were separately prevented from entering the former Portuguese colony as they travelled to the annual AmCham Macau Ball. “Both Robert and Tara were given no... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3041104/heads-influential-american-business-group-hong-kong-denied?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3041104/heads-influential-american-business-group-hong-kong-denied?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Dec 2019 14:28:52 +0000 After working in the United States for more than a decade, Zheng Yefeng felt he had hit a glass ceiling. He also saw that the gap in artificial intelligence between China and the US was narrowing. Last year Zheng, who worked as a researcher at Siemens Healthcare in New Jersey, made a decision that addressed both problems. He accepted an offer to head up the medical research and development team at Tencent’s YouTu artificial intelligence lab in Shenzhen, known as China's Silicon Valley. “There... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3040797/beijings-hopes-ai-dominance-may-rest-how-many-us-educated-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3040797/beijings-hopes-ai-dominance-may-rest-how-many-us-educated-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:30:11 +0000 Washington has considered banning Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest telecoms equipment supplier, from the US financial system, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday. Earlier this year the White House National Security Council debated whether to put the Chinese telecommunications giant on the Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. The financial sanctions plan, which was ultimately shelved in favour of imposing a separate ban on Huawei buying US products and... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3040605/chinas-huawei-already-banned-us-tech-heres-what-happens-if-it-put?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3040605/chinas-huawei-already-banned-us-tech-heres-what-happens-if-it-put?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:30:14 +0000 China’s government assumes that the US-China trade war may drag on indefinitely and that the stand-off may lead to a “partial decoupling” of the two economies, a former high-ranking US State Department official said after returning from Beijing.  “We met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the central party … and people at the National People's Congress in [China]. They were all pessimistic in the short to medium term about US-China relations,” Susan Thornton, a former acting assistant... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3040668/former-us-envoy-says-chinese-officials-anticipate-partial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3040668/former-us-envoy-says-chinese-officials-anticipate-partial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:41:42 +0000 The Trump administration considered banning China’s Huawei from the US financial system earlier this year as part of a host of policy options to thwart the blacklisted telecoms equipment giant, according to three people familiar with the matter. The plan, which was ultimately shelved, called for placing Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s second largest smartphone producer, on the Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. One of the people familiar with the matter, who... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3040472/white-house-considered-kicking-huawei-out-us-banking-system-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3040472/white-house-considered-kicking-huawei-out-us-banking-system-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:40:46 +0000 The US has been warning other countries not to buy telecommunications gear from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. The government will soon put real money behind the effort. A new agency, called the US International Development Finance Corporation, plans to tap some of its US$60 billion budget to help developing countries and businesses purchase equipment from other companies. “The US is very focused on ensuring there’s a viable alternative to Huawei and ZTE. We don’t want to be out there... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3040456/us-tap-us60-billion-war-chest-boon-huawei-and-zte?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3040456/us-tap-us60-billion-war-chest-boon-huawei-and-zte?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:26:39 +0000 Chinese tech giant Huawei, facing US criminal charges and economic sanctions, is planning to relocate its telecommunications research facilities from the United States to Canada, founder Ren Zhengfei said in an interview published on Tuesday. Speaking with the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, Ren said the company was also considering building new factories in Europe to make fifth-generation, or 5G, equipment. The pivot comes as Washington steps up... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3040455/huawei-shift-research-hostile-us-canada-founder-ren-zhengfei-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3040455/huawei-shift-research-hostile-us-canada-founder-ren-zhengfei-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:46:35 +0000 POLITICO POLITICO This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Juan Perez Jnr on politico.com on November 26, 2019. The Trump administration wants businesses, universities and civic groups to help improve American science research – while citing threats of foreign government influence as a key concern. A request out this week from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy seeks input on less contentious items such as administrative workloads and how... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3039488/trump-administration-warns-foreign-government-influence-us-research?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3039488/trump-administration-warns-foreign-government-influence-us-research?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:51:26 +0000 China has said it will raise penalties on violations of intellectual property (IP) rights in an attempt to address one of the sticking points in trade talks with the United States. The world’s second largest economy will also look into lowering the thresholds for criminal punishments for those who steal IP, according to guidelines issued by the government on Sunday. It did not elaborate on what such moves might entail. The US wants China to commit to cracking down on IP theft and stop forcing... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3039232/china-raise-penalties-ip-theft-trade-war-compromise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3039232/china-raise-penalties-ip-theft-trade-war-compromise?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:15:22 +0000 Global investors plan to deploy their money next year in businesses that rely on domestic revenues, analysts say – a sign that capital is shifting to avoid the headwinds of rising protectionism as the world grows less interconnected. Geopolitical issues are expected to drive the markets in 2020, more than business fundamentals such as revenues and profitability, according to the newly released UBS Investor Watch on the Year Ahead. The poll surveyed more than 3,400 high-net-worth investors with... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3039019/global-capital-seeks-act-locally-2020-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3039019/global-capital-seeks-act-locally-2020-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:28:29 +0000