https://www.scmp.com/rss/511617/feed Dr Winston Fung is a research fellow at the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute. His area of research includes Sino-US relations and its impact on Hong Kong, evolution of international norms and the role of identity in international politics. He received is PhD in International Relations from the University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The mysterious appearance of a superyacht in Hong Kong, allegedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, led to the US warning of damage to Hong Kong’s reputation in harbouring sanctioned assets and Beijing retorting that the city is under no obligation to observe “unilateral” sanctions. The case highlights the reality that the city is unavoidably enmeshed in US-China tensions. It raises the question of how such tensions could affect Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s call to ensure Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3196900/russian-superyacht-row-highlights-need-hong-kong-define-its-international-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3196900/russian-superyacht-row-highlights-need-hong-kong-define-its-international-role?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:45:13 +0000 “Dialogue of the deaf” was how the European Union’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell described the recent EU-China summit, at which both sides talked past each other. Brussels tried to convince China to abide by sanctions on Russia. Beijing instead focused on EU-China trade. This is evidently symptomatic of the growing gulf between China and the West. The bigger question, though, is what is causing this gulf? Most analyses point to power politics or ideological competition, but there is... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3176486/china-can-help-bridge-divide-west-offering-mediate-between-russia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3176486/china-can-help-bridge-divide-west-offering-mediate-between-russia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 May 2022 17:30:20 +0000 “China’s investment in diplomacy falls, as its global ambitions rise”, the Post reported on December 12. However, a reduction in China’s diplomatic resources is not the sole or even main challenge for China’s foreign policy. An increase in diplomatic resources alone will not solve the challenges facing China, whether from increasing competition with the United States, growing suspicion from the West in general or increasing scrutiny facing the Belt and Road Initiative. The real crux of the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3161846/china-needs-new-zhou-enlai-revive-foreign-policy-era-us-competition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3161846/china-needs-new-zhou-enlai-revive-foreign-policy-era-us-competition?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:30:09 +0000