https://www.scmp.com/rss/521799/feed The latest news and top stories on the Centre for China and Globalisation. A prominent Beijing based research institute, the Centre for China and Globalisation (CCG) is dedicated to researching China’s role in globalisation and fostering international understanding. Established in 2008, it focuses on global governance, international economy, trade, relations and migration. Recognised as a leading independent think tank, CCG holds special consultative status with the UN ECOSOC and is ranked among... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Teresa Elena Frontado,Lucy Quaggin Teresa Elena Frontado,Lucy Quaggin US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to help broker an end to the Iran conflict and ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring how Middle East tensions have become intertwined with a broader effort by Washington and Beijing to steady relations. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity set to air on Thursday evening in the US, Trump said Xi had personally expressed willingness to assist amid mounting concerns over disruptions in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3353610/trump-says-xi-offered-help-iran-china-seeks-keep-hormuz-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3353610/trump-says-xi-offered-help-iran-china-seeks-keep-hormuz-open?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 May 2026 17:28:41 +0000 Cao Jiaxuan Cao Jiaxuan The coming summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump offers a window to stabilise bilateral ties through trade deals, but former diplomats and business figures have urged the leaders to move beyond commerce during their talks. At a forum held by the Centre for China and Globalisation (CCG) in Beijing on Sunday, analysts and former officials called on the leaders to address issues such as healthcare, climate change, technological decoupling and AI... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3351609/why-experts-say-trade-wins-arent-enough-xi-trump-summit-may?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3351609/why-experts-say-trade-wins-arent-enough-xi-trump-summit-may?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:18 +0000 Kolette Lim Kolette Lim Most Southeast Asians would choose China as a strategic partner over the US if forced to pick, as analysts attribute the findings of an annual survey to recent geopolitical and trade uncertainties driven by Washington’s policies. But analysts warn against interpreting the respondents’ sentiment in the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute survey as a zero-sum game between the superpowers, saying that Asean is looking to diversify partners in a multipolar world. When asked which superpower the region... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3349247/most-asean-prefer-china-over-us-partner-poll-trump-cited-biggest-concern?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3349247/most-asean-prefer-china-over-us-partner-poll-trump-cited-biggest-concern?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:05:32 +0000 Wendy Wu Wendy Wu China should support India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, a prominent US economist has suggested, saying the two Asian powers could overcome historical grievances and political distrust to inject stability into the world. “China’s real interest is true, stable multipolarity,” Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs told a seminar in Beijing on Friday, urging India not to become a pawn in a US game to hold China back. “I believe that China should, after... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3347428/china-india-and-why-jeffrey-sachs-says-us-needs-make-un-great-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3347428/china-india-and-why-jeffrey-sachs-says-us-needs-make-un-great-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:00:10 +0000 Xiaofei Xu Xiaofei Xu Trade talks between China and the United States in Paris this weekend are likely to focus on setting the scene for the Beijing summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump later this month, analysts said, downplaying the prospects of any significant breakthroughs. Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are expected to discuss potential deals on tariffs, investment, and trade in soybeans and rare earths, which would be presented as deliverables for the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3346505/us-china-trade-talks-what-expect-senior-officials-meet-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3346505/us-china-trade-talks-what-expect-senior-officials-meet-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:08 +0000 Cao Jiaxuan Cao Jiaxuan A deepening cash crunch at the United Nations has reignited debate over the future of multilateralism, with analysts warning that the crisis also reflects a more profound shift in how the United States views the world body. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week warned that the organisation was at risk of “imminent financial collapse” as unpaid contributions threatened programme delivery, with funds potentially running out by July. In a rare letter addressed to all 193 member states,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342614/un-grapples-cash-crisis-dont-expect-china-fill-gap-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342614/un-grapples-cash-crisis-dont-expect-china-fill-gap-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:10 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s plan for advanced chip production at a Japanese plant will help it hedge against US tariff threats and the possibility of a Beijing blockade around Taiwan, analysts said, while providing Japanese giants such as Sony and Toyota with local access to advanced chips for artificial intelligence applications. C C Wei, president and CEO of the world’s top chip foundry, known as TSMC and based in Taiwan, said on Thursday after meeting Japanese Prime Minister... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3342524/tsmc-japan-plan-advanced-chips-seen-hedge-against-pressure-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3342524/tsmc-japan-plan-advanced-chips-seen-hedge-against-pressure-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:00:10 +0000 Ralph Jennings,Kandy Wong Ralph Jennings,Kandy Wong China is likely to accept Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips following US clearance, driven by immediate demand in the country’s vast tech sector, according to analysts – though they said Beijing would push to replace them over time. The American chip giant’s second-most-advanced AI processor can be exported to China from Thursday, as long as shipments total no more than half the amount sold in the US, according to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3339896/why-china-may-buy-nvidias-h200-chips-trump-eases-curbs-and-replace-them-later?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3339896/why-china-may-buy-nvidias-h200-chips-trump-eases-curbs-and-replace-them-later?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:00:19 +0000 Ji Siqi,Shi Jiangtao,Kandy Wong,Ralph Jennings Ji Siqi,Shi Jiangtao,Kandy Wong,Ralph Jennings As a diplomatic row sees Japanese company executives put visits to China on hold, Beijing is preparing to roll out the red carpet for South Korean business leaders accompanying President Lee Jae-myung on a state visit starting Sunday. The contrasting receptions highlight how geopolitics is reshaping corporate ties in East Asia. Analysts expect continued friction between Beijing and Tokyo in 2026 to accelerate Japanese efforts to de-risk from the Chinese market. Conversely, Beijing’s warming... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3338540/chinas-diplomatic-divide-red-carpet-south-korea-cold-shoulder-japanese-firms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3338540/chinas-diplomatic-divide-red-carpet-south-korea-cold-shoulder-japanese-firms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:00:11 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Beijing and New Delhi have taken another step towards normalising economic ties after a five-year rift, as China moves to introduce a simplified visa process for Indian nationals that could help it tap India’s fast-growing travel market. The Chinese embassy in New Delhi said earlier this month that Indian citizens would be able to apply for visas online from December 22, sparing them time-consuming initial in-person visits to the embassy or other consular offices in the country. The move follows... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337089/china-eases-visa-rules-india-tapping-us216-billion-travel-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337089/china-eases-visa-rules-india-tapping-us216-billion-travel-market?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Dec 2025 03:00:17 +0000 Xinyi Wu Xinyi Wu China has launched a national-level service platform to help returning overseas students find work and start businesses, as the country steps up its efforts to attract talent and the number of returnees surges. The Ministry of Education has partnered with 50 organisations to provide returnees with entrepreneurial mentors and match them directly with local government and corporate needs. The measures show the value of overseas returnees is still recognised at the national level, despite recent... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336586/china-offers-more-support-returning-overseas-students-influx-grows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336586/china-offers-more-support-returning-overseas-students-influx-grows?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:00:09 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Recent moves by the United States – including President Donald Trump’s meeting with leaders of resource-rich Central Asian countries and the expansion of a US government critical minerals list – signal an urgency in Washington to reduce its reliance on rare earths from China before tensions with Beijing flare up again, analysts said. Despite China’s Ministry of Commerce on Sunday suspending export controls on “dual-use items” related to several key minerals for a year as part of the US-China... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3332221/us-stepping-global-rare-earths-hunt-despite-china-trade-agreement-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3332221/us-stepping-global-rare-earths-hunt-despite-china-trade-agreement-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:10 +0000 Zhao Ziwen Zhao Ziwen China’s top leadership has pledged to build an immigration system to lure foreign talent in a move that may help increase its competitiveness amid the ongoing technological competition with the United States. In the blueprint for the five-year plan that starts next year, Beijing said it would “establish an immigration system for hi-tech talent”, and “attract and cultivate outstanding talent from around the world”. The plans, released on Tuesday following a major policy meeting of the Communist... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3330788/china-pledges-immigration-system-hi-tech-talent-part-new-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3330788/china-pledges-immigration-system-hi-tech-talent-part-new-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:32 +0000 Xiaofei Xu,Carol Yang Xiaofei Xu,Carol Yang China has denounced the United Kingdom for sanctioning 11 Chinese companies over “alleged connections” with Russia despite Beijing’s diplomatic objections, warning the move could damage the UK-China relationship. “The UK’s actions constitute unilateral sanctions that lack both a basis in international law and authorisation from the United Nations,” China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Monday. Beijing urged London to “immediately correct its mistake and lift the sanctions on the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3330576/beijing-slams-uks-unilateral-sanctions-11-chinese-firms-over-russia-links?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3330576/beijing-slams-uks-unilateral-sanctions-11-chinese-firms-over-russia-links?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:23:38 +0000 Fan Chen Fan Chen Rahdar Hussain Afridi, a Pakistani national studying for a PhD in robotics at Peking University, had been worried about whether he could stay on after graduating in January. He hopes to secure a job in China, but the recruitment process can take a while and his student visa, which might expire soon after graduation, does not come with a work permit. China’s newly introduced “young talent” K visa for STEM professionals has brought him “great relief”. “I am really happy to hear about this visa,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3324525/will-chinas-new-visa-targeting-stem-talents-give-it-edge-over-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3324525/will-chinas-new-visa-targeting-stem-talents-give-it-edge-over-world?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:00:09 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings A strong push on Monday to create a development bank serving 10 Eurasian countries, including China, would help insulate the group from increasingly risky US dollar-dominated trade while accelerating key infrastructure work, according to analysts. Such a concessional lender – part of an idea that has long been put on hold – would serve China, Russia, India and seven other nations that have worked together since 2001 as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). President Xi Jinping said at a... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3323950/china-advances-development-bank-help-10-eurasian-countries-curb-us-dollar-risks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3323950/china-advances-development-bank-help-10-eurasian-countries-curb-us-dollar-risks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:00:15 +0000 Mia Nulimaimaiti,Ralph Jennings Mia Nulimaimaiti,Ralph Jennings US President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on imported furniture could erode some of China’s exports while doing little to bring manufacturing back to America as he promised, according to analysts. And they added that such a move risks escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies, whose earlier extension of a trade truce, coupled with conciliatory statements, had suggested a more amenable posture in trade negotiations. Trump announced plans to impose steep... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3323381/china-trumps-furniture-tariff-threat-could-complicate-efforts-reassemble-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3323381/china-trumps-furniture-tariff-threat-could-complicate-efforts-reassemble-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:25 +0000 Luna Sun Luna Sun Jing Qian is vice-president of the Asia Society and managing director of its Centre for China Analysis (CCA), which he co-founded with Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia. His research examines the interplay between domestic politics and foreign policy in the United States and China. In his second Open Questions interview, he delves into the two countries’ all-important relationship, how its twists and turns play out in Europe and the numerous domestic economic challenges Beijing is... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3321959/jing-qian-unpacks-us-china-trade-talks-and-their-manageable-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3321959/jing-qian-unpacks-us-china-trade-talks-and-their-manageable-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:00:15 +0000 Alice Li,Kandy Wong Alice Li,Kandy Wong The trafficking of materials to make the drug fentanyl – the issue cited by the US in its initial tariff escalation against China in March – is set to be back in focus for future talks, analysts said, after two previous rounds did not appear to broach the subject. Speculation over the drug’s presence in future negotiations was fuelled by US President Donald Trump’s remarks on the topic Wednesday, making reference to China’s “big steps” – including the threat of the death penalty for smugglers –... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3318620/fentanyl-likely-us-china-trade-agenda-after-long-absence-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3318620/fentanyl-likely-us-china-trade-agenda-after-long-absence-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:00:10 +0000 Carol Yang,Luna Sun Carol Yang,Luna Sun When US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to extend a pause on “reciprocal” tariffs until August 1, it offered little comfort to China. Instead, Beijing’s policymakers may feel increasingly cornered, as Washington also moved to target 14 countries – many of them China’s close trading partners – with tariffs of up to 40 per cent. This came despite breakthrough talks in London that laid the groundwork to remove most bilateral export controls – from China’s rare earth... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3317397/why-trumps-14-nation-tariff-package-puts-china-edge-and-pressures-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3317397/why-trumps-14-nation-tariff-package-puts-china-edge-and-pressures-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:00:22 +0000 Xinyi Wu Xinyi Wu Miya Zheng once aimed to earn a master’s degree when she first arrived in the United States for her undergraduate studies. But now, three years later, the Chinese national has shifted her sights halfway across the world – to Singapore. “After staying here for some time, I realised that this isn’t quite the right place for me in the long run,” said Zheng, who is majoring in economics and statistics in the US and aspires to work outside China after graduating. She has faced increasing hurdles as... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317302/us-drops-among-chinese-study-preferences-singapore-beckons-status-and-culture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317302/us-drops-among-chinese-study-preferences-singapore-beckons-status-and-culture?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:00:09 +0000