https://www.scmp.com/rss/522900/feed The latest news and top stories on Zhu Junwei. An analyst and former Director of the Center for American Studies at Grandview Institution, she previously served nearly two decades in the People’s Liberation Army as an analyst. Her work at Horizon Insights Centre, a Chinese think tank, involves providing macroeconomic analysis and investment strategy services. She is known for her insights into US-China relations, particularly her analysis suggesting the US tax act could present both challenges... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cao Jiaxuan,Orange Wang Cao Jiaxuan,Orange Wang As Tehran signalled that Beijing could serve as a diplomatic broker in its intensifying war with the United States and Israel, analysts cautioned that the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement of 2023 could prove “hard to replicate”. They also highlighted the difficulty of Washington accepting third-party mediation, after US President Donald Trump confirmed that a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing would be delayed by “five or six weeks” because of the armed conflict. Beijing has... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3347202/can-china-broker-peace-iran-again-2023-was-different-analysts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3347202/can-china-broker-peace-iran-again-2023-was-different-analysts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:00:09 +0000 Shi Jiangtao Shi Jiangtao China’s top diplomat has cast his country as “an irreplaceable mainstay” amid global upheaval, rejecting any suggestion of a US-China G2 duopoly for global co-leadership as a replay of disastrous great-power rivalries. Instead, against the backdrop of the escalating Iran conflict and Washington’s renewed trade wars, Wang Yi renewed Beijing’s call for a post-hegemonic order anchored in the United Nations, advocating an “equal and orderly multipolar world” that transcended bloc confrontation and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345895/whats-wrong-g2-wang-yi-lays-out-chinas-case-against-great-power-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345895/whats-wrong-g2-wang-yi-lays-out-chinas-case-against-great-power-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:59:15 +0000 Laura Zhou Laura Zhou Friday’s phone call between the leaders of China and the United States could deliver a marked – if fragile - improvement in stability in the world’s most consequential relationship, Chinese observers said. However, they also sounded a note of caution. One analyst highlighted serious sources of friction, such as confrontations in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, while another warned that US tariff threats over China’s purchase of Russian oil and potential American secondary sanctions... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326267/xi-trump-call-sparks-hopes-stability-worries-linger-over-tariff-threats-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326267/xi-trump-call-sparks-hopes-stability-worries-linger-over-tariff-threats-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 14:10:39 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang China has confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representatives will visit the country later this month for the first time in over six years. “China welcomes Representative Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, to lead a delegation to visit China,” Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in the US, said late on Tuesday. “We also welcome more Americans from all walks of life, including members of Congress, to visit China and gain a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325081/us-house-delegation-visit-china-first-time-over-6-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325081/us-house-delegation-visit-china-first-time-over-6-years?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:55:34 +0000 Orange Wang,Laura Zhou Orange Wang,Laura Zhou China is likely to face “increasing” geopolitical pressure if the US extends Nato-style security protection to Ukraine to end its war with Russia following the Trump-Putin summit, Chinese analysts have warned. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at the meeting in Alaska to allow the United States and Europe to “effectively offer Article 5-like” security guarantees to Kyiv as part of a potential peace deal, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, who attended the high-stakes... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322254/china-face-increasing-pressure-if-us-gives-ukraine-nato-style-protection-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322254/china-face-increasing-pressure-if-us-gives-ukraine-nato-style-protection-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:07 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang US President Donald Trump’s latest tax and spending act might “cause some trouble” for China, according to analysts. However, they also said Beijing may be able to benefit in certain areas if the act – known officially as the One Big Beautiful Bill – generates further political instability and damages domestic industries such as the US clean energy sector. The act aims to make permanent tax cuts, lock in Trump’s priorities on border and defence financing, increase Washington’s debt limit by US$5... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317588/will-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-offer-opportunities-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317588/will-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-offer-opportunities-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:00:09 +0000