De Chinese Wouden, woensdag 12 juni: heffingen Chinese auto’s, reactie Zr.Ms. Tromp
Vandaag is de nieuwsbrief later, omdat ik gisteren druk was.
Er is een Chinese reactie op de Nederlandse reactie op de Chinese reactie op activiteiten van de Nederlandse marine ‘ten oosten van Shanghai’.
Het grootste nieuws bestaat echter uit de bekendmaking van de Europese invoerheffingen op Chinese elektrische auto’s. Tot nu toe hief de EU 10% op Chinese auto’s t.o.v. de 15% die China heft op Europese autos’. Voor Chinese auto’s komt nu 17–38% bovenop, afhankelijk van de producent. Peking zal ongetwijfeld reageren.
Nederland 🇳🇱
China waarschuwt Nederland: beperk acties op Oost-Chinese Zee – NOS 🇳🇱
Felle Chinese taal na incident met Nederlands fregat in de Oost-Chinese Zee – de Volkskrant 🇳🇱
Chinese defence spokesperson comments on Dutch navy shipborne helicopter’s provocation – Xinhua: ‘What the Dutch side has said confuses black and white, and exposes its attempts to cover up its provocation, the spokesperson said.’
‘The Dutch side falsely claimed to be carrying out a UN mission, flexed its muscles in the sea and airspace under the other country's jurisdiction, created tensions and undermined bilateral relations, said Zhang.
China is strongly dissatisfied with the Dutch side's words and deeds, which are of a vile nature, and has lodged stern representations with the Dutch side, said Zhang.
The spokesperson urged the Netherlands to restrain the moves of its naval and air forces, saying that any infringement and provocation will be met with resolute countermeasures from the Chinese side.’ 🇳🇱
‘Ons marineschip de Tromp gebruikt recht op vrije doorvaart om VN-sancties op Noord-Korea te handhaven. Chinese gevechtsvliegtuigen naderen het schip en zorgen voor levensgevaarlijke situatie. Nu ook nog gevolgd door dreigementen. Opstelling China lijkt steeds meer op Rusland..’ – Jan Paternotte (D66), Twitter 🇳🇱
‘Nederland verstrikt in ingewikkelde situatie’ in zeeën rondom China – NOS 🇳🇱
Het is inderdaad een ingewikkelde situatie waarin we de risico’s moeten onderkennen en onze eigen invloed niet moeten overschatten. Tegelijkertijd heeft onze aanwezigheid een duidelijke onderbouwing op basis van afwegingen die mijns inziens in Den Haag en Den Helder heel bewust bediscussieerd worden en zijn er goede argumenten voor de gekozen route en activiteiten. Het te simpel is om onze aanwezigheid daar plat te slaan in zwart-witte termen van kinetisch machtsevenwicht of het VS-China conflict.
Dat wij slechts een buitenstaander zouden zijn, is inderdaad wat Peking zegt. Ik ben het daar niet mee eens. De Chinese marine heeft bovendien zelf ook met Rusland geoefend in de Oostzee en Middellandse Zee.
NB: Als Russische marineschepen door de Nederlandse EEZ varen, dan worden die ook begeleid door de Koninklijke Marine. Dat is normaal Alleen doen onze schepen dat niet op zo’n manier en gevolgd door zulk retorisch bombast.
De Volkskrant hierboven heeft meer context.
reactie op het stuk: ‘De situatie is helemaal niet ingewikkeld. De Zr. Ms. Tromp voer in internationale wateren waar China geen alleen recht op heeft. Zaak dat regionale, Europese en NAVO bondgenoten Nederland hierin steunen. Komt er een gemeenschappelijke tegenreactie @DefensieMin @HankeBruinsSlot?’ – Derk Boswijk (CDA), Twitter 🇳🇱
Bij Defensie gevonden Chinese malware trof duizenden organisaties – ANP 🇳🇱
Aanhoudende statelijke cyberspionagecampagne via kwetsbare edge devices – Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum: „is gebleken dat de Chinese cyberspionagecampagne veel omvangrijker blijkt te zijn dan eerder bekend.”
„Sinds de publicatie in februari heeft de MIVD verder onderzoek gedaan naar de bredere Chinese cyberspionagecampagne. Hieruit is naar voren gekomen dat de statelijke actor zowel in 2022 als in 2023 binnen enkele maanden toegang heeft verkregen tot ten minste 20.000 FortiGate-systemen wereldwijd middels de kwetsbaarheid met het kenmerk CVE-2022-42475. Verder toont onderzoek aan dat de statelijke actor achter deze campagne minimaal twee maanden voordat Fortinet de kwetsbaarheid bekend maakte, al op de hoogte was van deze kwetsbaarheid in FortiGate-systemen.”
Amsterdam vervangt ruim 1.200 Chinese camera's vanwege spionage en mensenrechtenschending – Parool 🇳🇱
Amsterdam pledges to remove cameras manufactured by Chinese firms across the city due to concerns over the risk of spying and human rights violations – Bloomberg: ‘The Dutch capital plans to phase out as many as 1,280 Chinese-made surveillance installations used to monitor traffic and public spaces within five years’ 🇳🇱
Europa 🇪🇺
verkiezingen 🗳️
China hawk von der Leyen confident of new term as Europe lurches right – SCMP 🇪🇺
Europe’s China ties further tangled by rise of French far right – Nikkei Asia: ‘with the far-right’s hold over Europe, the bloc’s relationship with China will center more on trade protectionism than upholding human rights and democratic values.’ 🇪🇺
Irish MEP Clare Daly loses seat – POLITICO Europe 🇪🇺🇮🇪
overige
US envoy to Budapest warns Hungary that close ties with China ‘come with strings attached’ – Reuters 🇭🇺🇺🇸
First Taiwan Expo in Europe opens in Berlin – Taipei Times: ‘The three-day expo in the German capital targets digital and “green” transition opportunities in the EU, and is estimated to generate more than US$50 million in business opportunities, said the Taiwan External Trade Development Council’ 🇪🇺🇩🇪
Chinese embassy protests to Real Madrid after fan’s ‘racist and sexist’ video interview – SCMP 🇪🇸
TSMC 台積電’s European joint venture ESMC to hire nearly 2,000 employees – Taipei Times: ‘In addition to the large recruitment campaign, TSMC will dispatch hundreds of engineers to Dresden over the next three to five years to boost exchanges with ESMC, Koitzsch said.’ 🇪🇺🇩🇪
Czechia to open cultural centre in Taiwan – AFP 🇨🇿
Delegation led by Czech Senate vice president arrives in Taiwan – Focus Taiwan 🇨🇿
Czech delegation seeks investment from TSMC suppliers – Focus Taiwan 🇨🇿
Chinese doctor performs telesurgery first with Rome-Beijing procedure – SCMP 🇮🇹
Rusland 🇷🇺
US to widen sanctions on sale of semiconductor chips to Russia, sources say – Reuters: ‘with the goal of targeting third-party sellers in China, sources familiar with the plans said late on Tuesday.’ 🇺🇸
Senior Chinese legislator attends Russia Day reception in Beijing – Xinhua 🇷🇺
elektrische auto’s
Brussel verhoogt importtarieven voor Chinese elektrische auto’s fors vanwege ‘oneerlijke concurrentie’ – de Volkskrant 🇪🇺
Duitse bedrijven steunen strafheffing op elektrische auto’s uit China – FD 🇩🇪
EU shocks China with EV duties of up to 38 percent – POLITICO Europe: ‘The EU already charges a tariff of 10 percent on any foreign-made vehicle, versus China’s 15 percent level. The duties announced today will be added on top of the 10 percent tariff.’ 🇪🇺
EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms – The Guardian: ‘Under the plan, the EU will apply five levels of tariffs. EV manufacturers that cooperated with Brussels investigators will face a tariff of 21%, while those who did not will be hit with the top tier of 38.1%.’ 🇪🇺
eerder: Germany launches 11th-hour bid to avert trade war with China – POLITICO Europe
European nations compete for Chinese EV factories and jobs even as EU weighs tariffs – Reuters 🇪🇺
General Motors authorises a new US$6 billion share buyback plan and raises its dividend – Bloomberg: ‘as the automaker said improving profitability in its electric vehicle operations allowed it to return cash to investors.’ 🇺🇸
China EV leader BYD to invest CN¥100bn [€13bn] in self-driving tech – Nikkei Asia
overcapaciteitencalamiteiten
Leaders from some of China’s top solar manufacturers called for increased government action to guide the industry as excess production capacity slashed prices and profits – Bloomberg
Analysis: Lowering key local renewable energy target highlights China’s grid shortfalls – Caixin Global
China issues draft rules to expand cross-border e-commerce – Reuters: ‘which have become a vital force in its foreign trade, according to the Chinese commerce ministry.’
China’s ‘freedom to eat beef’ belies farmers’ mood of udder chaos as cash cow hits tipping point – SCMP: ‘Beef prices are trending downward in China as the nation’s most expensive livestock meat finds itself sandwiched between a double whammy of oversupply and weak demand’
Tech War 💽💥
The Biden administration is considering further restrictions on China’s access to chip technology used for artificial intelligence – Bloomberg: ‘The measures being discussed would limit China’s ability to use a cutting-edge chip architecture known as gate all-around, or GAA, according to the people’ 🇺🇸
China accounts for half of Japan’s chipmaking equipment exports – Nikkei Asia: ‘amid an apparent surge in demand for less advanced gear spurred by U.S.-led trade restrictions.’ 🇯🇵
From China to Singapore, Asia’s AI policy ‘gaps’ pose headaches for business – Nikkei Asia
Beijing falls behind Singapore in global start-up ecosystem ranking amid US-China tech war – SCMP
Kantelpunt 🌏⏱️
As China-backed Brics mulls Thailand membership, could more countries soon join the club? – SCMP: ‘At a meeting on May 28, the Thai cabinet approved a government draft letter that indicated Bangkok’s intention to become a member of Brics’ 🇹🇭
China urges greater BRICS role as Western sanctions mount – Reuters: ‘Wang said the expanded “BRICS” should build the bloc into “a new multilateral cooperation mechanism” driven by emerging markets and developing countries.’
Japanese PM Kishida to lead session on China and Indo-Pacific at Italy G7 summit – Kyodo News 🇯🇵
China’s 3-pronged maritime threat rattles Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan – Nikkei Asia: ‘The increased hostility is currently focused on the Senkakus[/Diaoyutai Islands], Scarborough Shoal off the Philippines, and Taiwan’s Kinmen islands.’ 🇯🇵🇵🇭🇹🇼
China is changing: foreigners return to Shanghai, but they’re here for a good time, not a long time – SCMP
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Philippines says China poses ‘existential’ threat in South China Sea – FT 🇵🇭
Philippines to restore Subic Bay airfield for South China Sea ops – Naval News 🇵🇭
South China Sea: survey shows 73% of Filipinos support military action against Beijing – SCMP 🇵🇭
Uniforms with China ‘PLA’ buttons found in Philippine gambling raid sparks national security fears – The Straits Times 🇵🇭
Vietnam tells China they must respect each other’s maritime rights and interests – SCMP 🇻🇳
China’s Premier Lǐ Qiáng 李强 to visit Australia this week – AFP
Chinese Premier Lǐ Qiáng 李强 to visit New Zealand as the country eyes Aukus defence pact – SCMP 🇳🇿
Man arrested after four US academics stabbed in Jilin park during China visit – The Guardian 🇺🇸
The Beishan Park stabbings: How the story unfolded and was censored on Weibo – Whats’ On Weibo 🇺🇸
Injury of US teachers in China ‘an isolated incident’, not to affect normal exchanges, foreign ministry spokesperson says – Xinhua 🇺🇸
US bars imports from China footwear, seafood, and aluminum firms over Uyghur forced labour – Reuters 🇺🇸
There may be ‘positive signals’ but Xi’s snub of Modi suggests China-India ties are still a worry – Shi Jiangtao for SCMP: ‘It was a different story five years ago, when Xi congratulated Modi on the day of his landslide election win’ 🇮🇳
China rebuffs Pakistan’s Sharif on new BRI investment – Nikkei Asia: ‘That may be the new normal for Pakistan’s leadership as China cools on the South Asian nation and its much-hyped $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)’ 🇵🇰
China’s next moon mission to include Egypt and Bahrain, member of US Artemis Accords – SCMP 🇪🇬🇧🇭
China economie
China’s Xi Jinping again calls for greater corporate governance at state-owned firms ahead of third plenum – SCMP
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 replies to Tsinghua professor, urging more contributions to education and science – Xinhua: ‘in order to make more contributions to achieving high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology and the building of a strong nation in both education and science and technology.’
Book of Xi’s discourses on national energy security published – Xinhua
#PlenumWatch
China urges officials to keep an ‘open mind’ over policies to reduce housing inventory, a signal that led Wall Street economists to predict new measures and additional funding in Beijing’s bid to shore up the market – Bloomberg
China’s home de-stocking push to bring developers little cheer – Reuters
China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government – The Guardian
Chinese stocks poised for ‘another leg up’ after ‘healthy correction’, Goldman Sachs says – SCMP
Property developer Dexin China ordered to liquidate by Hong Kong court – Nikkei Asia
China’s consumer prices edge up as factory deflation eases – FT
China online sales event starts strong, but shows signs of slowing – Nikkei Asia
Blue-collar work surges in popularity among China’s young job seekers – Caixin Global
China binnenland
Chinese students voice hopes for Mideast peace in rare public political stand – SCMP: ‘A high school graduation tradition in China has taken a rare political turn this year with some final-year students expressing solidarity with Palestinians’ 🇵🇸
In China, regional security officials have been told to make regime stability a priority – SCMP: ‘It comes after President Xi Jinping put the focus on regime security when the National Security Commission met in May last year.’ ‘at least four provincial and municipal committees of the National Security Commission held meetings in May and early June.’
Can rich China regions embrace a Greater Shanghai Metropolitan Area, or is it a bridge too far? – SCMP
China hits out at keyboard warriors, closes accounts to rectify chaos of ‘smearing’ firms – SCMP
Chinese crops at risk as extreme drought warning issued for central and northern areas – SCMP
Xi signs order to promulgate revised regulations on military audit – Xinhua
Elite researchers in China say they had ‘no choice’ but to commit misconduct, according to paper – Nature: ‘This pressure, they conclude, ultimately came from a Chinese programme to create globally recognized universities.’
Hong Kong
Lord Sumption: Hong Kong ‘slowly becoming a totalitarian state,’ says UK judge who quit city’s top court – HKFP: ‘Last Thursday, the 75-year-old overseas judge quit the Court of Final Appeal, alongside Lord Collins, with the latter citing the “political situation.”’
‘Lord Sumption was involved in a case surrounding the definition of rioting following the 2019 protests and unrest.’ 🇬🇧
The rule of law in Hong Kong is in grave danger – Jonathan Sumption in FT 🇬🇧
China announces first astronaut candidates from Hong Kong and Macau – AFP
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Taiwan arrests former Chinese navy captain whose speedboat entered Taipei harbour – Reuters 🇨🇳
Security stepped up after incursion, Premier Cho says – Taipei Times: ‘Ruan was reported to have said he wanted to defect to Taiwan after having made anti-Chinese government comments on messaging apps.’ 🇨🇳
Coast guards to be disciplined over Chinese boat incursion, minister says – Focus Taiwan
[China] condemns Taiwan authorities’ latest ECFA move as veiled bid for ‘Taiwan independence’ – Xinhua: ‘Chen noted that such a favorable agreement, which unilaterally benefits Taiwan, would not have been possible if everything had been in line with WTO rules.’ 🇨🇳
US plans ‘Hellscape’ strategy of thousands of drones in Strait to defend Taiwan – Taipei Times 🇺🇸
Taiwan’s new Teng Yun 騰雲 drone nears completion – Taipei Times
Taiwan’s defence ministry expands rifle training for reservists – Taipei Times
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Recent developments in the Legislative Yuan – Nathan Batto’s Frozen Garlic: ‘I can’t shake the notion that there is something different about Fu [Kun-chi]’s leadership. I can’t think of another KMT figure who has tried to bend the party to his will in such an audacious way who was not a mainlander.’
Taiwan KMT bigwig Fu Kun-chi 傅崐萁 warns President Lai Ching-te 賴清德 (DPP) not to ‘pick fight’ with China – Nikkei Asia: ‘why should we be hostile to China? Lai has embraced the wrong logic by picking [sic] a fight with our bread and butter’
‘He questioned why Taiwan should “fight” against a power that is so many times larger. Fu’s trip to Beijing with a delegation of KMT lawmakers in April included a meeting with Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the most senior Communist official in charge of Taiwan relations after President Xi Jinping.’
Ik zie niet in hoe de KMT-fractie onder leider Fu mee gaat werken aan defensie-uitgaven.
Notes from Central Taiwan: The once and future king of Hualien Fu Kun-chi 傅崐萁 (KMT) – Michael Turton for Taipei Times: ‘an overall program of delivering Taiwan to China by treaties, flooding Taiwan with PRC citizens and firms via massive infrastructure projects and suppressing local opposition using the SID.’
‘President Fu? A few weeks ago I pooh-poohed the idea. If this trio of projects goes through, it could make Fu at least a candidate in 2028, potentially backed by tranches of PRC cash.’
President Lai approves request for legislature to review bills – Taipei Times
Petition launched to recall Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao 高虹安 (TPP) on Threads – Taipei Times: ‘Kao has been charged with corruption, with a ruling expected on July 24.’
KMT proposes bills that remove ‘nuclear-free homeland’ goal – Taipei Times: ‘The bills offer slightly different wording options, such as calling for a “zero-carbon homeland” or “utilizing nuclear energy to decarbonize.”’
Solid recovered-fuel power plants’ approval reinstated by government – Taipei Times