De Chinese Wouden, dinsdag 13 december: ASML, India, covid
Nakijken weerhoudt me van het geven van uitgebreid commentaar, maar er is genoeg te lezen en overdenken. Bloomberg bericht nu dat Japan en Nederland een principeakkoord hebben bereikt met de Verenigde Staten over exportbeperkingen voor de halfgeleiderindustrie. In de komende weken zullen Tokio en Den Haag deels Washington gaan volgen, volgens de bronnen.
Langs de betwiste grens tussen India en China is het tot een botsing gekomen, hoewel de wil tot deëscalatie nog sterk lijkt. In de Duitse pers is verder veel aandacht voor de Chinese ‘police service stations’ met nuttige nuancering. Verder loopt de druk op het Chinese gezondheidssysteem weer verder op.
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Einfluss der KP: Wie Peking in Deutschland Kritiker unter Druck setzt – FAZ: „Laut deutschem Verfassungsschutz hat Peking seine Nachrichtendienste beauftragt, die chinesische Diaspora in Deutschland zu steuern und zu überwachen“ „Auch chinesische Firmen und Vereine werden für diesen Zweck eingesetzt.“ 🇩🇪
Qingtian: Diese Stadt verantwortet die chinesischen Polizeistationen in Europa – Spiegel Online 🇪🇺
Taiwan and Germany launch reciprocal automated border customs clearance programme – Focus Taiwan 🇩🇪
Zeitentechwarwende ⏱️💽
Nederland en Japan kiezen partij voor VS in chipoorlog met China, bericht Bloomberg – NUnl 🇳🇱
Japan and the Netherlands have agreed in principle to join the US in tightening controls over the export of advanced chipmaking machinery to China, according to people familiar with the matter – Bloomberg: ‘they’ll adopt at least some of the sweeping measures’ 🇳🇱
Omstreden Chinese concurrent van ASML, Dongfang Jingyuan, haalt €136 mln op – FD 🇳🇱
Het bedrijf dat profiteerde van diefstal van intellectueel eigendom.
Italy and EU agree on need for European industrial policy proposal by year-end – Reuters 🇪🇺
Grensconflict China–India 🇨🇳🇮🇳
Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh last week, the first such encounter between the neighbours since 2020 – Bloomberg
Indian and Chinese troops clash on disputed border – FT: ‘The person familiar with an account of the incident said both armed forces disengaged “immediately” and that Chinese and Indian commanders afterwards held a de-escalatory “flag meeting”.’
Indian and Chinese soldiers injured in clash near Arunachal border – The Hindu: ‘in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh on December 9’
China covid 🦠
Chinezen staan er alleen voor nu de ‘totale volksoorlog’ tegen covid een nieuwe fase in gaat – Trouw: „Het regime in Peking plant niet, maar reageert liever.”
Een les die ook in andere beleidsterreinen opgaat.
Covid’s rapid spread in China is sparking chaos on the ground, straining the medical system and rendering official numbers meaningless – Bloomberg
Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with Covid surge – Reuters
As China eases zero-Covid, fears grow that human toll will remind of Hong Kong’s deadly fifth wave – SCMP: ‘According to Hong Kong data from January to August for people aged 60 and above, the case fatality rate for those who had received three doses of the inactivated vaccine Sinovac was 0.21 per cent, whereas the outcome for recipients of three shots of the BioNTech mRNA vaccine was better, at 0.01 per cent cent, Kwok said.’
China pushes local health authorities to keep rural populations safe from wave of infection – SCMP: ‘Its highest tier hospitals are limited to large cities while rural areas — home to about 36 per cent of China’s 1.4 billion people — have only lower level hospitals and township clinics designed for immediate care.’ ‘In November, Chinese officials said there were only four ICU beds per 100,000 people in the country.’ ‘Last Friday, the NHC said the number of ICU beds had risen to 10 per 100,000 people, without elaborating on the rapid rise in capacity.’
Covid-19 chaos at China’s hospitals as stringent control policy eases – Caixin Global
Het beste overzicht van de zich uitbreidende problemen bij de Chinese ziekenhuizen. Buiten de betaalmuur via Straits Times.
China is warning its citizens against some questionable and risky attempts at self-treatment amid surging coronavirus infections, as the nation seeks to tackle panic-buying of drugs – Bloomberg
‘It doesn’t hurt at all’: In China’s new covid strategy, vaccines matter – The New York Times
China’s protests electrify the global diaspora – Foreign Policy
Manufacturers in China on edge as Zero Covid eases – Nikkei Asia
China may drop quarantine for Hong Kong residents traveling into the mainland next month, according to local media reports – Bloomberg
China retires major Covid tracking app as virus rules ease – AFP
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Praten over China is een groot taboe op de Afrikatop in Washington – Trouw
Senior US officials visit China and hold talks with vice foreign minister Xiè Fēng 谢锋 – Reuters
China describes its meeting with US envoys that included discussions on Taiwan as ‘in-depth and constructive’, a sign Beijing and Washington are taking steps to cool tensions – Bloomberg
Chinese vice foreign minister holds talks with visiting US officials – Xinhua
Japan ruling parties call China ‘unprecedented strategic challenge’ in defence strategy – Nikkei Asia
China boosts military aid to Africa as concerns over Russia grow – Nikkei Asia: ‘African countries are particularly interested in options for battling insurgencies’
Chinese underworld floods Thailand-Myanmar border river – Nikkei Asia
China economie
China’s central economic work conference: what can be expected, and why is it important? – SCMP
Waning trust: China shadow banks pivot away from property to survive – Reuters
China binnenland
China’s Lǐ Qiáng 李强 makes speech for the State Council, hinting at premier’s job ahead – SCMP
China protests shine light on limits of Uyghur solidarity – AFP
Hong Kong
8 Hongkongers jailed for up to 5 years over ‘rioting’ on China’s National Day in 2019 – HKFP
Hong Kong man arrested under sedition law after allegedly ‘insulting’ national anthem online and doxxing police – HKFP
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
China preparing fresh pretext to practise future attacks, says Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu 吳釗燮 (Wú Zhāoxiè) – The Guardian
KMT delegation heads to China to discuss imports – Taipei Times
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai 陳其邁 (Chén Qímài) (DPP) meets with Tokyo governor Koike Yuriko 小池 百合子 in Japan – Focus Taiwan
Taiwan to boost corvette firepower amid ‘ever-growing threats’ from PLA – SCMP
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Taiwan is already independent: Why most of the island’s people don’t desire a formal declaration – Nathan F. Batto in Foreign Affairs
TikTok ban covers all public workers – Taipei Times