De Chinese Wouden, donderdag 1 juni: de-risking, EU-VS
De aanvallen op ‘de-risking’ gaan door. In het Westen zijn sommige mensen in hun nopjes dat Washington de woordkeuze van Ursula von der Leyen heeft overgenomen en hierdoor toenadering tussen Europa en de Verenigde Staten mogelijk maakt. In de Chinese aanvallen gaat het niet over Europa. In plaats daarvan krijgen de VS en de G7 er van langs. Nog altijd is de verenigd front-tactiek van het isoleren van de belangrijkste vijand gericht op het isoleren van de VS en het neutraal of vriendelijk houden van Europa.
Vrijdag en maandag ben ik er niet, dus ik zeg nu al: tot volgende week.
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Netherlands fears Chinese cyberattacks amid chips battle – POLITICO Europe is creatief aan het plakken en associëren geslagen met opmerkingen van minister Hoekstra. 🇳🇱
US and EU officials developing guidelines for AI and other new tech but split over China threat – SCMP: ‘The divide was evident at a post-event news conference: US officials spoke in glowing terms about transatlantic “convergence” on China policy, while EU counterparts referred to Beijing only euphemistically.’ 🇪🇺
EU-US Trade and Technology Council enhances cooperation in emerging technologies, sustainable trade and economic security – European Commission 🇪🇺
U.S.-EU Joint Statement of the Trade and Technology Council – The White House 🇪🇺
Senior Chinese diplomat Wáng Yì 王毅 meets with German diplomat Jens Plotner – Xinhua
Chinese foreign minister Qín Gāng 秦刚 meets German diplomat Jens Plotner in Beijing – Xinhua
“美国奉行单边主义,狭隘追求自身利益”(深度观察)——美国如何从乌克兰危机中攫取战略利益③ – 《人民日报》(2023年06月01日 第17版)
Het derde deel in de commentaarserie van het Volksdagblad over hoe Amerika ‘de Oekraïne-crisis’ uit zou buiten voor strategisch gewin. Terugkerend thema is hoe Europa slachtoffer wordt van gemene Amerikaanse machinaties. Deze keer gaat het over hoe de VS energie-intensieve industrieën weglokt uit een Europa dat nu zonder goedkoop Russisch gas zit, en over de Inflation Reduction Act.
Oekraïne 🇺🇦
Fake signals and American insurance: How a dark fleet moves Russian oil – The New York Times: ‘The ships most likely sell their Russian oil to China above a price limit set by the sanctions. Since neither country recognizes the sanctions, the tankers themselves are not in violation by spoofing or carrying the oil. But the tankers still have motive to spoof: to maintain their insurance coverage, without which they cannot operate in most major ports.’
China sees invasion of Ukraine as ‘test case’ for its own designs, Taiwanese diplomats warns in interview on sidelines of GLOBSEC security conference in Slovakia – RFE/RL
Taiwan ambassador Hsiao Bi-khim 蕭美琴 [Xiāo Měiqín] says Ukraine’s success against Russia will help deter China – The New York Times
Ukraine’s national symphony orchestra to perform in Taiwan in September – Focus Taiwan
Tech War 💽💥
Nederland onderzoekt overname van chipbedrijf Nowi door Chinees concern – FD 🇳🇱
The Dutch government will start a probe into the takeover of a local chipmaker Nowi by Chinese-owned firm Nexperia – Bloomberg 🇳🇱
US seeks to curb investment in Chinese chips, AI and quantum computing – Reuters
US-China tech war: Treasury official says outbound investment review will be ‘narrow and tailored’ – SCMP
Chipstrijd tussen China en VS zet Zuid-Korea voor het blok – NRC: „een lastig dilemma: mogen de Zuid-Koreaanse techbedrijven Samsung en SK Hynix profiteren van het Chinese besluit geheugenchips van het Amerikaanse Micron te weren?”
Japan’s chip export controls are a major concern for China’s self-sufficiency campaign, analysts say – SCMP
Chinese tech entrepreneurs keen to ‘de-China’ as tensions with US soar – Reuters
Chinese tech firms, squeezed in Taiwan over politics, look to expand farther offshore – SCMP
Chinese island province Hainan shows the way to an all-electric future by 2030 – Bloomberg
Kantelpunt 🌏⏱️
世界迫切需要去除霸权主义带来的巨大风险(钟声) – 《人民日报》(2023年06月01日 第03版):“ 美国肆意发动战争、构筑美元霸权、制造阵营对抗才是世界真正的风险。如果个别国家以‘去风险’之名行去中国化之实,那就是在去机遇、去合作、去稳定、去发展”
Commentaar in het Volksdagblad – stem van het Centraal Comité van de CCP – onder de gezaghebbende pennaam Zhong Sheng sluit zich aan in de gecoördineerde campagne tegen ‘de-risking’. De G7 krijgt er van langs. De-risking zou een ander woord zijn voor ontkoppelen en als het gelijk zou staan aan ‘desinificeren’, dan is het ‘ontkansen’, ‘ontsamenwerken’, ‘destabiliseren’ en ‘onontwikkelen’. (Het klinkt beter in het Chinees.) Het echte grote risico is (natuurlijk) dat van het hegemonisme (van de Verenigde Staten). Hoofd woordvoering van het Chinese ministerie van buitenlandse zaken tweette Engelstalige citaten uit het stuk gisteren.
China ready to bring more like-minded partners into BRICS family, says foreign ministry spokesperson – Xinhua
Weekend
Longreads en achtergrond
How Taiwan became the indispensable economy – Nikkei Asia: ‘a triangle of critical interdependence between Taiwan, China and the U.S. that has deepened even as tensions between Beijing, Washington and Taipei have risen.’
‘Since the middle of last year, Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Meta, Google and Amazon have all requested additional production capacity outside of China and Taiwan, several tech executives told Nikkei Asia.’
‘“People underestimate Taiwan’s position in the supply chain. It’s much more than just about semiconductors. We have a very complete supply chain from chips, components, PCBs [printed circuit boards], casings, lenses to assembly … anything you can think of,” a senior executive at Compal Electronics, a vital product assembler to Dell, HP and Apple said. “If there’s military friction happening to Taiwan, the entire global supply chain will collapse for sure.”
Such a scenario, in other words, would leave Apple with “Made in America” chips and no devices to put them in.’
The Art of Tasseography: China–Russia Relations as Viewed from China – Thomas des Garets Geddes for RUSI
Podcasts
Drum Tower: China’s LGBT crackdown – The Economist 🍎 🤖
Chinas langer Arm nach Deutschland: Wie Peking Dissidenten verfolgt – ZDF
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Blinken urges China to ‘open lines of communication’ after fighter jet incident – AFP
US bears ‘full responsibility’ for difficulties in military exchanges, says Chinese defence spokesperson – Xinhua: ‘The U.S. side needs to show its sincerity in its actions, right its wrongs, and create conditions and environment necessary for communication and exchanges between the two sides, said the spokesperson.’
US sanctions on Chinese entities accused in fentanyl trafficking ‘unreasonable’, China says – SCMP
Ex-NYPD sergeant accused of doing China’s bidding goes on trial – The New York Times
China supports Malian government’s effort of safeguarding national security and stability, says foreign ministry spokesperson – Xinhua: ‘According to reports, relevant institution recently released a report on incidents in the village of Moura pointing out that Malian forces and foreign mercenaries violated human rights in anti-terrorist operations. In response, spokesperson Mao Ning said that China supports the Malian government’s effort of fighting terrorism and safeguarding national security and stability.’
Ruslands Wagner.
India and China hold talks on LAC standoff in Delhi, agree on military discussions – The Hindustan Times
Chinese naval ships to participate in multinational exercise in Indonesia – Xinhua
UN says concerned about lack of women in China’s top government – Reuters
China economie
China’s young want to work, for the government: Youth unemployment is now shockingly high – The Economist
China’s record high youth unemployment pushes province to roll out 100-day plan to help university graduates ‘land a job’ – SCMP
Business and markets rattled by uncertainty in China – FT
China Renaissance chairman Bāo Fán 包凡’s detention extended by 3 months, Economic Observer reports – Reuters
China binnenland
China food security: Beijing urges all-out wheat harvest efforts to limit rain-damage fallout – SCMP
Dahua selling protestor/banner alarms to law enforcement, deletes evidence – IVPM
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 visits Beijing school ahead of International Children’s Day – Xinhua: ‘Physical growth comes first for juveniles, said Xi, adding that sports and exercise are the most effective means to build up the physique of teenagers and children.’
Hong Kong
Hong Kong lowers ’emergency’ response level for Covid-19 – HKFP
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Beijing rejects Taiwan presidential candidate Lai Ching-te 賴清德 [Lài Qīngdé]’s ‘bizarre’ and ‘deceitful’ wish to have dinner and talk peace with Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 – SCMP
Seeking ‘Taiwan independence’ disqualifies DPP from talk of peace, says Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson – Xinhua
China wil niet praten over politieke basisbeginselen, maar pas nadat de tegenpartij de Chinese politieke basisbeginselen compleet accepteert.
Fujian to host 15th Straits Forum – Xinhua
Taiwan binnenland en economie
DPP candidate William Lai Ching-te 賴清德 [Lài Qīngdé] touts young legislative candidates – Taipei Times
Premier Chen Chien-jen 陳建仁 [Chén Jiànrén] inaugurates new Anti-Fraud Office – Taipei Times