De Chinese Wouden, maandag 12 augustus
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Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
UK foreign secretary Lammy plans China visit for September to kick-start high-level engagement – The Guardian 🇬🇧
China’s C919 edges closer to EU landing as regulators give ‘positive’ feedback – SCMP 🇪🇺
Rusland 🇷🇺
Xinhua Commentary: China’s ‘shuttle diplomacy’ gathers global momentum for lasting peace – Xinhua: ‘Rather than instigating [sic], many countries from the Global South have put forward peace initiatives or conducted shuttle diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine’
China and Russia hold talks on ‘peaceful’ use of outer space – SCMP 🇷🇺
A Ukrainian film festival is about to start in Beijing, just as Russia’s ends – SCMP: ‘organised by the Ukrainian embassy in Beijing, the Goethe-Institute and the French Cultural Centre.’ 🇺🇦🇷🇺
Olympische Spelen 🏐🇫🇷
Olympics: Chinese authorities congratulate athletes on Olympic achievements – Xinhua
Editorial: Thoughts brought by the Olympic gold medal table will continue to resonate – The Global Times: ‘the changes in the Olympic achievements of China and the US should not be viewed in isolation; this shift itself is a reflection of an unstoppable historical trend.’
Taiwan’s foreign ministry blasts Russian UN envoy over boxing gender row – Taipei Times 🇷🇺
Boxer Lin Yu-ting 林郁婷 receives call from President Lai following historic gold – Focus Taiwan
Overseas Taiwanese organisations ask International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to discriminate – Taipei Times: ‘to stop infringing on spectators’ freedom of speech and allow them to display Taiwan signage.’ 🇫🇷
Nymphia Wind performs at Paris Cultural Olympiad – Taipei Times 🇫🇷
Handel🚗⚡️
China in beroep bij Wereldhandelsorganisatie tegen importheffingen EU – NU.nl 🇪🇺
China seeks WTO talks over EU’s EV tariffs, says trade rules ‘severely’ violated – SCMP 🇪🇺
EU executive confident its Chinese EV measures comply with WTO, says probe continues – Reuters 🇪🇺
Dongfeng 东风 joins stampede of Chinese EV makers abroad with its Voyah 岚图 Zhiyin all-electric SUV – SCMP
China’s Asean trade faces more barriers amid fears of overcapacity and imbalance – SCMP: ‘more trade barriers from the Asean bloc of countries appear to be on the way.’
Tech War 💽💥
China’s hi-tech scientists have a moment in the Beidaihe sun at political elite’s summer retreat – SCMP
SMIC 中芯 says China’s localisation push is boosting chip demand – Nikkei Asia
ASE 日月 to spend NT$5.26bn for Hung Ching ‘K18’ fab in Kaohsiung – Taipei Times
Kantelpunt 🌏⏱️
How China’s Communist Party is building political schools, and influence, in Africa – SCMP: ‘the activities of China’s National Academy of Governance — the external name for the Central Party School — were less noticeable.’
China escalates its political party training in Africa – Paul Nantulya for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Canada and Australia, eyeing China, signal more military cooperation – Reuters 🇨🇦🇦🇺
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Zuid-Chinese Zee
Philippines says actions of China air force ‘illegal’ and ‘reckless’ – Reuters: ‘two Chinese aircraft dropped flares in the path of a Philippine aircraft during a routine patrol around the shoal on Thursday.’ 🇵🇭
Vietnam accelerates island building to fight China’s maritime claims – The Washington Post: ‘the country is on pace this year to create more than 1,000 acres of new land there, more than in any year prior.’ 🇻🇳
Beijing’s new US-made rescue plane to boost emergency operations in South China Sea – SCMP
overige
In Manila, how China set up an influence and espionage network – Rappler: ‘From 2021 until 2024, Zhang “Steve” Song — publicly Manila’s bureau chief for the Shanghai Wen Hui Daily — “established a significant network in various strategic institutions,” according to a May 2024 Philippine intelligence report seen by Rappler.’
‘Crucial to Zhang’s activities were officials from non-media Chinese companies.
According to a series of intelligence reports that Rappler saw, Zhang met frequently with officials of at least two companies — the privately-owned tech giant Huawei Philippines and the China state-owned video surveillance company Hikvision.’
‘Zhang also played a part in bridging knowledge gaps after the Philippines, through Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr., “disallowed any contact” between the Chinese embassy and Filipino defense officials, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).’ 🇵🇭
China’s Great Wall of Villages – The New York Times: ‘China has moved thousands of people to new settlements on its frontiers. It calls them “border guardians.”’ ‘along boundaries contested by India, Bhutan and Nepal.’ 🇮🇳🇧🇹🇳🇵
China accuses US group National Endowment for Democracy of ‘ideological infiltration’ – SCMP 🇺🇸
Full text: The National Endowment for Democracy: What It Is and What It Does – Xinhua 🇺🇸
China envoy and Myanmar junta chief meet on border clashes – AFP 🇲🇲
China’s Wáng Yì 王毅 voices support for Iran’s ‘sovereignty’ in assassination’s aftermath – SCMP: ‘Wang’s call with Bagheri is one of a series in the past week related to the region.’ 🇮🇷
Chinese mining firm files judicial review against Ottawa – Reuters 🇨🇦
Chinese rocket’s breakup puts over 1,000 satellites and other objects at risk – Reuters
China creates space debris with initial launch for ambitious internet satellite network – SCMP
China looks to its shipyards to beat US in any future war – Reuters: ‘the speed with which the shipyard is now turning around landing vessels represents a dramatic uptick in warship construction.’
China’s PLA eyes anti-drone technology as key to future battlefield success – SCMP
‘War of currents’: how Chinese engineers bring Thomas Edison’s DC dream to life on warship – SCMP
China appears to have used a new type of drone – Taipei Times: ‘a new type of BZK-005 drone that might be capable of disrupting the radio communications in the Taiwanese military and causing the radar system to malfunction’
China economie
Exclusive: China tells some brokerages to conduct compliance checks on bond trading, sources say – Reuters: ‘The central bank has repeatedly warned against reckless bond buying, worried about a potential bubble that could end up in a Silicon Valley Bank-style crisis.’
China names and shames buyers of its government bonds – FT: ‘an unusual tactic to discourage banks from buying government bonds, as authorities try to halt an uncomfortable decline in yields and prevent a bubble forming’
Verkopen op Temu? In China lijkt het iets om je voor te schamen – de Volkskrant
Temu-eigenaar Colin Huang 黄峥 is de nieuwe rijkste persoon in China – NRC
Chinese fund manager Zhào Xuéjūn 赵学军 whisked away as Beijing cracks down on securities sector – SCMP
China’s leaders sweat over ‘difficult to heat’ economy at summer retreat – FT
China binnenland
China’s third plenum highlights the quiet rise of political theorist Wáng Hùníng 王沪宁 – SCMP: ‘Two sources with relevant knowledge said that, besides seeking his assistance in drafting the resolution for the latest plenum, Xi regularly asks for Wang’s input on his major speeches and statements.’
Education agents ‘implanted’ anti-China content in overseas university applications, state security ministry says – SCMP: ‘It said this was done to boost the students’ chances of being accepted into foreign universities.’
Lijkenschandaal in China: netwerk verkocht duizenden lichamen aan medische bedrijven voor tandimplantaten – VRT NWS
Chinese network accused of stealing thousands of corpses to use bones for dental grafts – SCMP
Sinopharm unit denies link to firm suspected of illegally purchasing cadavers – Reuters
China’s rains and floods led to near doubling of natural disaster losses in July – Reuters
Parts of China move to preserve dialects as regional tongues fade away – The Straits Times
Hong Kong
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Taiwan and US to discuss arms production – Taipei Times: ‘The conference would be held from Sept. 22 to 24 in Philadelphia, and the issue of repairing and manufacturing US arms and parts might be discussed’ 🇺🇸
US congressional delegation visits Taiwan – Focus Taiwan: ‘Marilyn Strickland, a Democrat representing the state of Washington, leads the delegation’ 🇺🇸
DPP officials attacked on social media after listing by Chinese government – Taipei Times 🇨🇳
Chinese tour group arrives in Taiwan’s Matsu as Beijing eases travel curbs – SCMP 🇨🇳
Foreign ministry slams former Australian prime minister Keating’s remarks – Taipei Times 🇦🇺
Taiwan’s military aims to develop new scramjet technology, technology linked to hypersonic missile systems – Taipei Times
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Despite hints of softening, DPP sticking to nuclear-free policy – Focus Taiwan
TPP sorry for presidential campaign donation disclosure error – Taipei Times
Ko Wen-je’s KP Show pure commercial activity, TPP says – Taipei Times
Control Yuan calls for justice over 1987 massacre of Vietnamese refugees by Taiwanese military – New Bloom: ‘The incident took place in the twilight days of the authoritarian period, which is one of the reasons why details about the case are scarce.’
MND urged to reinvestigate 1987 massacre of Vietnamese refugees – Focus Taiwan: ‘The MND said the killings on Kinmen’s Lieyu Island were “regrettable” but maintained that the soldiers were carrying out their duties.’