De Chinese Wouden, maandag 21 oktober
Vandaag heb ik niet echt een thema, dus maak ik me ervan af door iedereen een goede week te wensen.
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Statelijke inmenging zet persoonlijke én nationale veiligheid onder druk – NCTV: „fenomeenanalyse Over de grens van de AIVD en de NCTV over statelijke inmenging in diasporagemeenschappen” 🇳🇱
Verzoek om toestemming technische briefing China – vaste commissie voor Buitenlandse Zaken, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 🇳🇱
Chinese firm Nuctech 同方威视 wins EU tenders despite subsidies inquiry – SCMP: ‘Italian customs authorities will award more than €15 million (US$16.3 million) in European Union funds to Nuctech for cargo scanning equipment’ 🇮🇹
Vice Foreign Minister Dèng Lì 邓励 Holds a China-Germany political consultation at vice-foreign ministerial level with State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office Thomas Bagger – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China 🇩🇪
Peace cannot be achieved by compromising sovereignty, says Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 (DPP) in Europe – Focus Taiwan: ‘during a visit to the European Parliament’s complex’ 🇪🇺
Taiwan stands with Europe, Tsai says – Taipei Times 🇪🇺
Taiwan and Czechia unveil joint chip design and research centre in Brno – Focus Taiwan: ‘It was launched in June, but its unveiling ceremony was held in Brno on Friday.’ 🇨🇿
UK presses China on weapons to Russia – POLITICO Europe: ‘“The meeting was constructive across the full breadth of the bilateral relationship, from areas of pragmatic cooperation to issues of contention,” the British foreign office said’ 🇬🇧
UK foreign secretary pledges ‘consistency’ in relations with China – Reuters: ‘said on Saturday that businesses wanted “stability and clarity” in trade with China’ 🇬🇧
Angela Rayner takes control of decision on new Chinese embassy in London – FT 🇬🇧
Chinese state actors made widespread—and likely successful—efforts to access British critical infrastructure networks, UK officials say – Bloomberg 🇬🇧
Rusland 🇷🇺
‘NEW!!! For the first time, U.S. says, “we actually saw a Chinese company manufacturing a weapon itself for using on the battlefield by Russia, was sent to Russia” to be used in Ukraine. My exchange with DoS Spox’ – Alex Raufoglu, Twitter 🇷🇺
Andere journalist hoort van NAVO-bron dat ze daar nog geen Chinese wapens Rusland in hebben zien gaan.
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 to attend 16th BRICS Summit in Russia – Xinhua: ‘from Oct. 22 to 24’ 🇷🇺
China’s Russia imports, hampered by payment sanctions, drop as exports swell – SCMP: ‘exports to its northern neighbour reached a record high in September as Chinese companies quickly fill gaps left by the departure of Western firms.’ 🇷🇺
Handel 🚗🇪🇺
Meet the mothers in small-town Hungary leading a fight against Chinese EV battery plants – Rest of World: ‘a civic toolkit honed by their experiences with South Korean plants’ 🇭🇺
Is China cannibalising the EU car industry? – The Guardian: ‘Instead of grabbing all the protections the EU is offering through tariffs, the industry seems to be eating itself, asking for yet more time to adjust to the new electric world.’ 🇪🇺
China’s EVs jostle for pole position with sofas, self-parking, and 2,000km driving range – SCMP
Grote terugroepactie BMW in China, 700.000 auto’s niet in orde – BNR 🇩🇪
Tech War 💽💥
China boosts export controls on dual use items, state media says – Reuters: ‘The new regulations put in place a permit system for the export of dual use goods and create a list of restricted goods.’
China issues regulations on export control of dual-use items – Xinhua
World Insights: How US export curbs are undermining EU’s chip ambitions – Xinhua: ‘Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML lost [sic] up to 60 billion euros (65.25 billion U.S. dollars) after its shares plummeted over 20 percent in just two days this week’
Verwacht meer van deze verhaallijn uit China. Wat veel echter vergeten te vermelden, is dat het Chinese aandeel van de verkoop van ASML naar de helft was gegroeid, omdat de bedrijven daar bestellingen vooruit haalden en opvoerden in afwachting van de exportbeperkingen. Dat festijn was sowieso eindig. Daarnaast was Peking toch al van plan om minder afhankelijk te worden van westerse techbedrijven als ASML, dus op termijn zou het marktaandeel ook af zijn genomen. Maar natuurlijk loopt ASML onder de streep wel wat schade op van de maatregelen.
US suspects TSMC 台積電 helped Huawei 华为 skirt 5G export controls, report says – Ars Technica: ‘In addition to potentially manufacturing the smartphone chips, the US suspects that TSMC may have helped Huawei design its own AI chips, sources told The Information.’ 🇺🇸
US probes TSMC 台積電’s dealings with Huawei 华为 – The Information: ‘making artificial intelligence or smartphone chips’ 🇺🇸
TSMC says it complies with laws and export controls – Taipei Times 🇺🇸
Samsung delays taking deliveries of ASML chip gear for its new US factory, sources say – Reuters 🇺🇸
Chinese drone maker DJI sues US Defence Department over ‘military ties’ blacklisting – SCMP 🇺🇸
Eerder slaagde het Chinese techbedrijf Hesai al om zich van de lijst te laten halen.
To counter China, India eyes critical minerals pact with the US – Times of India: ‘by jointly tapping third countries to secure their supply chains’ 🇺🇸
Tegengeluid van techondernemers: het Nederlandse vestigingsklimaat is wél goed – NRC 🇳🇱
China’s Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 pushes hi-tech message during visit to science city in once-poor Hefei – SCMP
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 calls on Anhui to write its own chapter of Chinese modernisation – Xinhua
China fortifies resource security with strategic mineral and energy reserve gains – SCMP: ‘In the past year, China saw considerable growth in reserves of strategic minerals such as fluorite and crystalline graphite, the report indicated.’
Kantelpunt 🌏⏱️
Opinie: China wil doorbreken naar de Pacific – Jan van der Putten
North Korea decides to send around 10,000 soldiers to support Russia in Ukraine war, South Korea’s spy agency confirms – Yonhap News: ‘The National Intelligence Service’s (NIS) confirmation came after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol convened an emergency security meeting’ 🇰🇵🇷🇺
Japan expresses grave concerns over China-Russia-North Korea alliance at Nato defence ministers’ summit in Belgium – The Yomiuri Shimbun 🇰🇵🇷🇺
China and North Korea boost Russian military ties to uncharted levels – Nikkei Asia 🇰🇵🇷🇺
Western-made parts found in North Korean missile downed over Ukraine, report shows – The Kyiv Independent: ‘Microelectronics made by companies from the U.S., Switzerland, the U.K., and the Netherlands’ 🇰🇵
Joint Sword-2024B: Experts analyse China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait – CommonWealth Magazine with Joris Teer and Alexander Huang
Het zou de ultieme tragiek zijn voor Oekraïne als het ‘Vrije Westen’ waarbij het zich wil aansluiten, niet meer blijkt te bestaan – Arnout Brouwers in de Volkskrant
Harris is een gewone kandidaat, Trump kan de hele democratische wereld het moeras induwen – Kustaw Bessems in de Volkskrant
Nieuw-Caledonië: De nikkelrijke eilanden in de Stille Oceaan die Frankrijk niet wil laten gaan – de Volkskrant 🇫🇷🇳🇨
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Chinese foreign minister Wáng Yì 王毅 meets president of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer – Xinhua: ‘Wang expressed the hope that the U.S. side will earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state’ 🇺🇸
China says it is beefing up efforts with US to combat smuggling – Reuters 🇺🇸
Trump says China respects him because Xi knows he is ‘crazy’ – BBC News: ‘He told the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board he would not have to use military force to prevent a blockade of Taiwan, because President Xi “respects me and he knows I’m (expletive) crazy”.’ 🇺🇸
Trump says he would impose tariffs on China if China went into Taiwan – Reuters 🇺🇸
Dus geen soldaten sturen?
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 congratulates Prabowo Subianto on assuming presidency of Indonesia – Xinhua 🇮🇩
Chinese vice president Hán Zhèng 韩正 meets with Indonesian President Joko Widodo – Xinhua 🇮🇩
China consulate in Myanmar’s Mandalay hit with explosive device, according to local media – AFP 🇲🇲
Peru’s Chinese-built mega port to soft launch in late November with Shanghai route – Reuters 🇵🇪
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 urges strategic missile troops to enhance deterrence and combat capabilities – Xinhua: ‘made the remarks while inspecting a brigade of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday.’
China economie
China posts slowest official GDP growth in over a year at 4.6% for Q3 – Nikkei Asia
China’s Q3 GDP hits weakest pace since early 2023, backs calls for more stimulus – Reuters
China’s home prices see biggest drop in 9 years despite efforts to revive market – SCMP
Workers in China brace themselves for fresh wave of pay cuts amid economic malaise – The Straits Times: ‘workers telling The Straits Times that they expect new rounds of wage deductions and layoffs in the coming months, given the release of lacklustre economic data on Oct 18.’
‘It is illegal in China for employers to unilaterally change the terms of employment contracts, but enforcement has been weak, state media has reported.’
‘wages in sectors like manufacturing have been relatively stable, given that trade is doing well in China.’
IMF’s Georgieva says China can no longer rely on exports for growth – Reuters: ‘told Reuters on Thursday that China is too large to continue relying on exports to drive its economy and faces dangerously slower growth unless it shifts toward a consumer-driven economic model.’
China’s regulators chime in on charm offensive to maintain market momentum as growth stalls – SCMP
China can cut taxes to spur spending on the road to economic recovery, ex-central bank official says – SCMP
China’s central bank to cut reserve ratio, bolster property and capital market – SCMP
China binnenland
Chinezen die naar de stad trekken, krijgen langzaamaan meer rechten – NRC: „Tegelijk blijven steden selectief in wie ze verwelkomen. Dat komt door hun financieringsmodel: in China krijgen lokale overheden niet veel van de belastinginkomsten van de staat, maar zijn ze wel verantwoordelijk voor de kosten van het sociale vangnet.” „Dus voeren steden het nationale beleid selectief uit en geven ze met voorrang rechten aan de migranten die vastgoed kunnen betalen.”
China launches survey to understand ‘fear of having children’ - Reuters
China’s political mobilisation challenge – Josh Freedman for The Diplomat: ‘the CCP wants and needs an all-out effort from both bureaucrats and regular citizens. Yet the current mood in China suggests instead that mobilizing either of these groups is increasingly costly.’
Hong Kong
The infamous ‘coffin homes’ that Hong Kong’s new housing reforms won’t touch – HKFP
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Much of China’s military drill ‘livestream’ was pre-recorded, Taiwan’s defence minister says – Focus Taiwan: ‘some footage was identical to previously released footage’ 🇨🇳
President Lai thanks pilots at Combat Command; promises coast guard 11 more 1,000-tonne ships – Taipei Times
G7 defence chiefs criticise China drills – Taipei Times
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council selects ex-Control Yuan member Frank Wu 吳豐山 as SEF chairman – Focus Taiwan
Taiwan says China’s claimed trade barriers should be resolved via WTO – Focus Taiwan: ‘it is an historical issue left over from the WTO accession’ 🇨🇳
Taiwan unveils multi-ministerial task force to forge economic partnerships – Taipei Times
Deported Spanish fugitive wanted by Interpol returned to Taiwan after Singapore rejection – Focus Taiwan: ‘Taiwan’s news media reported Llinas Onate obtained permanent residency in Taiwan in 2021’ ‘Taiwan is not a member of Interpol’ 🇪🇸🇮🇹🇸🇬
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Constitutional Court to rule on KMT-TPP amendments to government oversight laws on Friday October 25 – Focus Taiwan
DPP legislator Puma Shen 沈伯洋 proposes bill to update collusion law – Taipei Times: ‘As collusion, which is currently not well-defined under the law, carries a severe penalty, judges tend not to invoke it, Shen said.’
Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 (TPP) requests to visit father who is in poor health – Taipei Times
Taiwan’s youth volunteer corps scheme in limbo over wartime combat fears – SCMP: ‘a two-decade-old provision that allows high school students to be enlisted into wartime non-combat service.’