De Chinese Wouden, maandag 7 augustus
Enige vertraging vandaag i.v.m. een druk weekend.
Herhaling: Clingendael heeft een vacature voor Senior Research Fellow China.
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Will autumn visit be third time lucky for Borrell’s China-EU ties talks? – SCMP: ‘In a phone call on Sunday, foreign minister Wang Yi told Borrell that “China welcomes” the EU diplomat and his delegation “to visit and have a strategic dialogue this autumn to prepare for the [bilateral] leaders summit through extensive and deep exchanges”. The annual strategic dialogue is a necessary precursor to the EU-China summit, which is supposed to happen before the end of the year.’ 🇪🇺
China and EU should conduct more institutional dialogues to promote bilateral ties, says Chinese foreign minister Wáng Yì 王毅 – Xinhua 🇪🇺
EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis to push China on barriers to exports – FT 🇪🇺
Spionage vor dem Kanzleramt: Wie China Regimegegner in Deutschland mundtot macht – Tagesspiegel: „Drei Teilnehmer einer oppositionellen Demonstration vor dem Kanzleramt berichten dem Tagesspiegel, ihre in China lebenden Familien seien in den Wochen darauf von Polizisten oder anderen Sicherheitskräften besucht oder vorgeladen worden.“ 🇩🇪
‘Irreparable mess’: China and France dissolve 19-year scientific partnership in Shanghai – SCMP 🇫🇷
China-Italy ties: as Rome looks for belt and road exit it’s expected to be ‘punished twice’ without reaping benefits – SCMP 🇮🇹
Foreign ministry spokesperson’s remarks on media reports that Italy is considering not renewing the Belt and Road cooperation document – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘Some forces have launched malicious hype and politicized the cultural exchange and trade cooperation between China and Italy under the Belt and Road framework in a bid to disrupt cooperation and create division.’ 🇮🇹
Former leaders of Japan and Estonia Asō Tarō 麻生 太郎 and Andrus Ansip to speak at security forum in Taipei – Focus Taiwan 🇪🇪
Oekraïne en Rusland 🇺🇦
Deelname China aan vredesoverleg Oekraïne is klap in gezicht van Rusland – NRC: „Heeft China een draai gemaakt? Inhoudelijk zeker niet.”
Wat mij betreft past deze deelname in het staande Chinese beleid.
China ‘backs further Ukraine peace talks’ after Saudi Arabia summit – The Guardian
China not expected to push Russian return to Black Sea grain deal – Nikkei Asia
China deepens military ties with Russia for ‘non-Western’ front – Nikkei Asia: ‘Chinese fighter jets took off from a Russian airfield for the first time as part of the exercise, as it was closer to the deployment location than sites in China.’
US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska – The Guardian
王毅同俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫通电话 – 中华人民共和国外交部:“王毅表示,在国际和多边舞台上,中俄继续紧密战略协作,推进世界多极化、国际关系民主化进程,维护国际关系基本准则,这是中俄应当承担的国际责任,也是中俄全面战略协作伙伴关系的应有之义。”
Chinese embassy slams Moscow over Russian border incident – POLITICO Europe
What China really thinks about Ukraine – Mark Leonard for POLITICO Europe
Overstromingen 🌊
China
Hogere paraatheid in China om overstromingen, meer dan miljoen evacuaties – NOS
Peking noteert triest record regenval: bijna 75 centimeter water – Trouw
Floods hit China’s grain belt as storms following Doksuri head northeast – Reuters
China floods: at least 14 killed after torrential rain in north-east’s Jilin – The Guardian
China’s July economic losses from disasters exceed January-June – Reuters
As floodwaters recede, Chinese city Zhuozhou faces ‘bitter’ days ahead – Reuters
Nieuwe klap voor ondernemers die al veel te leiden hebben gehad tijdens de pandemie.
Anger in China over plan to use cities as ‘moat’ to save Beijing from floods – The Guardian
Xi Jinping’s revealing response to floods and heatwaves – The Economist’s Chaguan: ‘the party seems allergic to freewheeling grassroots debate about whether the climate is changing.’
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 leads way in combating Beijing and Hebei floods – Xinhua: ‘At urgent times, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core kept standing firm in putting the people first and once again provided powerful backing for all those affected.’
Taiwan
Kaohsiung residents evacuated due to torrential rain – Focus Taiwan
Torrential rain forecast for mountainous areas of southern Taiwan – Focus Taiwan
Tech War 💽💥
TSMC to decide in favour of German factory on Tuesday, Handelsblatt reports – Reuters: : ‘It will operate the factory in a joint venture with partners Bosch (ROBG.UL), Infineon (IFXGn.DE) and NXP (NXPSM.UL), the sources told Handelsblatt.’ 🇳🇱
Taiwanesischer Chipkonzern TSMC kommt nach Deutschland – Handelsblatt
Taiwanese microchip company TSMC agrees to more oversight of its Arizona plant construction – AP
South Korean politician and former Samsung executive Yang Hyang-ja 梁香子 urges US to abandon China chip strategy – FT: ‘a former Democratic party member who formed her own technocratic party, Hope of Korea, in June’
The West’s de-risking strategy towards China will fail, says Chris Miller – The Economist: ‘three reasons’ ‘will drive a new round of tech and trade tension.’
TikTok to face EU privacy fine by September – POLITICO Europe 🇪🇺
TikTok unveils new measures ahead of EU Digital Services Act – Reuters 🇪🇺
Kantelpunt 🌏⏱️
New Zealand warns of ‘assertive’ China in 1st national security strategy – Nikkei Asia
China and Saudi in talks for ETF cross-listings to bolster financial ties, according to sources – Reuters
China shores up strategic ties with the United Arab Emirates as Beijing extends its Mideast reach – SCMP
Japan is leaving China behind as Asia’s two largest stock markets compete for investor capital – Bloomberg
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
US and China to open communication lines after diplomatic push bears fruit – FT: ‘According to three people familiar with the situation, Washington and Beijing will create two working groups to focus on Asia-Pacific regional issues and maritime issues, and a possible third group to focus on broader areas.’
Westerse zorgen om Chinees machtsvertoon tegen Filipijnse schepen bij omstreden Spratly-eilanden – de Volkskrant
De ambassades van Duitsland en de EU uitten ook hun zorgen op Twitter.
China used water cannon on indigenous boat carrying supplies – ABS-CBN
In Niger, China’s path to stability may diverge from Western security priorities – SCMP – SCMP
Philippines hits out at criticism of expanded US bases: ‘not any other countries’ business’ – SCMP
China’s Belt and Road Initiative regains momentum as focus shifts to smaller ‘high-quality’ projects – SCMP
China keeping details of investment deals from Bolivian public and congress, sources claim – Joseph Bouchard for The Diplomat
A global web of Chinese propaganda leads to a US tech mogul – The New York Times
China economie
Chinese economists told not to be negative as rebound falters – FT: ‘Multiple local brokerage analysts and researchers at leading universities as well as state-run think-tanks said they had been instructed by regulators, their employers and even domestic media outlets to avoid speaking negatively about topics ranging from fears of capital flight to softening prices.’
China’s bleak employment data ‘could be worse’, as education authorities crack down on falsified figures – SCMP
Biggest Chinese mutual funds near limits on offshore investment – FT
China’s Zhengzhou city launches property support measures – Reuters
China can no longer ‘extend and pretend’ on municipal debt – Reuters
China binnenland
What to make of a surprise shake-up in China’s nuclear force – The Economist
Hong Kong
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Former Japanese Prime Minister Asō Tarō 麻生 太郎 arrives in Taiwan – Focus Taiwan: ‘his ongoing trip makes him the first active LDP deputy to visit Taiwan since the severing of diplomatic relations between Taipei and Tokyo in 1972.’
President Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 [Cài Yīngwén] meets Israel lawmakers, eyes more exchanges – Focus Taiwan
New battalion of expanding military police to be garrisoned in south Taipei, according to source – Focus Taiwan
Taiwanese coast guard battling to keep staff and short of equipment – Taipei Times
China targeting placemaking: group – Taipei Times: ‘The group cited information from the cross-strait construction and creation contest and public announcements of the universities’ exchange programs as evidence.’
Chinese surveillance gear at Hsinchu Industrial Park prompts order for review – Taipei Times
Why are the world’s climate and environment NGOs trying to erase Taiwan from the map? – HKFP
Taiwan and US trade officials discussed how to proceed with a recently signed trade deal – Taipei Times
Taiwan verkiezingen
Presidential election not about choosing between US and China, DPP candidate William Lai Ching-te 賴清德 [Lài Qīngdé] says – Taipei Times: ‘it is “choosing between democracy and dictatorship” and “friends and enemies,”’
KMT chair Eric Chu 朱立倫 [Zhū Lìlún]’s plans for party unity backfire spectacularly thanks to Hou’s campaign manager King Pu-tsung 金溥聰 [Jīn Pǔcōng] – Courtney Donovan Smith
Presidential candidates Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 [Hóu Yǒuyí] (KMT) and Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 [Kē Wénzhé] (TPP) steal the spotlight at premiere of documentary on 1920s Taiwanese democracy pioneer Chiang Wei-shui – Focus Taiwan: ‘Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) and Secretary-General to the President Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) also attended the event and gave their remarks.’
Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 [Kē Wénzhé]’s TPP defends ‘sexualised’ flight attendant dance at women’s campaign support group launch – Taipei Times
Taiwan opposition on edge as Foxconn tycoon Terry Gou 郭台銘 [Guō Táimíng] (independent) expected to make presidential bid decision – SCMP
Alliance key to non-DPP election win, says Chang Hsien-yao 張顯耀 [Zhāng Xiǎnyào] – Taipei Times: ‘Chang said that he and other senior KMT figures are worried, because Hou did not reach 20 percent support in any scenario, while a Ko-Gou ticket would challenge Lai.’
稱南部人活得太慘挨轟!柯文哲嗆民進黨:不要製造分裂 – 聯合報
TPPs Ko Wen-je – flapuit – heeft het zuiden van Taiwan, traditioneel DPP-bolwerk, beledigd in een onhandige poging de lokale kiezers te overtuiging niet meer op de DPP stemmen.
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Hualien township mayor Kung Wen-chun 龔文俊 [Gōng Wénjùn] (KMT) convicted of vote-buying with pork – Taipei Times
Academia Sinica and hospital rebut online blood rumour – Taipei Times
Taiwan carbon exchange opens in Kaohsiung – Taipei Times