De Chinese Wouden, vrijdag 10 november: Nederlandse minister spreek Chinese tegenhanger, G7
Prettig weekend.
Nederland 🇳🇱
Chinese foreign minister Wáng Yì 王毅 urges Netherlands to continue cooperation ahead of Dutch curbs on hi-tech exports – SCMP: ‘Pang Zhongying, a professor of international affairs at Sichuan University, said: “China should work harder to strengthen its relations with European countries, because it matters significantly to its economic and technological development given China’s geopolitical tensions with the US.”’
Chinese foreign minister Wáng Yì 王毅 holds phone talks with Dutch foreign minister Hanke Bruins Slot at the latter’s request – Xinhua:
Wang said he hoped the Netherlands will adhere to the spirit of independence, freedom and openness, follow international trade rules and uphold the spirit of contract, and join forces with China to promote bilateral cooperation in economy and trade, science and technology, innovation and other fields, and maintain the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain.
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Wang said that there is no fundamental conflict of interests between China and Europe, with consensuses far outweighing differences. China-Europe relations do not depend on and should not be interfered with by any third party.
Europarlementariër Bernd Lange wil Europese actie voor ASML: ‘Desnoods naar de WTO’ – FD: „voorzitter van de commissie buitenlandse handel van het Europarlement.”
Europa 🇪🇺
No reason to be rivals – Ambassador Fu Cong for China Daily 🇪🇺
Deal over dim sum: China caves to EU on data flows to keep investors sweet – POLITICO Europe: ‘Even though U.S., Japanese and other companies had also been pushing for this kind of measure from Beijing on data, China offered the diplomatic win to the EU.’ 🇪🇺
5G-Netz: Nato-Generalsekretär Stoltenberg warnt Deutschland vor Huawei – Handelsblatt: „Auch Sicherheitsexperten der Bundesregierung sind besorgt darüber, dass eine Entscheidung über den Ausbau von chinesischen Komponenten aus dem deutschen 5G-Netz seit Wochen aufgeschoben wird.“ 🇩🇪
China admires Russia’s resilience, top PLA general Zhāng Yòuxiá 张又侠 tells Vladimir Putin – SCMP
Putin lauds Russia’s ‘high-tech’ military cooperation with China – Reuters
Russia’s defence minister Shoigu meets top Chinese military official Zhāng Yòuxiá 张又侠 for second time in 10 day – Reuters
China urges Estonia not to allow opening of Taiwan office – Reuters 🇪🇪
China ambassador may leave Estonia if Taipei office opened – ERR News 🇪🇪
Foreign minister Joseph Wu 吳釗燮 lauds Estonia’s courage against China during visit – Taipei Times 🇪🇪
EU lawmakers demand answers on Chinese firms’ links to Brussels’ response to belt and road – SCMP: ‘asking whether the firms will be excluded from the Global Gateway Business Advisory Board’ 🇪🇺
‘Important meeting with Wang Lutong, Director General for European Affairs at 🇨🇳 MFA to discuss upcoming bilateral engagements and 🇩🇪’s China strategy, including diversification and opportunities for cooperation.’ – Petra Sigmund, Twitter
Taiwan carbon fee source of rebate for EU CBAM tariff, applies more broadly, official says – Focus Taiwan 🇪🇺
Taiwan and UK sign Enhanced Trade Partnership deal – Taipei Times: ‘marking the nation’s first trade framework agreement with a European country’ 🇬🇧
Chinese embassy tells UK to stop using trade as an excuse to improve Taiwan ties – The Guardian 🇬🇧
G7 🇯🇵🗻
G7 Japan 2023 Foreign Ministers’ Statement – US Department of State
[…] Our policy approaches are not designed to harm China nor do we seek to thwart China’s economic progress and development. We are not decoupling or turning inwards. At the same time, we recognize that economic resilience requires de-risking and diversifying. […] We call on China to act as a responsible member of the international community. In this regard, we welcome China’s participation in the Ukraine-led peace process. We further call on China not to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine, to press Russia to stop its military aggression, and to support a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
We underscore that China has a responsibility to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter in their entirety. We remain seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas, strongly opposing any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion. […]
We reaffirm the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as indispensable to security and prosperity in the international community and call for the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues. […]
G7 urges ‘peaceful’ resolution in Taiwan Strait – Taipei Times: ‘In Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) thanked the G7 nations’
Verenigde Staten en China 🇺🇸🇨🇳
Hostility toward the US in China has dropped sharply, new poll shows – Axios
US Treasury’s Yellen wants ‘open and substantive’ talks with Chinese vice premier Hé Lìfēng 何立峰 – Reuters
China lays out its grievances with the US just before meetings between economic tsar Hé Lìfēng 何立峰 and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, illustrating the fragility of recently improved ties – Bloomberg
Tech War 💽💥
China’s Wingtech 闻泰科技 to sell UK chipmaking plant Nexperia Newport amid security concern – Nikkei Asia: ‘Wingtech bought Newport in August 2021 through the Dutch subsidiary Nexperia.’
Top China chipmaker SMIC 中芯’s quarterly revenue falls for the third straight quarter – SCMP
Nvidia plans to release three new chips for China, according to analysts – Reuters
Geely eyes EV foothold in Southeast Asia with US$10bn Malaysia hub – Nikkei Asia
Kantelpunt 🌏⏱️
China’s Xi Jinping turbocharges state role in energy, rail–laying stable track but sparking market worries – SCMP: ‘called for a stronger state presence in the energy and railway sectors to safeguard national security’
China’s slow economy takes 9% off global manufacturers’ profits – Nikkei Asia
US reports sharp rise in people fleeing China amid ‘run’ movement – RFA
Weekend 🏖️📚
Longreads en achtergrond
The People’s Liberation Army is not yet as formidable as the West fears – The Economist
Taiwan’s most pressing challenge is strangulation, not invasion – Jude Blanchette and Bonnie S. Glaser for War on the Rocks
The global constraints to Chinese growth – Michael Pettis for FT
China wants women to stay home and bear children – The Economist
China has a history of being pro-Palestinian, but now faces diplomatic conundrum – Helen Davidson and Amy Hawkins for The Guardian
China’s first political school in Africa – Paul Nantulya for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
A Chinese dispute with the Philippines is a test of America: China yearns to expose its rival as an unreliable ally – The Economist’s Chaguan
Taiwan’s land squeeze pits advanced chips against ancestral temples – Reuters
Podcasts
What’s Next for US-China Relations? The View from Congress – CSIS Pekingology: ‘Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’ 🍎 🤖
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Japan, China, and South Korea mull foreign minister meeting in Busan on November 26; hopes muted for repair to Japan-China relations – The Yomiuri Shimbun
Kishida-Xi talks planned for sidelines of US summit next week – The Yomiuri Shimbun
China urges Japan to honour statement about seeking constructive and stable ties – Xinhua
Top Chinese diplomat Wáng Yì 王毅 meets Japanese national security official Takeo Akiba – Xinhua
Chinese Shandong carrier strike group ‘sails through Taiwan Strait’ after western Pacific drills – SCMP
China hopes to sell J-10C fighter jets in Middle East as aerobatics team heads for Dubai Airshow – SCMP
China and Singapore vow to advance all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership – Xinhua
China economie
Deflatiespook houdt China in de ban – FD
China’s economy falls back into deflation in blow to recovery – FT
China authorities ask Ping An 平安 to take controlling stake in Country Garden 碧桂园 – Reuters
China binnenland
Forced Uyghur labor undergirds Xinjiang’s export boom – Adrian Zenz for The Hill
China to issue white paper on CPC policies on governance of Xizang [Tibet] in new era – Xinhua
Hong Kong
Controversiële Gay Games in Hongkong zijn vooral ‘geen politiek evenement’ – de Volkskrant
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Taiwan waiting for US F-16s, tanks in US$19bn arms sale backlog – Nikkei Asia
Taiwan kept on US currency manipulation monitoring list – Focus Taiwan: ‘as did China, Malaysia, Germany, and Singapore, while Vietnam was newly added’
Air force major sentenced over leaks of classified files – Taipei Times: ‘latest development in a case of military officers linked to a Chinese espionage network’
Official outlines what ECFA end would affect – Tipei Times: ‘Li’s comments came in the wake of remarks by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that it is looking to terminate the ECFA in full or rescind some of the preferential tax rates for Taiwanese products.’
President Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 (DPP) warns Taipei Security Dialogue peace not guaranteed – Taipei Times
Taiwan verkiezingen
Candidate Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 (KMT) vows to form drug enforcement agency – Taipei Times: ‘Citing recent high-profile incidents of influencers caught using cannabis, Hou said there was an urgent need to curb the circulation of illegal drugs’
Taiwan binnenland
Surrogacy likely to be legalised, says Taiwan’s health minister – Taipei Times: ‘Other changes to the act seek to broaden the scope of people eligible for assisted reproduction to include same-sex couples, single women and surrogates’
Chinese students to be eligible for NHI, says ministry – Taipei Times
Overseas sales of machinery drop for 15th month – Taipei Times