De Chinese Wouden, vrijdag 13 januari: ASML, Ethiopië
De secties om vandaag aandacht aan te besteden zijn die over halfgeleiders – Rutte gaan naar Biden – en China buitenland, waar flink wat staat over het veelzeggende bezoek van minister Qin aan Ethiopië.
Halfgeleiders 🍪
Rutte en Hoekstra brengen bezoek aan Biden, „zullen ASML bespreken” schrijft FT – FD 🇳🇱
Biden will discuss cooperation on limiting China’s access to microchip technology in back-to-back visits to Washington by leaders of Japan and the Netherlands – Bloomberg: ‘The topic will be part of broader security discussions Biden will hold with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, followed by his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on Tuesday’ 🇳🇱
US talks with Japanese and Dutch to yield no immediate China chip export curbs, says source – Reuters: ‘But, “these visits will not result in immediate announcements and (are) part of our ongoing consultations on these issues,” the person cautioned.’ 🇳🇱
Analysis: Why the US needs Japan’s help on China chips restrictions – Reuters
TSMC weighs second chip plant in Japan, expansion in Europe – Nikkei Asia 🇪🇺
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Visiting Lithuanian lawmaker Laurynas Kasciunas underscores need to cooperate with Taiwan – Focus Taiwan 🇱🇹
Zeitenwende ⏱️
💡 Japan’s shift to war footing – Zack Cooper and Eric Sayers for War on the Rocks
Japan and Canada vow to boost security ties amid China's military threat – Kyodo News
Techwar 💽
The head of TikTok is handed a series of polite compliance warnings by EU commissioners who reined in the undiplomatic language they’ve recently aimed at Twitter owner Elon Musk – Bloomberg
TikTok fined €5m in French privacy case – POLITICO Europe
IEA waarschuwt voor afhankelijkheid van China – BNR
Zweden ontdekt grote hoeveelheid zeldzame aardmetalen, helpt dit ons af van onze grote afhankelijkheid van China? – VRT Nieuws
China covid 🦠
China visa bans over Covid rules spark concern from top European business chambers – SCMP 🇪🇺
China slams WHO for doubting ‘transparent’ covid data – Nikkei Asia
China hasn’t updated its daily Covid reports for three days, adding to global concerns that the information vacuum is masking the true impact of the world’s biggest outbreak – Bloomberg
Many Chinese villagers seem ready to move on from Covid-19 – The Economist’s Chaguan ziet chūnlian 春联 en wǎnlián 挽联.
China’s Covid-19 shift catches drugmakers by surprise – The Straits Times: ‘with two drugmakers in Beijing saying they ramped up production only after receiving notice from the government.’
Weekend
Longreads en achtergrond
China’s Epidemic of Mistrust: How Xí Jìnpíng 习近平’s Covid-19 U-turn will make the country harder to govern – Lynette H. Ong for Foreign Affairs
Taiwan: Die Stachelschwein-Strategie – Die Zeit
Podcasts
Buitenlandse Zaken: Zakt China weg? En komt India in die plaats? – De Groene Amsterdammer 🍎
De fragmentatie van de wereld – BNR Boekestijn en De Wijk interviewt Joris Teer.
Drum Tower: The new wave – The Economist 🍎
EP-032 王志安:央视、审查和“大外宣” – 不明白播客 🍎
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
With FBI search, US escalates global fight over Chinese local police outposts – The New York Times
US should prioritise ‘guardrails’ in its China dealings this year, White House official Kurt Campbell says – SCMP
Wat levert al die Chinese aandacht Afrikaanse landen eigenlijk op? – NRC
Foreign minister Qín Gāng 秦刚’s visit to Ethiopia buttressed by Twitter spam and local media – China Digital Times
Remarks by Foreign Minister Qín Gāng 秦刚 at the completion ceremony for the China-aided project of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘Today, our world, our times and history are changing in ways like never before. The collective rise of developing countries is irreversible, and the advent of an Asian century and an African century is no longer a distant dream.’
De aantrekkingskracht van zulke visies op niet-Westerse landen moet Europa niet onderschatten.
Qín Gāng 秦刚 talks about the progress of the ‘Outlook on Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa’ in Ethiopia – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘Qin Gang said that China has always believed that the conflict in the Tigray Region is an internal affair of Ethiopia and that the Ethiopian people have the wisdom and ability to independently resolve their internal differences; […] China has always supported African people in solving African problems in African ways.’
China foreign minister on Africa visit sidesteps call for UN Security Council seat – AP
Senior Chinese Party official visits Bangladesh – Xinhua
De zogenaamde ‘briefings’ die de International Liaison Department van de CCP geeft in het buitenland om het eigen politieke systeem te promoten.
Situation along the northern borders with China is stable, but unpredictable, says Indian Army chief – The Hindustan Times
China economie
From disciplinarian to cheerleader: Why China is changing its tone on business – The New York Times
China’s on the move again, economic outlook brightens – Reuters
Chinese consumers are set to power the recovery, UBS says – Caixin Global
China eases curbs on property developers to counter downturn – FT: ‘Officials at multiple state-owned banks said they had effectively shelved the leverage curbs — whose three red lines refer to targets for debt, equity and assets for individual companies’
Volgt op eerdere berichtgeving van Bloomberg dat dit zou gebeuren.
China binnenland
A year on, China’s ‘chained woman’ still closely guarded in hushed up case – SCMP
Hong Kong
Britain criticises ‘erosion of freedoms’ in Hong Kong, draws rebuke from China – Reuters
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Navy showcases locally made Yushan landing platform dock in Kaohsiung – Focus Taiwan
玉山艦大肚量 雄風飛彈車也進塢艙 – 自由時報 met de foto’s.
Veteran Chinese official Sòng Tāo 宋涛 assumes the Taiwan portfolio – J. Michael Cole for GTI: ‘Unlike his three most recent predecessors as heads of the TAO—Liu, Zhang Zhijun (張志軍), and Wang Yi (王毅)—Song assumes the new role without being a member of the CCP’s Central Committee’
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Suhua section to reopen on Sunday after landslide – Taipei Times
Cabinet approves national security rules for political party leaders draft amendments – Focus Taiwan
Draft bill approved to keep foreign talent, raise immigration crime penalties – Focus Taiwan