De Chinese Wouden, vrijdag 17 februari: ballon, Taiwan, anti-Amerika
De Chinese overheid heeft de Amerikaanse wapenleveranciers Lockheed Martin en Raytheon sancties en boetes opgelegd vanwege verkoop aan Taiwan. Ondertussen blijven ze samenzweringstheorieën over de VS pushen, en niet alleen de woordvoerders De Chinese vertegenwoordiging bij de Europese Unie tweet erover, net als de ambassade in Parijs. Al dagen gaat het zo.
Geen uitgebreid commentaar vandaag; ik ben niet helemaal fit en laat het bij wat ik eerder op al op had geschreven.
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Nationale Politie zet minder Chinese drones in vanwege „reëel gevaar” spionagetechnieken – NU.nl 🇳🇱
Dutch intelligence to analyse TikTok use on government phones after questions in parliament – POLITICO Europe 🇳🇱
Schriftelijke vragen: Het bericht dat een ex-werknemer van ASML bedrijfsinformatie verduisterde – Tom van der Lee (GroenLinks), Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 🇳🇱
China’s top diplomat Wáng Yì 王毅 called on France to boost cooperation on tech issues in the face of ‘adverse currents’, as Beijing tries to counter a US-led effort to curb its chip ambitions – Bloomberg 🇫🇷
French President Macron meets with senior Chinese diplomat Wáng Yì 王毅 – Xinhua 🇫🇷
EU countries agree to scrap covid tests for travellers from China – POLITICO Europe 🇪🇺
Press Release: EU, suspend meaningless ‘Human Rights Dialogue’ with Beijing – Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, World Uyghur Congress, International Campaign for Tibet, et al. 🇪🇺
Ukraine latest: Belarusian leader Lukashenko says Xi invited him to visit China – Nikkei Asia 🇧🇾
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on February 16, 2023 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘The two countries have worked together for a multi-polar world, greater democracy in international relations, and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. China stands ready to work with Russia to further advance our comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era.’ 🇷🇺
Ballon 🎈
Biden doorbreekt radiostilte over neergeschoten objecten: Amerikaanse luchtruimte wordt scherper verdedigd – De Volkskrant
Biden says he will speak to China’s Xi about balloon incident – Reuters
The US and China have been discussing setting up a meeting between top diplomats at Munich conference – WSJ
Hobby club’s missing balloon feared shot down by USAF – Aviation Week Network
Taiwan military finds Chinese weather balloon debris on frontline Dongyin islet – Focus Taiwan: ‘located about 40km from China’s Fujian Province is one of the closest Taiwan-controlled territories to China.’
Taiwan-China-VS 🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸
China adds Lockheed Martin Corporation and a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies to its list of ‘unreliable entities’ and fined them due to their participation in arms sales to Taiwan, the Ministry of Commerce says – Bloomberg
China adds two companies to unreliable entities list – Xinhua: ‘They must pay the fines within 15 days, in accordance with related laws and regulations, or other measures will be imposed on them, including an increase in fines, the announcement said.’
Pentagon’s top China official to visit Taiwan amid rising bilateral tensions – FT
Speaker McCarthy will ‘definitely’ visit Taiwan this year, argues KMT official Alexander Huang 黃介正 [Huáng Jièzhèng] – Focus Taiwan
Zeitentechwarwende ⏱️💽
‘Neutraal’ Zuid-Afrika in verlegenheid door militaire oefening met Rusland en China – NRC
NATO eyes joint summit statement with Asia-Pacific partners Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand – Nikkei Asia
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on February 16, 2023 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘NATO claims to be a regional defensive alliance, but it has constantly sought to breach its geographic confines and expand its agenda, stoke division and tensions, and create fears and confrontation. We urge NATO to abandon the outdated Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation, stop creating imaginary enemies and destabilizing Europe and the Asia-Pacific, and do something good for peace and stability in Europe and beyond.’
China’s video surveillance company Hikvision sues US over FCC ban – Axios
Weekend
Longreads en achtergrond
Boekrecensie: Nadat de hel uitbrak in Batavia moest de gruwelijke Chinezenmoord zo snel mogelijk worden vergeten – Trouw: ‘Een grotendeels vergeten gruwel is de Chinezenmoord van 1740.’
What China has learned from the Ukraine war: Even great powers aren’t safe from economic warfare—if the US-led order sticks together – Evan A. Feigenbaum and Adam Szubin in Foreign Affairs
(Iets te typisch Amerikaans naar mijn mening.)
Full Circle: As spy balloon fallout mounts, Xi reverts to old policy playbook – Willy Wo-Lap Lam for Jamestown China Brief
The Grown-Up Lives of China’s ‘Bad Kids’: Excluded and stigmatised, some young migrants look for fun and recognition off campus – Sixth Tone
How Ukraine war has shaped US planning for a China conflict – AP 🇺🇦
作為「中共改造民族」的活著?專訪日本法政大學法學院副教授熊倉潤:維吾爾人正遭遇中國特色種族滅絕 – 報導者
Podcasts
Sinologe Ingrid d’Hooghe: „Samenwerking met China moet, het biedt ook voordelen” – Follow the Money 🍎
Perestrojkast #163: Speelbal van China en Rusland - of Kazachstan ‘First’? – BNR 🍎
De chipoorlog is in volle gang: lukt het China om de machines van ASML na te maken? – De Volkskrant Elke Dag 🍎
ASML: Inside Europe’s most valuable tech company – BBC Business Daily 🍎
💡 Up in the air – The Economist’s Drum Tower 🍎
💡 Chinese surveillance balloon – GMFUS China Global interviews John Culver 🍎
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Senior US diplomat Wendy Sherman tells Brookings event China becoming more aggressive – Kyodo News
America bad, China good: Chinese propaganda is surprisingly effective abroad – The Economist: ‘The study showed that the CGTN videos were particularly persuasive among audiences in Africa and South America’
China’s Xi Jinping set for Iran state visit as Ebrahim Raisi closes ‘fruitful’ Beijing trip – SCMP
Wáng Yì 王毅 makes unannounced visit to Uzbekistan on his way to Europe – The China Global South Project
US, China, other nations urge ‘responsible’ use of military AI at The Hague conference – Reuters
枪支暴力是美国抹不去的人权污点(钟声) – 《人民日报》(2023年02月17日 第15版)
Commentaar in het Volksdagblad onder gezaghebbende pennaam Zhong Sheng dat leest als een herhaling klaagt over de mensenrechtenschending die het vuurwapengeweld in de Verenigde Staten is.
Why is the West reticent about a report on US involvement [sic] in Nord Stream explosions? – Xinhua: ‘Experts believe that the West is secretive because any confirmation of Hersh’s allegations will wreck U.S. relations with Germany and Europe [Pekings beleidsdoel], as the loss of cheap gas from Russia is dealing a severe blow to the bloc’s economy.’
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on February 16, 2023 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘Do these Western media really not care about the truth behind the Nord Stream blast? Or is something else going on? What exactly do they know? Is there anything they are trying to hide?’
China economie
China to expand civil service jobs to support employment and new graduates – SCMP
China says to craft policies to boost consumer spending and improve child care – Reuters
China binnenland
Duizenden Chinese ouderen de straat op om te protesteren tegen het korten van hun zorgverzekering – De Volkskrant
Chinese government targets foreign and ‘unauthorised’ media in extended crackdown – SCMP
China achieves major, decisive victory in covid response since November, says CCP leadership – Xinhua
Hong Kong
Hong Kong court jails 7 for up to 3 years for ‘rioting’ in Admiralty during 2019 demos – HKFP
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
[South] Korea’s ‘Black Eagles’ acrobatic team makes refuelling stop at Kaohsiung – Focus Taiwan
Taiwanese navy launches third domestically made missile corvette – Focus Taiwan
Taiwan binnenland en economie
Mass data leaks raise alarm about Taiwan’s cybersecurity – Brian Hioe for The Diplomat
Matsu Islands internet to be restored by end of April after cables accidentally severed by passing vessels – Taipei Times
Nantou by-election DPP candidate Tsai Pei-hui 蔡培慧 [Cài Péihuì] rejects ‘parachute’ label – Taipei Times
開嗆郭台銘! 蔡正元:國民黨不是公廁想尿就來尿 – 自由時報
跟郭台銘見面?朱立倫:目前沒規畫 – 聯合報
新聞眼/郭侯朱競合 2024不容忽視盧秀燕 – 聯合報
頭條揭密》共軍兩棲登陸演習爆意外結果 央視:剛上岸就傷亡1/3 – 中時新聞網