De Chinese Wouden, woensdag 16 november: Rutte treft Xi, Xi spreekt op G20, slecht nieuws Chinese halfgeleiderindustrie
Gisteren pakte ik nog een stukje mee van de ontmoeting tussen Mark Rutte en Xi Jinping in Bali rond de G20. Vandaag meer achtergrond. Ik werd zelf geciteerd in de SCMP. Wat betreft de vriendelijkere toon die Peking nu aanslaat in Bali, het lijkt inderdaad op een poging om de neergaande diplomatieke spiraal te stoppen. Feit blijft echter dat de tegenstellingen blijven bestaan. Wanneer na de woorden de acties weer beginnen, zal de verslechtering zich verder doorzetten.
Nederland staat op pagina 3 van het Volksdagblad van vandaag, voor Australië en Spanje, maar na: Frankrijk, Zuid-Afrika, Senegal, Zuid-Korea en Argentinië.
Mark Rutte treft Xi Jinping 🇳🇱🇨🇳
Ik ben verbaas over het gebrek aan berichtgeving in de Nederlandse pers, zeker gezien de aandacht die wel uitging naar de ontmoeting tussen Biden en Xi.
Xi waarschuwt Rutte voor breuk tussen Europa en China: dat gaat haast zeker over ASML – ANP via Eindhovens Dagblad
Xi spreekt met Rutte over doorgaan ASML-leveranties aan China – FD
Xi meets Dutch PM Rutte – Xinhua: ‘The attempt to politicize economic and trade issues must be rejected, and stability of global industrial and supply chains should be maintained, said Xi.’
习近平会见荷兰首相吕特 – 中华人民共和国外交部 Met de CCTV-video.
President Xi Jinping Meets with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
In diplomatic flurry, European leaders press China’s Xi Jinping on opposing nuclear weapons – SCMP heeft een paar citaatjes van mij:
“The relatively positive vibe in Chinese coverage on the Xi-Biden summit does suggest there is a desire in Beijing to put a floor under things,” said Sense Hofstede, a research associate specialising in China at the Clingendael Institute, a Dutch think tank.
Xi used his meeting with Rutte to call for “cooperation, instead of seeking decoupling”. Hofstede said both sides have bristled over US efforts to force Dutch microchip giant ASML to stop selling to Chinese clients.
“The call by Xi Jinping to avoid decoupling in order to protect the global supply chain and not politicise trade are about the general issues, but I cannot help but read Chinese worries about ASML in it,” he said.
“I think the Dutch government is unhappy with the extent of the pressure from the United States on what it sees as a national tech champion, and at the same time it is facing growing domestic wariness about China.”
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Provincie Utrecht verbreekt relatie met Guangdong: „We willen niet bevriend zijn met een vriend van Poetin” – Trouw 🇳🇱
German parliamentary state secretary Franziska Brantner arrives in Taiwan for two-day visit – Taipei Times: ‘In related news, National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Tsung-tsong (吳政忠) yesterday left Taiwan for a visit to France and Germany.’ 🇩🇪
The stark US-German differences on China – Ivo Daalder for POLITICO Europe: ‘Yet, when it comes to China, Scholz doesn’t appear to have learned that geopolitical lesson. Biden has.’ 🇩🇪
West plays a tired, old tune on matching China’s Belt and Road – POLITICO Europe: ‘Antoine Bondaz, a China scholar at the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research, criticized the West's failure to come up with specific projects.’ 🇪🇺
World Insights: China-Europe economic, trade relations show steady growth despite global challenges – Xinhua: ‘a broad consensus has emerged that major economies like China and the European Union (EU) need to work together towards economic cooperation so as to facilitate global economic recovery and sustainable development.’ 🇪🇺
G20 Bali 🇮🇩
Xi calls for meeting challenges of the times together at G20 summit – Xinhua: ‘Xi underscored the need to make global development more inclusive, saying that solidarity is strength, but division leads nowhere.’ 🇨🇳
Full text of Xi’s remarks at Session I of G20 summit in Bali – Xinhua: ‘We meet at a time of momentous changes unseen in a century’ 🇨🇳
Xinhua Headlines: Xi’s proposals on global cooperation, development gain worldwide support [sic] – Xinhua: ‘In his meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Xi underscored that the attempt to politicize economic and trade issues must be rejected, and stability of global industrial and supply chains should be maintained.’ 🇨🇳
White House reporter was grabbed and shoved by man wearing white mask with Chinese flag after human rights question in Bali – The Hill 🇺🇸
G20 statement: ‘Most members’ condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – Axios 🇺🇦
In G-20 talks, China objects to calling Russian invasion of Ukraine a ‘war’ – The Washington Post 🇺🇦
Chinese foreign minister Wáng Yì 王毅 praises Russia’s opposition to nuclear war at G20 summit – Reuters 🇷🇺
Wang Yi Briefs the Media on the Meeting between Chinese and U.S. Presidents and Answers Questions – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: ‘However, should the three types of serious events that are stipulated in the Anti-Secession Law take place, China will surely act in accordance with the Law.’ 🇺🇸
G20 meeting between Britain’s Sunak and China’s Xi cancelled – Reuters: ‘due to “scheduling issues”, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Wednesday.’ 🇬🇧
South Korean president urges bigger China role in curbing North Korean arms tests – Reuters 🇰🇷
Canadian PM Trudeau raises ‘serious concerns’ about Chinese interference in talks with Xi – The Guardian 🇨🇦
China and Spain seek fair treatment in each other’s markets – Reuters 🇪🇸
Xi meets Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez – Xinhua 🇪🇸
China and France seek respect for Ukraine's territorial integrity, Macron tweets – Kyodo News 🇫🇷
Xi meets French President Macron – Xinhua: ‘hopes France will encourage the EU to stay committed to an independent and positive China policy.’ 🇫🇷
Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 sheds ‘wolf-warrior’ coat on return to world stage – Nikkei Asia: ‘But Lowy’s McGregor said China's fundamental aims or ambitions have not changed. “The idea that we're entering a new stable era is misleading,” he said. Rather, “there is an effort for some sort of diplomatic equilibrium.”’ 🇨🇳
Big-power rivalry overshadows Biden-Xi cooperation pledge – Reuters: ‘Jude Blanchette, a China expert at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, described the improved mood this week as a temporary arrest in a “near vertical downward deterioration” in ties.’ ‘Shi Yinhong, a professor of international relations at Renmin University in Beijing, also saw little movement.’ 🇨🇳
Op de G20 toont Indonesië zijn toenemende zelfvertrouwen op het wereldtoneel – NRC: „China is de grootste handelspartner van Indonesië, maar diens machtsuitbreiding is ook voor de archipel een hoofdpijndossier.” 🇮🇩
Tech War 💽
China’s semiconductor output posts biggest ever monthly decline in October amid weak demand, fresh US tech export controls – SCMP
Chinese memory chip maker YMTC could be added to US trade blacklist next month, according to US official’s prepared remarks – Reuters
China’s BYD scraps IPO plan for semiconductor unit – Reuters
Apple plans to source chips from an Arizona plant in 2024, marking a pivot from Asian supply – Bloomberg
South Korea caught in the middle of US-China chip war, but American export control requests unlikely – SCMP
China’s lithium hold won’t be undercut by Opec-style cartel as Argentina, Chile, Bolivia consider alliance – SCMP
Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 (Cài Yīngwén) decries ‘rumours’ about the island’s chip investment risk – Reuters: ‘met with ASML Holding’s (ASML.AS) chief operations officer Frederic Schneider-Maunoury on Tuesday’ 🇳🇱
In the global chips race, EU’s cash engine sputters – POLITICO Europe 🇪🇺
Overige
Bij het begrijpen van de context van Chinese zorgen over het gebruik van nucleaire wapens, vergeet niet deze verklaring van de Chinese ondervertegenwoordiger bij de VN Gěng Shuǎng 耿爽 op 2 november:
Biosecurity knows no borders and has an impact on the common interest of mankind as a whole. Since the March this year, Russia has repeatedly lodged allegations to the Security Council that the US is suspected of conducting bio-military activities in Ukraine. China is gravely concerned and we believe that any evidence or clues related to compliance with the convention should receive full attention of the international community and deserve thorough and to the point responses and clarifications from the parties concerned.
China buitenland en defensie
China opposes UN General Assembly draft resolution on compensation related to Ukraine: ambassador – The Global Times 🇺🇦
Philippines eyes military deal with Japan amid South China Sea tensions – The Straits Times
Betreft een zogeheten Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
Philippines to accelerate US defence deal on base access – Nikkei Asia: ‘Manila is also in talks with Washington regarding additional sites to be covered under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, including areas near Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea.’
US Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Philippine islands of Palawan at edge of South China Sea dispute – Reuters
China’s defence minister Wèi Fènghé 魏凤和 tipped to lead talks with US military, but sanctions on likely successor Lǐ Shàngfú 李尚福 may pose early challenge – SCMP
China wijst op klimaattop vooral naar anderen – NRC: „De discussie gaat op de klimaattop vooral over geld voor klimaatbeleid in arme landen en omdat China al sinds het begin van de onderhandelingen over internationaal klimaatbeleid, nu dertig jaar geleden, wordt beschouwd als een ontwikkelingsland, kan het in die discussie rustig achterover leunen – en af en toe wat olie op het vuur gooien.” „Het lijkt erop dat vooral China druk uitoefent om die anderhalve graad te schrappen.”
US and China climate envoys meet at COP27 summit in Egypt – AP
China complains over support for Taiwan at COP27 climate summit – Reuters
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on November 15, 2022 – ‘the first group of diplomats from Pacific Island countries (PICs) are now attending a training program in China’
China economie en tech
China GDP growth outlook sputters to 3.3%, threatening global economy – Nikkei Asia
China’s Tencent starts new round of layoffs, according to sources – Reuters
Ook ontslaggolven in tech buiten Sillicon Valley.
China developers’ rush to raise funds triggers stock selloff – Bloomberg
Congress should consider revoking China’s designation as a favoured trading partner, and establish an office to safeguard US supply chains, according to a panel that advises US lawmakers – Bloomberg
The FBI has national security concerns about a potential deal that would let Chinese-owned video app TikTok continue operating in the US, Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers – Bloomberg
Niet alleen problemen voor TikTok bij de ChristenUnie.
Chinese wind and solar power firms soar amid bolstered policy support – Yicai Global
China binnenland
Chinese bestuurders weten zich geen raad met nieuw coronabeleid –Trouw
Fel protest tegen lockdown in Chinese stad Guangzhou – FD
Fear and panic grips Chinese city rumoured to be a test case for exiting Covid Zero, with parents keeping children home from school and subways empty – Bloomberg
China’s relaxed rules mean little if ‘zero-Covid-19’ persists in practice – The Straits Times
Singapore’s Elizabeth Law over de consequenties van een gedecentraliseerd systeem met conflicterende prikkels.
China’s coronavirus test providers hit by payments crunch as cash-strapped local governments struggle to fund mass testing programme – FT
Grassroots protests are frequent in Xi Jinping’s China – Kevin Slaten for The Diplomat introduces the Freedom House’s China Dissent Monitor
Why China Will Play It Safe Xi Would Prefer Détente—Not War—With America – Christopher K. Johnson in Foreign Affairs
Ik heb normaal altijd aandacht voor wat Chris Johnson zegt.
Remanding national security defendants for long period before trial ‘not ideal,’ head of Hong Kong lawyers’ group says – HKFP
Coronavirus: Xinjiang authorities investigate 3 men over ‘malicious’ online comments – SCMP
China after the 20th CCP Congress: a new stage in Xi Jinping’s revolution – Michał Bogusz for Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich
Many Chinese cities scrap household registration curbs in order to grow bigger – Yicai Global
国务院任免国家工作人员 – 新华网:“任命孙卫东为外交部副部长。”
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Xi Jinping is not looking to go to war over Taiwan anytime soon – Derek Grossman for Nikkei Asia
Amid tensions with China, Taiwan shows off military drones – AP
104 locally developed Chien Hsiang ‘suicide drones’ to be made by 2025 – Focus Taiwan
Ukraine honours Taiwanese volunteer fallen in combat – Taipei Times: ‘Representative to Poland Bob Chen (陳龍錦) accompanied Tseng’s family members’ 🇺🇦
Xi’s Taiwan claims during Biden meeting do not match the facts, says Mainland Affairs Council – Focus Taiwan: ‘The Republic of China (Taiwan) is a sovereign country and neither part of the People’s Republic of China nor its internal affairs,’ (「中華民國臺灣是主權國家,從非中華人民共和國的一部分或內政」) ‘the MAC, the nation's top government agency handling cross-Taiwan Strait affairs, underlined in a statement.’ 華
台美簽署長程預警雷達後續5年維持案 157.6億元監控共軍飛彈動態 – 自由時報
Taiwan binnenland
Election campaigns around Taiwan, November 15 – Focus Taiwan
campaign trail: KMT in Taichung – Frozen Garlic: ‘The dominant trend this year is the power of incumbency.’
Dat zou dus teleurstellend uit gaan pakken voor de regerende DPP.