Архів публікацій категорії Strategies

The country will take centre stage at the G20 summit, but its troubles run deep. It’s preposterous to suggest that India will dominate our century, either militarily or economically. Yet the idea is gaining momentum. The 21st century, we are told breathlessly, will be “India’s century”. Proponents of the notion liken India to China, but the comparison is grotesque. China’s…

Less than a month ago, we reported that according to Kpler estimates, China was expected to import as much as 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from Iran in August, the most since at least 2013. On Thursday, the latest China trade data confirmed just that when customs data revealed that China snapped up Iranian shipments, and…

В оккупированный Мариуполь приехала китайская оперная певица Ван Фан и спела там «Катюшу». На эту циничную выходку отреагировали в МИД Украины: «Украина ожидает от китайской стороны объяснений цели пребывания китайских граждан в Мариуполе, а также пути их попадания во временно оккупированный украинский город. Исполнение китайской оперной певицей Ван-Фан песни «Катюша» на развалинах драмтеатра в Мариуполе, в котором российская армия убила…

During his visit to Beijing Foreign Secretary James Cleverly held bilateral meetings with senior Chinese government figures. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has held bilateral meetings with senior Chinese government figures during his visit to Beijing. He met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng for the second time, and Chinese Foreign Minister and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs…

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo wrapped up her "successful and productive" four-day high-stakes visit to China on Wednesday, with the visit yielding material results, including the establishment of new communication channels to seek solutions to specific business issues and support for enterprises of the two countries in carrying out pragmatic cooperation. Chinese observers welcomed the positive progress made in the…

По данным издания, за 14 месяцев — с февраля 2022 года по март 2023 года — доля Китая в банковском секторе России выросла в четыре раза. Основными кредиторами российских банков стали Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank и Agricultural Bank of China. С февраля прошлого года по март текущего они нарастили объем своих активов…

The complex China-US relationship sits at a historic inflection point. As strategic rivalry intensifies, voices across the world are questioning long-held assumptions underpinning Washington's hawkish turn against Beijing. On August 11th, Bloomberg's chief economist Tom Orlik argued that America's perspective on China has been profoundly mistaken. Current policies rooted in notions of containment rest on a flawed understanding of China's…

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has picked veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top China policy official, five sources familiar with the matter said, bringing in new leadership for a part of the department that has faced staffing problems and criticism over its handling of China-focused initiatives. Lambert will likely be named as the deputy assistant…

The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesday, appears likely to open a new front in the U.S.-China economic conflict. The Biden administration plans on Wednesday to issue new restrictions on American investments in certain advanced industries in China, according to people familiar with the deliberations, a move…

China and Saudi Arabia have an important bilateral relationship Last weekend, Saudi Arabia hosted a two-day summit in Jeddah dedicated to ending the war in Ukraine. Nearly 40 countries attended, including the United States, India, and dozens across Europe. But it was the presence of one nation that raised expectations for a breakthrough – China. Because China had rejected a similar meeting…