China’s ongoing investigation into alleged lip-synching by a popular Taiwanese rock band may be linked to attempts by Beijing to influence the island’s upcoming election, Taiwan security officials ...
US companies are picky about investing in China. The exceptions? Burgers, lattes
It was a tumultuous 2023 for the Chinese economy. Some of the world's biggest brands took action or said they were considering shifting manufacturing away from China during a time of unease about ...
China’s Housing Construction Set For Third-Year Contraction: Consensus Report From Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley And UBS
A consensus including Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, and UBS Group indicates that China's housing construction is set to decline for the third year in a row.
China’s Dec factory activity likely contracted for third month – Reuters poll
China's manufacturing activity likely contracted for the third consecutive month, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, weighed by soft demand for manufactured goods, a reading that would embolden calls ...
China pressures influential Taiwanese band ahead of elections – sources
China has pressured an influential Taiwanese rock band called Mayday to make pro-China comments ahead of Taiwan's key elections next month, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation ...
The Marines Transformed to Take On China. Will They Be Ready for Everything Else?
The Marine Corps went all in when the Pentagon identified China as the prime national- security challenge facing the U.S. To meet it, the Marines in 2020 proclaimed a thoroughgoin ...
Russia has managed to divert most oil exports from Europe to India and China, getting around sanctions, says a top official
Europe's share of Russian oil and petroleum exports has fallen to 4% to 5% from nearly half.
China’s economy had a miserable year. 2024 might be even worse
The Chinese economy was expected to recover quickly in 2023 and resume its role as the undisputed engine of global growth. Instead, it stalled to the point where it’s being called a “drag” on world ...
China Wants to Move Ahead, but Xi Jinping Is Looking to the Past
China’s leader is restoring aspects of Mao Zedong’s rule, forcing people to confront a more uncertain future rooted in China’s past.
In the hawk-dove ornithology of China policy, consider the drongo
Those of us who spend our lives thinking about China strategy are routinely referred to as either “hawks” or “doves”, a crude distinction meant to identify us as either rabidly anti- or slavishly ...