Editor’s note for Friday, October 16, 2020
A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.
My thoughts today:
Beijing is putting a lot of energyย into cultivating ties with Latin American and Caribbean countries, as Parsifal DโSola Alvarado notes in a story for us published today.
In fact, the Chinese government continues to pay awesome amounts of attention to countries across the globe, including the poorest and most obscure. Yesterday, state media was promoting messagesย (in Chinese)ย between Xรญ Jรฌnpรญng ไน ่ฟๅนณ and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the tiny West African nation of Equatorial Guinea.
The relationships that China is building with countries around the world are going to pay off, whether in terms of votes at the United Nations, commercial opportunities for Chinese companies, or espionage opportunities for Chinese secret agents.
Underestimate Chinaโs Global South diplomacy at your peril. ย
Meanwhile, in the United States, NBA executives must be cheering as the U.S. basketball franchise is gradually being readmitted to the Chinese media and its commercial opportunities. See our top story todayย for details on how the NBA appears to be schmoozing its way back into Beijingโs good books.
Our word of the dayย is continuously expressed goodwill (ๆ็ปญ่กจ่พพ็ๅๆ chรญxรน biวodรก de shร nyรฌ).
โJeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief
