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Chinese military leaders talk tough on U.S. and Taiwan but offer small olive branch
The annual Xiangshan security and military conference in Beijing runs from October 29 to October 31. China’s military representatives are talking tough on Taiwan but signaling willingness to resume exchanges with their American counterparts.
The China Agenda for October 30–November 5: Xiangshan Forum
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of October 30–November 5.
‘The Chinese want to make sure Taiwan’s pilots are stressed out’
The latest military exercises and gray-zone warfare around Taiwan come at a time of high political importance for China, the U.S., and Taiwan, and Beijing is not messing around.
China sends a record 103 warplanes to Taiwan
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reported a “recent new high” of over 100 Chinese aircraft around the island. It’s the second record-breaking military drill that China has conducted near Taiwan in the past week.
General Li Shangfu, China’s defense minister, has disappeared. Corruption?
“I don’t think it calls into question Xi Jinping’s control of the military, but it should be a reminder about how much corruption exists in the system,” says one China observer.
The China Agenda for September 10–17 — ARM IPO and hearing on ‘China’s threat to U.S. financial stability’
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of September 10–17.
America’s convenient territories: How Washington is preparing to duel Beijing in the Pacific
China is constructing artificial islands in international waters, but the U.S. is also building its presence in far-flung American territories in the Western Pacific way beyond the “logo map” of the lower 48 states. Laurel Schwartz checked in with elected officials from the region.
A purge at the highest ranks of China’s missile forces
Unexplained personnel changes at the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force seem to confirm rumors of a purge of corrupt generals.
China and Japan: East Asia’s ‘severe and complex’ bilateral relationship
Japan’s government defines China as a “strategic challenge” to the international order. The countries clash over many issues, yet a senior Japanese politician has assured The China Project there’s still momentum for dialogue.
Editor’s note for June 5, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for May 30, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
NATO official visits Taiwan as patchwork approach to countering Beijing emerges
NATO Defense College confirmed a previously unreported meeting in Taiwan in March. It’s just one of an array of regional and global moves aimed at restraining China’s future military options.
China evacuates its citizens out of Sudan
Over 1,300 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Sudan, some by warship. The conflict between two rival local factions is raging on, but Beijing is unlikely to reprise its role as a mediator, despite its oil interests in the region.
China’s Arctic ambitions and Russian ties stoke NATO fears
Polar sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, potentially freeing up access to faster shipping routes and vast natural resources in the Arctic. China has its eyes on those lucrative opportunities through Russia.
Why is a Washington committee on China denying journalists access to unclassified war games?
Laurel Schwartz left Beijing to return to the U.S., partly because she missed the openness of America. So why was she barred from attending a Congressional committee event about war games in the Taiwan Strait?
China’s close ties with Russia are all about China
China and Russia lauded the strength of their military cooperation this past week. But whether or not Beijing will offer military aid to Moscow in its war on Ukraine hinges on whether it serves China’s interests.
Editor’s note for April 12, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Malaysia’s China conundrum
A trip to China by Malaysia’s new prime minister may bear a lot of economic fruit, but Kuala Lumpur will have to navigate Beijing’s growing tensions with the U.S. and shared territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
China is driving South Korea and Japan together
The leaders of the Republic of Korea and Japan will dine on home-style fried rice in Tokyo tomorrow as they try to resolve their differences and deal with a rising China and a pugnacious North Korea.
China pushes for self-sufficiency at the Two Sessions
Chinese leaders are proposing all sorts of strategies to bring Xi’s self-sufficiency drive to life, including a sweeping overhaul of key ministries.
