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Why does Zelenskyy accept China’s ‘neutrality’?
Writing from Kyiv, Ukrainian Sinologist Vita Golod explains why her country’s president has not criticized China for its moral support of Russia after Putin invaded last year.
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.
China’s Belt and Road Forum begins in Beijing
Xi Jinping has so far met the leaders of Ethiopia, Serbia, Chile, and Kazakhstan, among others, in what Chinese state media has described as “the most important diplomatic event hosted by China this year.” But all eyes are on the arrival of a Taliban minister and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lit a fire under China’s transition to green energy
While Beijing returned to coal to mitigate short term tight supplies and fluctuating energy prices, the conflict in Europe drove China toward a long-term commitment to self-sustaining renewables.
Azerbaijan and China have many mutual interests, but Baku isn’t completely aligned with Beijing
Azerbaijan, located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia, has growing trade and political ties to China but the Transcaucasian nation isn’t going all-in on the Belt and Road.
Assad arrives in China and Putin is coming soon
China’s top diplomat is in Russia to prepare the way for Putin’s visit to China in October while Syrian President Assad touched down in Hangzhou for a rare foreign visit.
The ‘near miracle’ that was China’s first modern treaty with a European state
The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Manchu China and Romanov Russia. It was negotiated in a remote region between two sides that distrusted each other and with deeply different conceptions of both diplomacy and politics — and somehow withstood the test of time.
BRICS agrees to add new members as Xi hails ‘historic’ decision
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates will be admitted to the BRICS club. It remains to be seen if the enlarged bloc’s members can agree on anything substantial, and counterbalance the West.
The real reason to pay attention to BRICS
BRICS is an awkward group, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. But its appeal across the Global South shows that resentment about Western global leadership is emerging as an umbrella issue uniting countries as disparate as communist Cuba and anti-communist Indonesia.
Internal divisions endanger EU’s ‘de-risking’ strategy towards China
As the European Union forges ahead with its “de-risking strategy” towards China, chronic internal divisions might endanger the bloc’s resolve.
Eclipsing Russia: China’s green energy expansion into Central Asia
China has a significant comparative advantage in green energy. Growing incentives for Central Asian countries to diversify their energy mix are creating opportunities for Chinese companies, with significant implications for Russia, as well as the U.S. and EU.
Editor’s note for July 11, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
The Middle Corridor and China’s reorientation of Eurasian trade
The war in Ukraine provides an opportunity for the Middle Corridor to become an alternative to the Russian route. Initially, China has been hesitant to embrace the idea, but as the war protracts, the calculus is changing, and the Middle Corridor may be finally getting China’s attention.
Russia looms over the China Central-Asia Summit
Despite its greater presence in Central Asia, China will not displace Russia anytime soon.
China pushes Belt and Road for Afghanistan with an eye its interests in Central and South Asia
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with top officials from Central and South Asia last week. While China’s influence in the region is growing, so are its security concerns.
Editor’s note for May 1, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for April 28, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for April 27, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China’s Xi holds first public phone call with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
After months of speculation about a call between Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the two leaders finally talked today. The conversation was moral support for Ukraine, but Xi gave no indication that China’s tacit support for Putin would change.
Editor’s note for April 26, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.