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Editor’s note for February 22, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Japan and the Netherlands join U.S. chip curbs to China
The trilateral agreement will deal yet another blow to China’s ability to access and produce advanced semiconductors. But Beijing is already up and running in the race to make chips at home.
Japan’s Prime Minister travels the world cementing alliances with G7 countries, discomfiting China
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seems to have the full support of America, Britain, and Italy to develop advanced defense systems.
Nayuki becomes Naixue as Japanese branding loses its appeal in China
The high-end tea brand Naixue is the latest brand to distance itself from its purposeful Japanese-style branding and association, as companies bet on nationalistic branding.
Wearing a kimono could get you arrested in China, as anti-Japanese sentiment rises
“Picking quarrels and provoking trouble” is routinely used as a reason to detain Chinese journalists, activists, and those who dare to speak out against Beijing’s norms. Last week, it was used to detain a woman wearing a kimono amid a tide of anti-Japanese sentiment in China.
China begins military drills around Taiwan
In the aftermath of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high-profile visit to Taiwan, Beijing has fired off ballistic missiles in the waters surrounding the island and has promised days of live-fire military tests and drills.
The Tatsu Maru incident in the waning years of the Qing
In 1908, Qing customs officials boarded the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru to seize weapons allegedly earmarked for revolutionaries. The ship’s captain objected. The drawn-out diplomatic dispute that followed made international headlines.
Chinese EVs break into Japanese logistics
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Are Taiwan Inc. and Japan Inc. giving up on China?
Taiwanese and Japanese companies invested in China within months of Deng Xiaoping taking power. But the political and business environment is changing.
Mr. Deng goes to Tokyo
On October 22, 1978, Deng Xiaoping arrived in Japan seeking help to bring China back to normalcy. His visit helped change the world.
Editor’s note for Friday, October 8, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Japan has an aircraft carrier again; police arrest journalist Luo Changping after he questions China’s role in the Korean War; new draft regulations reiterate media ownership restrictions; India and China had a minor border face-off.
The sinking of the Kowshing and China’s catastrophic first war with Japan
At the end of the 19th century, Qing China and the Empire of Japan collided in Korea when the sinking of a steamboat marked the descent into the First Sino-Japanese War.
The Chinese Communist Party: Made (partly) in Japan
One underappreciated aspect of the Chinese Communist Party’s history, particularly its early history, is how much of it was influenced by Japan.
America’s second most senior diplomat heads to Tianjin, the Chinese capital’s satellite city
A top U.S. diplomat is heading to China for talks with her counterparts, but no one expects much to change as China-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate.
Beijing slams Japanese plan to dump Fukushima wastewater into Pacific
After Japan announced its intention to discharge built-up wastewater from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, China was joined by South Korea and Taiwan in protest. The U.S. and the International Atomic Energy Agency said the plan met safety standards.
As the Suez boat was stuck, the Chinese internet jeered
China’s historical grudges return, with nautical flair: How Chinese internet commenters reacted upon discovering the stuck Suez boat is Japanese-owned and Taiwanese-operated.
Beijing wants ‘strategic dialogue’ with U.S. and Europe, but instead, it’s getting confrontation
As senior diplomats from the U.S. and China prepare to meet in Alaska tomorrow, expectations are extremely low. Meanwhile, the U.S. sanctioned 24 officials for having undermined Hong Kong’s autonomy, and the EU reportedly approved sanctions in response to human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
U.S., Japan, and Australia to help India compete with China’s vaccine diplomacy
One billion doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be produced in India and distributed to Southeast Asian countries, with the help of the U.S., Japan, and Australia. The initiative, an output of the informal “Quad” alliance, is an attempt to counter Chinese vaccine diplomacy in the region.
Beijing rejects idea of climate as ‘standalone issue’ in U.S.-China relations
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington.
