Podcasts by China Geopolitics
The South China Morning Post political economy team analyse the latest economic data from China, delve deep into the ongoing US-China trade and tech war, and examine China's changing economic relationship with Europe, Africa and the Indo-Pacific. Hear deep background on Beijing's political machinations and how they affect policy and its global diplomacy.
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Coming soon: China and the Russia-Ukraine War, one year on from 2023-02-23T15:44:40
One year after Russia's disastrous attempt to invade Ukraine and overthrow its government, Vladimir Putin finds his military bogged down in a stalemate, and his nation economically and diplomatical...
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‘Wolf Warrior’diplomacy defanged; Tokyo, Seoul join the US tech war; is China easing Australia sanctions? from 2023-01-13T17:24:08
Kinling Lo analyses a change of tone amid a staff change for Beijing’s senior diplomats; Rob Delaney on the future of US-China relations with Kevin McCarthy as Speaker; Zhou Xin reveals the deeper ...
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Analysing China’s ties with the US, EU, UK, and Philippines in 2023 from 2023-01-06T19:35:54
Brussels-based SCMP correspondent Finbarr Bermingham recaps how Russia’s Ukraine invasion changed Europe’s relationship with China, and previews how the EU may change its tact to Chinese investment...
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Xi’s Arab-China summit; Biden’s TSMC pivot in Arizona and EU EV diplomacy from 2022-12-10T12:23:45
Post reporter Jack Lau analyses the energy and weapons deals signed by Saudi Arabia and China during Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh; hear about the historic Arab-China summit, and China’s push to exp...
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Europe juggles China-US relations amid rising anger over Biden’s policies; analysing Jiang Zemin’s legacy from 2022-12-02T17:46:53
How has the death of China’s former president Jiang Zemin inspired nostalgic memories of a different era of Beijing-Washington ties? Post North America bureau chief Rob Delaney gives his analysis o...
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Xi at G20: the optics and politics of China post-Covid as Ukraine war rages from 2022-11-17T17:41:33
Kinling Lo reports from Bali after three days of speeches and sideline meetings, including the first face-to-face talks of presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden since China-US ties worsened. Shi Jian...
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Asean preview: Myanmar crisis and US-China rivalry; China expands private security firms overseas from 2022-11-04T17:48:08
Asia desk editor Bhavan Jaipragas previews a crucial Asean summit that will include US President Joe Biden sparring for relevance amid soaring Chinese investment in Southeast Asia, the ongoing Myan...
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New US tech sanctions hit China, South Korea, Taiwan; Germany's port in a storm from 2022-10-28T16:13:55
A week on from the harshest US sanctions yet on China’s access to semiconductor technology, Post tech-desk editor Zhou Xin unpacks the effect on China’s economy, the implications for American manuf...
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Is the US preparing for war over Taiwan? Why the historic Japan-Australia defence, energy deal matters from 2022-10-24T20:30
When the head of the US Navy declares his forces must be ready to“fight tonight”over the Taiwan Strait, is he referring to intelligence reports or the seasonal fight for funding? Hear from North Am...
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US names China‘biggest threat’, announces global bans on tech; Philippines and US-China rivalry from 2022-10-14T19:06:13
Washington-based Post journalist Kinling Lo analyses the latest US national security strategy, which focuses on China and climate change as the biggest threats. New York-based deputy bureau chief M...
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China’s UN victory over Xinjiang report; US plans more tech sanctions; Taiwan’s new‘red line’ from 2022-10-07T16:34:42
Post journalist and North America deputy bureau chief Mark Magnier details the rejection of a proposed vote at the UN Human Rights Council to debate the High Commissioner for Human Rights report in...
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China reacts to US Pacific deal; beyond US-China geopolitics binary logic from 2022-09-30T17:47:05
The US announced a historic US$810 million-aid package for 14 Pacific nations after a two-day conference in Washington. Post China desk reporter Kawala Xie reports on the reaction from China watche...
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Analysing China at the UN: Ukraine, Xinjiang, climate change and a rules-based order from 2022-09-27T18:31:17
In-depth analysis of the speech by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, and China's relationship with the UN, from Professor Rosemary Foot, Senior Research ...
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Frosty China-India relations at the UN and BRICS; how Russia is losing Central Asia to China from 2022-09-23T18:12:48
In a week dominated by the UN General Assembly in New York, Post correspondent Khushboo Razdan analyses the distinct chill between China and India, and the ambiguity both have shown towards Russia ...
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The politics of Xi meeting Putin; the EU targets China on forced labour, rare earths and influence from 2022-09-16T18:24:44
Post diplomacy expert Shi Jiangtao pulls apart the language of the Xi-Putin meeting in Uzbekistan and looks at the agendas at play, how they relate to China’s troubled domestic politics and what th...
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Xi and Putin's gas deal; Xi's multi-nation talks in Uzbekistan; Liz Truss and her China policy from 2022-09-09T17:42:04
What does it mean for Russia and China to declare they will use the ruble and the yuan instead of US currency for their oil and gas deals? Have Chinese refineries decided they can avoid sanctions a...
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UN vs China over Xinjiang report; drones over Taiwan; Japan wary of Russia’s Vostok exercise from 2022-09-05T21:30:36
Post journalists Finbarr Bermingham and Mimi Lau unpack the UN human rights report on conditions in China’s Xinjiang region and subsequent vehement rejection of it by Beijing; Kinling Lo on worries...
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Behind the US-Taiwan trade deal; the UK steps up its China policies amid a PM talent show from 2022-08-19T19:00:08
Post North American bureau chief Rob Delaney looks at two announcements that may feature highly in the US-China political narrative to come. What is the agenda behind a proposed formal trade deal b...
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Taiwan tension: Beijing’s white paper, Washington’s new Act and Europe’s reactions from 2022-08-12T18:19:12
Beijing ends its massive military exercises around Taiwan and issues a white paper laying out exactly its ambitions for when it "re-unifies" the self-ruled island with the mainland. The US Congress...
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Pelosi, Taipei and Beijing: US, Europe, Asia respond; what’s next for Xi Jinping? from 2022-08-05T15:08:25
What are the political and diplomatic ramifications of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan? Post US Bureau chief Rob Delaney analyses how the House Speaker’s visit has changed US politics, the G7 reacti...
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The reality of Xi and Biden's call; US-China tensions and the Thucydides Trap from 2022-07-29T19:17:34
US-based Post journalist Owen Churchill goes beyond the "playing with fire" headlines to analyse what was discussed–and what was not–in the 2.5-hour phone call between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, as ...
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Pelosi and Taiwan, Biden to call Xi; Indonesia invests in Beijing diplomacy from 2022-07-26T16:59:31
Post North America bureau chief Rob Delaney looks into the hype around US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reported plans to fly to Taiwan, as preparations continue for US President Joe Biden’s vital c...
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Beijing and Sri Lankan debt; can the US enlist the Dutch in China tech war? from 2022-07-15T17:26:36
The Post's Beijing-based diplomacy correspondent Laura Zhou analyses Beijing's political and economic relationship with Sri Lanka,“debt traps”and the Hambantota port; tech desk editor Zhou Xin disc...
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Shinzo Abe's complex legacy with China; Wang Yi and a new Australian paradigm from 2022-07-12T17:56:29
Post political economy editor Wendy Wu reports from Beijing on China’s reaction to the assassination of Shinzo Abe. Wendy analyses the complex relationship the former Japanese prime minister had wi...
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Analysing the US-China G20 agenda; after four years of trade war - what now? from 2022-07-07T15:34:34
Grave warnings on China from the FBI and MI5 on the eve of the G20 conference in Bali: how will this affect the agenda? SCMP correspondent Mark Magnier and Beijing-based political economy editor We...
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Biden in Asia, Beijing's anger over Quad and Taiwan; what the IPEF means for Asian nations from 2022-05-20T19:22:58
Veteran SCMP diplomacy correspondent Shi Jiangtao reports on Beijing's response to US president Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan, with angry phone calls to Tokyo, warnings to Jake Sullivan...
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A new President Marcos in the Philippines; the science of South China Sea fishing bans from 2022-05-20T09:28:13
What comes next after the historic election of Ferdinand‘Bongbong’Marcos Jnr as the Philippines' new president, with Sara Duterte as his VP? Veteran analyst Lucio Blanco Pitlo III unpacks what to e...
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Analysing Biden's ASEAN summit; China and Japan court South Korea’s new president amid NATO plans from 2022-05-13T17:19:25
SCMP's Washington-based corrrespondent Kinling Lo reports on the diplomatic full-court press delivered by the White House for the two day ASEAN summit, and picks up on the significant omissions in ...
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US tech war targets Hikvision; China wedges Australia on Solomon Islands from 2022-05-06T16:13:27
SCMP tech desk editor Zhou Xin looks at reports the US Treasury is about to sanction the world’s biggest maker of surveillance tech and why this worries Wall Street and China’s tech sector. Analyst...
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Analysing the Beijing-Solomon Islands deal; EU sharpens China trade policies; UN heads to Xinjiang from 2022-04-29T18:16:21
Finbarr Bermingham reports onthe EU's legislative tools aimed at trade with China; why Xi Jinping phoned French president Macron; and complications for the UN human rights mission headed to Xinjian...
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China’s strategic Solomon Island win, loss for Australia; PLA studies Ukraine war from 2022-04-22T17:22:28
SCMP senior Asia correspondent Maria Siow analyses the geopolitical bombshell deal signed by the Solomon Islands with Beijing for security and a possible military base. What does this mean for the ...
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EU anger at Beijing boils over Ukraine; Serbia and Hungary look to China for trade and weapons from 2022-04-14T17:48:38
SCMP Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses the fallout of the meeting between the EU senior leadership and China’s Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping, labelled a‘dialogue of the deaf’by one atten...
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A pivotal China-EU summit; Russian FM Sergei Lavrov in China; Japan's fraught Russia-China relations from 2022-04-01T18:01:58
SCMP's Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham previews the China-EU summit, and what the EU leaders want from Xi Jinping regarding the Ukraine war. China desk reporter Shi Jiangtao analyses Chi...
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China’s diplomacy surge: Wang Yi visits India; Xi calls South Korea's new president from 2022-03-25T18:54:18
Beijing is under growing pressure to offer diplomatic assistance for peace negotiations as Nato issues a historic statement taking aim at China’s state media for pushing Russian misinformation. Mum...
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China faces‘defining moment’over Russia ties; Xi-Biden and Beijing’s TV diplomacy from 2022-03-22T20:00:11
The Post’s Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham reports on the one-year anniversary of China’s sanctions on European politicians and diplomats over Xinjiang, as the EU’s foreign and defence mini...
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The EU-China diplomatic flurry; Russian banks buy yuan; Beijing's UN tightrope act from 2022-03-11T18:11:05
SCMP's EU reporter Finbarr Bermingham analyses Xi Jinping’s phone call with his French and German counterparts and provides the latest on the UN human rights chief visit to Xinjiang. Chad Bray anal...
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Two Sessions: Wang Yi and China’s foreign policy on Ukraine, EU, South Korea and Japan from 2022-03-10T15:53:37
When China’s foreign minister Wang Yi held his annual extended press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions this week, there was one pressing question: what will China do about Russia and ...
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China's UN vote on Ukraine; what Beijing knew of Putin's plans; EU call China to broker peace from 2022-03-04T16:43:39
SCMP specialist digital editor Jarrod Watt speaks with NY-based reporter Mark Magnier about China’s telling abstention from the UN vote on Ukraine, Joe Biden’s China remarks in his State of the Uni...
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Ukraine-China diplomacy; Chinese banks eye Swift bans and tech giants wary after Russia’s move from 2022-03-02T19:17:25
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, SCMP reporters Finbarr Bermingham and Mai Jun explore how tectonic policy shifts by Germany and others toward Moscow sanctions will change China's Europea...
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Ukraine crisis: China’s Russia-EU balancing act, Taiwan Strait tensions and anxiety from 2022-02-25T14:44:22
Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham and the Post’s Mai Jun from Beijing detail the diplomatic tensions between the EU and Beijing. Sino-Russian affairs expert Dr Stefan Auer analyses the end...
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Analysing Xi’s Olympic summit; US and Australia rethink trade with China from 2022-02-11T16:49:42
SCMP’s North America correspondent Mark Magnier analyses the agenda and impact of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s unofficial summit with Central Asian leaders at the Beijing Winter Olympics, as the geo...
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Putin meets Xi in Beijing; Japan’s human rights push for Hong Kong and Xinjiang from 2022-02-04T16:03:07
With his military massed on the Ukraine border, Russian President Vladmir Putin is in Beijing to sign a new agreement with Xi Jinping with huge implications for global geopolitics. SCMP reporter La...
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How the US Competition Act is all about China; EU calls in the WTO over Beijing's Lithuania trade embargo from 2022-01-28T18:05:59
Hear from Post correspondent in Washington, Jacob Fromer, about the US House of Representatives proposing a huge bundle of legislation known as the America Competes Act of 2022, with action propose...
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Europe’s Hong Kong focus; Beijing’s Lithuania coercion; Japan and France align against China from 2022-01-21T15:43:44
SCMP Brussels correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses the data showing Lithuania's exports to China have collapsed and asks: does this mean Beijing's trade coercion works? Meanwhile the European ...
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Beijing meets with Iran, Turkey and oil-rich Gulf States; why Kazakhstan is vital to China from 2022-01-14T16:30:48
Hear how Beijing is making big inroads to Middle East diplomacy this week, meeting with foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran right after a five-day meeting with ministers from Saudi Arabia, the Uni...
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Europe and Japan respond to Beijing: 2021 in China relations part two from 2021-12-17T18:47:06
The SCMP's European correspondent Finbarr Bermingham unpacks the new 'anti-coercion instrument' announced by the EU, and its relevance to what looks like the weaponisation of trade with China, in a...
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US, Xinjiang, Taiwan, tech and trade: China relations in 2021, part one from 2021-12-17T16:51:14
Owen Churchill from the SCMP US bureau and William Zheng from the SCMP China desk discuss landmark US sanctions announced over products sourced from Xinjiang. They analyse a year in US-China relati...
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US vs China‘democracy summits’; Beijing strong-arms Lithuania, EU fires back from 2021-12-10T14:45
In a year celebrating the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, this week saw the unveiling of the concept of‘Chinese democracy’, days before Joe Biden hosted his Democracy Summit. Hear analysi...
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Biden, Taiwan and a democracy summit; the US-China link to Solomon Islands riots from 2021-12-03T16:22:18
The SCMP’s Rob Delaney previews the coming“democracy summit”called by US President Biden and the opportunity Taiwan sees to further its legitimacy; Biden’s Asia advisor Kurt Campbell declares China...
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China vs Lithuania: inside the defacto Taiwan embassy opening amid the Belarus border crisis from 2021-11-26T17:41:17
SCMP’s Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham details his trip to Lithuania where he found himself at an event that has outraged Beijing: the‘Taiwan Representative Office’opening - a de facto emba...
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Analysing the Xi-Biden summit; ASEAN and its change on China; US trying for a new trade deal? from 2021-11-19T16:29:14
Chad Bray speaks with SCMP North American bureau chief Rob Delaney and Beijing-based news editor Mai Jun to compare and contrast the details and reactions of American and Chinese media and audience...
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US and China COP26 deal; Xi Jinping shapes history, dictates future of China from 2021-11-11T19:20:09
Chad Bray presents an episode in a week of historic announcements: US-based correspondent Owen Churchill analyses the US-China deal at COP26, the surprise visit to Taiwan of US Congress members ahe...
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Taiwan agenda: US, EU versus China on recognition and relations; preview of G20 in Rome from 2021-10-29T16:57:08
Chad Bray speaks with SCMP US bureau chief Rob Delaney and European correspondent Finbarr Bermingham about the increasing prominence of Taiwan on the agenda of the White House and the European Parl...
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China and Russia challenge Japan; Kevin Rudd on Aukus, China and war from 2021-10-22T16:26:14
SCMP’s Tokyo-based correspondent Julian Ryall analyses China and Russia exploiting a loophole to send a navy group on a historic passage between Japan’s main island of Honshu and northern island of...
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Inside ground zero of Christmas supply chains; US-China vs UN Human Rights Council from 2021-10-15T16:00:17
As the US, UK and other nations deal with supply chain issues, how are traders at the top of the global supply chain faring in the world’s largest wholesale market? SCMP reporter Luna Sun details w...
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Taiwan: airspace, troops and Oct 10; the EU shifts focus from China to Aukus from 2021-10-08T16:51:06
SCMP's US reporter Owen Churchill analyses USTR Katherine Tai’s speech on the US-China trade deal, the new‘China office’of the CIA and the reality behind news reports of US Marines in Taiwan; China...
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As US-China relations warm with Meng Wanzhou, EU-China ties chill over Taiwan from 2021-10-01T12:00:17
Chad Bray speaks with Sarah Zheng in the SCMP’s Beijing office as China’s“golden week”holiday begins against a backdrop of power outages and factory shutdowns. Hear how Meng Wanzhou’s homecoming ha...
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Xi vs Biden at the UN; the Quad meets; ASEAN AUKUS anxieties; China's nuclear policy reconsidered? from 2021-09-24T17:20:12
The SCMP’s Washington bureau chief Rob Delaney analyses speeches from Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden at the UN General Assembly, and calls for the Quad to expand membership; Beijing-based repo...
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The new US-UK-Australia defence pact&China, EU respond; analysing Germany’s coming election from 2021-09-17T16:30:20
SCMP Washington bureau chief Rob Delaney unpacks the week’s surprise announcement of 'AUKUS' - a new military pact between the US, UK and Australia promising increased US troops, hardware and a new...
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Kamala Harris in Singapore and Vietnam; India's changing US, China and Afghanistan relations from 2021-08-28T11:05:10
Post Asia reporter Bhavan Japraigas unpacks the goals of US Vice President Kamala Harris upon her visits to Singapore and Vietnam this week and looks at what was missing, contrasting her announceme...
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Beijing, the Taliban and Afghanistan; Malaysia’s political crisis and rising China tensions from 2021-08-20T15:45:17
SCMP's Beijing-based correspondent Sarah Zheng discusses how Chinese state media portrayed the chaos in Kabul amid the US withdrawal, China’s strategic plans for Afghanistan and how some are using ...
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China vs Lithuania, Taiwan; analysing China's growing military reach to Australia from 2021-08-13T15:15:07
Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham unpacks why China has expelled Lithuania’s ambassador from Beijing and recalled its ambassador to Lithuania; China desk editor Teddy Ng on new PLA exercises ...
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Merkel's misstep with Beijing; analysing the South China Sea military buildup from 2021-08-06T18:24:07
Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses Germany's diplomatic faux pas with China over sending a warship to the South China Sea as analysts ponder a Germany without Angela Merkel; what’s be...
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US-China stalemate in Tianjin; Australia's US$1 billion bet to deny China in the Pacific from 2021-07-30T16:30:15
Hear from the SCMP’s New York and Beijing correspondents on the meeting between US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, chasing common ground, yet finding s...
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Xi Jinping, China and the United Nations, 50 years on: Professor Rosemary Foot from 2021-07-28T18:00:18
A special feature-length episode looking at China's 50 year relationship with the United Nations marking the month in 1971 when 17 members of the UN requested a vote on the "Restoration of the lawf...
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US-led alliance&China trade hacking claims ahead of top diplomatic meeting; geopolitics at the Olympics from 2021-07-23T17:54:11
Hear analysis from US correspondent Owen Churchill and Beijing-based correspondent Kinling Lo after this week's claims and counter-claims of state-sponsored hacking attacks, and why NATO's involvem...
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Trailer: China Geopolitics from 2021-07-23T17:05:15
The South China Morning Post political economy team analyse the latest economic data from China, delve deep into the ongoing US-China trade and tech war, and examine China's changing economic relat...
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Biden's Hong Kong warning amid fears of web crackdown; Philippines, China&US tensions rise from 2021-07-16T17:34:14
SCMP Hong Kong desk editor Denise Tsang joins Chad Bray to discuss the reaction among Hong Kong-based American business leaders to Joe Biden's warning, amid fears Hong Kong’s new anti-doxxing laws ...
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Afghanistan and China's Belt&Road; Beijing's new rules on US IPO listings from 2021-07-09T17:51:15
Following the official call from the Taliban welcoming Chinese investment, the SCMP’s Zhou Xin analyses China's past relationship with Afghanistan and its strategic and historic importance to Beiji...
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Translating Xi's 'bloodied heads'; China's east Asian relations; EU sanctions and Hong Kong from 2021-07-02T18:07:07
Chad Bray speaks with SCMP desk editors Zhou Xin and Peter Langan; analysing Xi Jinping's speech for China's Communist party centenary, and what was missed in the headlines about 'bloodied heads'; ...
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Exposing American investment in Xinjiang; Beijing's new ambassador to the US from 2021-06-25T16:35:19
Washington correspondent Jacob Fromer details the Post exclusive that investigates how some of America's biggest investment funds are making millions from companies in Xinjiang, as the Biden admini...
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Beijing vs Biden in Europe: Nato, G7, B3W, vaccines and a global trade/tech council from 2021-06-18T16:52
Analysis of US President Joe Biden's Europe visit and Beijing's response from the SCMP's Rob Delaney in Washington and Zhou Xin in Hong Kong. Also, how will the global "B3W" programme work and how ...
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G7&Nato targets China; Beijing's anti-sanctions law vs US anti-China bill from 2021-06-11T17:25
SCMP’s political economy editor Zhou Xin and Washington bureau chief Rob Delaney analyse a week when Beijing and Washington targeted each other with bills on sanctions, competition and technology. ...
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EU-China deal frozen; Xi and Putin's renewed alliance; the US Endless Frontier Act vs China from 2021-05-21T17:40:05
Finbarr Bermingham and the team analyse the European Parliament's vote to freeze ratification of its agreement on investment with China; why the rekindled alliance of China and Russia is all about ...
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UN members demand Xinjiang access; Covid-19 impacts China-India ties, global tech supply chain from 2021-05-13T17:00:11
China forcefully defended its Xinjiang policy at a UN forum it labeled an“anti-China event”, where Germany and Turkey joined with the US and UK to ask for“immediate, meaningful and unfettered”acces...
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G7 hones in on China, Beijing scraps talks with Australia, and why EU’s Hungary has Beijing’s back from 2021-05-07T16:15:04
Is the G7 ganging up on China? This week, the team looks at how that perception may be pushing Beijing into a corner, causing it to double down. China’s suspension of economic talks with Australia ...
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India snubs Covid aid from Beijing, and Biden raises China-US rivalry in first 100 days speech from 2021-04-30T17:00:10
China, according to US President Joe Biden, is“deadly earnest”about becoming the world’s most“consequential”nation. In this week’s podcast, the team analyses Biden’s first speech to a joint session...
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The Biden climate summit, Wen Jiabao gets censored, and will China miss Merkel? from 2021-04-23T17:40:08
The talks were virtual, but the promises were not just hot air at this week’s climate summit organised by US President Joe Biden. Finbarr Bermingham joins Zhou Xin and John Carter from the SCMP Pol...
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Taiwan tension, military stand-off and silicon chips; Europe confronts Beijing debt and influence from 2021-04-16T16:50:07
Taiwan has been in the headlines during a week that a delegation sent by US President Biden visited the self-ruled island, and when Beijing mounted what was seen as an aggressive show of force towa...
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Biden’s Beijing Winter Games boycott bluff and China’s role in a global corporate tax plan from 2021-04-09T18:00:16
In a week that the US State Department openly flirted with–then pulled back from–the idea of a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, SCMP political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter d...
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Xinjiang sanctions explained: China weaponises consumers vs the West from 2021-04-02T12:05:17
The fallout from a lightning blitz of sanctions between Western nations and China over alleged abuses in Xinjiang continues. China's stinging official retaliation raises huge questions about its in...
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Analysing the US-China Alaska meeting; EU to unleash sanctions on China over Xinjiang from 2021-03-20T19:40:12
Finbarr Bermingham and the SCMP political economy team delve beneath the opening bluster of the US-China meeting in Anchorage and analyse the bigger picture. What of the US opening gambit on Xinjia...
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What China's NPC decided; the US-China Alaska meeting; will the Quad be Asia's NATO? from 2021-03-13T00:05:17
Finbarr Bermingham, Zhou Xin and John Carter look at the coming high-level meeting between the US and China in Alaska, and compare what each team of negotiators are looking to get from the occasion...
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Analysing China's NPC; focus on Hong Kong; in-depth with Reinhard Butikofer, European Parliament from 2021-03-07T14:30:13
Finbarr Bermingham speaks with SCMP political economy editors Zho Xin and John Carter about the latest Hong Kong crackdown on pro-democracy figures, and delve deep into the latest policy announceme...
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China's Two Sessions preview, Biden's trade policy and the EU's China strategy from 2021-02-26T17:05:13
Finbarr Bermingham and political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin look at the upcoming announcement of Beijing's five year plan and how it will address the rising middle income trap for Chi...
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In conversation: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, new director-general for the WTO from 2021-02-17T16:00:08
A special ICYMI recap of an interview between Finbarr Bermingham and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, back when she was one of two candidates vying for the position of director general of the World Trade Organ...
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Analysing China's new Covid-19 outbreak; the Myanmar coup and China, ASEAN and US reactions from 2021-02-05T20:45:13
John Carter unpacks how fresh outbreaks of Covid-19 in mainland China will impact the Chinese economy, as the nation prepares for the Lunar New Year holiday. SCMP China desk edtor Wiliam Zheng anal...
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Xi Jinping at Davos and global reaction; analysing the China-EU investment deal from 2021-01-29T16:00:04
Finbarr Bermingham and the team discuss Xi's Davos speech. How is it different from his speech in 2017, when he spoke just after Trump took office and pitched China as the saviour of multilateralis...
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China's economy grows, but at what cost? Biden's new appointees talk tough on Beijing from 2021-01-22T18:00:15
Analysis of China's economy following its GDP announcement; it was one of few in the world to exit 2020 with growth, but what of the growing inequality between rich and poor. Has its economic model...
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China gloats as Trump sows Capitol chaos; Beijing telco giants kicked off NYSE from 2021-01-08T14:45:07
The headlines have been on Washington this week as riotous Trump supporters laid siege on the US capital, but it has not gone unnoticed in Beijing, where Chinese media and officials have been relis...
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The US 'audit war' on Chinese companies begins; in-depth with Long Yongtu, China's trade and WTO veteran from 2020-12-07T09:25:10
The US is about to pass a bill demanding Chinese companies submit to American audit standards or be de-listed from US stock exchanges. Finbarr Bermingham, John Carter and Zhou Xin analyse the impac...
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What's behind Xi Jinping's CPTPP surprise - can he outflank Biden before January? from 2020-11-27T18:45:16
Just days after signing the RCEP trade deal, China's president Xi Jinping shocked analysts and the global trade community with his support for the CPTPP - the agreement once thought to be the highe...
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Is RCEP a big deal? Analysing Asia's response and revealing Obama's China regrets from 2020-11-20T16:20:08
Fifteen countries from Asia Pacific this week signed the world's biggest trade deal, led by ASEAN but crucially including China. Hear expert analysis from journalists who have covered this every st...
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China digests US election chaos; how a Biden White House would change the US-China dynamic from 2020-11-06T18:40:13
The SCMP's political economy team take a break from updating the live blog to discuss this week's dramatic, elongated US election. What does it mean for China? What kinds of jokes are going around ...
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America goes to the polls, China unveils its five-year plan: analysing Beijing versus Biden&Trump from 2020-10-30T17:20:07
In this very special edition, the SCMP Political Economy team count down to a seismic day in the global calendar - November 3. China will release details of its next five-year plan, the same day of...
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The Biden Trump trade tussle; Xi Jinping's 'Korea' speech; WTO nominee Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from 2020-10-23T17:20:18
The SCMP team discuss the Biden-Trump debateand its minimal focus on trade, and compare it with the much more impactful speech given by China's president Xi Jinping for the 70th anniversary of the ...
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China trade rebounds amid tech decoupling fears and food supply crisis; in depth with WTO Director General nominee Yoo Myung-hee from 2020-10-18T14:35:10
Analysis of China’s trade surge as its tech sector prepares for US sanctions, and the food supply crisis resulting from swine flu and floods spurs food imports.
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Is China's economic recovery overrated? The 'unreliable entity' list appears, China's food supply challenges escalate from 2020-09-25T14:40:07
The SCMP political economy team analyse China's 'entity list' and its potential implications for firms such as HSBC. Hear analysis of how floods and typhoons mean China continues to struggle with f...
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Trouble with Xinjiang cotton bans, China's 'hollow' WTO victory, US decoupling reality revealed from 2020-09-18T17:20:05
The SCMP team analyse the watered-down US import controls on Xinjiang products and nations of the European Unions sharpening their focus on human rights in China. Former WTO official Tatiana Prazer...
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Trump&Biden push decoupling; Xinjiang cotton bans risk blowback from 2020-09-11T19:45:06
Both Trump and Biden are trying to force US firms to leave China but is the gravitational pull of the Chinese market too strong? The team analyse the growing consensus in America's presidential can...
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Analysing the gaping US-China trade deficit; can China 'kneecap' Trump on TikTok? from 2020-09-04T19:45:12
Despite promising to cut the US trade deficit in the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump must today grapple with an even larger gap today, despite his trade war. Meanwhile, China has announced Tik...
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New US sanctions for South China Sea; RNC Trumpfest an anti-China carnival from 2020-08-28T17:15:08
How the new US sanctions on Chinese companies militarising the South China Sea will hit Texas and Sydney; analysing the irony of the trade deal being the only thing holding the US-China relationshi...
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Analysing Hong Kong's WTO challenge to Trump; the US 'Name the Enemy Act' targets Xi Jinping from 2020-08-21T17:30:18
After Hong Kong vowed to sue Donald Trump at the WTO over plans to relabel the city's exports as "Made in China", trade law professor Bryan Mercurio discusses the debate over whether a case is wort...
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Trump's Hong Kong attack; China's bank and food problems; Xinjiang and John Deere from 2020-08-14T18:00:08
Donald Trump says Hong Kong can "go to hell", but what further weapons does the US president have in his arsenal? Political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter unpack the reality, and look at ...
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Trump targets TikTok and WeChat, China's exports jump, Cold War beckons from 2020-08-07T18:45:14
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders targeting two of China's biggest mobile apps in a new escalation of the US-China tech war. Finbarr Bermingham, Zhou Xin and John Carter from the SCM...
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China grows, US slumps; Xi Jinping prepares for decoupling; in depth with WTO contender Amina Mohamed from 2020-07-31T19:00:14
The SCMP political economy team, Finbarr Bermingham, John Carter and Zhou Xin analyse a historic week where the United States recorded a massive economic slump while China continued to eke out grow...
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Why Chengdu and Houston matter; Trump's impact on Hong Kong's economy revealed from 2020-07-24T16:15:08
Political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin explain the impact of the closure of the Chengdu consulate on US companies, and the deep historical meaning China attaches to the Houston consulat...
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The reality of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act; the EU and UK confront China on new fronts from 2020-07-16T14:20:17
The SCMP political economy team analyse the reality of Trump's Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and what Hong Kong means to China both economically and historically; Europe correspondent Stuart Lau unpacks ...
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How the Hong Kong Autonomy Act will work; analysing Joe Biden's China policy; two years of trade war from 2020-07-10T16:35:11
Political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter join Finbarr Bermingham to analyse how Donald Trump's Hong Kong Autonomy Act will impact business here, and reflect on the past turbulent two year...
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How China reads Bolton's book; analysing chaotic US talk of dead deals and decoupling from 2020-06-25T16:35:05
SCMP political economy editor Zhou Xin has a copy of John Bolton's book 'The Room Where It Happened' and discusses what its revelations mean for Chinese readers; Washington bureau chief Rob Delaney...
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In-depth with Jesus Seade, World Trade Organisation director general nominee from 2020-06-19T15:20:06
Jesus Seade, the Mexican candidate to lead the World Trade Organisation, has pitched himself as the “trade expert” who can bring both the US and China back to the negotiating table. This is a deep-...
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Tracking China's phase one trade deal purchases, six months after signing from 2020-06-12T19:00:18
Who will buy? It's a week where soybeans, fossil fuels, wolf warrior diplomacy and the 2020 US Presidential campaign collided... SCMP editors John Carter and Teddy Ng discuss the latest events in t...
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Hong Kong security law and US-China trade; China's new tariffs for Australia from 2020-05-29T12:00:19
How will Beijing's controversial national security law for Hong Kong affect US-China trade relations, now that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared Hong Kong 'no longer autonomous'? Finba...
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China's new Hong Kong law will enflame US tensions, James McGregor on the superpowers' lowest ebb from 2020-05-22T17:00:08
Finbarr Bermingham joins political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter to scrutinise the announcements from China's 'two sessions', and discuss whether Donald Trump could change Hong Kong's sp...
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US-China trade deal on the rocks? Top negotiator Kelly Ann Shaw talks trade and Trump from 2020-05-15T17:20:13
Finbarr Bermingham, Zhou Xin, and John Carter take apart the threats, barbs and hostility between the White House and Beijing this week, to look at the new reality of the phase one deal, just four ...
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Analysing China's medical export boom; what if Beijing weaponises its US dollar holdings? from 2020-05-08T16:50:08
China's latest trade data is surprisingly positive, thanks to PPE exports - but is it a 'false dawn'? Finbarr Bermingham gets political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin to parse the numbers...
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Reporting on China's mask juggernaut; analysing China’s hidden unemployment crisis from 2020-04-24T19:40:13
Finbarr Bermingham and the political economy team take you inside the 'hidden' crisis happening in China - its burgeoning unemployment. Sidney Leng and John Carter reveal the difficulties in findin...
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End of an era: analysing how coronavirus broke China's historic economic growth run from 2020-04-17T18:20:13
Finbarr Bermingham speaks with political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin about the worst economic data for China since 1976, what it means for the broader economy and why the concept of 'r...
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How coronavirus is changing Beijing's economic strategy; what the coming collapse in global trade means from 2020-04-10T17:55:07
Wuhan re-opens the same day the crucial Canton Trade Fair is cancelled. China is facing a critical moment, with the central government pivoting away from exports as a source of economic growth. Fin...
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Coronavirus economics: China's mask diplomacy and its economy's faltering recovery from 2020-04-03T15:05:07
What are the politics behind Xi Jinping's Zhejiang visit? What does Donald Trump need in November for his election victory? Hear about the crucial economic movements influencing the US and China's ...
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A new phase of coronavirus blame game: what is the legacy of Covid-19 on global supply chains? from 2020-03-27T08:30:05
In a week when the economic impact of coronavirus on the global economy was made clear, political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin join Finbarr Bermingham to discuss China's "wolf warrior" ...
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Coronavirus and the 'war economy': the US and China bicker as the ship goes down from 2020-03-20T17:45:13
As the crisis escalates through the global economy, a new issue threatens to make things worse: the US and China trading insults over whose fault it is. Political economy editor John Carter analyse...
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Coronavirus hits US demand for Chinese-made goods; why China's mask-making dominance is important from 2020-03-13T17:20:11
Finbarr Bermingham speaks with Zhou Xin and John Carter about the impact of coronavirus on US demand for Chinese goods and how that will affect China's economy. They also discuss the virus' blame g...
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Will China weaponise its US drug supply chain? Ken Jarrett analyses coronavirus and trade deal from 2020-03-06T16:25:07
The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on China's economy. Political economy editors John Carter and Zhou Xin analyse the numbers and the damage done to the Chinese economy. Simone McCarthy on ho...
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Coronavirus crisis ransacks trade and supply chains; Trinhnomics on China's labour problem from 2020-02-28T18:15:15
Finbarr Bermingham talks to political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter about China's challenges in getting back to work, including the ongoing labour shortage, and a burgeoning agricultural...
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Coronavirus reignites talk of US-China decoupling, EU firms reconsider supply chains, tech battle rumbles on from 2020-02-21T17:55:11
Finbarr Bermingham and the SCMP team unpack how the US and Europe are responding to the disruption to China's economy as a result of the coronavirus. Political economy desk editor Zhou Xin analyses...
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Coronavirus and China: the US trade deal, force majeure, global shockwaves and a growing crisis from 2020-02-07T16:34
Finbarr Bermingham talks to political economy editor Zhou Xin about how China is coping with its obligations to the phase one trade deal with the US as it battles the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. ...
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Global trade disrupted: analysing the impact of the Wuhan coronavirus crisis from 2020-01-31T17:45:13
It's a crucial moment for China's economy and trade, nevermind the phase one deal signed with the US. As it faces up to its role at the epicentre of a global health emergency, Beijing is also facin...
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Wuhan coronavirus: after trade war truce, China’s new black swan emerges from 2020-01-24T14:10:05
A week after China signed a phase one trade deal that seemed like a reprieve for its slowing economy, the country finds itself in a new and altogether more unpredictable crisis. Political Economy ...
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Trade 'deal' vs uneasy truce: analysing US and China's response to phase one; China's GDP and birth rate shock from 2020-01-17T18:40:16
Senior editors Zhou Xin and Robert Delaney parse the reality of phase one and public reaction in US and China; international trade lawyer Ben Kostrzewa from Hong Kong-based law firm Hogan Lovells d...
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Chinese diplomacy versus Trump's tweets; Taiwan's elections influenced by trade war from 2020-01-10T15:10:11
Washington bureau chief Robert Delaney and political economy editor Zhou Xin analyse the context of next week's planned signing of the phase one trade deal; how China avoids being drawn into Trump'...
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Phase one trade deal: what's next, do the numbers add up, and what are they saying in Beijing? from 2019-12-20T11:35:07
In this last podcast of the year, we've got some very special guests to analyse the details we've been given on the US-China trade war deal, announced last week. International trade lawyer Sally Pe...
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Behind the 'phase one' trade deal and the mixed reactions; inside China's growing farm crisis from 2019-12-14T14:40:14
A phase one trade deal is announced, but no details are revealed. What does it really mean? Why does China want to keep the details secret? The political economy team are joined by China desk deput...
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Trump's 'no deal' shock; the end of the WTO court and how Beijing is using Hong Kong's protests for political gain from 2019-12-06T19:10:05
This week special guest Adam Behsudi from Politico talks about the end of the appellate court for the WTO, while Finbarr Bermingham and John Carter go beyond Trump's weekly flip-flops to discuss th...
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