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Where can nations find a middle ground on China, politically and economically?
21Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
World

Where can nations find a middle ground on China, politically and economically?

U.S.-Chinese relations are at an all-time high. In recent years, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have formed a new military alliance called AUKUS to counter China's growing influence in the Pacific and beyond. But then what is the status of Australia? On the one hand, our military cooperation with the United States is intensifying. Meanwhile, trade restrictions, such as those on barley, are being relaxed between our two countries. How can countries like Australia and others with lower populations strike a balance between their military and economic policies?
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Early indications that Chinese President Xi Jinping would delegate greater power to his carefully selected lieutenants in his third term
21Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
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Early indications that Chinese President Xi Jinping would delegate greater power to his carefully selected lieutenants in his third term

In the early stages of his historic third term, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to be delegating more power to his handpicked lieutenants and making fewer public appearances at high-level meetings.The leader's involvement in Chinese politics is shown in the fact that meetings are the primary venue for him to convey particular aims and policy issues. Since the conclusion of the Communist Party's 20th national conference in October, which marked the beginning of his third five-year tenure as party leader, Xi has presided over 38 domestic sessions, according to publicly accessible statistics. The number was lower than the 59 he presided over five years before and the 50 he personally supervised at the beginning of his first term after succeeding Hu Jintao. Covid-19 may have had a...
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18Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
China

Local Government Debt Remains Major Risk For The Chinese Economy

In an unprecedented move, China’s State Council sent teams of officials to more than 10 of the financially weakest provinces to inspect their books and find ways to cut the over USD 13 trillion provincial debt that threatens the financial stability of the economy. Debt-laden local governments now represent a major risk to China's economy. Fears have grown over a public default on repayments of debt sold by local government financing vehicles (LGFVs). There are increasing worries over a potential debt defaults by LGFVs destabilising the financial sector. Guangfa Securities estimated that there were a total of 73 defaults in LGFVs sold in private transactions in the first quarter this year. The fears over defaults by LGFVs increased after Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co., that operates i
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Japan’s pro-Taiwan strategy: Ex-PM Taro Aso makes a rare visit to Taipei
17Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
Asia

Japan’s pro-Taiwan strategy: Ex-PM Taro Aso makes a rare visit to Taipei

Until a few years ago, Japan and its political leadership avoided playing pro-active role for Taiwan as Tokyo considered the self-ruling island too politically sensitive to speak about or support it publicly. But such cautions appear to have been done away with and this is what ruling Liberal Democratic Party Vice President and former Prime Minister Taro Aso’s three-day visit to Taiwan suggests. In fact, by landing in Taipei on August 7, the 82-year-old LDP leader became the first high- ranking party official to visit the self-ruling island since Japan severed diplomatic ties with it in 1972. In the changed geo-political situation in the Indo-Pacific region, this reflects a shift in Tokyo’s stand towards Taiwan as it feels that if China attacks the democratically-ruled island, Ja
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Africa’s Stakes in External Dependence for Security
15Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
China, World

Africa’s Stakes in External Dependence for Security

China has loaned USD 3.56 billion to African countries for military, domestic security and dual purposes. The 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, held in Dakar Senegal in November 2021 had indicated that China, under China-Africa Cooperative Partnership, was planning to launch 50 security assistance programmes under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) across law and order, UN Peacekeeping and counter piracy operations. Nevertheless, China’s increased interest in the security of African countries, many believe, could not be seen as a good samaritan’s act alone. China’s BRI, as it is obvious by now to observers all around the world, is not only a “connectivity” programme for development of trade and investment, but it has surely underlying strategic intent
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<strong>Cracks in Russia-China Relations</strong>
15Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
Asia, China, Politics

Cracks in Russia-China Relations

In a recent incident, Russian Border Guards denied (July 29, 2023) entry to five Chinese citizens who tried to cross the Russia-Kazakhstan border by car. Their tourist visas were cancelled and they were interrogated for nearly four hours. The Chinese Embassy in Moscow took immediate note of the incident and in a sharply worded statement said that the “incident seriously violated the legitimate rights of Chinese citizens, and was totally out of line of the currently amicable relationship between China and Russia, and the growing trend of closer exchange of personnel between our two countries”. It also demanded Russia to immediately investigate the incident. The Russian side tried to downplay the incident and described it an isolated case. But the refusal of Russian Border Guards to let the
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China gave a tour of Xinjiang and its “happy” Uyghur population to foreign officials.
11Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
World

China gave a tour of Xinjiang and its “happy” Uyghur population to foreign officials.

Human rights activists have criticized a government-sponsored trip to Xinjiang by 25 ambassadors and other diplomats based in Beijing from developing countries for propagating a false narrative that the region's majority Muslim Uyghur population is thriving despite harsh repression. The diplomatic group from seven countries (Dominica, Myanmar, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Nicaragua, and Mexico) spent the week of August 1st-3rd in the western autonomous area. The diplomats' travels through Urumqi, Aksu, Kashgar, and other major cities in Xinjiang were chronicled by the Xinhua news agency and CGTN, China's state-run international TV broadcaster, as they witnessed the region's "economic and social progress" and confirmed that "the local population in Xinjiang is living a hap...
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Germany’s Defiant Stance: Navigating China’s Dominance And Ambitions With Strategic Shift
7Aug By Spost_adminNo Comments
China, Politics, World

Germany’s Defiant Stance: Navigating China’s Dominance And Ambitions With Strategic Shift

Germany's recent shift in its approach towards China reflects a notable change from its previously accommodating and sympathetic stance to a more cautious and confrontational one. While some may argue that Germany is following the United States' lead, the comprehensive nature of Berlin's approach indicates that they are taking the lead in this matter, akin to Japan's stance during the G7 meetings in Hiroshima. According to translations of the 64-page strategy document released by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government, Germany's motivation to change its approach stems from China's own actions. The document accuses Beijing of attempting to dismantle the long-standing "rules-based international order" that has governed global trade and finance for decades. Furthermore, it highligh...
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China-India relations: Modi and Xi seem to be meeting. Will icy relationships melt during the BRICS and G20 summits?
17Jul By Spost_adminNo Comments
World

China-India relations: Modi and Xi seem to be meeting. Will icy relationships melt during the BRICS and G20 summits?

Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are probably going to be in the same room again in a few months.The two presidents' intentions to conduct private discussions and work to improve the tense relations between their nations are yet uncertain. There is no prospect of a Modi-Xi meeting taking place on the sidelines due to New Delhi's last-minute decision to make this month's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit virtual, according to dubious Indian foreign policy analysts. Both presidents are scheduled to attend the G20 presidents' Summit in Delhi a fortnight after the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, which runs from August 22 to 24.The 2019 BRICS meeting in Brazil was the last diplomatic exchange between Modi and Xi. In contrast, Xi has see...
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As Biden refers to Xi as a “dictator,” China responds with “political provocation.”
15Jul By Spost_adminNo Comments
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As Biden refers to Xi as a “dictator,” China responds with “political provocation.”

After Joe Biden referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "dictator," China's foreign ministry accused the US president of "political provocation." Speaking on behalf of the foreign ministry, Mao Ning claimed that the remarks "seriously violated China's political dignity". A day after meeting Xi on a visit to China intended to reduce tensions between the two nations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the comments, Biden. He said that earlier this year, when a Chinese balloon was blown off course over the US, Xi felt ashamed. "Xi Jinping didn't know it was there, which is why he got very upset when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy gear in it," Biden stated at a fundraiser in California on Tuesday. "That causes dictators a lot of shame. while th...
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