The overwhelming matter in China now is the imminent arrival of the 70th anniversary of the day Mao declared that the Chinese people had stood up. National day, October 1. This is impa... Read more
The big news, with a lot of competition, is the state of pork – African swine fever, which first appeared in China in the middle of last year, is now a really big problem, and the numb... Read more
The US and China announced they would resume talks next month, but it doesn’t feel like a resolution of that problem is anywhere close. Which is one, but only one, of the factors that... Read more
Another roller-coaster ride for US-China relations this week, largely driven by the wild tweeting of Trump, but the feeling at the end of it all is that the Chinese leadership has decided to... Read more
Huawei continues to be the most visible barometer of the state of the US-China trade war. US companies got a further three month reprieve in terms of finding alternatives to Huawei for whate... Read more
