The week saw lots of action, and the trend remains set in the direction of decoupling. There are now doubts over whether China will meet its purchase commitments of US goods under the “phase... Read more
Traditionally, as China moves into July, the leadership starts thinking about an impending bout of sunbathing in Beidaihe, the news flow begins to lessen, and calm falls over the land. Not t... Read more
The speed with which decoupling is proceeding is unsettling. It’s like watching a slow-motion video of something nasty happening. There was a meeting in Hawaii between top Chinese repr... Read more
The sense of China at a grassroots level is that the virus is almost behind us, and we are now moving into a post-COVID world. Restaurants are doing better business, masks are becoming less... Read more
The week was dominated by the protests in the US, played up on China media to compare with similar protests in other places and in other eras. But some incidents of looting, the demonstratio... Read more
