China Economic ReviewThe German chancellor followed a string of other leaders to Beijing this week and had meetings which included all the usual expected topics but did little more than hint at the basic problems lying beneath the relationships. Something has to be done about trade imbalances, we want to take relations to a new level… This […]
According to Chinese astrology, the fire horse year, which comes around once every 60 years, is one of intense change with dynamism, instability and creativity at the fore. But you don’t have to be a Chinese astrologist to be able to predict that given the current state of the world. In nearly all areas, there […]
For nearly a year, two ports, one on either end of the Panama Canal, have been the center of a fascinating geopolitical tussle. Last March, the owner and operator of the ports, Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, announced it would sell them along with lots of other ports it owns around the world to a US […]
Not so long ago, it was the French President Macron, then the Canadian Prime Minister Carney, and this week we have the British Prime Minister Starmer in Beijing paying respects. And there are more world leaders to come. The backdrop to this procession of course is the United States, and Trump and the fundamental shift […]
The week was dominated by an event that China did not attend in any substantive way — the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mr Xi has attended in the past, but not this year. But they were a player anyway by implication. Mr Trump of course was there and gave a performance, and there were some solid […]