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Kissinger on China

“In principle, the [Sino-Russian] alliance is against vested interests, it’s now established. But it does not look to me as…
May 13, 2022 (WiC 584)

Veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger discusses the Ukraine war, and its impact on China and Russia, at the WeekendFT Festival in Washington. Kissinger, who turns 99 later this month, added that the war had led China’s leaders to reflect “on ...

Kuleb talks to Xinhua

“We hope China will call on Russia to stop this invasion and respect the territorial integrity of other nations”
May 6, 2022 (WiC 583)

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dymitro Kuleb speaks out in the first interview by a senior Ukrainian official with a Chinese state news outlet since Russia’s invasion in late February. According to Xinhua, Kuleb asked China to mediate a ...

 Defensive remarks

“We want a good relationship with China but we’re not going to be subservient or cower to them”
Apr 29, 2022 (WiC 582)

Australia’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton tells a local television channel that “My judgment is that President Xi wants a tributary state arrangement with Australia”. Dutton also described Australia’s military position as being as ...

Music to the ears

Steinway rides China’s piano mania to IPO
Apr 29, 2022 (WiC 582)

Some 40 million people in China play the piano regularly, according to the National Musicians’ Association. That’s almost seven times the number of American pianists. The vast majority are children, spurred on by parents who didn’t ...

Graham goes to Taipei

“The American people understand how important you are to us. We are going to make China pay a bigger price…
Apr 22, 2022 (WiC 581)

US Senator Lindsey Graham speaking during a trip at the weekend to visit Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen. The senior Republican politician added: “If America abandons Taiwan it will change the world fundamentally for the worse.” Thousands ...

Qingtuan

Qingtuan
Apr 22, 2022 (WiC 581)

Similar to Japanese mochi, qingtuan, or literally ‘green rice ball’, is a glutinous rice dumpling dyed green with mugwort juice (or wormwood grass) and traditionally stuffed with fillings such as red bean paste or black sesame ...

Got it covered

How phone cases became a huge business
Apr 22, 2022 (WiC 581)

Even if “mirror selfies” isn’t part of your daily lexicon it is not hard to figure out its meaning: rather than taking a photo directly – that is smartphone camera-to-face, like traditional selfies – the image is captured by reflection ...

A vintage offering

Luxury liquor distiller Moutai launches an app
Apr 8, 2022 (WiC 580)

There were not many surprising takeaways when Kweichow Moutai announced its annual results last week. Growth has slowed as net profit only rose 12% to Rmb52 billion ($8.2 billion) last year while revenue still topped Rmb100 billion for the first ...

More vigilance called for

“We must adopt an extremely responsible attitude, heightened vigilance, more pragmatic and effective measures to guard aviation safety tightly”
Apr 8, 2022 (WiC 580)

Feng Zhenglin, director of China’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), during a teleconference on Wednesday. He was referring to the crash of China Eastern’s flight MU735 on March 21 which killed 132 people near Wuzhou. ...

 Australia’s eye in the sky

“This is a perfect location for a lot of things we need to do. If they can look up and…
Apr 1, 2022 (WiC 579)

US Space Command’s head General James Dickinson spoke this week during a visit to the joint US-Australia intelligence facility at Pine Gap, near Alice Springs in the middle of Australia. Pine Gap, he said, is instrumental for the operation of ...

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