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News on China’s Relations with Rest of the World

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China’s media mauls Trump over human rights
Jun 5, 2020 (WiC 498)

The US is a hypocrite. That is the message coming out of China’s propaganda machine this week, after the Trump administration vowed to bring nationwide protests over the killing of an unarmed black man to an end – by sending in the military, ...

Growing tensions on China’s border with India
Jun 5, 2020 (WiC 498)

High-altitude skirmishes on disputed sections of the Sino-Indian border can look a little low-tech. A bilateral code discourages the use of firearms. But that doesn’t stop soldiers from using sticks, stones and sometimes their fists when they ...

Washington review confirms ‘great power’ clash
May 29, 2020 (WiC 497)

Donald Trump is so active on Twitter that it sometimes seems he is setting American policy on the fly, including the outlines of the crucially important relationship (or non-relationship) with China. While it is true that his tweets reveal his ...

A bitter harvest

Beijing slaps tariffs on Australia barley, after row over Covid-19 inquiry
May 22, 2020 (WiC 496)

Was it really a coincidence? That was the question about the timing of China’s Monday announcement that it was slapping tariffs on Australian barley exports, which were worth about $600 million last year. Only a few hours later a meeting of the ...

Pandemic politics

Is Covid-19 pushing China and the US into a new Cold War?
May 15, 2020 (WiC 495)

The term ‘Cold War’ was actually coined by a Wall Street financier. Bernard Baruch – then an advisor to President Harry Truman – came up with it in April 1947 to describe the increasingly chilly relations between the US and the Soviet ...

Once sweet, now souring

Is the ‘golden era’ of Sino-UK relations over as a consequence of Covid-19?
Apr 24, 2020 (WiC 492)

Two of the most mentioned moments on Xi Jinping’s state visit to Britain five years ago were a trip to the pub for a pint with (then prime minister) David Cameron and a selfie taken at the training ground of the top English football club ...

Healthy exports

Huge volumes of masks and other gear are being sent abroad by China
Apr 3, 2020 (WiC 489)

“Insanely jealous”, wrote one. “Look at that gear,” exclaimed another. “This is the equipment all frontline medical professionals deserve.” These are just a few of the comments healthcare workers from Europe and North America have ...

A command performance

Beijing ramps up its relief effort overseas as the pandemic spreads
Mar 27, 2020 (WiC 488)

The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organisation warned this week. And so are deliveries from China of much-needed supplies to countries fighting the outbreak, with a blizzard of announcements in the press. Chinese diplomats ...

From rags to riches

Bangladesh’s garment trade draws inspiration from the China model
Feb 28, 2020 (WiC 484)

Books have been predicting the collapse of China for decades but it’s the Chinese supply chain that is now supposed to be on the brink of disaster, after being torpedoed by the trade war and quarantined by the coronavirus. Some of that view ...

Sympathy deficit

Rather than finding common cause in virus crisis, Sino-US relations worsen
Feb 21, 2020 (WiC 483)

Swooping in on a castle’s weak point, robbing the victim of a fire, throwing stones at someone drowning in a well – a range of Chinese proverbs have been coined to make the same point: not to kick a person who is already down. These ...

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