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News on China’s Relations with Rest of the World

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Frosty relations

Chinese villagers fear North Korean raids
Jan 16, 2015 (WiC 266)

What do you say to a leader whose policies are responsible for the death of several of your citizens? In the case of China and North Korea the answer seems to be “Happy Birthday”. On January 8 Beijing dutifully sent its congratulations ...

Sri Lankan setback

Presidential vote to hit China’s Silk Road plans?
Jan 16, 2015 (WiC 266)

Sri Lanka’s geographical position in the Indian Ocean means that it has often found itself chafing under the bit of colonial powers seeking to dominate the shipping lanes between the Middle East and Asia. Less well known is the fact that the ...

Collapsing rouble shows signs of hindering Sino-Russian trade
Jan 9, 2015 (WiC 265)

"Everything is just fine, please don’t worry,” Vladimir Putin told reporters at his end-of-year press conference. “I have people who love me.” The Russian president was responding to a question about his personal life. But in political ...

Tales of Dubai’s wealthy waiters pique interest in China
Dec 5, 2014 (WiC 263)

For the 2.4 million waiters and waitresses working in American restaurants last year, the average salary was just below $21,000 (including tips). Waiters hoping for more might be advised to try Dubai, after a posting on China’s ...

Are the Chinese the new merchants of Venice?
Nov 28, 2014 (WiC 262)

In the first century AD, the Roman commentator Pliny the Elder complained bitterly about the gold flowing east to pay for silk from the Seres (silk people). At the other end of the Silk Road, the Seres were similarly aware of the Romans, ...

Beijing gets the APEC blues

China’s charm offensive masks a struggle for leadership in Asia-Pacific
Nov 14, 2014 (WiC 260)

Red roads and blue skies combined in a colourful welcome for delegates at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing earlier this week. On Monday night the city streets glowed crimson as the region’s leaders made their way ...

Nothing but the best

Anbang comes out of the shadows as it swoops for New York hotel icon
Oct 17, 2014 (WiC 256)

The Waldorf Astoria is a venue that has shaped Sino-US relations for years, doing so most recently last month. That’s because the iconic Manhattan hotel was the venue at which hundreds of investors queued up to hear Jack Ma pitch Alibaba’s ...

Not exactly a love triangle

Xi looks to repair relations in India. His main motivation? Japan
Sep 26, 2014 (WiC 254)

Chinese names can be hard to pronounce, even if they are written in Pinyin. That said, an Indian newscaster made a pretty fundamental error during the visit of the Chinese president last week. Mistaking the “Xi” in Xi Jinping for Roman ...

United we stand

Scotland says no but China uneasy it voted at all
Sep 26, 2014 (WiC 254)

When Li Keqiang visited Britain in June he made a point of expressing his support for a “united United Kingdom”. The message was clear enough: Beijing isn’t keen on sovereign break-ups. But that didn’t prevent some points-scoring in ...

From Russia with love

China stands to benefit from Putin’s clash with the West
Sep 19, 2014 (WiC 253)

In January 2013 the first episode of The Americans aired on television in the US. Created by former CIA agent Joe Weisberg, the drama features two KGB officers posing as an American couple in the Washington suburbs. Their mission is to ...

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