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News on China’s Relations with Rest of the World

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“We preferred Chirac”

Sarkozy jets to Beijing to repair Sino-French rift
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

There was a warm glow to Sino-French relations between 1995 and 2007. It was an era when Chinese state visits to Paris would usually result in a large order for Toulouse-assembled Airbus aircraft. Or maybe a French nuclear reactor. That was no ...

Homeland insecurity

Changes in demand for rare earth mean California may start digging
Apr 23, 2010 (WiC 57)

During the Cold War era, the US government kept a close watch on supplies of rare earth minerals – 17 valuable metals that have special electromagnetic properties vital to military technologies. But as the Berlin Wall came down, and the Soviet ...

Australia’s ties with China continue to tighten
Feb 12, 2010 (WiC 49)

Not so very long ago if you’d asked an Aussie if he liked Chinese, he’d probably have replied he enjoyed sweet and sour pork. That’s less likely now. Through necessity, the average Australian has a far more sophisticated understanding of ...

No censor humour

Sino-American relations deteriorate over Google
Jan 29, 2010 (WiC 47)

Deng Xiaoping was just five foot tall; but his influence in modern China has been that of a giant. Yet Deng wanted China to draw as little attention to itself as possible on the international stage. “Hide brightness, nourish obscurity; bide our ...

An oily relationship

Why Beijing resists the West’s attempts to up sanctions on Iran
Jan 22, 2010 (WiC 46)

No one was expecting war to break out between Iran and China. But it has this month - albeit in cyberspace. The internet seems to be ripe with conflict at the moment, what with Beijing’s falling out with Google. And last week, a pro-Iranian ...

Out of Chafrica

China will woo Africa in coming decade
Dec 18, 2009 (WiC 43)

With the body of a musk deer, the tail of an ox, the forehead of a wolf, the hoofs of a horse and a fleshy horn like a unicorn, the Qilin occupies a special place in Chinese mythology. In the sixth century BC this mythical beast is supposed to ...

“Bring me Dashan”

Canada looks to mend fractious China ties
Dec 11, 2009 (WiC 42)

The award for the best-known Canadian would likely see a close run-off between Celine Dion, Norman Bethune and Mark Rowswell. The singer’s place on the shortlist will be less surprising to most readers. But few may have heard of Bethune. ...

Stars and strifes

Survey shows declining admiration for US
Dec 4, 2009 (WiC 41)

Tsinghua is China’s premier university, and counts China’s current leader Hu Jintao among its alumni. But it wouldn’t exist at all had it not been for a stunning act of American generosity. How so? After the Boxer Rebellion was crushed ...

Enter the dragon

What to expect from Obama’s first presidential visit to China
Nov 13, 2009 (WiC 38)

Barack Obama becomes the third of three iconic American figures to appear on Chinese soil this month, as part of his nine day Asian tour. Of course, the American president may not see the likes of Michael Jackson and Mickey Mouse as his most ...

A more Khan-do spirit

CIC announces Mongolian mineral deals. What would Genghis think?
Nov 6, 2009 (WiC 37)

What ‘lies beneath’ has long had the potential to stir controversy between China and its Mongolian neighbour to the north. And so it was again last month, when Japan-based Kyodo News reported that an old woman from Dalian (who reckons ...

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