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News on China’s Relations with Rest of the World

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The dance goes on

China and Brazil pair up on the global stage
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

Samba’s rhythms are often alluring ones. Too much so for the Portuguese missionaries of colonial times, who shuddered at the dance’s physical nature, as well as its literal rendering (it has Angolan roots) as a ‘bumping of belly ...

Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman is on his way to Beijing as US ambassador to China.
May 22, 2009 (WiC 16)

A friend of China? He’s already got a Chinese name – Hong Bopei – which is a good start, and the Chinese media is generally happy with his credentials. The People’s Daily is pleased too, calling the appointment ...

Harbouring suspicion

China denies that a Sri Lankan port it is building is for military use
May 22, 2009 (WiC 16)

Any port in a storm is a familiar expression, but in Sri Lanka it is a port that is causing a storm. The port in question, which is being constructed with Chinese help, is on the country’s southeastern coastline, in a town called ...

After 700 years of acrimony are Sino-Japanese relations looking up?
May 8, 2009 (WiC 14)

Rivalry between China and Japan dates back some time. In 1274, China’s Emperor Khubilai Khan established an ‘Office for the Chastisement of Japan’. Chastisement took a more practical turn in 1281, when he sent an invasion fleet of 4,400 ...

Leaving Las Vegas

Chinese businesses are heading home from overseas
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

The ‘China Rising’ literary genre sells a lot of business books, especially in airports. You will be familiar with many of the themes – that the global axis is tilting inexorably to the east, that Mandarin is our future commercial lingua ...

Rocket launch reignites debate over China’s relations with North Korea
Apr 9, 2009 (WiC 10)

China recognised Korea as a tributary state as far back as 1392, and the two countries’ relationship through history has been characterised by some as that of elder brother to younger sibling. Old habits die hard. So some are asking why, in ...

Why African traders have made a beeline for China
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

Despite news that it will soon be possible to use mobile phones in-flight, it is still almost second nature for most passengers to shut down their handsets in the departure lounge. But how about having to switch off 250 of them? This is about ...

First silk, now steel

Trade relationships flower in the Saudi desert
Feb 20, 2009 (WiC 3)

Ferdinand von Richthofen, an uncle of the illustrious Red Baron (the First World War fighter pilot), has his own claim to fame. In 1877 he introduced the Seidenstrasse or Silk Road to the modern lexicon. In doing so he inadvertently consolidated ...

Regrettable and despicable

Making some sense of China’s response to foreign criticism
Feb 13, 2009 (WiC 2)

A Cambridge University lecture hall might not seem the most obvious location for the witnessing of a “despicable act”. Nevertheless, Chinese state media formally acknowledged last week’s throwing of a shoe at visiting Premier Wen Jiabao as ...

The audacity of nope

Obama and the China trade deficit
Feb 6, 2009 (WiC 1)

Four is an unlucky number in China, so folklore might suggest that the 44th US president could be a doubly unfortunate one. With the early crackle of tension in the air surrounding Sino-US trade relations, Obama will be hoping not to tempt fate ...

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