U.S. Chip Export Ban is ‘Great News,’ Says Partner at Chinese Tech Investment Fund
A partner at a Chinese semiconductor investment fund has welcomed the U.S. government’s ban of certain advanced chip types to be exported to China,...
Biden’s UN Speech Barely Mentioned Russia and China. That’s No Coincidence
Every September, the annual UN general assembly session offers global leaders a prime opportunity to publicize their top priorities to an international audience –...
U.S. Ambassador Insists America Remains the Top Foreign Policy Actor in the Middle East
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Martina Strong believes the U.S. is unequivocally the most important foreign policy actor in the Middle...
US and China to Launch Economy and Finance Working Groups to Stabilise Ties
Washington and Beijing have created two working groups to tackle economic and financial issues, in the latest effort to increase engagement and stabilise the...
Indonesia’s ‘significant’ South China Sea Comments Not a Sign of ‘nascent Alliance’ With US
Indonesia’s recent joint statement with the United States expressing concern over China’s claims in the South China Sea indicates it sees Beijing as a security threat, though Jakarta’s...
The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy
In China’s current economic travails, US and other Group of Seven nations increasingly see evidence of deep-seated structural problems that ultimately will strengthen the...
US “Indo-Pacific Strategy” Sparks Alarming Concerns of Confrontation, Division in Asia-pacific
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conducted a Pacific tour in late July in a useless attempt to...
Why US Tech Giants Are Threatening to Quit the UK
It was difficult to maintain a poker face when the leader of a big US tech firm I was chatting to said there was...
What Will Qin Gang’s Replacement Mean for China-US Relations?
The abrupt removal of China’s foreign minister Qin Gang after just seven months on the job could complicate efforts to revive tanking relations with the United...
How India’s Economy Will Overtake the U.S.’s
The brilliant and late economic historian Angus Maddison estimated that India was the world’s largest economy for a staggering one and a half millennia....