Posts Tagged ‘Beijing’

Beijing Helicopter Taking Off: China Central Banker Calls For Direct Money Transfers To Households

Beijing Helicopter Taking Off: China Central Banker Calls For Direct Money Transfers To Households When the US economy crashed in a deflationary vortex during the global financial crisis (and just after the time giant yen carry trade imploded), it seemed to many that another great Depression was assured. However, after a brief period of pain, […]

Hong Kong Set To Pass Article 23, Further Tightening Beijing’s Control

Hong Kong Set To Pass Article 23, Further Tightening Beijing’s Control Authored by Julia Ye and Angela Bright via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The prospect of Basic Law Article 23, which rocked Hong Kong in 2003, is now becoming a reality under Beijing-controlled Hong Kong authorities. A riot police officer stands guard as Hong […]

Beijing Set To Refill Strategic Oil Reserve After Draining It For Most Of 2023

Beijing Set To Refill Strategic Oil Reserve After Draining It For Most Of 2023 It’s not just the US that is in desperate need of refilling its strategic oil reserve after Biden drained it to score some quick political points ahead of the 2022 midterms. China also needs to refill its oil tanks after steadily […]

Beijing Imposes Export Controls On Rare-Earth Processing Tech As Mineral War With US Heats Up

Following the meeting between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation event in San Francisco last month, the hopes for de-escalation in Sino-US relations seem to have fallen apart after China announced export controls on rare-earths technologies.  China is the world’s top processor of rare earths and has placed an […]

Beijing’s Coal Boom Is Here To Stay

Authored by Vijay Jayaraj via RealClear Wire, News of record installations of so-called renewable energy electric generation in China may have kindled the hopes of those supporting the “green” agenda and hostile to fossil fuels. However, China is in no position to give up hydrocarbons, particularly coal. During the first half of 2023, China approved […]

Putin, Xi In Beijing Pitch For ‘Alternative World Order’ As Biden Departs A Burning Middle East

(ZH) As a Rabobank note has highlighted, the main theme on display during Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s Source Views: 0

In Beijing, Schumer calls on Xi to support Israel after Hamas attacks

US Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, on Monday called on Chinese President, Xi Jinping, to support Israel after deadly attacks by Hamas, adding he was “disappointed” that Beijing showed “no sympathy” for the country over the weekend, Reuters reports. State media accounts of the meeting skirted Israel, instead focusing on the need for collaboration and […]

Schumer tells China’s Xi he’s ‘very disappointed’ Beijing has not condemned Hamas attack on Israel

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on Monday that he is “very disappointed” that Beijing has not condemned the Hamas attack on Israel in more definitive terms. “The ongoing events in Israel over the past few days are horrific,” Schumer said at a meeting with Xi. “I urge you and… […]

Unequal confrontation between Vilnius and Beijing

At the end of April in Lithuania, one of the “major” NATO countries, the local Foreign Ministry initiated a conference on “NATO and the Indo-Pacific Region,” where Vilnius tried to contribute to the unfolding confrontation with China in accordance with the trends set by the United States. It is noteworthy that the Baltic state stood […]

US Seals Agreements With Micronesia in Bid to Counter Beijing

The United States struck three agreements with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on May 23 to sustain cooperation at “significant levels” amid ongoing rivalry between the U.S. and China in the Pacific region. The accords were signed by Alissa Bibb, the charge d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Pohnpei, and Micronesian negotiator Leo Falcam […]

The Pilgrimage of European politicians to Beijing, a sign of accelerating the transformation of the world order

The first two weeks of April this year were a time of pilgrimage to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by European politicians of various ranks, representing some of the continent’s leading states as well as trans-European structures. This in itself turned out to be one of the signs indicating the acceleration of the process […]

Putin’s ally Belarusian president is in Beijing on a three-day trip

Putin’s ally Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after Beijing released it’s 12-point peace plan on Moscow’s war in Ukraine Source Views: 0

‘Hello old friend’: Belarus President Lukashenko in Beijing to meet Xi Jinping

The Belarusian leader said he was looking forward to seeing his “old friend” Xi Jinping and welcomed China’s position on the conflict in Ukraine. Source Views: 0

Bangladesh: Balancing Act between Beijing, Washington and New Delhi

The People’s Republic of Bangladesh seeks to maintain a special status in the global geopolitical arena by refusing to join any defense alliances and attempting to remain neutral. This trend can be explained by the fact that China and India account for approximately 35% of all Bangladeshi imports, primarily machinery and energy resources, while the West […]

Beijing’s Anti-American Propaganda Creates ‘War Frenzy’ on China’s Internet

News Analysis After the Chinese spy balloon incident, the Chinese regime denied its involvement in spying on U.S. military assets, and recently, it has been ramping up anti-American propaganda domestically. China’s internet is filled with disinformation about the United States, including false information about an impending U.S.-China war. It is important to note that the […]

Beijing On Edge As City Adds New COVID Quarantine Centers

Unconfirmed reports of lockdowns in at least some districts of the Chinese capital have fueled demand for food and other supplies. Source Views: 0

Saudi Arabia Looks to Replace Washington with Beijing

Whereas China and Russia do already have an agenda of a new, multipolar world order, they are far from the only players. While undoubtedly the most important ones, both are not only allied with each other, they are forming alliances with countries that were previously squarely placed in the US camp. Among the countries willing […]

Greek court acquits activists over 2021 protest against Beijing Olympics

A Greek court has acquitted three activists detained in October 2021 after unfurling banners at the Athens Acropolis opposing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, their lawyer and activists said on Thursday. Those acquitted were 19-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang, 22-year-old Hong Kong-American Joey Siu and a 35-year-old Vietnamese-American activist. They had staged a brief protest at the… […]

Kathmandu: Between Beijing and New Delhi

The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a relatively small Asian state with a population of 30 million. The landlocked country has borders only with India and China. Historical and cultural ties with India have led New Delhi to be Kathmandu’s most important foreign policy partner today. However, in order to minimize the risk of […]

How sincere is London in its desire to normalize relations with Beijing?

On September 29, in an interview with Channel News Asia, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who was appointed by new Prime Minister Liz Truss, said with typical British duplicity that the kingdom allegedly wants to normalize relations with the PRC. J. Cleverly, however, stressed that Beijing should play a major role in this process, specifying […]