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Behind the US-Taiwan trade deal; the UK steps up its China policies amid a PM talent show
Post North American bureau chief Rob Delaney looks at two announcements that may feature highly in the US-China political narrative to come. What is the agenda behind a proposed formal trade deal between Washington and Taipei? Has a lone Re
Taiwan tension: Beijing’s white paper, Washington’s new Act and Europe’s reactions
Beijing ends its massive military exercises around Taiwan and issues a white paper laying out exactly its ambitions for when it "re-unifies" the self-ruled island with the mainland. The US Congress moves forward its Taiwan Act which declare
Pelosi, Taipei and Beijing: US, Europe, Asia respond; what’s next for Xi Jinping?
What are the political and diplomatic ramifications of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan? Post US Bureau chief Rob Delaney analyses how the House Speaker’s visit has changed US politics, the G7 reaction and if her agenda included lobbying Taiw
The reality of Xi and Biden's call; US-China tensions and the Thucydides Trap
US-based Post journalist Owen Churchill goes beyond the "playing with fire" headlines to analyse what was discussed – and what was not – in the 2.5-hour phone call between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, as well as the domestic pressures from Nan
Pelosi and Taiwan, Biden to call Xi; Indonesia invests in Beijing diplomacy
Post North America bureau chief Rob Delaney looks into the hype around US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reported plans to fly to Taiwan, as preparations continue for US President Joe Biden’s vital call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
Beijing and Sri Lankan debt; can the US enlist the Dutch in China tech war?
The Post's Beijing-based diplomacy correspondent Laura Zhou analyses Beijing's political and economic relationship with Sri Lanka, “debt traps” and the Hambantota port; tech desk editor Zhou Xin discusses the US pressure on Netherlands-base
Shinzo Abe's complex legacy with China; Wang Yi and a new Australian paradigm
Post political economy editor Wendy Wu reports from Beijing on China’s reaction to the assassination of Shinzo Abe. Wendy analyses the complex relationship the former Japanese prime minister had with Xi Jinping and the legacy Abe leaves of
Analysing the US-China G20 agenda; after four years of trade war - what now?
Grave warnings on China from the FBI and MI5 on the eve of the G20 conference in Bali: how will this affect the agenda? SCMP correspondent Mark Magnier and Beijing-based political economy editor Wendy Wu analyse the pressures on Joe Biden t
Biden in Asia, Beijing's anger over Quad and Taiwan; what the IPEF means for Asian nations
Veteran SCMP diplomacy correspondent Shi Jiangtao reports on Beijing's response to US president Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan, with angry phone calls to Tokyo, warnings to Jake Sullivan and corresponding incursions of Chinese bo
A new President Marcos in the Philippines; the science of South China Sea fishing bans
What comes next after the historic election of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jnr as the Philippines' new president, with Sara Duterte as his VP? Veteran analyst Lucio Blanco Pitlo III unpacks what to expect for Sino-Philippine ties, economic
Analysing Biden's ASEAN summit; China and Japan court South Korea’s new president amid NATO plans
SCMP's Washington-based corrrespondent Kinling Lo reports on the diplomatic full-court press delivered by the White House for the two day ASEAN summit, and picks up on the significant omissions in the offers of support from the US. Korea Ti
US tech war targets Hikvision; China wedges Australia on Solomon Islands
SCMP tech desk editor Zhou Xin looks at reports the US Treasury is about to sanction the world’s biggest maker of surveillance tech and why this worries Wall Street and China’s tech sector. Analyst Edward Cavanough, specialising in ties bet
Analysing the Beijing-Solomon Islands deal; EU sharpens China trade policies; UN heads to Xinjiang
Finbarr Bermingham reports onthe EU's legislative tools aimed at trade with China; why Xi Jinping phoned French president Macron; and complications for the UN human rights mission headed to Xinjiang. Hear a deep-dive into the security pact
China’s strategic Solomon Island win, loss for Australia; PLA studies Ukraine war
SCMP senior Asia correspondent Maria Siow analyses the geopolitical bombshell deal signed by the Solomon Islands with Beijing for security and a possible military base. What does this mean for the US Asia-Pacific pivot, and is this Australi
EU anger at Beijing boils over Ukraine; Serbia and Hungary look to China for trade and weapons
SCMP Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses the fallout of the meeting between the EU senior leadership and China’s Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping, labelled a ‘dialogue of the deaf’ by one attendee. While Beijing refuses to discuss the
A pivotal China-EU summit; Russian FM Sergei Lavrov in China; Japan's fraught Russia-China relations
SCMP's Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham previews the China-EU summit, and what the EU leaders want from Xi Jinping regarding the Ukraine war. China desk reporter Shi Jiangtao analyses Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s meeting wit
China’s diplomacy surge: Wang Yi visits India; Xi calls South Korea's new president
Beijing is under growing pressure to offer diplomatic assistance for peace negotiations as Nato issues a historic statement taking aim at China’s state media for pushing Russian misinformation. Mumbai-based journalist Kunal Purohit unpacks
China faces ‘defining moment’ over Russia ties; Xi-Biden and Beijing’s TV diplomacy
The Post’s Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham reports on the one-year anniversary of China’s sanctions on European politicians and diplomats over Xinjiang, as the EU’s foreign and defence ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the war i
The EU-China diplomatic flurry; Russian banks buy yuan; Beijing's UN tightrope act
SCMP's EU reporter Finbarr Bermingham analyses Xi Jinping’s phone call with his French and German counterparts and provides the latest on the UN human rights chief visit to Xinjiang. Chad Bray analyses sanctions on Russian oil, its financia
Two Sessions: Wang Yi and China’s foreign policy on Ukraine, EU, South Korea and Japan
When China’s foreign minister Wang Yi held his annual extended press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions this week, there was one pressing question: what will China do about Russia and Ukraine? SCMP’s Beijing-based reporter Shi
China's UN vote on Ukraine; what Beijing knew of Putin's plans; EU call China to broker peace
SCMP specialist digital editor Jarrod Watt speaks with NY-based reporter Mark Magnier about China’s telling abstention from the UN vote on Ukraine, Joe Biden’s China remarks in his State of the Union, and reports that Xi Jinping was told by
Ukraine-China diplomacy; Chinese banks eye Swift bans and tech giants wary after Russia’s move
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, SCMP reporters Finbarr Bermingham and Mai Jun explore how tectonic policy shifts by Germany and others toward Moscow sanctions will change China's European relationships; Zhou Xin looks at how Chin
Ukraine crisis: China’s Russia-EU balancing act, Taiwan Strait tensions and anxiety
Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham and the Post’s Mai Jun from Beijing detail the diplomatic tensions between the EU and Beijing. Sino-Russian affairs expert Dr Stefan Auer analyses the end of “soft power” in Europe and how 50 years
Analysing Xi’s Olympic summit; US and Australia rethink trade with China
SCMP’s North America correspondent Mark Magnier analyses the agenda and impact of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s unofficial summit with Central Asian leaders at the Beijing Winter Olympics, as the geopolitics of citizenship weigh on Chinese-Am
Putin meets Xi in Beijing; Japan’s human rights push for Hong Kong and Xinjiang
With his military massed on the Ukraine border, Russian President Vladmir Putin is in Beijing to sign a new agreement with Xi Jinping with huge implications for global geopolitics. SCMP reporter Laura Zhou unpacks the evolving relationship
How the US Competition Act is all about China; EU calls in the WTO over Beijing's Lithuania trade embargo
Hear from Post correspondent in Washington, Jacob Fromer, about the US House of Representatives proposing a huge bundle of legislation known as the America Competes Act of 2022, with action proposed on everything from semiconductors to Xinj
Europe’s Hong Kong focus; Beijing’s Lithuania coercion; Japan and France align against China
SCMP Brussels correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses the data showing Lithuania's exports to China have collapsed and asks: does this mean Beijing's trade coercion works? Meanwhile the European Parliament proposes measures to punish Hong
Beijing meets with Iran, Turkey and oil-rich Gulf States; why Kazakhstan is vital to China
Hear how Beijing is making big inroads to Middle East diplomacy this week, meeting with foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran right after a five-day meeting with ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and other oil-ric
Europe and Japan respond to Beijing: 2021 in China relations part two
The SCMP's European correspondent Finbarr Bermingham unpacks the new 'anti-coercion instrument' announced by the EU, and its relevance to what looks like the weaponisation of trade with China, in a year where European attitudes to Beijing h
US, Xinjiang, Taiwan, tech and trade: China relations in 2021, part one
Owen Churchill from the SCMP US bureau and William Zheng from the SCMP China desk discuss landmark US sanctions announced over products sourced from Xinjiang. They analyse a year in US-China relations from the start of Joe Biden’s presidenc
