Pentagon report also says Beijing is intensifying pressure on neighbours to push back on US efforts to contain it
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China’s special Mideast envoy pinned the cause of the Israel-Gaza crisis on the lack of guarantees for Palestinian rights and urged greater coordination with Moscow in a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Qatar,
China’s Stance on Hamas a Key Point of Division, US Envoy Says
The US’s top diplomat in China called on President Xi Jinping’s government to denounce terrorism by Hamas, citing Beijing’s stance toward the group as yet another challenge in fraught ties between the world’s biggest economies.
We Need to Disarm the Discourse on China
The article relies on the conservative Hudson Institute’s Senior Fellow David Asher’s testimony and the fact China has not shared the medical records of citizens without potential COVID-19 symptoms.
Beijing weighs delaying approval of $69bn Broadcom-VMware deal
Beijing is weighing holding up US chipmaker Broadcom’s $69bn acquisition of cloud software company VMware — a move that would come soon after Washington toughened rules to block Chinese access to high-performance semiconductors.
China’s banks may be loaded with hidden bad loans — The Economist
Hidden bad debts are worrying for Chinese banks, as the sector’s finance is already in a mess, according to The Economist. In a report last Sunday, the magazine said local governments are struggling …
China weighs options to blunt U.S. sanctions in a Taiwan conflict
In a war with the U.S. over Taiwan, China would need to create a global network of companies under U.S. sanctions, seize American assets within its borders, and issue gold-denominated bonds, according to Chinese government-affiliated…
China leaves benchmark lending rate unchanged amid better economic data
China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Friday, matching market expectations, as a set of economic data suggested the economy is stabilising and a weaker yuan constrained further monetary easing.
China’s leaders speed towards Japanisation
China’s real estate market is in decline. Debt deflation hangs in the air. The country’s workforce is shrinking and GDP growth is trending downwards. No wonder the International Monetary Fund at its recent shindig in…
China May Acquire Conventionally Armed ICBMs: Pentagon Report
A conventional ICBM could give China a non-nuclear deterrent, but actually using it would come with massive risks.
China has sharply expanded nuclear arsenal, US says
Beijing now possesses some 500 operational nuclear warheads, a new Pentagon report says.
China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says
A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a…