00:00:00 Speaker A Why are markets, uh, you think so resilient here in the morning, uh, this morning after this, these results? 00:00:10 Ian Bremmer Because the Americans don’t want the war to continue. Um, they wanted to be one and done, uh, as Trump did when he assassinated Kasim Suleimani in his first term,…
China sharply criticised the United States and Israel on Sunday, calling on them to de-escalate their conflict with Iran, prioritise civilian safety and adhere to international law as Mideast anxiety intensified following the US attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities using massive “bunker buster” bombs. Washington has violated Iranian sovereignty, “exacerbated tensions in the Middle…
China’s decade-long military shake-up isn’t just about corruption. It’s about control. President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-graft campaign has purged nearly five million officials since 2012, including top military brass once thought untouchable. His goal? A battle-ready army, free of internal rot, primed for a potential invasion of Taiwan by 2027. A newly declassified U.S. intelligence…
Rick Waters is managing director of Eurasia Group’s China practice. He spent nearly three decades with the US Department of State where he oversaw the creation of the Office of China Coordination and was deputy assistant secretary of state for China and Taiwan. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the…
Tensions between the world’s two largest economies appear controlled after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, belying months of anti-China bluster from the new US leader. Three days ahead of his January 20 inauguration, Trump had a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss issues including fentanyl and trade, an exchange he…
Donald Trump has sent mixed signals this week about whether he was planning to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping soon. But this uncertainty could also reflect caution on the part of Beijing as its leaders were reluctant to just “hop on a call”, according to diplomatic observers, who said the timing and nature…
The jury was out on the future of China-US relations at an annual forum in Hong Kong on Friday, with a former American ambassador seeing a downward trend under Donald Trump and other observers suggesting that Trump’s transactional approach could mean attempts to reach deals between the two rivals. On the sidelines of the US-China…