Researcher and teacher of China, Singapore, and Taiwan; nationalism, party-state & international relations in the Indo-Pacific. | 何森璱
The Hague, The Netherlands
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China vows to reunite scam victims with families, crack down on cross-border criminal gangs – Reuters reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Exclusive: Chinese buyers interested in unwanted German Volkswagen factories, source says – Reuters: ‘Building cars in Germany for sale in Europe would allow China's EV makers to avoid paying EU tariffs on electric cars imported from China’ reuters.com/business/autos-t…
China’s state security forces given new powers to oversee key building projects – SCMP: ‘fresh powers to supervise and manage sensitive construction work on sites such as key government buildings and military facilities.’ scmp.com/news/china/politics…
Chinese and Japanese ruling parties vow closer ties as they hold first talks in 6 years – SCMP: ‘the two sides said they would maintain close communication “regardless of the situation of China-Japan relations”.’ scmp.com/news/china/diplomac…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang welcomes visit by Japan PM Ishiba Shigeru to China, lawmaker says – Kyodo News: ‘Moriyama said he handed Li a personal letter from Ishiba addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping, with Li promising to swiftly deliver it.’ english.kyodonews.net/news/2…
Chinese military delegation from PLA’s Eastern Theater Command to visit Japan mid-January – Xinhua english.news.cn/20250113/41d…
ByteDance’s TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi, and three other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaints – Reuters: ‘by Austrian advocacy group Noyb’ reuters.com/technology/tikto…
China confirms PLA Navy’s new Type 076 amphibious assault ship will be a drone carrier – SCMP scmp.com/news/china/military…
For Europe, China looms as 2025 economic threat, analysts say amid overcapacity concerns – SCMP: ‘as the country has the European Union market in its sights amid industrial-overcapacity issues at home and an economic-growth slowdown’ scmp.com/economy/global-econ…
MERICS China Forecast 2025: Economic stress increases risk of domestic instability – MERICS merics.org/en/comment/merics…
China’s top exporting regions pare back GDP targets under shadow of tariff threats – SCMP scmp.com/economy/china-econo…
Five of China’s most important provinces say they plan to grow at or above 5% this year, signs that the country will set an ambitious national target despite growing trade headwinds – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
China deploys more security to try to reassure a country on edge – The New York Times: ‘The security push, which the authorities in some places have labeled “Operation Winter,” follows a string of recent attacks’ nytimes.com/2025/01/16/world…
Chinese citizens’ doubts grow over official growth claims – FT ft.com/content/f9870c2a-a4cf…
Most Chinese feel an uneasy ‘consumption downgrade’, according to survey – Nikkei Asia: ‘An 80% majority of Chinese consumers feel they have slipped into a “consumption downgrade,”’ asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Most…
KMT leans into pork barrel politics in attacking DPP over pensions – New Bloom newbloommag.net/2025/01/15/k…
Taiwan to ramp up monitoring of ‘flags of convenience’ ships after severed undersea cable incident – The Straits Times straitstimes.com/asia/east-a…
President Lai Ching-te (DPP) meets with Taiwanese delegation to Trump’s inauguration led by Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (KMT) – Focus Taiwan focustaiwan.tw/politics/2025…
