Article: China says US has ‘gravely backpedaled’ on Taiwan This article is centred on China’s response to the US backtracking on their lack of support for Taiwan. As the article cites, China’s foreign ministry took issue with a US government fact-sheet that removed the line that once stated that the United States does not support Taiwan’s independence. Although a seemingly… Read more »
Article: ‘Good start’: China bids to reset ties with Japan amid Trump tariff storm The article reports that China is seeking stronger trading ties with Japan amidst a dwindling domestic economy and the ongoing Trade War with the United States. With Trump’s Trade War with China, which is only set to worsen as he pledged to double the current 10… Read more »
Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/xis-new-frontline-corporate-guard-showcases-his-priorities-control-2025-02-18 This article highlights the CCP’s response to the current severe downturn their economy is facing. Due to high youth unemployment, an overpriced real estate market, and the trade war with the US which really strains their export-reliant economy, civil dissent has been an expected outcome of all of this turmoil in regards to their economy. President Xi Jinping,… Read more »
Article – Three reasons Trump tariffs aren’t China’s only problem This article highlights many of the domestic concerns all tied to China’s slowing and even contracting economy, and how Trump’s tariff threat isn’t actually Beijing’s largest concern. The piece outlined that the largest factors for a declining economy is the large youth unemployment, reliance on exports and not enough domestic… Read more »
Article – Japan, Philippines, US vow to deepen cooperation in face of China’s behaviour This article highlights an effort to tackle China’s aggressive maneuvers in the South China Sea, that is specifically at stake to the Philippines and Japan. It is known that China has allegedly been responsible for multiple boat ramming and injuries against other ports on the sea…. Read more »
Article – The leader of Sri Lanka navigates the China-India rivalry on a visit to Beijing This article outlines Sri Lanka and China’s fond relations as of a visit this month between Sri Lankan leader Dissanayake and Xi Jin-ping. This visit, as the article states, may raise tensions between India and China as they are Asia’s regional rivals, and it… Read more »