How the trade war began in 2018. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Despite Trump’s pragmatic decision to seek rapprochement with China that would foster ongoing high-level communication and stimulate cooperation, an atmosphere of uncertainty began to surround the relationship between the two countries, given the contradictory signals emanating from Washington. The presidents’ conversation on February 10, 2017, did nothing to calm ...
China needs to concretely reconceptualize its approach to the region. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing/China Donald Trump made his first foreign visit to the Middle East, breaking with the tradition of US leaders to visit NATO or European countries after their election. Trump’s visit poses a significant risk to Beijing’s regional interests, which are critical to the region’s economic and geopolitical ...
Chinese expert proposes to the EU to build the world’s largest free trade area. By Yunus Soner, from Antalya / Türkiye We are continuing our series of interviews conducted on the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that took place 11-13 of April. Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization. Hence, the interview started with ...
The increased rivalry between Washington and Beijing, particularly on the technological and military arenas, can potentially cause more economic disruption. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The rekindled US-China tensions once more left Australia in a delicate economic position. A nation deeply engaged with both superpowers—strategically aligned with Washington but economically with Beijing—Australia is faced with a sour dilemma endangering its long-term ...
ASEAN countries hope to pragmatically benefit from the rivalry between the two global powers By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, paid visits to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia during a period when the trade war with the United States was intensifying. These countries hold great significance for China. Since the first trade ...
Orçun Göktürk/ Beijing, China China has recently hosted a number of high-level American politicians and business figures. First, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Guangzhou, the landmark city of China’s Reform and Opening Up era, in early April. She was followed by US Secretary of State Blinken and, most recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk. US Treasury Secretary Yellen made ...
By Orçun Göktürk, President of the Turkish-Chinese Belt and Road Institute The Xi Jinping-Joe Biden meeting was a low-tension meeting and resulted in a few common agreements. Yet, a bright scenario for the future of the relationship does not seem likely. Undoubtedly, the Biden-Xi meeting was the most anticipated and important bilateral summit of 2023. For much of the year, ...
By Shirley Ze Yu If the conflict in Gaza were to spiral to a regional scale, almost certainly, the US would directly intervene, and possibly, China would, too. However, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza also share one aspect in common. Both wars are reflective of global geopolitical competition, with the attempt to re-configure the “century of change.” What has ...
Last Thursday I had to get up very early. I was supposed to be at the Shanghai Hongqiao train station at 6:30 a.m. to travel to Beijing. A light breakfast with wonton soup (Chinese dumplings) in a small restaurant in the station provided the necessary energy to start the transfer. The fast train was waiting to make the trip. Four ...
By Orçun Göktürk * The US Secretary of State Blinken was in Beijing for a two-day visit. The scheduled visit in February of this year was postponed due to the “spy balloon” controversy at that time. The first high-level visit by the US administration in almost five years was greeted with “low-level protocol” from the Chinese government. Blinken was welcomed ...