U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

White House
 

CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) / /FBI

CISA, FBI warn on risks of China-made drones | Next Gov/FCW| 2024-01-18

The new guidance is meant to alert critical infrastructure operators to potential security risks, including data exfiltration and cybersecurity risks, posed by unmanned aircraft systems manufactured in China.

NASA 

Concerns rise China might reach moon before NASA’s return | Washington Post | 2024-01-17

NASA Acting Inspector General, George Scott, Testifies before the House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology | U.S. House of Representatives | Released 2024-01-17

Dept. of Commerce

Higher penalties coming for export control violations -U.S. Commerce official | Reuters | 2024-01-17

Dept. of Defense

 Expect a Chinese show of force against Taiwan soon, says INDOPACOM head

“When something occurs that they don’t like, they tend to take actions,” said Adm. John Aquilino | Defense One | 2024-01-18

Dept. of State

Blinken to refocus on Africa as Russia, China make gains | Yahoo News via AFP | 2024-01-18  Blinken will visit Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Angola and Cape Verde starting Jan. 22, 2024

Taiwan is a ‘powerful affirmation of democracy,’ Blinken tells Davos | After rebuke from China, U.S. diplomat says cross-strait relations are concern for all | Nikkei Asia | 2024-01-18

Dept. of Treasury

U.S. Treasury meets with banks in Hong Kong on Russia sanctions | Nikkei Asia | 2024-01-24

U.S. Treasury team set for Beijing talks on economic co-operation

Visit is latest sign of easing tensions between the countries after Biden-Xi summit last year | Financial Times | 2024-01-17

U.S. Congress

Senior U.S. lawmakers set to visit Taiwan despite inevitable backlash from China – report | The Independent | 2024-01-18

(First trip: Ami Bera (U.S. House, Foreign Affairs, Indo-Pacific Subcommittee), Andy Barr and Mario Diaz-Balart (co-chairs , Congressional Taiwan Caucus). Later Mike Gallagher (Chair, U.S. House, China Committee)

H.R. 6349 – U.S. Lawmakers Push for Limits on American Investment in China Tech | Voice of America  | 2024-01-24

Senators Raise Questions about EV Mandates and Subsidies Going to China | Arizona Sun Times | 2024-01-16

U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES

Louisiana 

Louisiana Lawmaker Requests Info on Foreign Faculty Members | Inside Higher Education | 2024-01-17

Mississippi

China going from an ‘existential threat’ to a business partner in Mississippi? | Biloxi Sun Herald | 2024-01-18

New York

‘Secret’ New York police station is mere sliver of Beijing’s U.S. harassment push | Radio Free Asia, Special Report | 2024-01

U.S. Pacific Territories

U.S. Pacific Territory Wants to Balance Chinese Tourism With Security Concerns  (North Mariana Islands) | Voice of America | 2024-01-16

‘24 U.S. Presidential Campaigns

Trump Seeks to Revive Tough-on-China Image With Markets Remark | Bloomberg | 2024-01-17

U.S. PRIVATE SECTOR

Retired U.S. Military Officers

17 retired military officials raise alarm on Biden’s electric vehicle push

Biden’s EV push is ‘clear example of tone-deaf policymaking,’ retired military officials write | Fox News | 2024-01-18

U.S. Investors in China

Dimon Says China Risk-Reward Equation Has ‘Changed Dramatically’ | Bloomberg

 2024-01-17

U.S. Schools and Education

Prize-winning U.S. physicist Gao Huajian returns to China after decades overseas | | South China Morning Post | 2024-01-17 

Chairman, U.S. House Committee on Science and Space Technology, Frank Lucas Presses DOJ on Sweetheart Settlement Under the False Claims Act | U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Space Technology, Press Release | 2023-11-13

Stanford’s settlement with Justice Department shows how deep China has its claws in our universities | The Hill, Opinion | 2023-10-11

Stanford University Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million to Resolve Allegations That it Failed to Disclose Foreign Research Support in Federal Grant Proposals | U.S.Department of Justice | 2023-10-02

Future of cooperative U.S.-China science agreement is in doubt, say American physicists | Stanford professor who sent letter from fellow scientists to President Joe Biden, urging deal’s renewal, say partisan politics is driving Washington’s change | U.S. State Department extends the agreement, which was initially signed in 1979, for just six more months | South China Morning Post | 2023-09-06

Biden resists pressure from lawmakers and seeks short extension to key China science pact | NBC News | 2023-08-23

Wall Street

TuSimple Announces Intention to Delist from Nasdaq | NASDAQ | 2024-01-17

Chinese autonomous trucking startup TuSimple will delist itself from the Nasdaq stock exchange.  Plans to exit the U.S. market.

China’s Cyberspace Administration is conducting review of Shein | Reuters | 2024-01-17

Fashion Giant Faces New IPO s Cybersecurity Police | Beijing is scrutinizing Shein’s data handling for potential national security risks, a move that might delay its planned share sale | Wall Street Journal | 2024-01-16

CHINA

China – AI

China Raises Private Hacker Army To Probe Foreign Governments | Newsweek | 2024-01-18

China issues draft guidelines for standardising AI industry (| Reuters | 2024-01-17

The draft proposes to form more than 50 national and industry-wide standards for AI by 2026. It also said China aimed to participate in forming more than 20 international standards for AI by that time)

Business With China Has Increased: Qualcomm CEO | Bloomberg | 2024-01-17

China – New Global Order 

China’s Charm Offensive in Davos to Woo Investors Falls Short, Analysts Say | 2024-01-18 | Voice of America | 2024-01-18

Beyond Belt and Road, By the Numbers, China’s Global Development Spending | Voice of America, Special Report | 2024-01

China Economy

China allows more foreign banks to play lead role in debt underwriting | Reuters | 2024-01-18

Instant view: China’s GDP expands 5.2% in Q4, misses market forecast | Reuters | 2024-01-17

China is not alone in having unreliable growth data | Emerging nations would benefit from raising trust in their economic statistics | Financial Times | 2024-01-17

• Economists now largely consider Beijing’s official economic data to be only a reference point.
• Staggeringly, Rhodium Group thinks China’s growth last year may have been as low as 1.5 per cent

China Goes All In on Green Industry to Jolt Ailing Economy | Capital is pouring into factories that make items such as electric vehicles, batteries and renewable-energy gear as Beijing looks for new sources of growth | Wall Street Journal | 2024-01-16

China – Energy | Climate Change | EVs

China’s green tech surge could turn global climate politics on its head | And that follows China’s previous effort to dominate global production of photovoltaics and other renewable energy equipment | Financial Times | 2018-01-18 

China’s Solar Manufacturers Face Fraught 2024 After Output Boom | Yahoo Finance | 2018-01-18

China’s SAIC set to add 14 vehicle vessels to boost exports | Yahoo Finance | 2024-01-17

Tesla slashes Model Y prices in Europe after China price cuts | Reuters | 2024-01-17

Tesla Price Cuts Send European, Chinese Auto Stocks Lower | EV giant cuts prices in Germany by more than $5,000, after trimming prices in China | Wall Street Journal | 2024-01-17

Hyundai Sells China Plant for Half Price | The latest sale brings the number of Hyundai Motor factories in China to three from five | Wall Street Journal | 2024-01-17

Top Electric-Car Builder BYD Sends its First Ro/Ro to Europe | Maritime Executive | 2024-01-16

China – Hong Kong – Democracy Protests

First prosecution witness testifies against Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong | Reuters | 2024-01-17

Space

China’s Tianzhou 7 docks with Tiangong Space Station | Space Daily | 2024-01-18

CHINA & THE WORLD

(Regions and Countries)

Africa

China: The ‘other player’ in 2024 Afcon tournament | Business Daily | 2024-01-18

Egypt

Egypt: Chinese FM kicks off Africa tour with call for a ceasefire in Gaza | Africa News | 2024-01-15

Togo

China to support Togo in safeguarding its sovereignty, security -Wang Yi | Reuters | 2016-01-16

Americas

Canada

China takes aim at Canada’s move to block Chinese, Russian, Iranian research links

The move puts further strain on relations between China and Canada | South Morning China Post | 2024-01-17

Peru

China widens South America trade highway with Silk Road mega port | Reuters | 2018-01-18

The port of Chancay in Peru, majority-owned by Chinese state-owned firm Cosco Shipping, will be the first controlled by China in South America.

Asia – Southeast

Renewable energy s wind, solar power grow by 20% in a year

Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines see the largest increase | Radio Free Asia | 2024-01-18

Philippines

Philippines defence minister calls out China official for “gutter-level talk” | Reuters | 2024-01-17

Philippines to Ramp Up U.S. Military Ties Amid ‘Aggressive’ China | Nation to assert sea rights amid ‘untenable’ China stance | Manila’s defense head hopes U.S. ties won’t waver after polls | Bloomberg | 2024-01-17

Taiwan

China steps up military exercises around Taiwan | Financial Times | 2024-01-18

Pew Research Report – Only 3% of Taiwanese see themselves as primarily Chinese: U.S. survey | Radio Free Asia | 2024-01-18

Taiwan reports first major post-election Chinese military activity | Reuters | 2024-01-17

China’s Nationalists Urge War to Reunify Taiwan After Presidential Election | Voice of America | 2024-01-17

After Taiwan election, Beijing vows to step up influence ops | Xi Jinping calls for an all-out effort to win ‘patriotic’ hearts and minds to the cause of ‘unification.’ | 2024-01-17

China says threats of force over Taiwan not aimed at most Taiwanese | Reuters | 2024-01-16

Asia – Southeast

Indonesia

China’s BYD to build electric vehicle plant in Indonesia | Financial Times | 2024-01-18

Carmaker will invest $1.3bn in its sixth overseas factory as it aims to expand global footprint

China’s BYD launches electric cars in Indonesia, aims to be market leader | Reuters | 2024-01-18

Myanmar

What role did China play in a rebel group’s victory in northern Myanmar?

Ethnic-minority armies couched their campaign as an effort to rid the region of criminal organizations that had frustrated China | Radio Free Asia | 2024-01-16

Asia – South

China Offers Help to Cool Pakistan-Iran Tensions | Voice of America | 2024-01-18

India

Indian, Chinese Troops Clashed Twice in 2022 While Peace Talks Were On | Voice of America | 2024-01-17

India’s DRDO rushes to build 200km rockets with China in mind | Economic TImes (India) 2024-01-17

Iran

China, Iran sign policing pledge during Iranian police chief’s Beijing visit | South Morning China Post | 2024-01-17

Asia – West (including Middle East)

Saudi Arabia to keep bolstering ties with China: economic chief | Riyadh seen pursuing equidistant relations with all partners | Nikkei Asia | 2024-01-18

Europe

EU

EU envoy slams China’s ‘national security obsession’, questions growth rebound | South Morning China Post | 2024-01-17

Ireland

Ireland’s Taoiseach: Keen to develop relationship with China | CNBC | 2024-01-18

Beijing Letter: Ireland increasingly seen by China as a bridge to the EU | The Irish Times | 2024-01-18

On visit to Ireland, Chinese premier eyes deeper economic ties | Reuters | 2024-01-17

Oceania

Australia 

Australia inks Lockheed Martin deal to build guided missiles at home | Contract worth $24m part of broader plans to cover arsenal’s ‘strike gap’ | Nikkei Asia | 2024-01-17

China eyes defense ties reboot with Australia despite Taiwan tensions | Beijing envoy Xiao suggests Japan injured Australian divers in naval incident | Nikkei Asia | 2024-01-17

Nauru

China state media races to plant presence in Nauru after switch from Taiwan | Reuters | 2024-01-17