Tag: International Relations

China Under International Pressure Despite Xi’s Recent Trips Abroad: Experts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently made high-profile visits abroad, meeting world leaders after he secured a third term as the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in last month’s National Congress. Chinese official media tout Xi’s diplomatic achievements from the trips. However, international analysts point out that he achieved very little, and it is…


YouTube Ads Are Funding Beijing’s Overseas Push to Change Hearts and Minds: Report

Beijing is circumventing its own firewall to leverage YouTube, and profiting off its advertising service, in the battle to win hearts and minds in the West, according to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, named “China is using ethnic-minority influencers to spread its Xinjiang narrative on social media” and funded by…


Australia Won’t Compromise Values for Trade With China, Opposition Leader Says

Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton says that while he supports Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the centre-right coalition is staying “realistic” about what China is doing. It comes after Albanese met with Xi earlier in the week and raising a host of issues with Beijing, from Xinjiang’s human rights issues…


China’s Stake in Geopolitically Significant Ports Threaten’s Global Supply Chain: Experts

U.S. President Joe Biden expressed concerns over Chinese military activity and transparency at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to a White House press statement on Nov. 12. China responded that its assistance in building the Cambodia port military facility is a “normal activity”…


PREMIERING November 19, 10 AM ET: Confronting China’s Transnational Authoritarianism: How the Transatlantic Community Can Respond

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Europe Center for a conversation with Nathan Law, a prominent Hong Kong activist and former LegCo legislator, the Honourable Michael Chong, shadow minister for Foreign Affairs for the Official Opposition of Canada, and Johanna Kao, regional director for Asia-Pacific at the International Republican Institute and Global…


PREMIERING at 5 PM: Debate on the Challenges and Opportunities Presented by China

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower’s annual conference features leading experts from around the world to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power. This year’s ChinaPower conference will include a half-day in-person event on Nov. 17 and virtual debates this winter. Video credit: CSIS Nov. 17 Event:…


PREMIERING: Debate on the Challenges and Opportunities Presented by China

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower’s annual conference features leading experts from around the world to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power. This year’s ChinaPower conference will include a half-day in-person event on Nov. 17 and virtual debates this winter. Video credit: CSIS Nov. 17 Event:…


Debate on the Challenges and Opportunities Presented by China

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower’s annual conference features leading experts from around the world to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power. This year’s ChinaPower conference will include a half-day in-person event on Nov. 17 and virtual debates this winter. Video credit: CSIS Nov. 17 Event:…


We Must Be Able to Raise Concerns Without ‘Retaliatory Acts’: New Zealand PM to Meet Xi

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she needs to be able to raise areas of concern with Chinese leader Xi Jinping without the country being on the receiving end of retaliation. The comments come ahead of her expected meeting on Nov. 18 with Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum…


Autocracies Helping Western Societies ‘Tear Themselves Apart’: Retired US General

Ongoing racial tensions and economic instability will leave Western democracies too weak to defend themselves against mass disinformation and cyber attacks from autocratic regimes, warns retired U.S. Army Major General John Davis. The former major general named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as some of the key aggressors waging information and cyber warfare on…