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Sense Hofstede
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Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute. Studies China, Singapore and Taiwan; nationalism, party-state & international relations in the Indo-Pacific. | 何森璱
Nov 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
China’s top climate official urges US to ‘clear [political] barriers’ to talks – The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2022/nov… ‘Xie on Wednesday said that [the Pelosi] visit had “hurt Chinese people’s feelings” but noted that informal discussions and personal correspondence with U.S. delegates continued. “The door is absolutely closed by (the United States),” he said. […]’ reuters.com/business/envir…
Sep 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Xi Jinping aims to reassert China’s influence on first foreign trip since Covid began – FT ft.com/content/96ac91… China and Russia to showcase alternative world order at SCO Summit – Raffaello Pantucci for Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-…
Sep 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
KMT caucus whip William Tseng Ming-chung defends ‘1992 Consensus’ following CPPCC newspaper article – Taipei Times taipeitimes.com/News/front/arc… CPPCC Paper attacks ‘different interpretations’, doubters in KMT (alongside DPP):
正本清源，“九二共识”不容歪曲 – 人民政协报 （2022年09月10日 第05版）：“不仅如此，近几年来，更有国民党高层偷换概念，在提到‘九二共识’时，将其进一步称为‘一中各表的“九二共识”’。” dzb.rmzxb.com/rmzxbPaper/pc/…
Sep 9, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Top Chinese legislator Li Zhanshu in Vladivostok says China advocates multipolar world and Far East cooperation – Xinhua english.news.cn/20220908/547a8… Russia says that a senior Chinese official expressed support for the invasion of Ukraine – The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/09/11/wor…
Jun 13, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
The past Shangri-La Dialogue weekend in Singapore saw a lot of Taiwan. A thread of what was (and was not) said: The keynote by Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio did not spend a lot of time discussing Taiwan explicitly, but it was clearly aimed at Chinese threats in the region, including a warning that Ukraine today could be East Asia tomorrow:
Jun 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Taiwan says it’s willing to engage with China and doesn’t want to close the door, says Premier Su Tseng-chang – Taipei Times reuters.com/world/asia-pac… Taiwanese missiles can reach Beijing, legislative speaker You Si-kun warns – Taipei Times taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar…
Jun 12, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
‘China’s Taiwan’: Beijing’s defence minister rails against ‘smearing and interfering’ US – The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2022/jun… China’s defence chief says US is trying to ‘hijack’ countries in the region – SCMP scmp.com/news/china/mil…
Jun 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin called for an Asia that is free of ‘aggression and bullying’ as he laid out America’s vision for the region to security leaders – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Secretary of Defence Remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue – US DoD defense.gov/News/Speeches/…
Jun 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Japan’s PM Kishida Fumio ramps up drive to counter China in Southeast Asia – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Keynote Address by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue – Kantei japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/st…
Jun 11, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
China will ‘start a war’ if Taiwan declares independence, defence minister Wei Fenghe tells US counterpart Lloyd Austin – The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2022/jun… Chinese, US defence chiefs agree to enhance strategic mutual trust, properly manage differences – Xinhua: ‘the one-China principle [sic] is the political foundation of China-U.S. relationship.’ [it is not] english.news.cn/20220611/4028d…
Jun 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
After two years of record exports, Chinese manufacturers are turning downbeat – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/… China’s economic recovery will likely pick up the pace in the second half of the year as the country’s provinces finish reshuffling their governments and turn their attention to implementing stimulus, according to Guosheng Securities – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Jun 7, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Don’t call us pro-China, Taiwan opposition chief KMT chair Eric Chu Li-lun says in US – Reuters reuters.com/world/asia-pac… Taiwan’s path forward: A conversation with KMT Chairman Eric Chu – Brookings Institution brookings.edu/events/taiwans…
Jun 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Lawrence Wong promoted to Deputy Prime Minister in Singapore Cabinet reshuffle, takes over responsibility for Strategy Group – The Straits Times straitstimes.com/singapore/poli… ‘The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has […] accepted his proposal for Mr Desmond Tan to join the NTUC.’ ‘Desmond Tan will be appointed Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.’ pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/Chang…
May 17, 2022 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
Laguna Woods shooting was a hate crime targeting Taiwanese, sheriff alleges – LA Times: ‘notes written in Chinese that Chou left in his car showing he did not believe Taiwan should be an independent state from China.’ latimes.com/california/sto… Federal hate crime investigation opened into shooting attack on Taiwanese Americans at a Presbyterian church in Orange County – LAist laist.com/news/federal-h…
May 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
China’s economy contracted in April, with the industrial and consumer sectors hitting the weakest levels since early 2020 – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/… China’s job market plagued by zero-Covid ‘uncertainty’, with swift rebound unlikely – SCMP scmp.com/economy/china-…
May 16, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Common Prosperity Watch:
《求是》杂志发表习近平总书记重要文章《正确认识和把握我国发展重大理论和实践问题》 – 新华网: “文章指出，要正确认识和把握实现共同富裕的战略目标和实践途径。共同富裕是中国特色社会主义的本质要求。” news.cn/politics/leade… 习近平：正确认识和把握我国发展重大理论和实践问题 – 《求是》2022/10: “第一个问题：正确认识和把握实现共同富裕的战略目标和实践途径。” qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2022-…
May 15, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
G7 presses China to put real pressure on Putin – POLITICO Europe politico.eu/article/g7-chi… ‘We remind China of the need to uphold the principle of the UN Charter on peaceful settlement of disputes and to abstain from threats, coercion, intimidation measures or use of force.’ gov.uk/government/new…
Apr 9, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
China raises pressure on Shanghai to toe ‘zero COVID’ line – Nikkei Asia: ‘being unable to beat the coronavirus would be a “historic failure,” Li [Qiang] had said, according to leaked records from a Shanghai government meeting reported by Hong Kong media.’ asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coro… Xi Jinping praises China’s virus handling as Shanghai prepares 130,000 Covid beds – AFP sg.news.yahoo.com/xi-praises-chi…
Apr 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
UN suspends Russia from Human Rights Council; China opposes[, Singapore abstains] – Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Ukrai… ‘The reports and images of civilian deaths in Bucha are disturbing. The relevant circumstances and specific causes of the incident must be verified […] Before the full picture is clear, all sides should exercise restraint and avoid unfounded accusations.’ chnun.chinamission.org.cn/eng/hyyfy/2022…
Apr 8, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
A clumsy lockdown of Shanghai is testing the ‘zero-covid’ strategy: Short of food and medicine, residents of China’s financial hub are growing angry – The Economist economist.com/china/2022/04/… Families of patients at a Shanghai elderly-care facility who died during a Covid-19 outbreak press for answers – WSJ wsj.com/articles/death…
Apr 7, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The European delegation in Beijing has put out a fact sheet on EU-China relations in English and Mandarin: ‘Over the past year, EU-China bilateral relations have deteriorated’ This is an extension of HR/VP Josep Borrell’s expression of his frustration in the European Parliament of the EU-China summit on 1 April being more akin to ‘a dialogue of the deaf’, which the Chinese MFA immediately dismissed as ‘irresponsible remarks’.