'Port and car industry executives have pointed to a pile-up of Chinese electric cars as one of the leading causes of the problem, with some companies booking shipping delivery slots without ordering onward transportation.' ft.com/content/496f3b…

US asks China to tell Iran not to retaliate against Israel on.ft.com/3JoGhpH via @financialtimes Biden administration has repeatedly asked China in recent months to use its leverage with Tehran, including to rein in Iran-backed Houthi militias that have attacked ships in…

German companies’ dependence on China will last decades, warns Siemens ft.com/content/e8634f…

Tråkigt, märkligt och farligt att inte fler svenska riksdagsledamöter eller politiker reagerar på att Kina möjliggör Rysslands krig genom drönare, mikrochip, maskinutrustning till försvarsindustrin och platsinformation från satelliter.

Vad som pågår i Ukraina är ett proxykrig.

USA delar nu underrättelser om hur Kina hjälper ryska militären drönare, krut och satellitdata. Rysslands försvarsindustri får maskinutrustning, mikrochip och andra komponenter från Kina.

Kommer EU införa sanktioner mot företag och sätta press på Kina? kinamedia.se/2024/04/13/nya…

'One might expect Germany, of all countries, to be sensitive to the plight of an ethnic minority forced to live behind barbed wire under the menacing gaze of armed guards in watchtowers. Think again.' politico.eu/article/why-ge…

US says China sending Russia engines for drones & cruise missiles, machine tools for ballistic missiles, chips for missiles, tanks & aircraft. Chinese & Russian groups working to jointly produce drones in Russia
- partly based on newly declassified intel
on.ft.com/3xxqPVV

While the EU is contemplating increase import tax on Chinese electric vehicles, voices are now being raised for an outright ban in the US. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Att TikTok främst når unga användare är ingen nyhet. Men omfattningen är slående: 58% av tonåringar i USA använder appen 'varje dag' och 17% 'nästan hela tiden'.

Se här grafik över användningen samt exempel på hur Kina kan utnyttja detta av Marcus Björk. kinamedia.se/2024/04/12/sa-…

German CEOs traveling to China with Scholz

Oliver Blume (VW), Ola Källenius (Mercedes), Oliver Zipse (BMW), Markus Kamieth (BASF), Miguel López (Thyssenkrupp) and Roland Busch (Siemens)

Merck, DHL, Zeiss, Covestro also going, per Politico

politico.eu/newsletter/ber…

Angela Gui säger till Kvartal att Utrikesdepartementet bör agera efter att statliga kinesiska medier skriver att Gui Minhai är svensk medborgare, bland annat genom att åter kräva tillgång till hennes far. kvartal.se/artiklar/angel…

Joseph John, a Portuguese national, sentenced to five years in a Hong Kong jail for 'demonising China' in social media posts

Portugal’s top envoy in the city and deputy head of the EU office in Hong Kong, Matthias Kaufmann, were present in court

scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

'In contrast to many Western countries, the elderly in China tend to be poorer than people from younger generations. A study by researchers at Peking University found that 13% of China’s over-60s lived on less than 300 yuan a month in 2020.' economist.com/china/2024/04/…

Kishida in Washington said he views China’s “current external stance and military actions” as “the greatest strategic challenge, not only to the peace and security of Japan but to the peace and stability of the international community at large.” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Skrev denna i somras, tydligen tyvärr fortfarande aktuell läsning. expressen.se/kultur/jojje-o…

Reportedly Taiwan's new foreign minister starting from next month: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Chia-…

📸 Retired KMT minister Su Chi, who invented the 1992 Consensus, spoke to TFCC members yesterday.

His briefing is the last event under this TFCC committee. Huge thanks to our members, speakers and guests for their support over the past year. Photos by Michael Garber