The EU-China diplomatic flurry; Russian banks buy yuan; Beijing's UN tightrope act
SCMP's EU reporter Finbarr Bermingham analyses Xi Jinping’s phone call with his French and German counterparts and provides the latest on the UN human rights chief visit to Xinjiang. Chad Bray analyse...
11 Mar 202251min
Two Sessions: Wang Yi and China’s foreign policy on Ukraine, EU, South Korea and Japan
When China’s foreign minister Wang Yi held his annual extended press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions this week, there was one pressing question: what will China do about Russia and Ukr...
10 Mar 202228min
China's UN vote on Ukraine; what Beijing knew of Putin's plans; EU call China to broker peace
SCMP specialist digital editor Jarrod Watt speaks with NY-based reporter Mark Magnier about China’s telling abstention from the UN vote on Ukraine, Joe Biden’s China remarks in his State of the Union,...
4 Mar 202229min
Ukraine-China diplomacy; Chinese banks eye Swift bans and tech giants wary after Russia’s move
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, SCMP reporters Finbarr Bermingham and Mai Jun explore how tectonic policy shifts by Germany and others toward Moscow sanctions will change China's European r...
2 Mar 202232min
Ukraine crisis: China’s Russia-EU balancing act, Taiwan Strait tensions and anxiety
Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham and the Post’s Mai Jun from Beijing detail the diplomatic tensions between the EU and Beijing. Sino-Russian affairs expert Dr Stefan Auer analyses the end of...
25 Feb 202243min
Analysing Xi’s Olympic summit; US and Australia rethink trade with China
SCMP’s North America correspondent Mark Magnier analyses the agenda and impact of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s unofficial summit with Central Asian leaders at the Beijing Winter Olympics, as the geopol...
11 Feb 202234min
Putin meets Xi in Beijing; Japan’s human rights push for Hong Kong and Xinjiang
With his military massed on the Ukraine border, Russian President Vladmir Putin is in Beijing to sign a new agreement with Xi Jinping with huge implications for global geopolitics. SCMP reporter Laura...
4 Feb 202244min
How the US Competition Act is all about China; EU calls in the WTO over Beijing's Lithuania trade embargo
Hear from Post correspondent in Washington, Jacob Fromer, about the US House of Representatives proposing a huge bundle of legislation known as the America Competes Act of 2022, with action proposed o...
28 Jan 202239min
