Europe’s Hong Kong focus; Beijing’s Lithuania coercion; Japan and France align against China
SCMP Brussels correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses the data showing Lithuania's exports to China have collapsed and asks: does this mean Beijing's trade coercion works? Meanwhile the European Par...
21 Jan 202237min
Beijing meets with Iran, Turkey and oil-rich Gulf States; why Kazakhstan is vital to China
Hear how Beijing is making big inroads to Middle East diplomacy this week, meeting with foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran right after a five-day meeting with ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United...
14 Jan 202224min
Europe and Japan respond to Beijing: 2021 in China relations part two
The SCMP's European correspondent Finbarr Bermingham unpacks the new 'anti-coercion instrument' announced by the EU, and its relevance to what looks like the weaponisation of trade with China, in a ye...
17 Des 202136min
US, Xinjiang, Taiwan, tech and trade: China relations in 2021, part one
Owen Churchill from the SCMP US bureau and William Zheng from the SCMP China desk discuss landmark US sanctions announced over products sourced from Xinjiang. They analyse a year in US-China relations...
17 Des 202129min
US vs China ‘democracy summits’; Beijing strong-arms Lithuania, EU fires back
In a year celebrating the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, this week saw the unveiling of the concept of ‘Chinese democracy’, days before Joe Biden hosted his Democracy Summit. Hear analysis ...
10 Des 202141min
Biden, Taiwan and a democracy summit; the US-China link to Solomon Islands riots
The SCMP’s Rob Delaney previews the coming “democracy summit” called by US President Biden and the opportunity Taiwan sees to further its legitimacy; Biden’s Asia advisor Kurt Campbell declares China’...
3 Des 202132min
China vs Lithuania: inside the defacto Taiwan embassy opening amid the Belarus border crisis
SCMP’s Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham details his trip to Lithuania where he found himself at an event that has outraged Beijing: the ‘Taiwan Representative Office’ opening - a de facto embas...
26 Nov 202141min
Analysing the Xi-Biden summit; ASEAN and its change on China; US trying for a new trade deal?
Chad Bray speaks with SCMP North American bureau chief Rob Delaney and Beijing-based news editor Mai Jun to compare and contrast the details and reactions of American and Chinese media and audiences t...
19 Nov 202137min
