THE BOXER REBELLION #419 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Beginning in 1899 + following several natural disasters, China’s Boxer fighters blamed Foreign + Christian groups + set about the destruction of foreign property such as railroads, foreign property + the Legation quarter in Beijing. An Eight Nation Alliance of American, Austro-Hungarian…

G-7 AND CHINA #418 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Nikkei reports that “The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed on Tuesday to look into capping the price of Russian oil while calling out China on human rights including alleged forced labor in Xinjiang…On China, the G-7 state their “grave concern” over…

CHINA TIGHTENS GRIP ON BIG BUSINESS #417 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Nikkei Asia reports today that China’s Tech companies will face stiffer penalties for crossing “Beijing’s red lines on Competition” following approval by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of changes to China’s Antitrust Law. AS a consequence…

THE WEST FIGHTS TO THE LAST UKRAINIAN? #416 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Did the recent visit to Kyiv of France’s Macron, Germany’s Scholz and Italy’s Draghi mark the success of ceremony over substance? The Ukraine’s Ambassador to Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, said “We need hundreds more multiple rocket launchers, armoured vehicles…

US LAWMAKERS FOCUS ON ASIA #415 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON This Column has maintained a focus on the current changes in world geopolitical power and on the rise of China + the decline of the US in particular. …

CHINA AND CHANGE #414 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Remember the New Narrative. China is a threat to the West, to Taiwan, to the Uighurs, to Hong Kong, to the South-East nations. China is on the move. It has just launched a new aircraft carrier. It is working hard on its…

CHINA’S AGE PROFILE AND PENSIONS #413 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON The change in China’s age profile has attracted the attention of the world’s largest asset managing companies keen to participate in the development of individual private pensions. BlackRock has received approval for a joint venture with the China Construction Bank…

CHINA/US TALKS #412 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON Reports are circulating today of a face-to-face meeting in Luxembourg on 13 June 2022 between China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi + US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. …

CHINA’S NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER #411 GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON CCTV announced today, 17 June 2022, that China’s 3rd + most advanced aircraft carrier was launched today from the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai. The Type 003 warship, named the Fujian and with a hull number of 18, is the first carrier…