Suggested Readings: June 15-24, 2018
作者：Robert A. Kapp 来源：US-China Perception Monitor
June 15-24
PRC – U.S.
https://tinyurl.com/y9kt99lz Critical analysis of pending U.S. legislation to expand the writ of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., in the face of surging concerns over PRC licit and illicit acquisitions of US advanced technology.
Bob Davis of WSJ on imminent US moves to interdict PRC-origin investment in US advanced technology sectors.
https://tinyurl.com/y9u6coyy An interview with the ever-lucid Arthur Kroeber of Gavekal covers much of the current landscape, both on China’s domestic economic situation and on the deepening and vexing problems now pervading US-China relations.
https://rhg.com/research/arrested-development-chinese-fdi-in-the-us-in-1h-2018/ PRC investment in US down 90% (!) year-on-year in first half 2018. Rhodium Group crunches the numbers and analyzes.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FINAL-China-Technology-Report-6.18.18-PDF.pdf The Navarro White House’s latest slasher paper on China.
https://chinaipr.com/2018/06/15/us-china-security-commission-readout-of-hearing-on-june-8-2018/ Open this for American intellectual property guru Mark Cohen’s introductory note to his and others’ recent testimonies (links for both) regarding Chinese IP practices.
https://uscc.gov/Hearings/us-tools-address-chinese-market-distortions-video Encompassing much more than the above, this D.C. hearing offers some very thoughtful testimonies on PRC intellectual property situations, and on present and future US policy options. In addition to Cohen (above), see Webster.
https://tinyurl.com/y8yty462 Google invests $550 million in Jingdong (JD.com), 2nd largest e-commerce company in China.
https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-joins-colleagues-in-bipartisan-letter-raising-concerns-over-potential-threat-of-chinese-attempts-to-undermine-us-democracy The China-as-contagious-virus trope gains strength again in Washington, this time in the form of Senators’ statement of concern over Chinese “influence operations.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-19/limit-down-china-rout-has-1-023-stocks-plunging-10-in-one-day Video. Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein on China. Businessy, and clear.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2151721/you-are-taxing-us-families-senate-slams-wilbur-ross-trade-war-he-claims An unusual sight these days: U.S. Senate majority party pushback against White House tariff actions.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/20/trump-administration-chinese-investment-us-companies-657356 From June 20, a brief report on the possibility that Trump will impose prohibitions on PRC investment in a lost of around 1,000 U.S companies, on national security grounds.
https://tinyurl.com/ychv5zkc Fine Laura Tyson piece on the challenges of Sino-American competition in the very advanced technology sectors singled out by “Made in China 2025´for Chinese dominance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/technology/china-micron-chips-theft.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioschina&stream=top A grim tale of apparent semiconductor technology theft, with Micro the victim.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/393741-new-fears-over-chinese-espionage-grip-washington?userid=170713 Capitol Hill furor over alleged PRC cyber-theft of national security-related data.
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2151470/china-will-become-dangerous-competitor-science-and As US-China stage darkens and US prepares to close down on visas for PRC sci-tech students and researchers, a veteran defender of stable bilateral relations issues his warning. He will likely be dismissed by the usual faces, but his points are worth pondering.
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2151970/china-and-trumps-tariffs-stop-or-ill-shoot-myself-too Amid widespread discussion of PRC powers of retaliation on trade, this piece points out the harm that most of China’s alternatives would inflict on China itself.
PRC Global
http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/03/china-making-progress-climate-goals-faster-expected From March, an impressive World Resources Institute paper on PRC progress toward its climate goals. Meanwhile the U.S. charges backward.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/06/18/trumps-tariffs-arent-the-biggest-trade-problem-will-china-step-up-to-protect-the-wto/?utm_term=.202b9f8bfaed China and the future of the World Trade Organization in the era of Trumpian deconstruction of longstanding institutional frameworks.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/05/winning-the-race-in-quantum-computing/ China appears only occasionally in this important article about the power of quantum computing and the challenges it poses for major actors, including not only China and the U.S. but the EU, Canada, etc.
https://tinyurl.com/y9vajbgj An absorbing look at China’s upcoming attempt to launch a probe on the “dark side” of the moon and communicate its data with a new satellite.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2151512/european-chamber-warns-china-may-lose-appeal-investors The EU Chamber of Commerce in China weighs in on PRC mistreatment of foreign investors, in a manner similar to US complaints.
https://supchina.com/2018/06/21/will-north-korea-finally-take-chinas-offer-of-economic-know-how/ Signs of potential PRC mentor role for DPRK economic development. Great press roundup with links.
PRC Domestic
Trump tariff threat on $200b in Chinese exports to the US drive Shanghai stock exchange down hard. From June 19.
https://tinyurl.com/yd5gcle2 One of America’s top experts on PRC government and administrative behavior analyzes the country’s new Supervision Commission and its task of monitoring the behavior of all civil servants. The Commission ultimately is only answerable to the Party. A yawn?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trade-fight-with-u-s-complicates-chinas-campaign-to-contain-debt-1529420230?mod=hp_lead_pos2 A masterful article. As China’s economy slows amid Xi Jinping’s efforts to bring wild lending under control, prospects for a deepening tariff battle with the U.S. present unappetizing choices to Beijing.
https://tinyurl.com/y6wkz4y2 China’s tough quest for domestic production of sophisticated semiconductors, as the ZTE crisis reveals PRC dependence on US chips.
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/06/18/ruling-through-ritual-an-interview-with-guo-yuhua/ Ian Johnson’s interview with a renowned Peking University sociologist shows that critical thinking is alive. MUST READ THIS AS WELL: great commentary on the same scholar, by the uniquely valuable Stephen Jones: https://stephenjones.blog/2018/06/19/guo-yuhua/ .
https://tinyurl.com/y8xwgy7j 72 square feet of house for $385,000.
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