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China’s carrot and stick game with the US

bno - Taipei Office July 30, 2025

Beijing may continue to tighten the screw in some sectors while signalling openness to negotiation in others - a two-pronged approach of punishment alongside the offer of resolution - or as it is oftentimes labelled in the West, carrot and stick.

China’s shipping giant COSCO pushes for stake in CK Hutchison's Panama ports deal

Alek Buttermann in Berlin July 29, 2025

The $23bn sale of CK Hutchison’s global port assets, including key terminals at both ends of the Panama Canal, has shifted as China’s state-owned COSCO emerges as a potential investor, altering the deal’s geopolitical balance.

Recent floods across Asia kill hundreds, leave devastation in their wake

bno - Taipei Office July 29, 2025

From South and Southeast Asia to Central and East Asia, communities have been grappling with flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outbursts as warming temperatures and shifting monsoon dynamics fuel increasingly erratic weather.

Russia, China to set their own gold exchanges, cut ties with Western control

bne IntelliNews July 27, 2025

Russia and China are taking concrete steps to reduce Western influence over global gold markets, signalling a broader move towards monetary self-reliance and the redomiciliation of gold reserves away from traditional Western centres.

CK Hutchison delays $23bn ports deal as US-China tensions grow over Panama sale

Alek Buttermann July 25, 2025

CK Hutchison’s $22.8bn ports sale faces delays, with the BlackRock-led consortium talks likely to extend past the July 27 deadline, as the deal draws scrutiny over Panama assets amid rising US-China tensions.

ASIA BLOG: If the Thailand-Cambodia conflict escalates, Vietnam won’t stand idle – nor will the US and China

bno - Ho Chi Minh Office July 25, 2025

The current flare-up between Thailand and Cambodia feels different from previous disputes. What initially appeared to be a limited skirmish over disputed borderland and nationalist rhetoric now carries the faint, unmistakable whiff of escalation.

Japan’s Self-Defence Forces are much more capable than many think

bno - Taipei Office July 18, 2025

During the past decade Japan has quietly but steadily modernised its defence apparatus. While Tokyo avoids the loud rhetoric of some of its neighbours, its actions speak volumes.

What comes after Xi? China's future in a post-Xi era

bno - Taipei Office July 17, 2025

A system built so tightly around a cult centered on one man, however powerful, invites uncertainty once that man disappears. It also invites opportunity...

ASIA BLOG: The global fallout of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan

bno - Taipei Office July 17, 2025

There have already been rumblings in Taiwan that self destruction of key infrastructure would be preferential to Chinese takeover.

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