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Sylvie Zhuang
Reporter, China
Based in Beijing, Sylvie joined the post in 2023 to report on China. She covers elite politics, diplomacy, international development, and has a interest in exploring how evolving technology is tranforming governance and society. Previously, she graduated from the University of Chicago and also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois.
Based in Beijing, Sylvie joined the post in 2023 to report on China. She covers elite politics, diplomacy, international development, and has a interest in exploring how evolving technology is tranforming governance and society. Previously, she graduated from the University of Chicago and also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois.
Areas of Expertise:
Polities, diplomacy, technology
Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Data handling concerns and a lack of community engagement are addressed in different ways, with Beijing district a model, analysts said.
Analysts say Beijing’s restraint over restrictions on Chinese students might stem from tariff talks and belief that the policy will backfire.
The Chinese security chief was in Moscow for the 10th meeting of the two countries’ law enforcement and security mechanism.
Representatives from nearly 60 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America expected to attend the Landmark convention.
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Mexican ambassador acknowledges US is No 1 partner, but seeks ‘political friendship’ and China’s help to fix trade imbalance.
Targeted by graft-busters and with fewer well-paid jobs in private sector as economy slows, more are said to be taking up government work.
Beijing is holding off on trade talks to determine which way the wind blows in the divided White House, sources say.
In one of He’s last public appearances on March 5 he called for improvements to military training and the advance of anti-corruption efforts.
Officials in Chinese agencies and state firms started working on a playbook long before the US presidential elections in November.
State Department talking points suggest foreign governments take steps to exclude China-based providers because of security risks.
Trade restrictions may hasten China’s drive to make its satellite industry more competitive as it reduces dependence on US components.
Beijing’s tougher tariff response reflects new understanding of Washington’s aims under Trump 2.0, analysts say.
Chinese economy is better prepared this time around compared to the last trade war with the US, an insider said.
King’s College, London professor says he ‘cannot think of a worse tactic’ than threatening Beijing and presenting ‘zero-sum’ options.
Both sides have dug in their heels but they also appear to have left the door open to negotiations, observers say.
Flights and rail services have been suspended and attractions such as the Great Wall and Forbidden City have been shut.
Former UK diplomat Kerry Brown doesn’t see China yielding in the tariff tit-for-tat with the US. He says Britain is just trying to survive for the moment as ‘America is fighting with everyone’.
Citizens surveyed put forward a range of responses and, while worried about a trade war, many are in favour of Beijing’s strong response.
Rapidly escalating tit-for-tat exchanges are making it hard to see how leadership talks could occur, observers say.
Decades of jungle growth stripped away and multiple runways restored on abandoned airfield in the strategic second island chain.
‘It is surprising and pathetic’ to hear such comments, Chinese foreign ministry says, as trade tensions with the US come to a head.
The national security specialist and former CIA official on US-China ties and the group chat discussion that shocked the world.
Credibility problems, local practices and geopolitics stand in the way of the leadership’s ambitions for its top-tier cities, experts say.
Dennis Wilder says China needs to stop using the fentanyl issue as a political card. He says that before Trump and Xi meet, negotiations are in order and that the US stance towards Taiwan hasn’t changed.
The PLA Eastern Theatre Command’s exercises are advancing on the self-ruled island ‘step-by-step’, an analyst says.
The technology is increasingly being adopted by armed forces, but so far there has been no global consensus on how to manage the risks.
PLA’s Southern Theatre Command conducted ‘routine patrol’, spokesman says, as Philippines and Japan hold naval drills with treaty ally US.
Beijing pledges US$13.8 million and sends emergency rescue team after Friday’s magnitude 7.7 quake killed more than 1,000 people.
Deadly quake prompts worries about Sino-Myanmar pipelines, a strategic overland route for China’s oil and gas imports from the Middle East.
