China Is Gearing up for a Post-War Ukraine thediplomat.com/2025/05/chin...

"A hybrid peace would provide an opening for China to step into Ukraine. Beijing has been sending more signals that it is preparing for this step – although to date these signs are still subtle and not easily perceptible" Thought provoking @jszczudlik.bsky.social thediplomat.com/2025/05/chin...

Here is my essay published by @thediplomat.com on why a possible 🇺🇲Trump-🇷🇺Putin rapprochement is good for 🇨🇳China thediplomat.com/2025/03/why-...

"Sympathising with the idea of hybrid peace is a dangerous trap for the West. The only way to undermine Sino-Russian alignment, deter China from aggressive moves, and defend the rules-based order is to do everything possible to help Ukraine win the war" buff.ly/4gFTCZd | by @jszczudlik.bsky.social

#Taiwan's Presidential Office held its first "tabletop" exercise involving government agencies beyond the armed forces on Thursday, simulating a military escalation with #China amid renewed threats from Beijing, officials said. ca.news.yahoo.com/first-taiwan...

Flagging this again ahead of tomorrow's European Council. Kallas and Costa were asked by Zelensky during their trip to Kyiv early December not to push China too hard on making drones for Russia. Zelensky has been reluctant to comment on it himself. A fascinating dynamic.

New: European Union leaders will avoid directly calling out China over Russia’s war in Ukraine at a major summit this week, according to a draft statement www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

The Commission's statement following the 3rd TDI sheds light on the elephant in EU-Taiwan relations: "The EU also raised its long-standing market access concerns on agri-food exports." Amid the semicon and offshore wind frenzy, few pay attention to the politically influential agri-food trade. (1/2)

Breaking: European Commission launches a formal investigation into TikTok for its alleged role in violating the integrity of the recent Romanian election.

Czech Senate president Miloš Vystrčil calls for ‘concrete results’ from Taiwan ties – Focus Taiwan: ‘said that “just visiting each other is not enough” and called for ”real action”’

Breaking: EU ambassadors provisionally agree 15th package of sanctions on Russia, including sanctions for the first time on Chinese entities for providing military support to Russia

Taiwan's military set up an emergency response centre and raised its alert level on Monday, saying #China has set up seven zones of reserved airspace and dispatched naval fleets and coast guard boats to waters around the island. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

1/4 Either the consensus has become nearly unanimous, or the media are freezing out alternative views, but what some of us were arguing over a decade ago seems to have taken a firm hold of much of the economic reform discussion. www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-n...

Beijing is poised to encircle Taiwan proper in military exercise “Joint Sword-2024C,” starting today or tomorrow, as President William Lai (賴清德) returns from his visit to diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a national security official said yesterday. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars to #Taiwan for an estimated $385 million, the Pentagon said on Friday, a day before Taiwan President Lai Ching-te starts a sensitive Pacific trip. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence...

New: Is the EU hatching a new weapon for dealing with Chinese overcapacity? In which I take you into the bowels of the commission's Charlemagne building, and von der Leyen's nerdy extravaganza aimed at figuring out how to tackle China's industrial spillover www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Today our @europeanvalues.bsky.social Taiwan Office convened Europe's leading Asia policy experts and Taiwanese civil society leaders for a productive discussion about the role of human rights in #Taiwan - #EU relations, right as the new 5 yr EU Action Plan on HR and Democracy is due to be released.

Breaking: Lithuania has declared three staff members of #China’s diplomatic mission persona non grata and handed a diplomatic note to Beijing. www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...

A productive meeting at Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, ft Kuomintang lawmaker Hsu Chiao-hsin. We talked #defense spending, Taiwan's support for #Ukraine, and #Taiwan-Europe relations incl. parliamentary diplomacy. In great company of European colleagues incl. Poland's finest @jszczudlik.bsky.social 💙

Taiwan's foreign minister Lin Chia-lung visited Warsaw and Łódź, Poland with a delegation of 40 entrepreneurs incl. Foxconn VP, signaling a recalibration of Taipei's approach to Europe from #symbolism to #substance; this time, Lin is emphasizing business deals over "like-mindedness."

Oh lol! 👇 🇹🇼🇵🇱✈️👏💪 focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

Two months before Trump’s return some speculate the EU and China could patch up their frayed ties in a bid to avoid a multi-front trade war. In reality, the sides are a million miles from a detente - my report www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

I'm here this morning. Featuring the respective ambassadors of the EU and China. Last year, sparks flew when EU officials clashed with Chinese state speakers. Stay tuned...

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung started his weeklong trip to Europe with a stop in Brussels, a visit that illustrates Taipei’s efforts to connect with fellow democracies. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

It was an intense Tuesday (19 Nov) at Berlin🇩🇪 this week. First, the Women Insight on China🇨🇳 (#WiCH) initiative meeting @chinaobservers.bsky.social 💃💃 Then @merics.bsky.social @ecfr.bsky.social European China🇨🇳 Conference 2024...

Wow. Big drop in Chinese EV exports to EU, based on new Chinese customs data today Oct shipments down 50.65% in value from a yr earlier, to $990m While value term number can be problematic, they're down 36% from a month earlier Bear in mind: EU tariffs didn't enter force until the end of October

Itwas a great pleasure to attend the GMF Taiwan Trilateral Forum 🇹🇼 in Prague 🇨🇿 last week and to moderate a panel with fabulous speakers. Thank you @gmfus.bsky.social & @europeanvalues.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me! 🙏