Jeremy Page 裴杰
@jnbpage.bsky.social
The Economist’s Chief China Correspondent & Drum Tower podcast co-host. Previously, the Wall Street Journal’s chief political & diplomatic reporter in Beijing 2010-21. Also posted in Moscow & Delhi. 12 int'l journalism awards. www.linkedin.com/in/jnbpage
To learn more, check out this analysis lnkd.in/ea-cPB2v and other great work by @ibkardon.bsky.social who has been tracking China's overseas port network for years. Thanks also to Jacob Gunter at MERICS @merics.bsky.social and @zoe-liu.bsky.social at the Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org.
IP25026 | American Consortium’s Purchase of Hong Kong-Owned Port Terminals Has Implications Far Beyond Panama
SYNOPSIS The announcement that the American consortium BlackRock will be buying Hong Kong CK Hutchison’s port operations business has been heralded as a success in support of President Donald Trump’s ...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
To learn more, check out this analysis lnkd.in/ea-cPB2v and other great work by @ibkardon.bsky.social who has been tracking China's overseas port network for years. Thanks also to Jacob Gunter at MERICS @merics.bsky.social and @zoe-liu.bsky.social at the Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org.
The short story: China has many informal ways to intervene in a deal that could almost halve its overseas port network and reshape maritime trade in America's favour. But doing so would intensify scrutiny of that port network and private Chinese companies. Maybe carve a few ports out of the deal?
March 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The short story: China has many informal ways to intervene in a deal that could almost halve its overseas port network and reshape maritime trade in America's favour. But doing so would intensify scrutiny of that port network and private Chinese companies. Maybe carve a few ports out of the deal?
This was a trip down memory lane for me, recalling my first trip from India to China in 1992 and my earlier postings in both. But we also chat about my eye-opening visit this month to a mega-factory opened near Delhi last year by Vivo, the Chinese company that makes India's top-selling smartphones
February 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This was a trip down memory lane for me, recalling my first trip from India to China in 1992 and my earlier postings in both. But we also chat about my eye-opening visit this month to a mega-factory opened near Delhi last year by Vivo, the Chinese company that makes India's top-selling smartphones
China wants to avoid the UN censure that Russia faced after invading Ukraine, says @chongjaian.bsky.social of the National University of Singapore. Beijing also wants protection from any Western actions if it attacks or blockades Taiwan. And it's making rapid progress, esp. in the global south.
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
China wants to avoid the UN censure that Russia faced after invading Ukraine, says @chongjaian.bsky.social of the National University of Singapore. Beijing also wants protection from any Western actions if it attacks or blockades Taiwan. And it's making rapid progress, esp. in the global south.