China Factor Staff

China Factor staff writers cover a range of issues from Beijing’s global ambitions to the rise of China’s economy. They also serve up the latest news, views and analysis of the political landscape along with developments in science and technology in the world’s second-largest economy. Cross-Strait tension between China and Taiwan is another key area of interest as is the regional rivalry in the South China Sea. Chinese companies we cover include Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent, Nvidia, Baidu, China Mobile, ByteDance, Neusoft, China Telecom and China Unicom. Banks covered include Bank of China, HSBC, China Merchants Bank, Communications Bank and others.

Waves of anxiety crash into China’s Communist Party

March 15, 2022March 14, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Domestic and foreign policy gaffes make this the Year of Living Dangerously for President Xi Jinping

Outcast Russia has left China shaken and stirred

March 10, 2022March 9, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Tough sanctions and Moscow’s flawed political and military strategy in Ukraine send shockwaves through Beijing’s elite

Winds of war threaten to hit China’s economy

March 18, 2022March 5, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Premier Li Keqiang warns of the global ‘risks and challenges’ facing Beijing as Russia’s war with Ukraine rages

Ukraine war threatens China’s military tech plans

March 5, 2022March 4, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Beijing had relied on ‘partners’ in Kyiv for defense technology that Russia refused to export

Did China know Russia would invade Ukraine?

March 18, 2022March 3, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Beijing furious after reports accuse Xi’s government of asking Moscow to delay attack until after the Winter Olympics

Lessons of history haunt Europe and baffle China

March 3, 2022March 2, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Eastern European nations fear Russia and see the specter of the Soviet Union’s repressive regime

China was ‘suckered’ into a diplomatic catastrophe

March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 by China Factor Staff

President Xi’s geopolitical game-plan has been shredded by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

China risks a New Cold War by backing Russia

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Xi Jinping’s government has become one of Moscow’s staunchest allies and one of NATO’s biggest critics

Perfect storm swirls around China’s economy

February 24, 2022February 23, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Bubbling beneath the surface is a river of debt that is threatening key sectors and local governments

China has Russia’s back in Ukraine standoff

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 by China Factor Staff

But Beijing could pay a high price for supporting Moscow and face a backlash from the US and the EU