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.

Great Tech Wall stands at the center of the US-China Cold War

December 29, 2020September 20, 2020 by China Factor Staff

The image shows a brick wall painted in the American and Chinese flags. Relations between Beijing and Washington are seriously strained.

The digital battle lines have been drawn as Washington and Beijing lock horns in a technological arms race

Zhang Huan’s red requiem to the Covid-19 dead in China

January 15, 2021September 18, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Recognized as one most provocative contemporary artists working today, Zhang traces the origins of a tragedy

China-US investment slumps by 16% amid New Cold War tensions

December 29, 2020September 17, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Report shows that the world’s two leading economies are moving towards ‘decoupling’

US digs in after WTO China ruling fails to defuse trade timebomb

December 29, 2020September 16, 2020 by China Factor Staff

The WTO found earlier this week that the US had breached global trading regulations

China caught in snoopgate row after massive personal data leak

December 29, 2020September 14, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Major investigation shows Zhenhua Data gathered information on 2.4 million people worldwide

ARMs war risk between China and the US amid tech race

December 29, 2020September 14, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Nvidia’s US$40 billion bid for ARM looks certain to increase tension between Washington and Beijing

Arrest of HK pro-democracy activists sparks US backlash

December 29, 2020September 12, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Secretary of State Pompeo warns China about protecting HK human rights amid row about ‘appeasement’

China accused of launching US Presidential Election cyberattacks

December 29, 2020September 11, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Russia and Iran are also singled out in digital spying allegations in a report released by Microsoft

Pompeo takes a verbal baseball bat to China’s ‘bullying’ tactics

December 29, 2020September 10, 2020 by China Factor Staff

The US Secretary of State speaks out at ASEAN meeting amid rising tension in the South China Sea

WHO warns of next pandemic as Xi ignores China’s virus cover-up

December 29, 2020September 8, 2020 by China Factor Staff

‘Heroes’ speech in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People is short on facts and long on fiction for CCP faithful