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Gordon Watts

Gordon Watts is a seasoned journalist. He has worked in Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as various countries in Southeast Asia. He covers major geopolitical issues, domestic Chinese politics and the state of the world's second-largest economy. He also provides in-depth analysis of the Chinese tech sector, including renewable energy, and the rise of the country's military. Untangling China’s economic policy is another area of his expertise.

Why Musk and Tesla could face a road to perdition in China

January 30, 2021January 16, 2021 by Gordon Watts

The mega-rich entrepreneur has managed an amazing balancing act between Washington and Beijing

Categories Analysis Tags China, Communist Party, Elon Musk, News, SpaceX, Tesla, United States Leave a comment

America’s crisis of democracy plays into China’s authoritarian hands

January 14, 2021January 7, 2021 by Gordon Watts

Incoming President Joe Biden will have to balance domestic unrest with facing down Beijing abroad

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, Capitol Hill Storming, China Reaction, Donald Trump, News, Rioters, Washington Chaos Leave a comment

Merkel’s risky China gambit looks doomed amid EU pushback

January 25, 2021December 30, 2020 by Gordon Watts

German chancellor faces a political backlash after the European Union and China agree investment trade deal

Categories Analysis Tags Angela Merkel, China, European Union, Investmen Deal, News, United States Leave a comment

WHO must demand answers from China about Covid-19 crisis

January 14, 2021December 24, 2020 by Gordon Watts

Origins of the coronavirus still remain a mystery more than a year after the pandemic wreaked global havoc

Categories Analysis Tags China, Coronavirus Crisis, News, United Nations, Vaccine, WHO Leave a comment

How Chinese ‘moles’ could have burrowed deep into foreign firms

January 14, 2021December 16, 2020 by Gordon Watts

Data leak reveals that 1.9 million Communist Party members allegedly worked for major overseas companies and embassies

Categories Spying Risk Tags China, Communist Party Members, Embassies, Foriegn Firms, News, Spying Leave a comment

China’s economic data might be the motherlode of fool’s gold

January 14, 2021December 11, 2020 by Gordon Watts

‘Cherry-picking approach’ casts a shadow over Beijing’s official numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics

Categories Economy Tags China, China Beige Book, Covid-19 Crisis, Dodgy Data, Fool's Gold, National Bureau of Statistics, News Leave a comment

US-China Cold War will continue to send a shiver across the world

January 14, 2021December 10, 2020 by Gordon Watts

Pressure mounts on Beijing to live up to its promises of ‘opening up’ by rolling out a ‘level playing’ field policy

Categories Commentary Tags China, Cold War, Donald Trump, Economic and Security Review Commission, News, United States, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Paying the price for challenging China’s Covid-19 response record

January 14, 2021November 28, 2020 by Gordon Watts

President Xi’s CCP government targets Australia in a politically-charged row that threatens Canberra’s export trade

Categories Analysis Tags Australia, China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Economic Hit, News, Trade Tension Leave a comment

Xi’s APEC speech fails to drown out China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ rhetoric

January 14, 2021November 21, 2020 by Gordon Watts

Beijing’s vision of ‘openness and cooperation’ will not ease the political concerns of the international community

Categories Analysis Tags Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, China, International Community, News, Skepticism, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

China ‘coup’ will force the US to wake-up to Asia-Pacific trade deal

January 14, 2021November 16, 2020 by Gordon Watts

President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to act to stop China from filling an economic policy vacuum in the region

Categories Trade Fallout Tags China, Communist Party, Democracy, Diplomatic Coup, Joe Biden, News, United States Leave a comment
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