Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China At the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, the two sides reached a truce on trade. Yet behind this agreement lies a deeper reality: a structural transformation in U.S.–China relations that has become irreversible. The old order is dying, and in its place emerges an ...
By Özgür Altınbaş We discussed the ongoing tariff war between the United States and China with Adjunct Professor Warwick Powell from Queensland University of Technology and Xu Yawen from CGTN Radio. The experts stressed that the U.S. is making a strategic mistake and harming its own domestic economy. They also noted that China’s defensive mechanisms against U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China While the world was focused on U.S. President Donald Trump’s essentially “dictated” ceasefire in Gaza, his 20-point “Peace Plan,” and diplomacy in Western Asia, an unexpected move from Beijing redrew the global economic map and the contours of U.S.-China relations. On October 9, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced a new decree dramatically restricting ...
While the United States designs wars, plans invasions, decides on sanctions, and implements tariffs against the entire world, China quietly advances its peace diplomacy. While Washington rhetorically spews forth its plan for planetary destruction, which it Machiavellianly executes, assuming that this will allow it to maintain its global hegemony, Beijing, quietly, builds a dynamic of peace and cooperation to make ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The return to the world scene by Donald Trump, albeit more ambitious and with greater political desperation this time, has revived debates over the American foreign policy future—particularly in Asia. His caustic diplomatic style, transactional diplomacy, and disdain for multilateral organizations mean Trump’s foreign policy is not much sophisticated. While Washington might see his assertiveness as ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Despite Trump’s pragmatic decision to seek rapprochement with China that would foster ongoing high-level communication and stimulate cooperation, an atmosphere of uncertainty began to surround the relationship between the two countries, given the contradictory signals emanating from Washington. The presidents’ conversation on February 10, 2017, did nothing to calm the winds of conflict blowing eastward. In ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing/China Donald Trump made his first foreign visit to the Middle East, breaking with the tradition of US leaders to visit NATO or European countries after their election. Trump’s visit poses a significant risk to Beijing’s regional interests, which are critical to the region’s economic and geopolitical landscape. The trillion-dollar deals signed during the American leader’s visit ...
By Yunus Soner, from Antalya / Türkiye We are continuing our series of interviews conducted on the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that took place 11-13 of April. Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization. Hence, the interview started with a focus on Trump’s tariffs – and ended with a reform of the multilateral ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The rekindled US-China tensions once more left Australia in a delicate economic position. A nation deeply engaged with both superpowers—strategically aligned with Washington but economically with Beijing—Australia is faced with a sour dilemma endangering its long-term stability. Though previous episodes of trade and diplomatic tensions between China and the U.S. have exposed Australia’s economic model vulnerabilities, ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, paid visits to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia during a period when the trade war with the United States was intensifying. These countries hold great significance for China. Since the first trade war that began in 2017, these three countries have become major hubs for investments ...