Commentary / World | API Geoeconomic Briefing Feb 23, 2021
Digital network building in the Pacific
by Jun Murai
Japan and Australia have leading roles to play in helping digitalize the region through the use of undersea cables.
Commentary / World Jan 17, 2021
A China strategy to reunite America’s allies
by Charles Kupchan and Peter Trubowitz
Global pressure will be required to push back against China’s harmful trade practices, including state subsidies and intellectual property theft.
Commentary / World Dec 30, 2020
America can't compete with Chinese tech by walling itself off
by Noah Smith
As China approaches technological parity with the U.S. in a variety of high-value industries, the U.S. has acted to maintain supremacy.
Commentary / World Dec 23, 2020
These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes
by Frank Ching
Hopefully, the buildup of publicity of people sending Christmas cards to the imprisoned Canadians will put moral pressure on China, causing it to abandon its practice of hostage diplomacy.
Business Dec 19, 2020
U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese firms, including SMIC and DJI
The United States added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd., to a trade blacklist on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration ratchets up tensions with China in his final weeks ...
Business | FOCUS Dec 11, 2020
U.S. crackdown on Huawei hands Japan a 5G lifeline
by Gearoid Reidy and Ayaka Maki
With U.S. partners seeking out suppliers from friendlier nations, vendors in the close U.S. ally suddenly seem a lot more attractive to carriers around the world upgrading their networks.
Asia Pacific Dec 10, 2020
For Canadians held in China, two years of isolation and uncertainty
by Javier C. Hernandez and Dan Bilefsky
The fates of the two men are seemingly intertwined with the future of China’s tumultuous relationships with Canada and the United States.
World / Politics | ANALYSIS Dec 5, 2020
U.S. efforts on Huawei executive case may save Canada's stalled China policy
Affair shows that without the heft of its southern neighbor, Canada has no bargaining power with China.
Commentary / World Nov 20, 2020
Chinese tech companies need to disappear for a while
by Tim Culpan
For China’s technology companies, two months of a lame-duck Trump administration could turn out to be as damaging as the first 46.
Commentary / World Nov 4, 2020
In China, big tech isn't the enemy. It's the strategy.
by Tim Culpan
China is redoubling efforts to wean itself off foreign companies, with the result likely to be a cohort of domestic giants and a slow freeze-out of overseas competitors.
World / Crime & Legal Oct 30, 2020
Canadian judge backs Huawei CFO but won't dismiss extradition case
A judge has blocked an attempt by Canada's attorney general to get parts of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's arguments dismissed in the case to extradite her to the United States, according to a ruling released on Thursday. However, the judge sided with the ...
Commentary / World Oct 22, 2020
Huawei’s rivals should be happy they’re not American
by Alex Webb
American tech giants have enjoyed incomparable growth over the past decade. But when it comes to network equipment, there’s an advantage to geopolitical neutrality.