Category: Asia
-
A Middle Power Goes Its Own Way: Canada Rebalances Between Washington and Beijing
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, Advisor to the Board of J&T bank Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited China last week, becoming the first Canadian leader to make an official trip to Beijing in nearly a decade. During the visit, Canada and China reached an agreement to significantly reset their economic and trade…
-
China Halts Electricity Imports from Russia as Prices Lose Competitiveness
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, Advisor to the Board at J&T Bank China has fully suspended electricity imports from Russia as of January 1, citing unfavorable pricing conditions. According to industry sources, even the minimum contractual volumes—around 12 MW—are no longer being purchased, and exports are unlikely to resume in 2026. The key…
-
China’s “too big to fail” property giant is facing serious challenges
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk at J&T Bank The Chinese property developer Vanke* is facing the most challenging period in its history. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict deleveraging measures introduced under President Xi Jinping, together with a steep fall in apartment sales, have placed many Chinese property developers under severe…
-
Iran, Not Venezuela, Is China’s Bigger Strategic Concern
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk at J&T bank a.s. Over the past week, a wave of articles and interviews has focused on how political developments in Venezuela may affect China—particularly with regard to servicing Venezuela’s USD 10–16 billion debt to Chinese state banks and the continuation of Venezuelan oil supplies to the Chinese…
-
Chinese Media Respond to Trump’s Actions in Venezuela
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, J&T Bank a.s. This is the first article in a series devoted to Venezuela–China relations, a topic that has moved to the forefront following the alleged abduction of Venezuela’s current president by U.S. special military forces. This initial article examines how the events have been officially covered by…
-
From Tianjin to Tiananmen: SCO Summit Highlights Xi’s Global Governance Initiative, India’s Balancing Act, and Russia–China Advance Pipeline Deal
By Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, Advisor to the Board at J&T Banka Xi opens SCO summit in Tianjin with speech calling for reforming current global governance system India’s Prime Minister takes part in the summit and shakes hands with Xi Jinping The summit, along with the information released on its sidelines, signals that…
-
Chinese Economist Gao Shenwen faces scrutiny
By Globinsider According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Gao Shenwen, a well-known economist and chief economist at SDIC Securities, has been banned from speaking publicly after making unprecedented comments about China’s GDP and economic policy. The comments were made during Gao’s recent trip to Washington. Gao Shenwen argued that the China’s GDP…
Global News Insider 