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According to Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics, home prices had fallen for 16 straight months up to last December, and though they seemed to stabilize earlier this year, they began to fall again in spring.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2023/09/24/chinas-rate-cut-is-not-enough/
Adding to businesses’ concerns is Beijing’s increased belligerence toward Taiwan and its stepped-up surveillance of foreign firms operating in China.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2023/11/23/more-money-is-leaving-china/
After his arrival in Beijing, Mr. Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang for lengthy talks inside Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
Although China has been attacked several times inside Pakistan and the latter continues to beef up security for Chinese personnel and projects, Beijing’s own (highly questionable) anti-terror efforts are confined to the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region.
Source: https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/terror-groups-thriving-amidst-security-void-asia
A new inquiry may expose Beijing’s reach in Ottawa.
Another signal of Beijing’s current keenness to support business came from state tabloid Global Times via China’s consul general in Belfast last month.
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s subway has dropped mandatory mask requirements for travellers, local media reported on Sunday, days after a Chinese health expert said the threat of COVID-19 to humans is no longer at a serious level.
Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/04/16/era-has-passed-as/
Beijing’s foreign ministry said it firmly opposed the G7 statement and late Sunday said it had summoned Japan’s ambassador to China as part of its protest to the summit host.
Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/22/beijing-chides-japan-britain-and-anti-china-g7-summit/
Beijing’s goal is to use Chinese nationalism and cultural appeal to draw Taiwan closer to the mainland.
Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/the-evolution-of-identity-in-taiwan/
Beijing’s peace proposal has so far yielded no apparent breakthrough in the war, and Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Thursday that the warring parties needed to “accumulate mutual trust” for progress to be made.
Beijing’s space ambitions have become increasingly bold in recent years, successfully landing a rover on Mars, bringing samples back from the Moon and planning a lunar space station with Russia.
Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/china-to-sets-up-no-fly-zone-near-taiwan/
Beijing’s state companies stand accused of contributing to the Kremlin’s war chest.
Beijing’s success in Utah shows “how pervasive and persistent China has been in trying to influence America,” said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired FBI counterintelligence agent who lives in Utah.
Source: https://ktar.com/story/5477041/amid-strained-u-s-ties-china-finds-unlikely-friend-in-utah/
But Beijing’s near-impossible balancing act, a sort of pro-Russian effort at neutrality, is categorically different from active participation in the war.
Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/19/us-china-russia-ukraine-allies-war/
ByteDance is headquartered in China, and Chinese law requires companies to cooperate with any and all requests from Beijing’s security and intelligence services.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/16/why-washington-wont-ban-tiktok-00091690
“Canada must work more closely with democratic allies like the United States in countering Beijing’s efforts to interfere in our democratic life,” he said.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9954415/michael-chong-foreign-interference-testimony/
CEFC is a since-defunct cog in Beijing’s “Belt and Road” foreign influence campaign and provided the Biden family one of its most lucrative foreign income streams.
Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/11/biden-aides-wont-comment-on-first-family-fara-exposure/
China has pledged to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve complete carbon neutrality by 2060 although its recent efforts seem to run contrary to Beijing’s diplomatic statements.
China’s territorial claims in the East China and South China seas over islands have rattled Beijing’s smaller neighbours in Southeast Asia as well as Japan.
China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up military and political pressure over the past three years to try and force the island to accept Beijing’s sovereignty claims, which the government in Taipei strongly rejects.