Claire Chu
@ClaireJChu
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Principal, Geoecon @JanesINTEL. Nonres fellow @ACGlobalChina, counselor @Project2049 CESI. Tracking China’s overseas activity & econ-security nexus. Views mine.
Washington, DC
Joined July 2015
It's been a lot of fun working with @KathrinHille over the past 6 months on the research that went into this piece. We looked into little-known, privately-backed Chinese companies that have been stealthily pursuing ambitious projects overseas: https://t.co/gJF0cvRwUa
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Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?
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Powerful writing
I hesitate to call any piece FT piece “important” because it sounds self important BUT this by @RobinBHarding is genuinely important. And I think will have a big impact
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This geoeconomic encirclement strategy is concentric, with an expanding slate of economic incentives and coercive tactics aimed directly at Taiwan, seeking to achieve an immutable level of economic/social integration while perpetuating the false dichotomy of unification v. war.
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If You Want It Bad You Get It Bad – Part 6 Addendum The problems with the FAA’s procurement system that Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is trying to solve through the Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATS) program begin with the organization’s belief that the FAA’s
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My comments were focused on Beijing’s history of using formal and informal economic measures to pressure foreign governments on diplomatic issues, including maintaining official relations with Taipei and limiting Taipei’s international presence.
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If you missed our event last week, the recording is available online. While my colleagues F Xavier Casals 夏伟恩 and Jon Grevatt discussed China and Taiwan’s military modernization, inventory and infrastructure buildup, leadership changes, and domestic rhetoric -
Missed our webinar on China’s threat to Taiwan? 🎥 Watch on demand: https://t.co/5yxnbZM6M8 Insights on PLA modernisation, Taiwan’s defence posture & global stability. #Janes #China #Taiwan #IndoPacific #Defence
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A week of high-level Taiwanese diplomacy across Europe has made it clear that many European actors are now less self-constrained and increasingly willing to explore deeper engagement with Taiwan.
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Former president and foreign ministers have made trips to Europe as other nations handle contacts more flexibly
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Wealthy Chinese sidestep Singapore for Dubai: an increasing number of wealthy Chinese individuals are attempting to establish family offices and secure residency in the Gulf, a reflection of growing frustration with the increased difficulty of establishing themselves in
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I’ll be in Singapore and Taipei in Dec/Jan, please reach out if you’d like to get coffee and talk geoeconomics, regional trade and security, all things China, etc!
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📦➡️💼 The next phase of Asia-Pacific trade isn’t just about goods. At our #APEC2025 Rebalancing Trade panel, @jedmark888 highlighted how services–from transport to finance to digital industries–are still held back by regulatory barriers. Addressing these gaps could unlock
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"There are certainly things we can do to slow China down in the short run... But the only real solution in the long run is for the United States to build on our unique strengths and invest in our own competitiveness," says @kyleichan. Read his full Q&A:
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Fellow Kyle Chan discusses his experiences and career researching China’s technological development in a Q&A.
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The Trump-Xi meeting drew headlines–but @ClaireJChu reminds us to look at the long game: “China isn’t waiting around for the US relationship to get back to where it was.” China is already building alternative trade networks, financial mechanisms, and regional institutions.
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I’ll be in Singapore and Taipei in Dec/Jan, please reach out if you’d like to get coffee and talk geoeconomics, regional trade and security, all things China, etc!
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EU-US secondary sanctions on China - Europe to end Russian energy imports, asked Trump to pressure Hungary-Slovakia - Europe to work with US on secondary sanctions on China - "Commission to move rapidly to technical discussions of how this might be done" https://t.co/9fKIZOfZRm
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Europe’s Trump-whisperers might get the US to tighten Russia sanctions and increase aid to Kyiv, but they still need a plan B
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1/ Sharing a @ChinaFile discussion on whether Trump has gone soft on China. In it, I predict that Trump's current posture is unlikely to be enduring. Trump can turn on a dime. Trump will pursue a Janus-faced approach toward China. (🧵)
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Taiwan's Military Police Command, in coordination with the Army's Third Logistics Command and the Taipei City Government, conducted a drill before dawn on Monday in the Taipei Metro system. It was part of the annual Han Kuang exercise.
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People of parliament, if you have observed any shifts on China - I am all ears! Read my inside story of the thaw in ties here https://t.co/E2cpK3FtJM
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Correspondence obtained by the Post reveals President Roberta Metsola’s efforts to normalise ties with Beijing in recent months.
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1/ Good to see the idea of an "axis" between China-Russia-Iran-North Korea come up for long overdue scrutiny. These four countries share antipathy toward US and have revisionist aims, but they do not operate as a cohesive axis. Kudos to @ewong. (1 of 3)
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Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed the limits of that idea.
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Longtime TFCC member and former VP @heguisen’s new book Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival will hit shelves in mid-July. The TFCC is organizing a group pre-order for Taiwan residents. Secure your copy here: https://t.co/88Rrxhla98
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UPDATE: it now seems the China Audit has been folded into the National Security Strategy, and may not even warrant separate publication. From Politico 🫠
#NEW I'm hearing the @GOVUK's long-awaited "China audit" will be published tomorrow. A reminder that this was the key and only manifesto commitment from Labour on China, and was expected to be the key orientating document setting UK China policy. But it isn't going to be
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1/ Recent weeks have clarified an underappreciated feature of US-China relations: both countries are reliant on each other and neither country has sufficient leverage to compel the other to capitulate without doing great harm to itself in the process. (short 🧵).
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The CCP consistently refers to Taiwan as a "question" to dehumanize a sovereign country of more than 23 million people who overwhelmingly wish to retain their hard-earned freedoms. Using the term "Taiwan question" furthers CCP propaganda goals - don't do it.
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