by David Chin | Oct 17, 2018
What’s different this time is that a recent speech by US Vice President Pence, summarising a litany of China’s alleged violations on nearly everything, was a cold hard view from the US political establishment, rather than from the flamboyant outsider President Trump....
by David Chin | Oct 3, 2018
Despite near-chaos in the US-China-Australia relationship, I have not released any comment since January as I’ve been unwell. However, I can summarise the past 8 months in four words. I told you so. It’s now accepted that the US has moved to contain China, including...
by David Chin | Jan 30, 2018
What’s the outlook for Aus-China business & investment in 2018? It depends on the US-China ‘great power competition’ that will escalate this year. The US National Security Strategy, released Dec 2017 pulled no punches in declaring China as a ‘strategic competitor’...
by David Chin | Nov 2, 2017
China’s ‘New Era’ is upon us. Who will be the winners and losers? Last week, I outlined new ‘standards’ of governance, morality and capital-flows that will be driven by Xi Jinping’s new leadership team. The foreign relations and the economy of China are now discussed...
by David Chin | Oct 26, 2017
How will China’s new leadership team under a more powerful Xi Jinping impact Australia and the world? I’ve outlined five key points below based on my (so far) correct observations of Xi. And with all humility aside, I must confess I have something in common with each...
