Will Taiwan be the next Ukraine? For Beijing, Russia’s difficult war offers a cautionary tale.
March 14, 2022 4:02 am By David Zweig David Zweig is professor emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. If Xi Jinping was thinking of making a move on Taiwan, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he’ll likely be thinking again. For the Chinese president, the war in Europe is playing out like a cautionary tale. [...]
China aggressively recruited foreign scientists. Now, it avoids talking about those programs
Information on “talent programs” that drew U.S. scrutiny has disappeared Dennis Normile Science (magazine) A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 375, Issue 6578. 20 January 2022, 2:30pm: Article contains quotes from Dr. David Zweig The criminal charges against Harvard University chemist Charles Lieber—and dozens of others ensnared in the U.S. Department of Justice’s China Initiative—have [...]
US-China relations: Pompeo’s bomb-throwing Taiwan shift leaves Biden in bind with Beijing
David Zweig South China Morning Post 18 January 2021, 1:00am: By putting Taiwan’s status regarding the United States and China at the top of President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy agenda, he has introduced a serious roadblock to improved relations between the incoming administration and Beijing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is probably strutting around and feeling his oats, having [...]
To get young Hongkongers to take up mainland job opportunities, build trust and avoid politics
David Zweig South China Morning Post 19 December 2020, 6:45am: Those who want to work on the mainland will go, but the government should not expect a one-off policy to resolve anti-mainland sentiment among Hong Kong youths Young people need to know the benefits and risks of working on the mainland, as well as the practical, psychological and emotional issues [...]
How China can show the US that its Thousand Talents Plan has nothing to hide
David Zweig and Kang Siqin South China Morning Post 26 August 2020, 8:45am: China can end the secrecy over the plan’s contracts, payments and participants, setting US minds at ease and allowing scientific collaborations to continue The US must also work to limit the spread of anxiety among Chinese scientists in the US or the scaring away of Chinese [...]
Chinese Politics – China and Political Science: Parts 1 & 2
Dear Friends, colleagues and others interested in China, I just passed another milestone in my career! In 2015, at the request of my former university, HKUST, I worked for several months with a great team to video two courses on China, Part 1, on domestic politics, called “China and Political Science,” and Part 2, on “China and the World.” [...]
Researcher charged with visa fraud is hiding at Chinese consulate in SF, federal prosecutors say
KRON4 News 23 July 2020 08:14 PM by: Dan Kerman Quotes: Dr David Zweig in the video and the article SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Federal prosecutors say a Chinese researcher who has now been charged with visa fraud is hiding out inside the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. In a statement, the U.S. Department of Justice says in [...]
Canada’s duty lies in freeing Kovrig and Spavor from China. This means letting Meng go
The suffering of the two Canadians, in detention since December 2018, makes a powerful case for Ottawa to prize pragmatism and sympathy over politics Should Canada choose to, a sound legal case can be made for the release of the Huawei executive wanted by a US determined to blunt China’s tech challenge South China Morning Post (SCMP) 2 July [...]
What lies behind Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong? Fear, not arrogance
China’s leaders are facing challenges on multiple fronts – from the economy to global criticism of their handling of Covid-19 Beijing believes that another summer of protests in Hong Kong and what it perceives as hostile US activities in the city cannot be tolerated South China Morning Post (SCMP) 30 May 2020 06:30 AM by Dr David Zweig Many [...]
Beijing is getting tough on the democracy movement, but at what cost to Hong Kong?
Beijing has recognised that, under the current conditions, it can’t keep Hong Kong’s opposition forces under controlSomething has to give, and that something is China’s promise to grant Hong Kong civil liberties and universal suffrageSouth China Morning Post (SCMP)1 May 2020 06:15 AMby Dr David Zweig It’s not so much that the West or the global economy has decided Hong [...]
He didn’t stop it!
There’s really only one issue on which Joe Biden need campaign for president. Donald Trump’s Administration had the time and the information to act decisively, but he failed to stop the virus from devastating America. Trump waxes eloquently daily how everyone but him is to blame, repeating that America has suffered because China did not let his administration know earlier. [...]
Feeling the heat
November 12, 2019 | SCMP David Zweig says beneath Xi Jinping's vote of confidence lies a warning for Carrie Lam Click here to read a larger version
Luring Back the Chinese Who Study Abroad
David Zweig The New York Times The Opinion Pages ROOM for DEBATE 21 January 2013, 7:01am: China is not only cultivating its own college graduates and experts, but also trying to bring back the sons and daughters who left China for higher education. While the number of Chinese students returning from overseas has increased dramatically, three nagging issues remain. [...]