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