China Is Reluctant to Blame North Korea, Its Ally, for Cyberattack

China analysts say Beijing will hesitate before directly casting blame on North Korea even if evidence directly ties the North to the attack. Beijing is more likely to single out other actors, particularly the United States, experts say.

China Is Reluctant to Blame North Korea, Its Ally, for Cyberattack

China analysts say Beijing will hesitate before directly casting blame on North Korea even if evidence directly ties the North to the attack. Beijing is more likely to single out other actors, particularly the United States, experts say.

China’s Silk Road Project Shows Putin Needs Xi Way More Than Trump

There are more U.S. multinationals in Russia than there are Russian multinationals in the U.S.. Moscow and Beijing are nowhere near as close as Beijing is to Washington, but Russia stands more to gain by the Silk Road than the U.S. if not for location, for the U.S. reluctance to back the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

China’s Xi Positions Himself as Free Trade and Climate Champion

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the world to reject protectionism and promote free trade in the latest attempt by Beijing to take up the mantle of globalization since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.

China, Philippines to Hold First South China Sea Talks Friday

The meeting will take place in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou, which is also hosting talks on Thursday between China and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on establishing a framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea.

Anne Stevenson-Yang

Anne Stevenson-Yang co-founded J Capital Research in late 2007 and is J Capital’s Research Director. Her coverage areas include solar, Internet, medical devices, property, some consumer and direct-sales names, and China’s macro-economy. Stevenson-Yang was co-founder of a group of Online Media Businesses called Blue Bamboo Ventures and also founded and operated a CRM software company, Clarity Data Systems, and a publishing company whose flagship magazine is City Weekend. Over 25 years in China, she has also worked as an industry analyst and trade advocate, heading the U.S. Information Technology Office and, from 1993 to 1997, the China operations of the U.S.-China Business Council. Stevenson-Yang is the author of Wild Ride: A Short History of the Opening and Closing of the Chinese Economy, Hello, Kitty and Other Stories, and China Alone: The Emergence From, and Potential Return to Isolation.