Helaas is er weer een incident tussen de Filipijnen en China in de Zuid-Chinese Zee. De Filipijnse marine zou zijn geslagen met houten stokken door de Chinese kustwacht in de buurt van het door Manila gestrande schip op Second Thomas Shoal. Peking beschuldigt de Filipijnse marine ervan met zijn rubberen bootjes de duidelijk grotere boten van de Chinese kustwacht te hebben geramd. De landen hebben elkaars ambassadeurs op het matje geroepen.
Daarnaast had Japan klachten over een gezamenlijk Russisch-Chinese marine-oefening, volgens Tokio in de Japanse EEZ. Marineschepen van beide landen schoten met scherp zo’n 180km ten zuidwesten van Okinotori, het meest zuidelijke ‘eiland’ van Japan. Okinotori is een atol die volgens Japans buurlanden op basis van hoe klein het is onder UNCLOS geen recht heeft op een EEZ. Peking en Moskou hebben dus duidelijk gekozen om de Japanse claim uit te dagen – in de boze Chinese reacties op de Japanse verklaring n.a.v. tien jaar uitspraak Zuid-Chinese Zee wees Peking al op Okinotori als voorbeeld van Japans hypocrisie.
Nexperia probeert afnemers gerust te stellen: levering van chips komt weer op stoom – NRC: ‘„Elke week kunnen we onze klanten meer capaciteit bieden”, zegt interim-bestuurder Stefan Tilger vandaag in een interview met het Duitse Handelsblatt. „Voor het eind van het jaar zullen de grootste knelpunten zijn weggewerkt.”’ 🇳🇱
Nexperia fährt Kapazitäten hoch und will Engpässe rasch beheben – Handelsblatt: „Tilger sagte weiter: ‘Bis zum Jahresende sollten die größten Engpässe aufgelöst sein.’” 🇳🇱
China’s top diplomat Wáng Yì 王毅 stresses overarching positioning of ties with Europe as partnership – Xinhua: ‘should stick to the overarching positioning of ties as a partnership, refrain from politicizing economic and trade issues and overstretching the concept of security in exchanges, and work for an upward and dynamic balance of trade from a long-term perspective’
‘during a meeting with a cross-party delegation of the European Parliament, headed by David McAllister, chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in Beijing.’ 🇪🇺
Wat mij betreft een duidelijk signaal van het belang dat Peking hecht aan dit moment, dat de delegatieleider met minister Wang mag spreken.
Senior Chinese legislator Vice Chair Lǐ Hóngzhōng 李鸿忠 meets delegation from European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee – Xinhua
China can be a partner for EU in addressing problems on trade, economy, and foreign ministry spokesperson says – Xinhua: ‘when asked to comment on remarks by EU member states' leaders on China.’ 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇫🇷
Czech legislators ‘testing the waters’ with China visit after years of tension – SCMP: ‘Representatives from 40 Czech firms – […] – are also taking part in the five-day visit in the hope of exploring fresh business opportunities.’ 🇨🇿
Hungary’s government investigates deal with China’s BYD 比亚迪 carmaker after ex-foreign minister Péter Szijjártó takes job there – AP: ‘While serving in government, Szijjártó was instrumental in securing foreign investments in Hungary from Chinese companies, including his now-employer BYD, which received considerable state subsidies during his tenure.’ 🇭🇺
President Lai pushes Poland ties for democratic resilience – Taipei Times: ‘while receiving a delegation of Polish members of the European Parliament led by former Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo, who is a member of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield’ 🇵🇱
Chinese Premier Li congratulates Burnham on assuming office as British PM – Xinhua 🇬🇧
Can Europe win a trade war with China? It may depend on how victory is defined – SCMP 🇪🇺
China’s shipments of rare-earth magnets to the US remain well below pre-trade war levels despite last year’s truce – Bloomberg: ‘US-bound exports of the crucial industrial components in the first half were about 20% below the average level seen between 2022 and 2024’ 🇺🇸
‘Based on my conversations, exports to the EU may have sunk even lower than this’ – Noah Barkin, Bluesky 🇪🇺
China’s heavy rare earth tap stays closed for Japan in June – Reuters: ‘China sent no gallium, dysprosium, terbium or yttrium to Japan last month, Chinese customs data released on Monday showed. Exports have been tightly throttled for several months.’ 🇯🇵
Chinese helium ban threatens supplies to Europe – FT: ‘While China is not itself a major producer of helium, Russian supplies of the gas had been flowing through the country to Europe, according to analysts.’ 🇪🇺
Brussel legt AliExpress hoge boete op: platform treedt te weinig op tegen kwaadwillende verkopers – de Volkskrant: „AliExpress heeft tot 20 oktober de tijd om een verbeterplan in te dienen.”
„In mei legde de Europese Commissie de Chinese webwinkel Temu al een boete van 200 miljoen euro op voor een vergelijkbaar vergrijp.” 🇪🇺
Cover Story: Europe fortifies against China’s new export juggernaut – Caixin Global: ‘However, the EU lacks a unified front. While France pushes for hardline protectionism, pragmatists like Spain seek to leverage Chinese investment to boost competitiveness, Fudan University’s Yan said. Germany, highly dependent on the Chinese market and raw materials, remains the swing vote.’ 🇪🇺
China’s equipment manufacturing drives export growth in H1 – Xinhua
Hoge energiekosten en concurrentie: Chemelot kijkt met zorg naar toekomst – NOS Nieuws 🇳🇱
Autokonzerne im Rückzugsgefecht: Für die Deutschen stellt sich in China die Existenzfrage – FAZ: „Investieren oder aufgeben: Elektroautos made in Germany sind in China nicht gefragt. VW, BMW und Mercedes müssen ihre Strategie auf dem weltgrößten Automarkt revidieren – und denken sogar an das Äußerste.“ 🇩🇪
German exports of vehicles and auto parts to China continued a multi-year slump in the first five months of 2026 – Bloomberg 🇩🇪
Mercedes-Benz is pushing to water down a proposed law that would ban the company from the US over its partial Chinese ownership – Bloomberg 🇩🇪🇺🇸
EU-Abkommen: Handelsabkommen Mercosur bekommt die ersten Risse – Handelsblatt 🇩🇪🇪🇺
Chinese car sales in Mexico surge despite new tariffs – Reuters 🇲🇽
China weighs tighter export controls on AI models and chips – FT: ‘Regulators led by the Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) have been consulting leading domestic AI and chipmaking groups on how to prevent China’s advanced technologies and star start-ups from being acquired by the west, according to two people involved in the discussions.’
‘China would still let overseas customers access the models and services, however.’
Exclusive: TSMC 台積電 to raise chipmaking prices by up to 10% from 2027 – Nikkei Asia
Taiwan charges ex-TSMC 台積電 employee over attempted tech leak to China – AFP 🇨🇳
US, China to hold AI talks in September, sources say – Reuters 🇺🇸
De vliegende auto is in China bijna geen sciencefiction meer: Beijing ondersteunt ‘ultieme droom van vrij vliegen’ – de Volkskrant
The Philippine military said a Navy personnel suffered a serious head injury after China Coast Guard personnel ‘aggressively struck him with wooden baton’ in the disputed South China Sea – Bloomberg 🇵🇭
China and the Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea encounter – Reuters: ‘The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said a Chinese Coast Guard rigid-hull inflatable boat with eight personnel approached to within close range of its grounded warship on the Second Thomas Shoal and took photos and videos.’
‘When two Philippine navy boats moved to drive the Chinese vessel away, its personnel “reacted violently and aggressively by striking Philippine navy personnel with a wooden baton.”’ 🇵🇭
Xinhua Commentary: Manila must stop dangerous provocations, infringements in South China Sea – Xinhua: ‘maliciously attacked Chinese law enforcement officers with oars, long poles and other tools.’ 🇵🇭
The Philippines and China summon each other’s envoys over South China Sea incident – Reuters: ‘In a separate statement on Tuesday, the CCG said China permitted the Philippine side to transfer the injured personnel through small shuttle boats from the grounded Philippine warship’ 🇵🇭
China and Russia navies hold live-fire drills within Japan’s [claimed] EEZ, defence minister says – Kyodo News: ‘about 180 kilometers southwest of Okinotori’ 🇯🇵
Okinotori is een atol die volgens Japans buurlanden geen recht heeft op een EEZ. Peking en Moskou hebben slim gekozen – in de boze Chinese reacties op de Japanse verklaring n.a.v. tien jaar uitspraak Zuid-Chinese Zee wees Peking hier al op als voorbeeld van Japans hypocrisie.
Trump softens tone on alleged China election meddling before Rubio-Wang talks – SCMP 🇺🇸
China and US still in contact on Xi summit trip despite Trump’s election claims, foreign ministry says – SCMP: ‘“Head-of-state diplomacy provides irreplaceable strategic guidance for US-China relations,” Lin said.’ 🇺🇸
China’s military mouthpiece issues full-page warning on Japan’s growing drone power – SCMP: ‘PLA Daily said the Shield platform was similar in concept to the “hellscape” scenario that the US military has envisioned for a Taiwan contingency’ 🇯🇵
姚艺彤：警惕日本发展无人战力推进“再军事化” – 《解放军报》（2026年07月20日 第8版）：“殷鉴不远，不可不察。日方政要近期持续鼓吹所谓周边安全威胁、煽动发展‘新型作战手段’，诱导民众支持扩军备战，并在军事安全领域冒进和挑衅动作频频，与当年日本军国主义分子如出一辙。” 🇯🇵
Japan to pay heavy price for wrong judgments on nuclear issues, foreign ministry spokesperson says – Xinhua: ‘in response to a question regarding that since the Takaichi administration came to power, a total of 82 local assemblies across Japan including those in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have submitted written opinions to the central government or the parliament, urging the administration to uphold Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles or enshrine them into law.’ 🇯🇵
Japan’s neo-militarism has bared its fangs, Chinese foreign ministry says – Xinhua: ‘Spokesperson Lin Jian said at a daily media briefing that it is extremely rare in Japan's post-World War II history for an incumbent Japanese defense minister to make such highly-provocative and dangerous remarks, adding that the ruling Japanese authorities' ambition to break away from the Three Non-Nuclear Principles and challenge the post-WWII international order has been fully exposed.’ 🇯🇵
Thailand’s PM lodges concerns with China’s Xi over Beijing’s recent delivery of tanks to Cambodia – Bloomberg: ‘citing the fragility of a ceasefire between the Southeast Asian neighbors following last year’s deadly border clashes.’
‘Thai authorities last month said 39 Chinese T-59D battle tanks had been delivered to Cambodia as part of an existing joint military training agreement’ 🇹🇭🇰🇭
Full text: Joint Statement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand towards a China-Thailand Community with a Shared Prosperous Future – Xinhua 🇹🇭
China security partner Solomon Islands to sign US Coast Guard patrol deal – SCMP 🇸🇧🇺🇸
China’s ‘national team’ buys shares worth US$9bn to prop up market – FT
China is stepping up efforts to stabilise its stock market, mobilising a range of state-linked institutions to stem a tech-driven selloff – Bloomberg
Multiple Chinese SOEs announce share buybacks, dividend payouts amid confidence in capital market – Xinhua
Chinese Premier Li chairs State Council executive meeting – Xinhua: ‘heard a report on inspections concerning efforts to expand capacity and improve quality in the service sector, and the planning and construction of six major networks. The meeting also reviewed and approved a plan on intellectual property protection and utilization’
Chinese authorities resume demolition at Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute – Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: ‘at least six monastic quarters had been demolished as of 15 July, while Chinese authorities have earmarked approximately 1,060 residences for demolition.’
Hoge literaire prijs in China gaat naar maaltijdbezorger die dicht over penibele werkomstandigheden – de Volkskrant
Travellers in China asked to confirm family members’ military IDs, according to reports – Taipei Times: ‘similar incidents have been reported by Taiwanese judges, police officers and civil servants traveling in China’ 🇨🇳
In apparent first, Chinese PLA chopper crosses Taiwan Strait median line – Focus Taiwan 🇨🇳
Taiwan says Chinese vessel activity jumps, raising fears for Pacific supply routes – Reuters 🇨🇳
Taiwan to slow mobile internet in civil defence drills as China threat grows – Reuters
In Nederland zou er een opstand komen!
KMT submits motion to suspend drone funding – Taipei Times: ‘calling the program “bloat” and questioning its legality. The comprehensive uncrewed vehicle industry development plan seeks to support the growth of a self-sufficient domestic drone industry for national defense through 2030.’
Hier zou de KMT Peking erg blij mee maken.
KMT lawmaker calls for freeze of premier’s salary – Taipei Times
Confidence in local economy weakens on geopolitical concerns, according to poll – Focus Taiwan
Bedankt voor het lezen van de Chinese Wouden 森中台! Deze post was gratis, voel je vrij om hem te delen of laat je waardering blijken d.m.v een kleine donatie.
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