China Strategic Risks Institute

A global think tank offering in-depth analysis on the strategic risks and opportunities posed by the rise of China.

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

Our new briefing, “Hong Kong and the Shadow Fleet: How One City Helped Sustain Maduro’s Oil Trade”, by @SamuelBickett, was featured in @WSJ. Read on our website 📑 https://t.co/39bLczTQ9B

[Samuel Bickett @SamuelBickett]

My new briefing for @CSR_Institute: Of the 14 oil tankers the US seized or sanctioned in the months before Venezuela's Maduro fell, at least 10 had ties to Hong Kong.

One firm, Galaxy (Hong Kong) Business Co., served as corporate secretary to at least four of these sanctioned companies, in several cases signing on after OFAC had already designated them. Galaxy itself remains untouched by any western sanctions, as do its directors. Their staff openly advertise the services on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

The same infrastructure keeps Russia, Iran, and North Korea sanctions evasion humming along. Until western sanctions stop chasing the disposable shell companies at the top and start going after the established corporate secretaries, banks, and logistics providers beneath them, the machinery just gets reused by the next smugglers.

Full briefing: https://t.co/T1zChRx0RX

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

✍️Our new report, written by Sam Goodman in partnership with @MartensCentre, examines the EU’s strategic leverage in several key sectors amid ongoing trade tensions with China. The EU faces a clear choice: use its leverage now, or lose it. https://t.co/j6iNGEbu8J

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

Our Senior Policy Director Sam Goodman appeared before the 🇬🇧 Parliamentary Business and Trade Committee’s inquiry into 'China and the UK economy.' Watch his testimony on Parliament TV 📺. https://t.co/nPE5Zk1SDo

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

🎙️Is Europe walking into a new China shock? 🇪🇺🇨🇳 Our Sam Goodman appears on the @EurLiberalForum podcast discussing EU–China relations amid geopolitical shocks, economic insecurity, and industrial competition. https://t.co/XpanWpk0LQ

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

CSRI Executive Director @Andrew_Yeh_ discusses 🇹🇼Taiwan's many strengths in pursuing more practical partnerships with “middle-power” democracies on @rtinews's Taiwan vs. the World. 🔗 https://t.co/jWhCKwX48r

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

For more on these critical questions, read the full briefing by @Andrew_Yeh_ and Max Dixon. https://t.co/3rVNmtrSot

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

What’s at stake for Taiwan in the Trump-Xi summit? 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇨🇳

With Trump set to touch down in Beijing for three days of talks, there’s no shortage of potential flashpoints, and no issue is as fraught as Taiwan.

Read in thread ✍️🧵 https://t.co/3rVNmtrSot

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

4/ Domestic Politics: With the opposition KMT already engaging with Beijing, US concessions would increase the pressure on President Lai Ching-te’s government domestically and internationally, emboldening those arguing for a more conciliatory approach to relations with China. 🏛️

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

On @taiwanplusnews' CONNECTED with Divya Gopalan, CSRI's @AthenaTongK explains why submarine cables are now central to Indo-Pacific security. https://t.co/IDMW1Ht9Rp

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

CSRI's @AthenaTongK joins the discussion on @taiwanplusnews' Zoom In Zoom Out to dissect Beijing's response to 🇯🇵PM Takaichi's 🇹🇼 contingency remark and why Beijing's information campaign has backfired. https://t.co/LGVB2TYjee

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

CSRI's @AthenaTongK featured on @CBCRadioCanada as an expert on AI as a tool of PRC narrative warfare, drawing on the leaked GoLaxy files. https://t.co/0pppALIL7m

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

✍️ Writing in @NikkeiAsia , CSRI's @AthenaTongK argues that Beijing's blacklist of 20 🇯🇵 Japanese firms and the sanctions on Keiji Furuya may look like punishment, but in fact have produced the opposite effect. https://t.co/FJyOFvyPJj

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

✍️CSRI’s Sam Goodman and @anoukwear
argue on @Diplomat_APAC that Spain's openness to 🇨🇳 green investment has diverged from that of other EU states. Sánchez’s latest trip signals deeper engagement with Beijing, but the strategy comes with trade offs. https://t.co/TPyqXJv0qW

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

Our latest analysis in @NikkeiAsia highlights renewed risks for businesses as Beijing signals a potential extension of its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law to Hong Kong. Read coverage by @krislc https://t.co/vUNdI5kU5b

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

A new CSRI briefing explores how the Iran conflict is shaping the strategic environment across the Taiwan Strait. Key points include the impact of energy shocks, US munitions strain, and trade disruption in cases of 🇹🇼contingency. Read on our website. https://t.co/eueVzXRndQ

[China Strategic Risks Institute @CSR_Institute]

Evidence by CSRI has been incorporated into the 🇬🇧 @CommonsForeign's latest report on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). In his testimony, our Exec Director @Andrew_Yeh_ emphasised the role of 🇨🇳’s UFWD and its influence in Africa. https://t.co/et1CXbg4M4