John-Boy Vossen

Eindredacteur De Avondspits @BNR | oud-@omroepwest en @trouw | China-kenner | Ajacied | tweets op persoonlijke titel |

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

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[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

Could this be any easier for Beijing?

‘Two sessions’ 2025: China portrays itself as global order stalwart amid tumult

https://t.co/oSppEiTwh2

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

Head of Zelensky's office Andriy Yermak says it's time for Ze to meet Xi Jinping

https://t.co/rC5jhETY6v

[Bloomberg @business]

President Xi Jinping gave his top lieutenants clear instructions after Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping blueprint to decouple the world’s biggest economies: Keep calm and carry on https://t.co/4D3Yf4TuHY

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

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[Bloomberg @business]

Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells using using the same gateway as the virus that causes Covid-19 https://t.co/ywlp4DnjAt

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

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[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

So DeepSeek’s miracle claim to have spent just 💵6m unravels. Report by SemiAnalysis says they spent 1.6bn and has tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs. https://t.co/URkdoLKaEC

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Kijk, daar is ie weer. Eén van China’s bekendste Wolf Warriors - Lu Shaye - wordt de nieuwe Chinese speciale gezant voor Europa.
https://t.co/IItTnR9Pm4

[Byron Wan @Byron_Wan]

🇺🇸 Marco Rubio has a call with 🇨🇳 Wang Yi on Jan 24.

According to the Chinese statement from 🇨🇳 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang told Rubio “希望你好自为之” (I hope you would behave yourself and act appropriately).

🇨🇳 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chinese) 👉🏻 https://t.co/SXfMVRaVxE

🇨🇳 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (English) 👉🏻 https://t.co/4vaj0dkQOq

🇺🇸 State Department 👉🏻 https://t.co/IwljQCProo

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

‘State Department issues immediate, widespread pause on foreign aid [..] the pause appears to stop aid to key allies such as Ukraine and Taiwan.‘
https://t.co/V5qI6ObdJH

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Volgens The Wall Street Journal zou Trump in zijn eerste 100 dagen (van zijn 2de periode) als president een bezoek willen brengen aan Xi in China. In zijn eerste periode deed hij dat na bijna 300 dagen. Toen had Xi al een bezoek gebracht aan Trump in Amerika.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: Trump has told advisers he wants to travel to China, seeking to deepen ties strained by the threat of steeper tariffs on Chinese goods https://t.co/Tc5itltd52

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Volgens Trump zou hij met Xi ook gesproken hebben over o.a. fentanyl en TikTok, maar daar staat niets over in de Chinese readout.

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Op de site van Xinhua staat de Chinese readout van het gesprek tussen Xi en Trump. Er zou (niet verrassend) zijn gesproken over Taiwan (‘dat gaat om nationale soevereiniteit en territoriale integriteit’) en de handel tussen beide landen.

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Verder zouden Xi en Trump ook afgesproken hebben om een ‘strategisch communicatiekanaal’ tot stand te brengen. En om ‘geregeld contact te hebben’ over ‘belangrijke issues’ die beide landen aangaan.

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

‘Het Chinese handelsoverschot is vorig jaar gegroeid naar bijna duizend miljard dollar, een record [..] De stijging komt mede door de groei van de export in december. Met bijna 11% was dit veel meer dan de 7% die werd verwacht.’
https://t.co/01y5GjNOTp

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

‘The number of Chinese spies prosecuted in Taiwan has grown threefold over a 4 year period, the National Security Bureau said in a report. In 2021 and 2022, 16 and 10 spies were prosecuted respectively, but that number grew to 64 last year, it said.’
https://t.co/7iaTvr6fy8

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

🚨New Chinese data this morning shows overall trade with the EU grew just 0.4% in 2024

Chinese exports to the EU up 3% vs 2023
Chinese imports from the EU down 4.4%

China's annual imports from:
Germany -10.7%
Netherlands +11.2% (ASML chip making kit)
France -5.9%
Italy -3.2%

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

Interesting diplomatic move that shows where China's priorities lie in Europe

Vice-foreign minister Deng Li whose portfolio was European affairs, named ambassador to France

Deng seems heavyweight compared to its EU envoy, who had never held such a rank

https://t.co/wcQP9FnjPG

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Zou toch wel een klap zijn: de Chinese economie zou volgens deze denktank afgelopen jaar met slechts 2,4% tot 2,8% zijn gegroeid. Zou een flink stuk lager zijn dan de verwachte/gehoopte ongeveer 5% …

[Sense Hofstede @sehof]

After the Fall: China’s Economy in 2025 – Rhodium Group: ‘By our estimates, China’s GDP growth in 2024 improved modestly to around 2.4% to 2.8%, well below than official claims of nearly 5%.’ https://t.co/gyXHczqgNc

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

‘Beijing’s planned responses to Trump fall into three baskets: retaliation, adaptation and diversification.’

[Financial Times @FT]

Xi has a plan for retaliating against Trump’s gamesmanship https://t.co/ukTwR0Y3se | opinion

[John-Boy Vossen @JBVossen]

Interessant artikel rondom 房子白菜价 (kolenprijshuizen) in China:
https://t.co/ensJVHNxzC

[Sense Hofstede @sehof]

President Lai Ching-te (DPP) stresses democracy and constitution to resolve domestic disputes in first New Year’s Day address – Focus Taiwan: ‘Lai stressed the right of the government and the people to oppose moves by the lawmaking body.’ https://t.co/iOi69fkeHi