Reid Standish

Extraordinary scenes surrounding arrest of prominent activist Sanjar Bokayev, as man involved incase first says police put him up to it then recants. Separately journalist Aset Matayev arrested on same day, after what he says was provocation #Kazakhstan orda.kz/ne-verte-jetom…

New data on hardening Chinese views of the United States. "Two years ago more than half of Chinese opposed unifying China and Taiwan by military force. By late 2025, that figure had fallen to 38%" economist.com/china/2026/03/…

Pretty terrifying chart. '“Many AI projects are now constrained not by chip supply but by…whether enough reliable electricity can reach the building,” says one person at a semiconductor firm.' economist.com/china/2026/03/…

At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, National Leader of the Turkmen People and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay a goodwill visit to China from March 17 to 19 globaltimes.cn/page/202603/13…

My latest for @OxusSociety: In “Fault Lines: Iran and the Fragility of Anti-Western Alliances,” we outline the broad themes of mistrust and distrust in Iran’s relationships with Russia, China & North Korea oxussociety.org/publications/f…

Suspicions grow that China is exploiting FOI laws to gather UK security data ft.trib.al/Ha6Ie34

By refusing to extradite Russian opposition activists in the first years of the war in Ukraine, Kazakhstan built a reputation as the region’s most pro-Western nation. In the Trump era, it has no need for such a reputation. My latest for @CEIP_Politika: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

China oil majors resume seeking Russian oil after a 4-month halt, sources say reut.rs/47PomVM reut.rs/47PomVM

Coal is still huge in China, but its role in the power system is shifting to that of a flexibility reserve. More on this in the Chartbook Top Link today. Source: Ember

Trump throws US-China reboot off course by saying he could delay Xi summit ft.trib.al/lVFDxdj

Taiwan reported a burst of Chinese military flights into the skies near its main island as Beijing resumed a practice that had recently—and mysteriously—gone quiet on.wsj.com/3NiPbuM

China drastically expanding its efforts to recruit global AI talent

#Kazakhstan goes to the polls on Sunday to vote on a new constitution. Check out my @Eurasianet story for more eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-pow…... - and for much more on how the country's authoritarian political system has been built over many decades, read my book Dark Shadows!

Iran war tests Xi’s plan to build China’s stockpiles ft.trib.al/ZYAeHXF

"Australian expat was Chinese spy asset, jury finds". Wow. smh.com.au/national/austr…

US, China officials to meet in Paris on March 15-16, before Trump-Xi summit s.nikkei.com/4bFXJoH

INVESTIGATION: Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing's preparations for a potential regional crisis or conflict u.afp.com/SLq9

A Chinese-owned cargo ship attempting to run the Strait of Hormuz made a complete U-turn this morning after the ship in front of it was attacked by an Iranian USV.

“Pretending that a Taiwan crisis would be anyone’s ‘internal matter’ is as absurd and irresponsible as claiming the current Gulf conflict is of concern to the direct belligerents alone.” rusi.org/explore-our-re…