Aya Adachi

"Trump or Harris - who is better for European policy on China?" This Wednesday @oertel_janka, @v_abigael, Ferdinand Schaff & @Jacob_T_Gunter will face off over this question. @bernhardbartsch will moderate. Hosted by @YCW_Global & @merics_eu. Sign up: shorturl.at/Jc8ty

CUHK Prof. Zheng Yongnian, one of #China's most prominent political scientists, recently emphasised that, "#ASEAN is the most valuable diplomatic area for China [to focus on] for a long time to come." His arguments in 10 key points. [THREAD] 🧵 sinification.com/p/chinas-perip…

Japan, South Korea and China held their first joint summit in more than four years on seeking deeper commercial ties to bolster their economies, including by aiming for progress in stalled negotiations toward a free trade agreement (FTA) asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

Minilateralism in the Indo Pac continues with JAPHUS summit to send 'crystal clear' signal to China asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

Biden and Kishida to announce 70 agreements at 'historic' summit asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

Japan has added new sanctions against Russia. Included are bans on the export to RU of lithium-ion batteries, pipes for gas and oil pipelines, and nitrocellulose, which is used in gunpowder & rocket propellant. These restrictions will enter force 17 April. From 10 May, Japan will ban the import of Russian non-industrial diamonds. m.lenta.ru/news/2024/04/0…

New blog out 🎉 first in a new series, on China's overseas finance in the era of competition 🏋️‍♀️ Blog 1 on 'How China Hedges' dives into the role of Sinosure, which has been instrumental in de-risking the BRI, and lending from China's banks. tinyurl.com/233s2rbp

US & Japanese leaders 'will announce plans to restructure the US military command in Japan to strengthen operational planning and exercises between the nations', according to FT. US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in over 60 years ft.com/content/df9999…

Immense gratitude to Berlin Bestie Aya for the wonderful talk, walk & chat on everything… literally!!! 🌸🌸🌸🙏🇩🇪

A summary analytical #report from our #survey of 56 (!) countries worldwide on #US-#China competition for #hearts and #minds. The big takeaway: China is NOT winning overall, but it did establish strong ground in some countries and sections of societies. researchgate.net/publication/37…

Among many others, a great panel on supply chain resilience with the excellent Kristy Hsu @jppjagannath1 @garyng_econ @MartinSebena @dachi_aya and @RQTurcsanyi

In Europe, the perception of a robust 🇺🇸-🇯🇵 alliance tends to overshadow disparities in econ security @TogashiMariko underscores these differences in her insightful piece, highlighting areas like 🇨🇳 policy, econ structure, and industrial competitiveness. beta.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/202…

Excited to have @Richeydarian for our next Berlin @YCW_Global event. On 20.3, he will share his observations on China’s influence in ASEAN, it’s individual members, and the Philippines in particular are navigating U.S.-China rivalry in the region. shorturl.at/wBPT4

Japan Cabinet OKs bill on new economic 'security clearance' system japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/2…

EU to seek security accord with Japan amid China's assertiveness. Since the beginning of 2024 alone, Tokyo has been busy signing various security agreements with 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇦🇪🇺🇸english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/02/5…

Japanese companies pledge support for Ukraine reconstruction. Over 50 agreements on cooperation were signed at the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Ukrai…

Japan, Germany sign military supply-sharing pact amid China rise english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/01/f…

Excited to have @SteffenWurzel, journalist at Deutschlandfunk for our next Berlin @YCW_Global event. On Feb 29, he'll talk about his time reporting for ARD from Shanghai. Based there for 5 yrs he covered the HK protests, COVID-19 outbreak, & more. Join: shorturl.at/hGQ09