Emanuele Scimia

Morris Chang warns that factories will be destroyed if war comes. Even if China should succeed in attacking the island, it will not control the company. TSMC holds 53 per cent of the global chip foundry market. New US ban on semiconductor exports is a blow to China.

The 20th CCP Congress, which will renew the top leadership, opens on October 16th. Infighting between the Party's different souls. The leadership should have already found a compromise. National economy at 40 year low: Xi probably had to negotiate with his opponents

The UN body refuses to discuss its own report about human rights violations that might constitute crimes against humanity. Many Muslim majority countries vote against the motion. China’s lobbying campaign proves effective. The UN system is a "diplomatic bazaar" that solves nothing.

This follows Putin's aggression against Ukraine. China is buying Russian oil and gas at discounted prices but not investing in Russia under its Belt and Road initiative. With its economy struggling, Beijing wants to avoid secondary sanctions from the West. No Chinese weapons and ammunition are being sold to Russia.

Founded in 2006, the Civic Party is looking for a leader. Four of its former members are indicted for threats to national security. Since the national security law was adopted, 58 independent organisations have closed their doors. What used to be an open society has now become a place stifled by fear.

They are those born between 1976 and 1985. Under economic pressure to raise their offspring and at the same time care for their elderly parents alone. Raising a child until the age of 18 costs China almost seven times the GDP per capita. The situation pushes the younger generation to shun marriage and children.

US and Philippine marines today began exercises in the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait, near Taiwan. According to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the Chinese claim territories that belong to the Philippines. US and Japanese forces are engaged in drills on Hokkaido Island; Chinese and Russians forces recently carried out joint naval exercises in the area.

In addition to more than 1,500 deaths, floods have left $30 billion in damage. Foreign loans are needed to meet energy needs and import food. The problem of $30 billion in debts owed to China. Imran Khan's shadow over Shehbaz Sharif's government.

Transatlantic Trends 2022 reveals results of survey conducted in 14 Atlantic Alliance member states. U.S. calls for tougher approach toward Beijing; Turks more dialogic. However, the survey was conducted before Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August.

Today's headlines: China abstains in UN vote condemning Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories; Japanese wrestling champion Antonio Inoki dies; Malaysia: majority party calls for early election; Shashi Tharoor favored for Indian Congress presidency; Putin's popularity plummets.

After he was sentenced to two years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, Zhang Qiang filed an appeal. For now, he is in jail in Guangzhou. For taking part in the Tiananmen Square protests, he was expelled from his university and his household certificate was cancelled.

Today's headlines: Former deputy governor of Tibet indicted for bribes; 11 Chinese migrants die at sea between Cambodia and Vietnam; At least 19 killed in suicide attack in Kabul; The number of victims of protests in Iran rises to 83 after the death of Mahsa Amini; Orthodox priests also mobilised in Russia. Putin's business with the monasteries of Mount Athos.