Weimin Chen

The Lede: The French Minister of Economics and Finance Bruno Le Maire politely made the point that France wants to lessen its dependence on China, its third largest trading partner, in a visit to Beijing visit the last weekend of July to co-host the China-France High Level Economic and Financial

The Lede: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has been on a tour of key African countries as well as Turkey this week to discuss future cooperation and promote closer relations. The Chinese state made an abrupt announcement that he would be assuming the role of foreign minister again to

The Lede: Following Germany’s release of a new ‘Strategy on China’ in mid-July, Siemens announced €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in domestic investments in conjunction with a foreign investment approach that will pursue ‘de-risking’ from China. What We Know: * Recently, the German engineering company Siemens has announced major investments

The Lede: On Tuesday, China reappointed its top diplomat Wang Yi as foreign minister, removing Qin Gang amid a mysterious month-long absence. Wang’s return as foreign minister comes amid a recent string of high-level meetings between U.S. and Chinese officials and upcoming summits where U.S. President Joe

The Lede: On Friday, top House Republicans launched an inquiry to the Ford Motor Company regarding the company’s ties to a battery company in China due to forced labor and job offshoring concerns. What We Know: * Two Republican House committee chairs, Mike Gallagher of the House Select Committee on

The Lede: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry concluded his four-day visit to Beijing on Wednesday without reaching any new climate agreements, but the visit marked another important set of high-level meetings between the two countries What We Know: * Kerry arrived in China with the intention to make progress on