SNS: ASIA LETTER: Q2 2026: YOON TO PRISON, MERZ TO CHINA
 

 

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SNS: Asia Letter: Q2 2026

YOON TO PRISON, MERZ TO CHINA

By Scott Foster

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Trump Fights, China Works

Container throughput at Chinese ports highest on record. - China's Ministry of Transport (Bloomberg, 3/10/26)

The Chinese public understand themselves to be living in a G2 world and they expect the United States to meet them there. - Nick Zeller, Senior Program Associate at the Carter Center, speaking at the Asia Society (South China Morning Post, 3/11/26)

Mainland Chinese citizens feel more favourable towards Taiwan than they did six months ago, support a hardline stance towards the US if another trade war erupts and view Russia and North Korea  most positively and Japan least positively among their neighbours, according to a new survey by the Carter Centre and Emory University. [...] 'The Chinese public are ready to deal but not back down,' the report said." - Ibid.

 

Chinese trade data for January and February should shock people in Washington, DC, but may not, considering how busy they are with Iran and Donald Trump.