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Analyses | | Michał Bogusz, Daria Zielińska
On 16 September, Seoul hosted the first summit between the leaders of South Korea and the five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (the C5). The summit concluded with the adoption of a 30-…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz
On 31 August, Xi Jinping promulgated an amendment to the 2010 National Defence Mobilisation Law of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国国防动员法), which will enter into force on 1 October this year. The amendment does not fundamentally…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz
The systematic, ruthless and carefully calculated process by which Pyongyang has sought to emancipate itself from Beijing has been the central feature of relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the People’s…
OSW Commentary | | Michał Bogusz
China’s distant-water fishing (DWF) fleet is an armada of vessels that the state subsidises, controls, protects and organises, either directly or indirectly. While engaged in commercial fishing activities – many of them illegal and often…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz, Witold Rodkiewicz
On 19–20 May, Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China to mark the anniversary of the 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation. The two sides extended the treaty for a further five years and held a series of meetings…
OSW Commentary | | Michał Bogusz, Kacper Sienicki
Over the past year, Ukraine has redefined its approach to China. This shift reflects the deepening China–Russia relationship, China’s critical role in sustaining Russia’s war effort, and its propaganda support for Moscow in the Global…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz
The scale of the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) victory in Japan’s snap election to the House of Representatives (the lower house of parliament) was unprecedented in post-war Japanese history and took China’s leaders by surprise. However…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz, Lidia Gibadło, Aleksandra Kozaczyńska
In the second half of November, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) became the first politician from the current CDU/CSU-SPD government to visit China and Singapore. In Beijing, accompanied by representatives of…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz
On 7 October, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, responding to a parliamentary question during a Q&A session, confirmed that a conflict in the Taiwan Strait involving US forces would constitute an ‘existential threat’ to Japan. As…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz
Between 20 and 23 October, the Fourth Plenary Session (Fourth Plenum) of the Central Committee (CC) of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took place. During the meeting, the composition of the CC and its bodies…