Sarah Godek
@sarahgodek.bsky.social
Research Associate for the Stimson Center’s China program
Chinese foreign policy and trade
China-Afghanistan relations
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Chinese foreign policy and trade
China-Afghanistan relations
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#China may be seeing increased competition from other countries in #Afghanistan; see my new piece in South Asian Voices here 👇 southasianvoices.org/geo-f-n-oth-...
China’s Shifting Landscape in Afghanistan – South Asian Voices
China’s cautious engagement with Taliban-led Afghanistan is reshaping its influence as the Taliban courts new partners like India and Russia. Once seen as a top ally, Beijing now faces rising competit...
southasianvoices.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#China may be seeing increased competition from other countries in #Afghanistan; see my new piece in South Asian Voices here 👇 southasianvoices.org/geo-f-n-oth-...
New from me: Update on China-Afghanistan Relations for April. It was a quiet month for China in Afghanistan, but not for Russia. Check it out! www.stimson.org/2024/update-...
Update on China-Afghanistan Relations • Stimson Center
This monthly update highlights major events, statements, and bilateral interactions driving China’s relations with Afghanistan at a time when the Taliban sees China as a crucial partner.
www.stimson.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New from me: Update on China-Afghanistan Relations for April. It was a quiet month for China in Afghanistan, but not for Russia. Check it out! www.stimson.org/2024/update-...
Excited to share a piece I wrote on the effects of China’s germanium and gallium export restrictions!
Chinese trade data shows no gallium or germanium going to the United States in 2024, so why does US trade data show material coming in from China? The answer could be reexport. Give it a read! 👇
Chinese trade data shows no gallium or germanium going to the United States in 2024, so why does US trade data show material coming in from China? The answer could be reexport. Give it a read! 👇
March 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Excited to share a piece I wrote on the effects of China’s germanium and gallium export restrictions!
Chinese trade data shows no gallium or germanium going to the United States in 2024, so why does US trade data show material coming in from China? The answer could be reexport. Give it a read! 👇
Chinese trade data shows no gallium or germanium going to the United States in 2024, so why does US trade data show material coming in from China? The answer could be reexport. Give it a read! 👇
What happened in China-Afghanistan relations in February? 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What happened in China-Afghanistan relations in February? 🧵
What was new in China-Afghanistan relations in January? A thread 👇
February 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What was new in China-Afghanistan relations in January? A thread 👇
Closing the de minimis loophole will be another challenge for Chinese exporters; many have been exploiting the loophole when they ship goods to the United States through Mexico.
President Donald Trump’s new trade levies against China, Canada and Mexico include a broadside against e-commerce, with apparent plans to extinguish a long-held tariff exemption for packages worth less than $800.
Trump Tariffs Target Loophole Used by Chinese Online Retailers
President Donald Trump’s new trade levies against China, Canada and Mexico include a broadside against e-commerce, with apparent plans to extinguish a long-held tariff exemption for packages worth les...
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Closing the de minimis loophole will be another challenge for Chinese exporters; many have been exploiting the loophole when they ship goods to the United States through Mexico.
A signal that China doesn’t think the Taliban is doing enough to keep its citizens safe. It will be interesting to see how this changes the patterns of China’s already cautious investment in Afghanistan this year
China said Thursday it had lodged “solemn representations” with Afghanistan’s Taliban government over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
China Lodges Protest With Afghanistan Over Mine Worker Killing
China said Thursday it had lodged
chinaglobalsouth.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A signal that China doesn’t think the Taliban is doing enough to keep its citizens safe. It will be interesting to see how this changes the patterns of China’s already cautious investment in Afghanistan this year
A Chinese citizen is reported to have been killed in Takhar. Unfortunate timing; China and Afghanistan just celebrated the 70th anniversary of relations Monday after the anniversary went unmarked last year.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Chinese citizen 'murdered' in northern Afghanistan
A Chinese citizen was "murdered" in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, the Taliban provincial police said on Wednesday, adding that a preliminary investigation had been launched.
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A Chinese citizen is reported to have been killed in Takhar. Unfortunate timing; China and Afghanistan just celebrated the 70th anniversary of relations Monday after the anniversary went unmarked last year.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
What’s new in China-Afghanistan relations? 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What’s new in China-Afghanistan relations? 🧵
Reposted by Sarah Godek
Launch day! My new book “Under the Nuclear Shadow” about China’s approach to strategic deterrence and information-age weapons is officially out with @princetonupress.bsky.social ! To read more about it and order it, see press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Under the Nuclear Shadow
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries
press.princeton.edu
January 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Launch day! My new book “Under the Nuclear Shadow” about China’s approach to strategic deterrence and information-age weapons is officially out with @princetonupress.bsky.social ! To read more about it and order it, see press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
No reason for Xi to attend the inauguration when Trump remains likely to implement severe economic policies toward China after.
“TRUMP INVITES CHINA'S XI JINPING TO INAUGURATION, CBS SAYS” maybe Han Zheng or Wang Yi will be sent instead. Xi of course will not come
December 12, 2024 at 12:29 PM
No reason for Xi to attend the inauguration when Trump remains likely to implement severe economic policies toward China after.
Reposted by Sarah Godek
A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has sent a delegation to China for talks with its government, its spokesman told AFP on Monday, as Beijing looks to end fighting along its southern border.
Major Myanmar Rebel Group Sends Delegation to China for Talks
A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has sent a delegation to China for talks with its government, its spokesman told AFP on Monday, as Beijing looks to end fighting along its southern border. A delegat...
chinaglobalsouth.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:15 AM
A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has sent a delegation to China for talks with its government, its spokesman told AFP on Monday, as Beijing looks to end fighting along its southern border.
What happened in China-Afghanistan relations in November? Quite a lot, actually 👇
December 9, 2024 at 7:26 PM
What happened in China-Afghanistan relations in November? Quite a lot, actually 👇
Reposted by Sarah Godek
Caixin: "As government support has been pivotal in the meteoric rise of new-energy vehicles in China, some traditional carmakers are complaining that they aren’t competing on a level playing field with their NEV counterparts."
www.caixinglobal.com/2024-12-03/i...
www.caixinglobal.com/2024-12-03/i...
In Depth: Amid China’s EV Boom, Conventional Carmakers Cry Foul
Some manufacturers complain that state support for their electric rivals means they can’t compete on a level playing field
www.caixinglobal.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Caixin: "As government support has been pivotal in the meteoric rise of new-energy vehicles in China, some traditional carmakers are complaining that they aren’t competing on a level playing field with their NEV counterparts."
www.caixinglobal.com/2024-12-03/i...
www.caixinglobal.com/2024-12-03/i...
Reposted by Sarah Godek
PLA troops "will be taking part in the exercise, which is focused on 'joint counterterrorism clearance operations' and ... 'multilevel, multi-specialty integrated training, simulating real combat scenarios through joint planning and live drills.'" www.scmp.com/news/china/m...
China and Pakistan announce first joint counterterrorism drills in 5 years
The Warrior-8 exercise is announced weeks after the latest deadly suicide attack targeting Chinese workers in the country.
www.scmp.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:58 PM
PLA troops "will be taking part in the exercise, which is focused on 'joint counterterrorism clearance operations' and ... 'multilevel, multi-specialty integrated training, simulating real combat scenarios through joint planning and live drills.'" www.scmp.com/news/china/m...
Not surprising, but would be a big change at a time when trade relations are already expected to be more fraught under Trump. The increasing push for tougher rules on China on trade in Congress demonstrates one motivation for the targeting of down-ballot races. www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
November 19, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Not surprising, but would be a big change at a time when trade relations are already expected to be more fraught under Trump. The increasing push for tougher rules on China on trade in Congress demonstrates one motivation for the targeting of down-ballot races. www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
Reposted by Sarah Godek
Bloomberg analysis of nearly five years of satellite images show how billions of dollars of sanctioned Iranian oil are flowing annually to China – Bloomberg: ‘Forty miles east of the Malaysian peninsula sits the world’s largest gathering point for dark fleet tankers.’
The Clandestine Oil Shipping Hub Funneling Iranian Crude to China
A burgeoning group of dark fleet vessels operating with impunity on the edge of a major maritime thoroughfare is moving hundreds of millions of barrels of sanctioned oil — and risking an environmental...
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Bloomberg analysis of nearly five years of satellite images show how billions of dollars of sanctioned Iranian oil are flowing annually to China – Bloomberg: ‘Forty miles east of the Malaysian peninsula sits the world’s largest gathering point for dark fleet tankers.’
Armed individuals from Afghanistan reportedly killed one Chinese national and wounded another four in Tajikistan.
Who will be blamed: the Taliban for weak border security or Tajikistan for failing to prevent an incident in its borders?
www.rferl.org/a/attack-afg...
Who will be blamed: the Taliban for weak border security or Tajikistan for failing to prevent an incident in its borders?
www.rferl.org/a/attack-afg...
Attack From Afghanistan Kills Chinese National In Tajikistan, Sources Say
One Chinese national was killed and five others, four of them Chinese, were injured in a cross-border attack in Tajikistan's Zarbuzi Gorge, two sources close to a Tajik investigation told RFE/RL's Taj...
www.rferl.org
November 18, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Armed individuals from Afghanistan reportedly killed one Chinese national and wounded another four in Tajikistan.
Who will be blamed: the Taliban for weak border security or Tajikistan for failing to prevent an incident in its borders?
www.rferl.org/a/attack-afg...
Who will be blamed: the Taliban for weak border security or Tajikistan for failing to prevent an incident in its borders?
www.rferl.org/a/attack-afg...
Reposted by Sarah Godek
This is significant and positive since export tax rebates have been a major source of subsidies to Chinese producers. Now they are being reduced and even scrapped. It is a modest step away from industrial policy www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
China to cut or cancel export tax rebates for products including aluminium
China's finance ministry said on Friday it would reduce or cancel export tax rebates for a wide range of commodities and other products, effective Dec. 1.
www.reuters.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:35 PM
This is significant and positive since export tax rebates have been a major source of subsidies to Chinese producers. Now they are being reduced and even scrapped. It is a modest step away from industrial policy www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
This is interesting - it helps partially explain China’s strong support for Palestine over Israel. While China now has better bonds with Arab and Global South countries and made the US look bad, it could also have cost China the chance to serve as the reliable mediator of choice in the conflict.
Rare Chinese documentary on Palestine from 1971, including footage of the PLO's 1970 Beijing visit. Released just a year before Nixon's China visit, portrays Palestinian struggle as part of common front against US imperialism www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0j6...
[HQ]【纪录片】巴勒斯坦人民必胜 新影 1971
YouTube video by ming ming
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November 16, 2024 at 4:07 PM
This is interesting - it helps partially explain China’s strong support for Palestine over Israel. While China now has better bonds with Arab and Global South countries and made the US look bad, it could also have cost China the chance to serve as the reliable mediator of choice in the conflict.
The Taliban is seeking to diversify its options for partners - even including the United States. From the Taliban’s perspective, the United States is still critical for 1) sanctions lifting, 2) assets unfreezing, and 3) gaining more legitimacy. www.afintl.com/en/202411060...
Taliban Hopes Trump's Victory Will Improve Group's Relations With US
In response to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections, the Taliban's foreign ministry expressed hope that the future US government would take "realistic steps" to improve the country'...
www.afintl.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
The Taliban is seeking to diversify its options for partners - even including the United States. From the Taliban’s perspective, the United States is still critical for 1) sanctions lifting, 2) assets unfreezing, and 3) gaining more legitimacy. www.afintl.com/en/202411060...
Hoping that this will pave the way to restore US-China defense minister talks; US SecDef Austin has not spoken with his Chinese counterpart in over a year.
China appoints a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following firing of predecessor
China appoints a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following firing of predecessor
China has appointed a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor for reasons that have yet to be explained.
apnews.com
December 31, 2023 at 3:05 AM
Hoping that this will pave the way to restore US-China defense minister talks; US SecDef Austin has not spoken with his Chinese counterpart in over a year.
After becoming the first country in the world to receive an ambassador from the Taliban government in Afghanistan in late November, China is now pushing at the UNSC to ease sanctions against the regime.
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December 16, 2023 at 12:53 PM
After becoming the first country in the world to receive an ambassador from the Taliban government in Afghanistan in late November, China is now pushing at the UNSC to ease sanctions against the regime.
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Interesting to see a dual narrative coming out of Xiangshan Forum: strong rhetoric on Taiwan while also emphasizing opportunities for more contact between 🇺🇸&🇨🇳 militaries. Not knowing what the 2024 U.S. election holds, it feels like a balance between two possible futures.
October 30, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Interesting to see a dual narrative coming out of Xiangshan Forum: strong rhetoric on Taiwan while also emphasizing opportunities for more contact between 🇺🇸&🇨🇳 militaries. Not knowing what the 2024 U.S. election holds, it feels like a balance between two possible futures.
Still trying to process this shocking news, but appreciated this piece from the archives.
Former PRC premier Li Keqiang passed away in Shanghai this morning after a sudden heart attack, aged 68.
The news broke too late in the day to make it to print but to understand how the delicate "Politics of Passing On" in the CCP will play out in the days ahead, revisit this earlier CMP explainer.
The news broke too late in the day to make it to print but to understand how the delicate "Politics of Passing On" in the CCP will play out in the days ahead, revisit this earlier CMP explainer.
The Politics of Passing On - China Media Project
In China, the death of an esteemed comrade is never strictly a private matter. For context on the passing of Jiang Zemin, CMP runs this piece from the 2017 archives — on the politics of the official...
chinamediaproject.org
October 27, 2023 at 2:20 AM
Still trying to process this shocking news, but appreciated this piece from the archives.