Good evening. We’re approaching one year with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and our cover story this week looks at its impact as well as its outspoken chairman, Rep. Mike Gallagher. Elsewhere, we have infographics on Taiwan’s upcoming election; an interview with Alicia García Herrero on China’s shifting ties in Latin America; a reported piece on a new wave of domestic fast food upstarts; and an op-ed about South Korea and the U.S.-China rivalry. If you’re not already a paid subscriber to The Wire, please sign up here.
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Chairman Mike
Rep. Mike Gallagher is both a rising political star and Capitol Hill’s loudest China hawk. As chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, he is also — for better or worse — driving America’s China policy. Brent Crane profiles one of today’s most important voices on China.
The Big Picture: Taiwan’s Election at a Glance
On Taiwan’s campaign trail, presidential candidates are sticking to a familiar message: the decision voters make in the January 13 election will make the difference between peace and war with neighboring China. This week’s infographics by Aaron Mc Nicholas offer a guide to the vote which will determine who runs the island for the next four years.
A Q&A with Alicia García Herrero
Alicia García Herrero is simultaneously an adjunct professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), a senior research fellow at Bruegel (a European macroeconomic think-tank), and Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at French investment bank Natixis. Her work has focused on Chinese investments in Latin America. In this week’s Q&A with Alex Colville, she talks about the different approaches countries take to Beijing, the impact of Javier Milei’s rise to lead Argentina and the pluses and minuses of China’s economic influence.
Alicia García Herrero
Illustration by Lauren Crow
Patriotic Patties
After opening over 6,000 branches in three years, Tastien is among a handful of Chinese burger chains that have found success by riding the country’s wave of patriotic consumption. Rachel Cheung reports.
South Korea and the U.S.-China Rivalry
Despite creating new opportunities for some firms and sectors, the US-China rivalry — and the protectionist policies it has brought about — will prove bad for the world economy, argues Keun Lee. The costs will be borne disproportionately by third parties, with South Korea as a case in point.
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