@franspaulvdputten.bsky.social
Independent analyst and founder, ChinaGeopolitics - Author of 'China Resurrected: A Modern Geopolitical History'
Vandaag verschenen bij @prometheusuitgever.bsky.social: de herziene en geactualiseerde versie van mijn boek in de Nederlandse editie.
'De Wederopstanding van China' beschrijft de geopolitieke ontwikkeling van China in de afgelopen 185 jaar.
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Here's the transcript of Kallas' conversation with @RaviReports, with a link to the podcast:
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To tell the story of how China became the powerful country it now is, I combined a historical narrative with an analysis of contemporary geopolitics. What I hope the readers take away from it is a better understanding of Chinaโs behaviour as a great power.
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Over the past week, 118 Chinese military aircraft were detected around Taiwan. The number of detected aircraft for last week was 113.
Latest weekly news update from Taiwan Radar:
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Simon Nixon and @zimmerfrau.bsky.social are right to compare today's Europe with China around 1840. China then was economically important but geopolitically vulnerable, not a happy combination. Despite its defeat in 1842 it took many decades for China to fully realize what this meant.
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Over the past week, 76 Chinese military aircraft were detected around Taiwan. The number of detected aircraft for last week was 183.
Latest weekly news update from Taiwan Radar: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump said Xi told him China won't invade Taiwan while he's president
โHe told me, โI'll never do it as long as youโre president.โ President Xi told me that. I said, โI appreciate that,โ but he also said, โBut I am very patient & China is very patient,โ Trump said
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In China Resurrected @franspaulvdp follows China's geopolitical transformation on the world stage, from struggling to defend herself against the British in the Opium Wars, to rivalling the US for supremacy. Read a preview.
In China Resurrected @franspaulvdp follows China's geopolitical transformation on the world stage, from struggling to defend herself against the British in the Opium Wars, to rivalling the US for supremacy.
Read a preview bit.ly/4mNn3N1
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Latest weekly update from our Taiwan Radar platform on Substack.
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I was interviewed by Bloomsbury's Sofie Logan about my new book China Resurrected. See below for the link to the interview.
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De harde Europese retoriek richting China werkt niet in Europaโs voordeel, zegt @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social @nrc.nl. "Daarmee zet Europa zichzelf vast." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Japanese government officials are telling companies they would be โon their ownโ if they needed to evacuate staff from Taiwan in case of a Chinese attack, according to people familiar with the matter
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โThe focus is on the development of Chinaโs international role since the First Opium War. Only then did China begin to participate in a global system of international relations.โ China Resurrected by Frans-Paul van der Putten is out now.
โThe focus is on the development of Chinaโs international role since the First Opium War. Only then did China begin to participate in a global system of international relations.โ
China Resurrected by @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social is out now bit.ly/4jZvSk9
EU on the ropes as Trump & China turn the screws
A long read from me from yesterday, reported from Paris & Brussels
"As juggernauts to its west and east delivered haymakers in a no-holds-barred slugfest, the EU has thumbed its notebook like a librarian in a war zone"
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Today Bloomsbury published my book 'China Resurrected'.
Chinaโs emergence as a leading global power was a gradual process that largely took place throughout the whole of the twentieth century. The book traces that process from a geopolitical perspective.
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Today Bloomsbury published my book 'China Resurrected: A Modern Geopolitical History'.
Chinaโs emergence as a leading global power was a long and gradual process that largely took place throughout the whole of the twentieth century. The book traces that process from a geopolitical perspective.
Als het aan China ligt, duurt de oorlog in Oekraรฏne nog wel even, zou de Chinese minister van Buitenlandse Zaken hebben gezegd in Brussel. ''Het laat zien dat neutraliteit een relatief begrip is'', zegt @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social.
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At a meeting of EU ambassadors today, Antonio Costa's team confirmed that the EU China summit will be on one single day in Beijing
Contrary to rumours, the first part will be with Xi Jinping focused on political issues.
Then econ with Li Qiang followed by a banquet with Xi.
"Trump said the US would impose tariffs of (..) 30% on South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, climbing to 32% on Indonesia, 35% on Serbia and Bangladesh, 36% on Cambodia and Thailand and 40% on Laos and Myanmar. A deal with India was close, Trump added." www.reuters.com/world/eus-vo...
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It's a miracle!
The EU has published a readout of the Kallas-Wang strategic dialogue before the Chinese side - went out an hour after talks finished
Kallas with tough words on Russia, rare earths and broader trade matters. Still nothing from Beijing (it's late there...)
โwe see great potential for cooperation with Philippines in many areas, such as maritime security, including challenges related to shadow fleets by some big countries, our neighbors operating in South China Sea and Baltic Sea.โ | Defence Minister Dovilฤ ล akalienฤ www.inquirer.net/448143/phili...
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''China heeft ingezien dat het fentanyl kan gebruiken als een belangrijke hefboom in zijn relatie met Amerika'', zegt @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social. 'Voor Amerika is het tegengaan van de handel essentieel, terwijl China er nu eigenlijk geen problemen van ondervindt.''
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China Resurrected by Frans-Paul van der Putten is a history of Chinaโs geopolitical evolution from 1840 to the present, tracing its rise from the Opium Wars to an emerging world power. Publishing next month.
China Resurrected by @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social is a history of Chinaโs geopolitical evolution from 1840 to the present, tracing its rise from the Opium Wars to an emerging world power.
Publishing next month bit.ly/43YFNSh
EU pushes for โindependenceโ from China and US โ but can it get there?
My piece from the weekend that looks at the credibility gap stymying Europe's quest for freedom
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Record pessimism among EU businesses in China
"The level of optimism about future profitability in China over the next two years also to just 12% โ another historical low โ while a record-high 49% of respondents expressed pessimism"
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NEW: โThere are limitsโ: the problems with Chinaโs efforts to patch things up with Europe
Trump has handed Europe to China on a plate, but Beijing's charm offensive has left the EU cold.
A long read from me.
Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen
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Overall, it shows the tumult policymakers must get used to over the coming years
โThe two main strategic aims for the EU in the coming years are to become autonomous militarily and preserve its economic competitiveness,โ said @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social of Dutch advisory firm China Geopolitics
NEW: EU threatens to walk away from trade showdown with China over lack of progress
Further evidence that even as Trump doubles down on his hostility towards EU, prospects of detente with China appear remote
With my great colleague on the spot in Beijing, Laura Zhou
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My book China Resurrected will be published by Bloomsbury on 10 July.
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