International Affairs versus International Business

Apple Built Its Empire with China. Now Its Foundation Is Showing Cracks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/business/apple-china-ymtc.html

Germany’s leader and top CEOs have arrived in Beijing. They need China more than ever
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/business/germany-china-olaf-scholz-visit-trade/index.html
 
Scholz Won’t Be Xi’s Last Western Guest
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-11-04/scholz-china-visit-shows-new-cold-war-isn-t-going-so-well
As the German chancellor’s controversial trip to China shows, economic interests have become harder to sacrifice to professed moral values at a time of crisis. 

Europe is learning that you can’t separate trade and politics
https://www.ft.com/content/a1b97de4-b366-4a0e-aa58-93a6b6fa8b2a
Pursuing a narrowly commercial agenda undermines larger strategic objectives

America Can Contain China with an Alliance of Five
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2022-11-02/japan-australia-india-the-us-and-the-uk-can-contain-china
Conflict in the Indo-Pacific looks increasingly plausible, and the US is going to need lots of help from Australia, India, Japan and the UK.
 
Why Japan Is Gearing Up for Possible War with China
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2022-11-06/why-japan-is-gearing-up-for-possible-war-with-china-over-taiwan