James Kynge

I don't have any specific numbers or statistics that I'm going to throw at you, Alice.

I would just like to say that I think that in relation to our previous conversation about the way in which the US is trying to control data that Chinese companies are collecting in the US, we're going to see a very

similar effort in the EU this year.

That's the European Union.

In fact, I would say that 2026 will be a landmark year for the European Union, led by the European Commission, strengthening resilience against foreign cyber threats.

And that includes all types of Chinese technology.

I think we're going to see this in many different areas, including cars, including cellular modules, including wind farms, maybe, and some of the other areas in which Chinese companies collect data throughout Europe.

So that's my prediction.

What about you?

And I'm James King.

Well, it really feels to me a little bit like we've gone through the looking glass these days.

I must say, so much is in flux in the international order that it's hard to disentangle cause and effect.

It's hard to know which is a move and which is a counter move.

But in what I'm calling the tumble dryer of international affairs, I think a couple of big moves into China's orbit really stand out.

The first was, as you just mentioned, Alice,

Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, going to China last week.

And the other big move is the intended visit to China by the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, at the end of the month.

Both of these countries are the staunchest and longest standing allies of the United States.

And now we can see, certainly in the case of Canada, it's cozying up to China.

And it was