China.Table – Edition 1277

New co-chair for the Germany-Taiwan dialogue platform + Can seniors save China’s domestic consumption? + “Being made to disappear” in the military

• German-Taiwan dialogue platform: Carsten Müller becomes new co-chair
• Domestic consumption: What stands in the way of political will
• Military: “Being made to disappear” is the Xi-era pattern
• Consultative Conference: Leadership stresses global instability
• Diplomacy: Wang Yi speaks with Israeli counterpart
• Iran war: Asian states worry about economic and security fallout
• India-Canada: Modi and Carney strike multibillion-dollar deal
• Philippines: Industry confidence hits an eight-year high
• So to Speak: “Deeply unsettling”