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US vs China: Smartphone wars
Jul 12, 2019 11:09If Washington’s goal was to pressure and isolate China by targeting smartphone giant Huawei, it seems to have accomplished the exact opposite. In the process, the US has only accomplished in exposing its own growing weakness and unreliability as a trade partner amid a much wider, misguided and mismanaged “trade war.” Joseph Thomas, chief editor of Thailand-based geopolitical journal, has more on the US’ smartphone wars and its wrong policy vis-à-vis the international affairs.
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Taipei must think carefully about siding with US
Jul 10, 2019 22:42A couple of months ago, the United States and China seemed to be gliding toward a trade deal, but instead the conflict escalated into a comprehensive economic war.
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US losing to China in the 5G war
Jul 08, 2019 18:42While the Americans are trapped in stagnation and lag behind in technology, the Chinese have taken giant strides to become the leading exponents in the world in this regard.
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Trump throws a wrench into US toy industry
Jul 08, 2019 10:20US toy-makers anxious that the industry will take a big tariff hit as 85% of toys comes from China, says DM Chan in his article, titled: “Trump throws a wrench into US toy industry”.
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The G20 Summit in Osaka: The war of all against all
Jul 05, 2019 09:03World leaders gathered in Osaka, Japan Friday for the G20 summit amid the relentless promotion of trade war, protectionism and militarism. Andre Damon, National Secretary of the US-based International Youth and Students for Social Equality, has more on this under the heading “The G20 Summit in Osaka: The war of all against all.”
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Russia-India-China share a room with a view
Jul 04, 2019 21:25The most important trilateral meeting at the G20 in Osaka was confined to a shoddy environment unworthy of Japan’s unrivaled aesthetic minimalism. Japan excels in perfect planning and execution. So it’s hard to take this setup as an unfortunate “accident.” At least the – unofficial – Russia-India-China summit at the sidelines of the G20 transcended the fate of an interior decorator deserving to commit seppuku.
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Don’t weaponize Taiwan – Germany, France told
Jul 04, 2019 08:41China is highly sensitive to the plot of the West to pour in arms and ammunitions into the breakaway Chinese island of Taiwan, which the US is trying to use as a base against mainland China.
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Digital Silk Road: Xi’s dream of conquering Asia
Jul 02, 2019 10:02Despite the trade war and the almost daily increase of tariff by the US on Chinese goods, Beijing is making rapid developments to leave Washington well behind.
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China winning new Cold War on the Mekong
Jun 28, 2019 17:00Beijing has leveraged its Belt and Road Initiative to gain the upper hand on the Mekong River while the US and Japan’s competing initiatives wash away, says Thailand-based Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner, in his article for Asia Times, titled: “China winning new Cold War on the Mekong”.
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Say hello to the Russia-China operating system
Jun 23, 2019 22:04The US ban on the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is pushing it to develop alternative systems that may rival America’s Google and Android, says investigative Brazilian journalist, Pepe Escobar, in his article for Asia Times, titled: “Say hello to the Russia-China operating system”.