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China working to expand ties with Latin America
Nov 18, 2020 17:41Over the past two decades, China has emerged as one of the most important markets for Latin American countries. China has developed three distinct pillars for its policy on Latin America: purchases of Latin American goods, Chinese investment in Latin America, and Chinese political solidarity with key Latin American governments.
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China set to retrieve first Moon rocks in 40 years
Nov 14, 2020 10:11Chang’e-5 has just one lunar day to collect lunar material from a previously unexplored region of the Moon’s near side.
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For US, EU is worse than China, only smaller in transatlantic trade disputes
Nov 05, 2020 19:38In the book “The Room Where It Happened,” former US National Security Adviser John Bolton reiterates President Donald Trump's quote three times that for the United States, “the EU is worse than China, only smaller.” The building of the modern global trade system was a project led by the United States and Europe over several decades following World War II.
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A long, uneven and uncertain ascent
Oct 26, 2020 16:21Except for China, where output is expected to exceed 2019 levels this year, output in both advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies is projected to remain below 2019 levels even next year. Countries that rely more on contact-intensive services and oil exporters face weaker recoveries compared to manufacturing-led economies.
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Who is the real super-spreader of insecurity in Taiwan Strait?
Oct 22, 2020 22:18The international civil society is in shock that Pentagon’s tools of death and destruction are only there to sprout anti-China rhetoric, project power and influence, put the entire region in danger in terms of policy, finance and economics, and provide fertile ground for the rise of interlinked conflicts. The world’s biggest arms dealer has played a significant role in destabilizing the South China Sea by launching warships, the latest being the USS John McCain.
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Why America’s economic war on China is failing
Oct 15, 2020 14:29US President Donald Trump deepened his administration's assault on the Chinese economy. The “trade war” was formed by Trump’s political base, who somehow hoped that an economic attack on China would miraculously create economic prosperity for them.
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Time to toss US sanctions in the nearest dustbin
Oct 11, 2020 21:41Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, has made a joint statement at the General Debate of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, on behalf of 26 countries, criticizing the United States and Western countries for violating human rights, calling for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions, and expressing grave concern on systematic racial discrimination.
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Rich countries are total vaccine hogs; COVID-19 must change that
Oct 07, 2020 09:48Multiple COVID-19 vaccines are working their way through trials, but we haven’t yet figured out what to do when they get here. Distribution faces technical challenges — shortages of glass vials and syringes are already being reported — but there are also ethical supply quandaries. How do we decide who gets a shot first?
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Coalition countering Huawei faces hurdles
Sep 10, 2020 14:15This summer has seen the tech war between China and the US take on new dimensions. From new export controls via the US Department of Commerce banning the sale of US semiconductor “software” and “technology” to Huawei to the executive orders prohibiting transactions with TikTok and WeChat, the administration of President Donald Trump has been doubling down on its efforts to address China’s growing technology dominance.
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West taking big risk shutting out students from China
Sep 08, 2020 09:14Last year US universities woke up to the grim reality of a sharp decline in enrollment by Chinese international students caused by the trade war between Washington and Beijing, ultimately leading to harsher immigration policies.