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Monthly Archives For December 2021
China Presents Plan To Slash Heavy Metal Emissions
Chinese authorities recently presented a draft plan to reduce heavy metal emissions by 5% by 2025. As noted previously here, the move comes after Beijing moved to stabilize surging coal prices. The …
Bitcoin Mining Has Fully Recovered From China’s Ban
China completely banned Bitcoin mining. The ban literally shut down more than half of the world’s miners overnight. It’s important to …
US-China trade conflict: Geopolitics alone may not help Indian manufacturers
It is not unreasonable to believe that due to the escalating US-China conflict, having China on the same supply chains or global production networks as the US is now much costlier for American …
China WTO membership boosts appliance makers’ overseas market share
Changhong, a major domestic home appliance producer in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, said it has benefited from China’s membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), a system China joined 20 …
Weaponizing Human Rights Against Beijing 2022
The US, UK, Canada, and Australia were not even invited to the 2022 Olympics according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.
India-Russia ties: why Putin-Modi arms deals are a problem for both China and the United States
Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Russia has been getting closer to China. Yet now Moscow is selling India weapons likely to be pointed in Beijing’s direction.
Grim anniversary: COVID-19 cases were first reported in China 2 years ago today
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the first report of what would later be known as the COVID-19 virus emerged on Dec. 12, 2019. That was the day that a cluster of…
Zimbabwean gov’t expresses full support for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: minister
The Zimbabwean government gives its full support to China to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and opposes attempts by some Western countries to politicize the event, a senior official has said.
The China syndrome: What if we were to mess with the Middle Kingdom?
China stinks. It stinks every which way, from its backing off from its former baby steps toward democracy and free speech to its crackdown on Hong Kong, its power-grabbing Belt and Road Initiative …
Tokyo struggles on 2022 Beijing Olympics decision amid strong desire for Biden-Kishida meeting
Japan again chose to keep silent at the ongoing Group of Seven (G7) summit on the US’ calling on its allies not to send diplomatic representatives to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which experts …
What’s Behind China’s Regulatory Storm
Individually, many of the rules make sense. But taken together, it’s a clear expansion of the government and the Chinese Communist Party, a China expert argues.
If the U.S. Is Serious About China Competition, It Needs Indonesia
If the real goal of strategic competition with China is to ensure a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” America can’t rely on a few fast friends who share its worldview.
