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Monthly Archives For August 2022
China ‘overreacted’ to Pelosi’s visit: US expert
US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell believes China freaked out with week-long military drills as an “intensified pressure campaign” against Taiwan.
Lockdowns, Hotspots And Millions Stranded: Covid Surges Again In China
Xi’s Zero-Covid policy has failed terribly as new areas come under coronavirus infection especially the tourism hubs of Tibet and Hainan.
Taiwan an internal question for Beijing, different from LAC issue: China envoy
Calling the current border situation “stable”, he said the two sides are working towards switching over from “emergency response” to “normal management” of the situation.
China Sets Joint Air-Force Training With Thailand
The drills come on the heels of Beijing’s live-fire exercises around Taiwan and coincide with a large U.S. military exercise in Indonesia.
China hits ‘liquidity trap’ as low rates fail to spur loans
The People’s Bank of China has refrained from cutting policy interest rates since lowering them in January and has focused instead on persuading banks to boost their lending, especially to targeted …
Doing Business In China Is Getting Harder: U.S.-China Business Forum
Nevertheless, says American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai Chairman Sean Stein, “It’s hard to imagine how a company can be globally successful if it’s not active in this market.” …
White House Rethinks China Tariffs Amid Taiwan Turmoil
China has also failed to live up to commitments … By raising the cost of imports, tariffs enable domestic producers of the tariff-targeted product to raise their own prices too.
Billionaire Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Takes on China
Jack Dorsey, the billionaire founder of Twitter, isn’t afraid to speak his mind, to powerful people and governments.
The Realist Underpinnings of China’s Taiwan Strategy
Yes, “reunification” is a matter of national pride and prestige for China. But isolating Taiwan also serves a critical strategic function – and that helps explain Beijing’s response to Pelosi’s visit.
China’s Hainan reports 3,315 confirmed COVID-19 cases in latest resurgence
As of Friday, South China’s Hainan province has registered 3,315 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,084 asymptomatic ones since the province’s current resurgence began on Aug 1, local authorities said at …
As Pelosi’s Taiwan visit rocks US-Beijing ties, worse may be in store, analysts warn
Relations between US and China are at their worst since the normalisation of relations in the late 1970s Tensions sparked by Pelosi visit expected to intensify, but G20 and Apec summits in November …
US sending aircraft and warships to Taiwan Strait due to Beijing ‘pressure campaign’, White House says
We will ensure that our presence, posture and exercise account for China’s more provocative and destabilising behaviour’, says Indo-Pacific adviser amid simmering bilateral tensions.
