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Monthly Archives For September 2022
China demands ‘united front’ with Putin against Western sanctions – ‘No limits!’
CHINA HAS demanded a “united front” with Russia in opposition to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow and Beijing.
Xi Jinping aims to reassert China’s influence on first foreign trip since Covid began
Xi Jinping will find the world much changed this week when he sets foot on foreign soil for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, central China, in early 2020. Since the…
Bloomberg editors argue Biden ‘should act’ like Iran nuclear deal is dead, cut off oil shipments to China
The Bloomberg Opinion editors published a piece urging President Biden to alter his administration’s policies toward Iran and to “act as though” the Iran nuclear agreement is “dead”.
China’s zero-Covid-19 policy must end soon after sacrifices made by population to endure lockdowns, other control measures
Continued implementation of rigid Covid-19 control measures have little to contribute to improving people’s health and prolonging their lives.
China Plans Three Moon-Mining Missions After Finding a Potential New Source of Energy
The Chinese discovery of a phosphate mineral in columnar crystal has the nation clamoring for more Moon material.
China’s Covid Catastrophe: Contextual Evidence (Part 1: Demography, Economics)
City-wide lockdowns continue in China. Western countries are exposed to the economic contagion created by China’s possibly failing public health initiative, the damage it is doing to the world’s 2nd …
BBC Minute on coronavirus: Food shortages under lockdown in China
BBC Minute’s daily update on the coronavirus outbreak …
US, Taiwan grapple with key differences in debate over deterring China
Officials in Washington and Taipei have differences on how to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan as tensions heat up.
China’s ponzi-like property market is eroding faith in the state
The train ride through China’s heartland helps to explain one of the country’s biggest crises in recent memory: the public’s loss of confidence in the government’s economic model. For decades the …
It’s no surprise that China is seeing weaker import numbers, says Goldman Sachs
Hui Shan of the investment bank says the country’s import numbers are weaker than its export numbers, and that’s “ironically” going to translate into a “pretty strong” trade surplus yet again.
ISKP’s China threats surge, become more nuanced
In rhetoric, China has become a top target of the Islamic State Khorasan Province. In part this is a response to China’s crimes against Muslims in its western Xinjiang region; ISKP propaganda is …
Imperial College shuts labs linked to Beijing firms sanctioned by US
Imperial College London has closed two research laboratories funded by Chinese defence companies after the government refused to grant export licences for th …
