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Monthly Archives For March 2023
China continues to block efforts to determine Covid’s origins, lawmakers say
Lawmakers said on Sunday that it remained impossible to determine with any certainty the origins of Covid-19 because of continued obstruction by China’s government. “We have so few facts because the Chinese regime has obfuscated,
Scholz: ‘consequences’ if China sends arms to Russia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but he’s fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so. Scholz’s comments came in…
GOP senators lead charge on revoking China’s trade status, but policy crackdown could hurt consumers
China’s antagonistic foreign policy and manipulative economic practices have Washington lawmakers rethinking the decades-old preferential trade treatment that the U.S. bestows on the communist regime.
China’s premier hails Beijing’s handling of COVID as ‘major, decisive victory’
To deal with future outbreaks, Li said China will protect people in a more scientific, precise and efficient way. He also said Beijing will work to upgrade vaccines and develop new medicines. But the …
Here’s why experts say Russia and China’s attempts to ‘de-dollarize’ global markets are going nowhere
Efforts to challenge the US dollar have mostly gone nowhere, experts say, and plans for alternate reserve currencies haven’t panned out.
Like Sputnik, China’s balloon should ignite America’s will to innovate and advance strategic technologies
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched a satellite that traversed the continental United States, just as did the recent Chinese surveillance balloon. The former itself posed no direct security threat, …
China’s ‘two sessions’ 2023: 2 per cent budget boost for science and technology
Increase reflects growing importance of sector in country’s development, analyst says, as President Xi Jinping signals more support Premier Li Keqiang says spending overall on R&D has risen from 2.1 …
Trump unleashes his 2.0, vowing to crush Biden, bureaucrats and Beijing and pay ‘baby bonuses’
In 103-minute speech at CPAC, Trump laid a detailed foundation for a second term that ranged from revoking China’s trade privilege to creating next-generation cities.
Trump calls for more tariffs on China
President Trump escalated his attacks on China at CPAC last night, testing his ability to move the U.S. toward a more confrontational approach on trade with the communist nation.Why it matters: The …
China sets lowest growth target in decades as COVID lockdown effects linger
China set its lowest annual growth target in decades on Sunday, pushing for an economic expansion of just 5%. China’s economy grew by 3% last year, well short of its goal.
China lauds its ‘truly extraordinary’ Covid-19 response but also admits shortcomings
Beijing promises to better coordinate Covid-19 response policies with economic and social development. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China 2023 GDP: why Beijing set a moderate target, and what it signifies for economic growth
After falling far short of its GDP target last year, Beijing is being a bit more reserved in 2023, and analysts say this reflects the need to cultivate better-quality growth long-term ‘Domestic and …
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