The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank plays a useful role in burnishing China’s image, its president acknowledges, even as he warns that Canada would hurt itself by leaving an international … ( read original story …)
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Coronavirus, China and climate: where Australia’s foreign relations attention will be in 2021
Which countries emerge best from the pandemic, and how the world tackles the climate crisis, will be among the defining features of global politics in the coming year. ( read original story …)
China Used Paid Trolls To Manipulate Online Discourse On COVID-19: Report
Confidential directives from Chinese authorities to local propaganda workers and new outlets revealed that officials paid trolls to manipulate social media discourse on Covid-19, according to a report … ( read original story …)
Racism Targets Asian Food, Business During COVID-19 Pandemic
Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a … ( read original…
Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine
Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalize deals to ensure millions of doses reached Indonesian citizens, the clerics had a much … ( read…
Coronavirus, China, climate and global crises: where Australia’s foreign relations attention will be in 2021
Most of us can’t wait to see the back of 2020, a year that has been memorable for all the wrong reasons. But all the signs are that 2021 will be just as complex, writes…
EU should bide its time on China investment deal
Negotiations on a long-awaited treaty on investment between the EU and China appear to be reaching a conclusion. The EU market is one of the most open in the world to foreign investment while China’s…
Schweizer: Like With Hunter Biden, McConnell And Pelosi Are Beholden To China Through Family Business Deals
During an interview with FOX News host Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” author Peter Schweizer said the Beltway establishment and the corporate media are acting to suppress the Hunter … ( read original story…
Ian Easton On Taiwan: Slowing Beijing’s revanchist roll
The regime responsible for covering up the COVID-19 outbreak has its sights set on conquering Taiwan and then the world. What new steps might Washington and Taipei take in 2021 to keep Beijing at bay?…
U.S. lawmakers to back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China’s Huawei, ZTE – source
U.S. lawmakers are expected to endorse $1.9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says pose national security risks as part of a year-end spending bill … (…
Booker’s 31 points spearhead Shenzhen to edge Guangzhou
Askia Booker (L) of Shenzhen Aviators competes against Guangzhou Loong Lions at the 2020-2021 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Dec. ( read original story …)
CBA Roundup: Qingdao shocks Beijing, Shenzhen edges Guangzhou
Fang Shuo (2nd R) of Beijing Ducks in the game against Qingdao Eagles at the 2020-2021 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Dec. 20, 2020 … (…
Under Joe Biden, tapping US capital markets will get even tougher for corporate China
Fund managers who mirror global investment indices as a strategy are obligated to increase their Chinese stock and bond holdings as their weight increases. ( read original story …)