An accelerating arms race in the Indo-Pacific is all but guaranteed now that China finds itself a target of new security arrangements — AUKUS and the Quad — aimed at containing its power and …
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American siblings return home after Beijing lifts exit ban
A pair of American siblings have returned home after China lifted an exit ban following Canada’s release of a top Chinese tech executive wanted in the US …
What has caused China’s electricity shortages, and is Beijing’s carbon-neutral goal solely to blame?
Over half of mainland China’s 31 provincial-level jurisdictions are rationing electricity as they race to meet Beijing’s annual emissions reduction targets, but analysts are also pointing to the …
China’s use of force and coercion to drive up its COVID-19 vaccination rate is not the answer
China’s push to fully vaccinate 80 per cent of population by October is being accompanied by local efforts to use physical force and other coercive tactics. This only serves to undermine human rights …
China’s industrial profit growth slows due to high commodity prices, coronavirus, component shortages
Profits at China’s industrial firms rose 10.1 per cent year on year to 680.3 billion yuan (US$105 billion) in August compared with a 16.4 per cent gain in July.
Guangdong, Shenzhen to Issue Offshore Yuan Bonds in HK, Macau
The local governments of Guangdong province and the city of Shenzhen will become the first ones in the Chinese mainland to issue offshore yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong and Macau next month.
China Tells NATO to Stay Out of Asia
At a meeting on Monday between NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both officials stressed that neither was considered a rival.
Under Olaf Scholz, Germany May Have to Choose Between the U.S. and China
A Germany under Olaf Scholz, the man most likely to succeed Angela Merkel as the country’s chancellor, might have to choose between supporting China or the United States as tension rise between the …
China’s power shortages threaten more supply chain chaos and may hit GDP
A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country’s vast economy and place even more strain on …
5 things to know for September 28: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Congress, China, R. Kelly
There’s still two more months of the Atlantic hurricane season, and we’re already running out of names for storms. What happens after that? A whole new set of names, starting with Adria, Braylen, …
Inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines must be addressed immediately, says Bill Gates
It is a moral outrage and a public health tragedy that COVID-19 vaccines are still not distributed equitably, said US philanthropist Bill Gates, urging for immediate efforts to address the problem. In …
China Evergrande Tells A Story That Beijing Prefers To Hide
The relative calm in markets after China Evergrande Group missed payments on investment funds suggests Beijing has, so far, avoided a “Lehman moment.” That could always change, of course.
Beijing went ballistic at Australia. When will the soul-searching start?
READ FULL ARTICLE “Aukus is putting Australia in danger,” the expert was quoted as saying, because “Beijing and Moscow won’t treat Canberra as ‘an innocent non-nuclear power’, but ‘a US ally that …
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