Category: Feature
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Did China Join COVAX to Counter or Promote Vaccine Nationalism?
On October 9, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced that China has formally joined COVAX. “We are taking this concrete step to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, especially to developing countries, and hope more capable countries will also join and support COVAX,” she said. Hua made a point of adding that China is leading…
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Chaguan – High-tech chickens are a case study of why self-reliance is so hard
I T TAKES AN effort—a small hardening of the heart—to see day-old Jinghai Poultry chicks for what they are. These, for all their plaintive cheeping and soft, fuzzy plumage, are tiny, high-performance meat factories. The product of decades of genetic research in American and European laboratories, they hatch in China thanks to global supply chains,…
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Australia Looks to Tighten Government Oversight of University Agreements With China
Universities and other tiers of government that have entered into commercial arrangements or agreed to partnerships with China now face the prospect of review by the Australian federal government. New laws to that end, unveiled by the Australian prime minister, are under discussion. The Australian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Legislation Committee is presently…
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The Trump audit part II: foreign policy – President Trump’s criticisms of the world order had some merit
F OREIGN AFFAIRS played an important, and murky, role in Donald Trump’s presidency from before it even began. Russia’s meddling in the election that brought his unexpected victory, and Mr Trump’s happiness in snubbing the findings of his own intelligence services on the subject, set an invidious context for all that followed. His later attempt…
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East Turkestan – An unheard voice
Invaded by Communist Chinese forces in 1949, the once sovereign and independent country of East Turkestan had its government overthrown, its people subjugated & scores of people killed. It is only since the onset of Chinese forces some seventy years ago that the people of East Turkestan especially the Uyghurs were unjustly labeled as enemies…
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Who Should Hong Kong Favor in the US Election? No One.
U.S. President Donald Trump has probably made more speeches and taken more actions on China than any president in American history. His branding as being “tough on China” has attracted a great pool of supporters from anti-China contingents like Hong Kongers and Taiwanese. Those supporters are currently hoping for his reelection. Debates flared among these…
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US staff cuts hinder efforts to track, block forced-labour goods
The US suspended probes into imports it suspected to be slave-made because of staff and data shortages, a report found. The United States’s efforts to block the illegal import of goods made by forced labour has been hampered by a lack of skilled staff and reliable data, a new report by a US government watchdog…
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What does the US election mean for Europe?
The election comes amid critical challenges that the US and Europe must work closely on, including NATO’s role, Brexit and Russian influence. London, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once described US President Franklin Roosevelt as “the greatest champion of freedom who has ever brought help and comfort from the new world to…
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A tough road ahead for Huawei
China’s ambitious plan of dominating the technological sphere faces huge resistance from global leaders. UK taking the lead announced that its telecom networks would not be allowed to buy new Huawei 5G kit from 31 December and all such equipment should be stripped out of mobile networks by 2027. Huawei was founded in 1987 in…
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In the name of Tourism, China’s strategy to loot Nepal
The COVID has plunged global economy into deep recession. The countries around the world are restructuring economic reforms or issuing bailout packages to revive economies. With no breakthrough in sight for the vaccine, the countries dependent on service industry and tourism that are staring at dark future. One such country in India’s neighbourhood is Nepal,…