Not long before he became president, Donald Trump reportedly paid $188,561 to the Chinese government in taxes, despite paying little to no U.S. income tax in most of the previous decade. ( read original story ...)
From Fixing to Signaling, How China Manages the Yuan
Monitoring how the People’s Bank of China handles its “managed float” system for the foreign-exchange market isn’t easy: The central bank has various tools at its disposal, some public, some hidden. ( read original story ...)
China forecasts Lunar New Year pork supplies to be 30% higher than year ago
Pork supplies during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday in China, the world's top consumer, will be 30% higher than a year ago, an agriculture official said on Wednesday, after significant efforts to ... ( read original story ...)
India-China dispute: India hands over soldier who crossed border
A Chinese soldier has been handed back by Indian authorities after he strayed across a contested border in the Himalayan region, Army officials said. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees Southeast Asia as ‘main theater’ for competition with China: Teneo
Japan deems Southeast Asia as "critical" to its economic future and wants to present to the region "the option" so it isn't too dependent on China politically and economically, says Tobias Harris of ... ( read original story ...)
Fired health care executive sabotaged PPE shipment in Georgia during pandemic, feds say
The former vice president of finance at Stradis Healthcare said he “felt very undervalued” and “deeply betrayed” after being fired, according to court filings. ( read original story ...)
Battle over Israel’s budget risks election, more economic gloom
A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid-2019, further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Emiratis Land in Israel, Firming New Ties and Angering Palestinians
In the first official U.A.E. visit to Israel since the countries normalized relations, they agreed to ease travel and upgrade West Bank checkpoints. Palestinians called it tacit assent to Israeli ... ( read original story ...)
Halting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that Russian peacekeepers or observers should be deployed to halt the current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Trump missed an opportunity in Syria to succeed where Obama failed
It meant that our nation abdicated its moral responsibility toward Syrians and other persecuted people and that the U.S. was not open anymore to the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” But ... ( read original story ...)