Businesses and universities have been guilty of naivety and “a degree of greed” in accepting funding from China, Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister who is now a British government trade …
After China’s Subway Flood Deaths, Boston Warned It Too Faces ‘Severe’ Threat
“Severe flooding is a grave challenge for the T,” said Michael Martello, a researcher in MIT’s Transit Lab and lead author of the report.
U.K. Warship Enters South China Sea Despite Beijing Warnings
A 2016 ruling from the Hague rejected China’s claim and allowed the U.S., U.K. and Australia to conduct routine freedom of navigation operations in parts of the South China Sea.
Beijing: U.S., China meeting improved communication despite disagreements
China said Beijing and Washington “enhanced mutual understanding” a day after a meeting between the two sides that highlighted differing approaches to human rights and foreign policy.
Afghanistan, China, and Antony Blinken in India
A speculation on what the meeting between Blinken and Jaishankar might entail, does tend to centre around the trouble brewing in Afghanistan and the spillover it might have in the region …
China avoids coal projects in Belt and Road for first time, says green finance think tank
China didn’t finance any coal projects via its Belt and Road Initiative in the first half, the first time that’s happened since the plan was launched in 2013, the International Institute of Green …
China Crackdown Wrecks Demand for Loans to Finance Overseas M&A
Chinese companies’ use of debt to pay for overseas expansion is on track to shrink to a seven-year low thanks in part to Beijing’s sweeping regulatory crackdown.
Pakistan ranks top 10 countries in improved business environment
According to the Annual Report on Investment Security of China’s “Belt and Road” Construction, Pakistan is among the top ten countries …
Blinken makes first trip to India amid heightened tensions with China
If this week is the Biden administration’s full-court press in Asia, then Secretary of State Antony Blinken is playing point guard with his first trip …
Press groups raise alarm over threats to foreign media in China
Reporters from international outlets have suffered worsening intimidation while covering Henan floods …