Or, Japan offers developed market plays on China. Or, behind even the most futuristic-looking Japanese technology can lurk management of stultifying, steam-powered intransigence. These are nice …
‘Hold the sand’: The battle to tame China’s deserts
After a hard morning planting fresh shoots in the dunes on the edge of the Gobi Desert, 78-year-old farmer Wang Tianchang retrieves a three-stringed lute from his shed, sits down beneath the fiery …
U.S. Senators Promise Vaccines for Taiwan Amid China Row
Taiwan faces a severe vaccine shortage and and has geopolitical significance as a flashpoint in U.S.-China relations …
Trump demands China pay $10 trillion of ‘reparations’ to US for damage caused by COVID-19
Former President Donald Trump demanded that China pay $10 trillion in “reparations” to the US during a Saturday night speech in North Carolina.
Students Have Pre-Graduation Photos Taken in Beijing, China
A group of Chinese friends about to graduate from their university walk through a historical area for casual photographs in Beijing on Sunday, June 6, 2021. More and more of China’s college graduates …
Social media account of China’s Xiaohongshu goes dark after Tiananmen anniversary post
A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on …
South Korea to Accelerate Space Program, Expand U.S. Cooperation
South Korea plans to accelerate its space development program including by boosting cooperation with the U.S. in a move that may help the Biden administration’s Asia strategy to check China’s growing …
Mario Draghi sets tone in cooling EU-China relations
But then, two years later, Italy’s newly appointed prime minister Mario Draghi quietly signed a decree that symbolically ended China’s Italian courtship and contained Beijing’s beachhead in western …
China, Fauci and hoaxes: Donald Trump targets usual suspects in return to stage
Former president seeks limelight ahead of midterms, calling on China to pay Covid reparations and dismissing criminal inquiries into his business dealings …
Senators say U.S. will give 750,000 COVID doses to Taiwan amid reports China blocking vaccines
The U.S. will donate 750,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced after arriving in the capital, Taipei, on a bipartisan congressional visit Sunday.Why it matters: …