Covid19 Trifecta
It seems only right somehow that Donald Trump has caught Covid-19. He completes the trifecta of leaders of countries which had handled the pandemic poorly. First Boris Johnson in t……
A turning tide?
After years of denial and political inactivity European leaders have at last started to stand up to China. For the past few years it has been Trump and the US China trade war which h……
“Isn’t such a ‘sanction’ in vain as I don’t have any assets abroad? Of course, I can also send US$100 to Mr Trump for freezing.”
Luo Huining, Director of the PRC Liaison Office in Hong Kong
This……
Hong Kong currently sits at the center of the Chinese world. Long a meeting place of East and West some now call it the Berlin of the new Cold War or a battlefield of ideologies between the authorita……
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hong Kong City
Source: Unattributed graphic from HK protest Telegram channel
An hour before Midnight
One hour before midnight on 30 June 2020 the Law of……
June should have seen the United States host the 46th G7 summit which brings together the leaders of the top 7 industrialized nations of the world. As Covid19 continues to spread the in-person meetin……
The past week has seen China hold its annual rubber stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, the NPC. Delayed by two months, shortened by one week from the usual two, and held in Beijing und……
Countries around the world are slowly starting to lift Covid19 restrictions. Italy, Spain, Germany, and other EU states have opened shops and cafes and beleaguered citizens are cautiously resuming so……
China’s digital renminbi will overcome difficulties and lead innovation in the global monetary system
On April 16, 2020, the long-planned digital renminbi of China’s central bank has finally see……
“We’ve managed to get to the life raft, but I’m really unclear how we will get to the shore.” epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health when asked about the exit s……
