Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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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……
“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……
On February 23, President Xi Jinping released an important statement at the Conference on Prevention and Control of the Outbreak of COVID-19 and Economic and Social Development Tasks. President Xi ann……
[This article is a special contribution by Kazunari Shirai, Director of Global Research Institute on Chinese Issues.]
The stock markets crash across the world this time is equal to the plunge seen ……
This time is different. Too often that phrase has been invoked in finance or economics to justify countries or companies living beyond their means. Always used to try and claim that the rules don’t ……
Responsibility for the global epidemic lies with Xi Jinping, and the root cause is the appeasement and suppression of free speech fostered by single-party rule. Prime Minister Abe’s appeasement of Xi ……
In order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Abe government has unveiled measures piecemeal on the go. In its basic policy, announced at the end of last month, the government did not i……
