On June 3, President Biden issued a ban on investment in 59 Chinese companies, with only 3 newly sanctioned ones, which were also found out to be military and airline companies that China did not allo……
1. Failure of an honor student
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan had been praised as a successful case (honor student) for the prevention of epidemics because there were almost no infe……
Seven Years, Seven Weeks
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Moral hazard has been a problem in Chinese capital markets since they were founded. Basically, the idea is that the government will always be there to orchestra a bailout of a failing c……
On April 16, 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign head of state to meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House since the latter took office. The summit was hel……
1. Warning from a senior U.S. official
“Taiwan is clearly one of their [China’s] ambitions before then. And I think the threat is manifest during this decade, in fact in the next six years.”
Philip ……
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1. The Pineapple Import Ban–A Trade Issue or a Government Issue?
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