“The world expects, I believe, China and the United States to play key roles in addressing global challenges, from climate changes to food insecurity, and for us to be able to work together,” U.S. President Joe Biden said at his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali where world leaders are meeting for the […]
The leaders of the U.S. and China are meeting amid high tension, but both have reason to lower the temperature. Here’s how they could. Read More Here
US leader signals he is not on a destabilising warpath while bloc fails as ever to address various pressing regional issues. Read More Here
Investors seem convinced that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s new leadership lacks the knowhow and independence to mount an effective response to the profound economic challenges the country faces. Whether they are proved right or wrong depends – like virtually everything else in China nowadays – on the man at the top. Read More Here
The Chinese leader met Germany’s Olaf Scholz last week before appearances in Indonesia and Thailand later this month. Read More Here
Today, Africa still exists at the margins of the global order, largely excluded from international institutions and treated as a basket case to be fixed. Read More Here
The COVID-19 crisis brought a significant increase in government and multilateral investments in public health in Africa. If leveraged appropriately, these funds could substantially boost Africa’s capacity to respond to future health emergencies, endemic diseases, and pandemics. Read More Here
Li Qiang’s appointment shows China is still on a private-led high-tech path and not at all reverting to Maoism Read More Here
China’s Xi Jinping secured a third leadership term and introduced a new Politburo Standing Committee that is stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Read More Here
Regardless of which top Chinese officials appear on stage alongside Xi Jinping at this month’s Party Congress, certain fundamental issues will remain at the center of debates about China’s place in the world. Any changes in leadership will reflect differences in style, not substance. Read More Here
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