[Analytics] Can Belt and Road reverse sagging fortunes of China’s trade war-hit northeastern ports?
The rust belt region is focused on drawing more firms from Japan and South Korea…
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[Analytics] Currencies fight: Chinese yuan vs US dollar
Beijing allowed its currency, the yuan, to weaken to more than 7 per U.S. dollar…
Mexico City begins project to rehabilitate National Canal
MEXICO CITY, Aug 6, 2019, Milenio. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has announced the start…
US starts talks on new agreements with Pacific states
PALIKIR, Aug 6, 2019, RNZ. The US has started negotiations to renew agreements with its…
Secret Cambodian-Chinese military base agreement is a fake news: gov’t spokesman
PHNOM PENH, Aug 5, 2019, The Phnom Penh Post. A senior Ministry of National Defence…
[Analytics] China ‘political warfare’ targets US-affiliated Pacific islands
Although little attention is paid to the US island territories and associated states in the…
S. Korea-U.S. military exercise begins despite N. Korea warnings
SEOUL, Aug 5, 2019, Kyodo. South Korea and the United States began a joint military…
Suspect and 9 others dead, at least 16 wounded in Oregon District shooting
DAYTON, Aug 4, 2019, Dayton Daily News. A shooting with multiple fatalities and several people…
20 dead, at least 26 wounded when gunman attacks Texas shoppers in Wallmart
EL PASO, Aug 4, 2019, Los Angeles Times. With the rattle of gunfire and the…
Mongolia’s agreement with US will not affect relations with Moscow, Beijing
MOSCOW, Aug 3, 2019, TASS. The declaration on strategic partneship between Ulaanbaatar and Washington signed…
[Analytics] Russia’s latest sanctions a year in the making, but surprises everyone
Just when everyone thought the political risk has come off of the Russian securities market,…
[Analytics] China’s next dilemma: surging household borrowing
The next wave of debt worries to spook global markets will come from Chinese households….