[Analytics] Will Chinese students study abroad post-COVID-19?
Western universities are confronting the looming challenge that students from mainland China may no longer…
China
The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy primaries
HONG KONG, Jul 12, 2020, AP. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers turned up over…
China’s July talks with Vatican will have Taiwan looming in background
Beijing and the Vatican will sit down for talks this month, extending their decades-long dialogue…
[Analytics] Trump’s views on Taiwan and Asia in Bolton’s book
Former national Security Advisor John Bolton’s recent book, which was published in late June, has…
Beijing’s epidemic situation related to Xinfadi market under effective control: Officials
BEIJING, Jul 12, 2020, Xinhua. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)…
Two missing in south China biofuel plant blast
SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Jul 12, 2020, Reuters. Two people were missing and two injured after an explosion…
Central govt let China capture Indian territory: Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI, Jul 12, 2020, HT. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again attacked the…
Taiwan ships pork to Macau after 24-year hiatus
TAIPEI, Jul 11, 2020, CNA. Pork from Taiwan arrived in Macau for the first time…
First UAE-China digital expo kicks off on July 15
DUBAI, Jul 11, 2020, Khaleej Times. The first edition of the China-UAE Economic and Trade…
[Analytics] What does US leaving the WHO mean for Taiwan’s campaign to rejoin?
As the US begins the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation, it raises…
US tech restrictions risk losing Chinese market: Xinhua
NEW YORK, Jul 11, 2020, Xinhua. The U.S. government has constantly tightened its technological restrictions…
[Analytics] Hong Kong: End of the global city?
On 1 July, Hong Kong made the first arrests under its controversial new National Security…