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.

[Analytics] China locked in hybrid war with US

Among the myriad, earth-shattering geopolitical effects of coronavirus, one is already graphically evident. China has…

China donates coronavirus reagent to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Mar 18, 2020, The Phnom Penh Post. China has donated “reagent” – a…

India rejects Jammu and Kashmir reference in Pakistan-China statement

NEW DELHI, Mar 18, 2020, Hindustan Times. China on Tuesday assured Pakistan it is paying…

China to deepen reform of government functions, enhance employment stability

BEIJING, Mar 18, 2020, Xinhua. China will deepen the reform of government functions, foster new…

Chinese warplanes in first-ever night flights near Taiwan

TAIPEI, Mar 17, 2020, Taiwan News. Chinese fighter jets and early warning aircraft were for…

Unofficial Chinese demand for Myanmar’s sugar rises

NAY PYI TAW, Mar 17, 2020, Myanmar Times. An estimated 50,000 tonnes of sugar that…

Travel ban on Europe urged in China

BEIJING, Mar 16, 2020, Global Times. While calls to urge China to ban flights from…

[Analytics] The Indo-Pacific Linus blanket

Countries, like the character Linus in the comic strip Peanuts, find it difficult to give…

Cambodia, China launch joint military exercise on anti-terrorism, humanitarian rescue

KAMPOT, Mar 16, 2020, Xinhua. Cambodia and China launched the fourth joint drill on counter-terrorism…

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