[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…
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The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
68 per cent of a New York clinic’s patients test positive for coronavirus antibodies
NEW YORK, Jul 11, 2020, CNN. New data suggests that working-class and minority neighborhoods hit…
[Analytics] What does the future hold for relations between Vietnam and US?
As the 25th anniversary of US-Viet Nam diplomatic ties draws near, Professor H. Bruce Franklin,…
US tech restrictions risk losing Chinese market: Xinhua
NEW YORK, Jul 11, 2020, Xinhua. The U.S. government has constantly tightened its technological restrictions…
S. Korea, US may cancel summertime combined exercise due to COVID-19: sources
SEOUL, Jul 11, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea and the United States appear increasingly likely to…
[Analytics] Hong Kong: End of the global city?
On 1 July, Hong Kong made the first arrests under its controversial new National Security…
[Post-Covid World] How Covid-19 will change air travel as we know it
In 2001, air travel was dealt a massive blow by the 11 September attacks, and…
WHO experts to visit China as part of Covid-19 investigation
BEIJING, Jul 10, 2020, AP. Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two…
[Analytics] How the US is diving into a dark Covid-19 hole
There is no plan. As the US plunges into an ever deeper coronavirus morass, setting…
China refutes US accusations over South China Sea military exercises
BEIJING, Jul 10, 2020, Xinhua. A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday refuted the accusations made…
Trump and Lopez Obrador underline the outstanding relationship between the two countries
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 10, 2020, Merco Press. President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed his “outstanding…
US revokes permission for Pakistan International Airlines to operate special direct flights
ISLAMABAD, Jul 10, 2020, Dawn. The United States transport authority has revoked the permission granted…
[Analytics] Two elephants are fighting
The recent clash between India and China in Ladakh highlighted that these two Asian giants…
‘I don’t know what the end goal is’ in trade war with China: US negotiator Robert Lighthizer
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 10, 2020, SCMP. America’s top trade negotiator says he doesn’t know what…
US approves $2B Osprey aircraft sale to Indonesia
JAKARTA, Jul 9, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Indonesia could soon get eight MV-22 Block C Osprey…