Kim Jong-un opens new ‘socialist utopia’ town featuring luxury ski resort and hotels
SAMJIYON, Dec 4, 2019, News.com.au. Kim Jong-un has officially opened a new town in North…
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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.
[Analytics] Russia opens Siberian pipeline to China as Beijing expands its influence in the Arctic
The pipeline comes after China unveiled a plan nearly two years ago called the “Polar…
‘Some good things can happen’: At NATO, Trump talks nuclear deals with Russia and China but his record tells another story
LONDON, Dec 4, 2019, RT. US President Donald Trump once again brought up the possibility…
Huawei moving US research center to Canada
BEIJING, Dec 4, 2019, AFP. The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is…
US flies additional spy planes over S. Korea: Aviation tracker
SEOUL, Dec 3, 2019, Yonhap. U.S. reconnaissance aircraft again flew over the Korean Peninsula, an…
[Analytics] Trump’s weird tariff move has just shown why Australia is vulnerable
The Tariff Man has struck again, this time blindsiding and unnerving allies and markets with…
NASA finds Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram with help of Indian engineer
NEW DELHI, Dec 3, 2019, Hindustan Times. Almost three months after Chandrayaan 2—India’s second mission…
N. Korea warns again of year-end deadline set for US
TOKYO, Dec 3, 2019, Kyodo. North Korea on Tuesday again urged the United States not…
US Attorney General disputes key Justice Department finding about FBI’s Russia investigation
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 3, 2019, WP. Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he…
Vietnam invests over 458 million USD abroad in 11 months
HANOI, Dec 2, 2019, VNA. Vietnamese businesses invested 458.8 million USD in 31 foreign markets…
[Analytics] Need to reimagine strategic narratives about China
International strategic thinking aims to balance national economic and security interests, and de-emphasise myriad subjective…
[Analytics] South China Sea tensions hot and getting hotter
The United States and China have doubled down on their struggle for dominance of the…