As the US faces isolation in UN over Middle East, China emerges as the responsible power
NEW YORK, May 20, 2021, Reuters. United States isolation at the United Nations over efforts…
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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.
[Analytocs] A tough agenda for Biden and Moon’s first summit
Festina lente: make haste slowly. Will this principle set the tenor for the 21 May…
Russia set to abandon overflight treaty
MOSCOW, May 19, 2021, AAP. The Russian parliament’s lower house has voted to withdraw from…
Launch of direct Vietnam-US flight routes a challenging journey
HANOI, May 16, 2021, VN Express. Acquiring flight slots at U.S. airports is only the…
As US pulls out of Afghanistan, China sees opportunities
BEIJING, May 16, 2021, CNN. China is conflicted about Afghanistan. Speaking at a forum of…
Amazon launches a free video streaming service in India
NEW DELHI, May 15, 2021, TechCrunch. Amazon has long maintained that its video streaming service,…
Tesla’s Model Y slumps in China sales rankings
BEIJING, May 14, 2021, CNBC. Sales of Tesla’s newest model for the Chinese market lost…
China defends Quad warning to Bangladesh
BEIJING, May 13, 2021, PTI. China on Wednesday accused the Quad of being an “exclusive…
US intel chief Haines visits DMZ amid policy coordination efforts on N. Korea
SEOUL, May 13, 2021, Yonhap. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines visited the Demilitarized…
New North Korean book highlights ‘trust’ between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump
SEOUL, May 12, 2021, NK News. North Korean state media released a new propaganda book…
Japan’s SoftBank returns to profit on global stock boom
TOKYO, May 12, 2021, AP. Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. returned to profitability for…
China blames the US for hyping fears of uncontrolled rocket reentry as space race heats up
HONG KONG, May 10, 2021, CNN. For a week, China’s Long March 5B grabbed global…