Australia to build guided missiles to boost defense capacity
WELLINGTON, Mar 31, 2021, AP. Australia announced Wednesday it would begin building its own guided…
USA
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.
Biden has no intention of meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 30, 2021, Al Jazeera. US President Joe Biden does not intend to…
Donald Trump uses new website to rewrite history of his presidency
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 30, 2021, The Guardian. Donald Trump has launched a new website celebrating…
[Analytics] What is going on with China, cotton and all of these clothing brands?
Last week, calls for the cancellation of H&M and other Western brands went out across…
At least 2 dead, 8 wounded on ‘very chaotic night’ in US
VIRGINIA BEACH, Mar 27, 2021, Fox News. Multiple shootings — one of them involving a…
Biden invites Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to climate summit
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 27, 2021, CNBC. President Joe Biden on Friday said that Vladimir Putin…
China’s goal is not to replace United States: Ambassador
BEIJING, Mar 26, 2021, CNN. China’s goal is not to replace the United States as…
Facebook says it blocked hackers in China who were trying to spy on Uyghur Muslims abroad
GUANGZHOU, Mar 25, 2021, CNBC. Facebook said Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers…
[Analytics] A cautionary tale for China’s ambitious chipmakers
In 2019, the U.S. sanctioned two major Chinese telecom firms, temporarily cutting them off from…
Biden calls on US Congress to pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 24, 2021, Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden urged Congress to swiftly pass…
China’s retaliatory sanctions on the EU set the stage for how Beijing will respond to other global powers
BEIJING, Mar 23, 2021, CNBC. Rising pressure from major global powers is giving the Chinese…
[Analytics] US must not treat Korean Peninsula issue as dependent variable of its China strategy
The US and China disagreed sharply over human rights issues during high-level talks in Anchorage,…