[Analytics] Australia’s vision of leadership in the Indo-Pacific
The recent speech by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne was an implicit message to the…
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.
Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
NEW YORK, Jul 16, 2020, BBC. Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are…
Taiwan holds live-fire drill during war games as tensions rise
TAIPEI, Jul 16, 2020, Al Jazeera. Taiwan’s army is carrying out a live-fire drill in…
Business is treating Hong Kong as mainland China
HONG KONG, JUl 16, 2020, CNN Business. The relationship between China and the West is…
China firmly opposes US signing Hong Kong-related act into law
BEIJING, Jul 16, 2020, Xinhua. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns the move of the…
Putin opposes US plan to extend Iran sanctions
MOSCOW, Jul 15, 2020, Anadolu Agency. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that sanctions…
US to see over 224,000 coronavirus deaths by Nov 1 if Americans still won’t wear masks
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 15, 2020, Reuters. A newly revised University of Washington model projects the…
Asian markets are trading with a weak bias amid the resurgence of US-China tensions
HONG KONG, Jul 14, 2020, Asia Times. Asian markets are trading with a weak bias…
America shuts down again – choosing reality over Trump’s false claims
While President Donald Trump obsesses about his reelection hopes in his White House bubble, state…
China denies burial to its soldiers killed in Galwan clash to cover up its blunder: Report
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 14, 2020, ToI. It seems China is not willing to recognise the…
US president Trump downplays rift with coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 14, 2020, SCMP. US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had…
South China Sea dispute: China’s pursuit of resources ‘unlawful’, says US
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 14, 2020, BBC. China’s pursuit of offshore resources in parts of the…