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Xi’s COVID Conundrum

Post author:Eva Jodar
Post published:22/01/2021
Post category:Pandemic Paradox

Source: South China Morning Post / XinhuaA group of frontline medical workers await impatiently in front of a giant screen for the most powerful man in China. On February 11th…

Suga and Biden’s camaraderie relation on the rocks

Post author:Berta Pereda Asencio
Post published:06/01/2021
Post category:PEACE WAR AND PEACE

+ The camaraderie between Biden and Suga has been reflected over the Senkaku Islands dispute. + Islets that have held a strategic position since two centuries ago. + Uninhabited land disputed by…

Merkel’s Heat Level: Her Chilly approach to China stands alone

Post author:Maria Paula Jijon
Post published:30/07/2020
Post category:HOT or NOT

+ Angela Merkel has failed to denounce China over the internment camps in Xinjiang and the New Security Law in Hong Kong. + Both externally and internally, her allies urge the…

Lebanese leaders’ camaraderie with Xi Jinping: An East shift for the Lebanese economy

Post author:Claudia María Yáñez Sangil
Post published:24/07/2020
Post category:PEACE WAR AND PEACE

+ The IMF doesn’t seem to be the solution for Lebanon’s deep recession.+ Xi Jinping’s government has its sight set on Lebanon.+ Hassan Nasrallah has declared his preference to strengthen…

Mike Pompeo’s heat level: A Blazing Attack on Huawei’s 5G Networks

Post author:David Salinger
Post published:19/07/2020
Post category:HOT or NOT

+ The UK announced it would ban Huawei from its 5G networks by 2027.+ Mike Pompeo’s foreign policy against Huawei is producing results.+ Tensions between China and the West are…

Xi Jinping’s Heat Level: China’s freezing repression of the Uighurs

Post author:David Salinger
Post published:12/07/2020
Post category:HOT or NOT

Source: Forbes / Associated Press+ Xi Jinping is under fire over his repeated human rights abuses.+ A filing has been submitted to the ICC over the repression.+ Evidence of China…

Xi’s Heat Level: A blazing new Security Law ends with Hong Kong’s autonomy and its rule of law

Post author:Maria Paula Jijon
Post published:09/07/2020
Post category:HOT or NOT

+ A New Security Law was passed by Xi and applied to the island; Hong Kongers were not part of the process. + Crimes of subversion, succession, terrorism, and collusion are…

Ursula von der Leyen’s frenemies with Xi Jinping: Trade interdependence but different values

Post author:Claudia María Yáñez Sangil
Post published:01/07/2020
Post category:PEACE WAR AND PEACE

+ Von der Leyen’s European Commission has identified China as one of the main perpetrators of online misinformation about coronavirus in the EU. + EU leaders do not want to abandon…

Bashar Al-Assad’s Romance with Vladimir Putin: Russian strikes ended the ceasefire in Syria

Post author:Clémence Bouchet
Post published:21/06/2020
Post category:PEACE WAR AND PEACE

+First Russian strikes in the NorthWest of Syria since March+Putin strengthens military and diplomatic alliance with Al-Assad +Putin positions himself as an arbitrator in the never-ending Syrian WarSource: Reuters Why is…

Liu He’s Heat Level: Hot crack down on IP enforcement in the US-China Economic and Trade Agreement

Post author:Luisa Morely Serrano
Post published:15/06/2020
Post category:HOT or NOT

+ The much anticipated phase one of the US-China deal renewed commitments on Intellectual Property (‘IP’).+ A ruthless eradication of IP theft not only would benefit the US economy, but…