Xi’s COVID Conundrum
Source: South China Morning Post / Xinhua A group of frontline medical workers await impatiently in front of a giant screen for the most powerful man in China. On February…
Suga and Biden’s camaraderie relation on the rocks
+ 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
+ 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…
Lebanese leaders’ camaraderie with Xi Jinping: An East shift for the Lebanese economy
+ 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…
Mike Pompeo’s heat level: A Blazing Attack on Huawei’s 5G Networks
+ 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…
Xi Jinping’s Heat Level: China’s freezing repression of the Uighurs
+ 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 ethnically cleansing…
Xi’s Heat Level: A blazing new Security Law ends with Hong Kong’s autonomy and its rule of law
+ 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…
Ursula von der Leyen’s frenemies with Xi Jinping: Trade interdependence but different values
+ 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…
Bashar Al-Assad’s Romance with Vladimir Putin: Russian strikes ended the ceasefire in Syria
+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 War Source:…
Liu He’s Heat Level: Hot crack down on IP enforcement in the US-China Economic and Trade Agreement
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 would…