The relations between China and Australia were already tense and it took a turn for the worst this week after Beijing announced an indefinite suspension of all activities that were being undertaken under a high-level economic dialogue with Australia –… Read More ›
Geopolitics
US Secretary of State on Chinese investment in the West
In a statement U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, Western nations have to be very careful about the exact nature of Chinese investment in their economies. “I think we have to be very careful about exactly what the nature… Read More ›
China abruptly suspends economic dialog mechanism with Australia
On Thursday, in the latest setback to China-Australia relations, Beijing has “indefinitely” suspended all activities under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, said its state economic planner. “Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the… Read More ›
U.S. Secretary of Defense to attend Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit in Singapore in June
In a statement organizers of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit, which is scheduled to be held in Singapore next month said, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be attending the security summit. The annual meeting was cancelled in 2020… Read More ›
G7 increases focus on malignant threats from China, Russia
On Tuesday, in a significant development, Britain is set to agree to a firm decisive stand from its G7 partners to protect democracies against global threats stemming from China and Russia. Hosting the event, Britain is likely to lay the… Read More ›
Indian Govt. Orders Twitter To Remove Critical Virus Posts, Anger Erupts On Social Media
There was outrage in India after the government ordered the social media platform Twitter to remove posts that criticised the role of the government in the manner in which it had handled the massive second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic…. Read More ›
Tesla Accused Of Being Arrogant With Mounting Pressure On The Firm In China
The United States based electric car maker Tesla has been branded as being an arrogant company in on Chinese social media platforms as well as by Chinese state media and regulators following outrage on social media in the country after… Read More ›
Strategies For Achieving Zero Emissions By 2050 Being Made By Taiwan
Following severe criticism by green groups of the Taiwanese government of not doing enough to fight climate change, Taiwan has started a process of making an assessment of how it can achieve a target of zero emissions by 2050. This… Read More ›
Australia-China Relations Get Worse With Canberra Cancelling Road And Belt Initiative Deals
The already strained relations between Australia and China degraded further after Australia scrapped agreements linked to China’s Belt and Road initiative. This move has provoked anger from Beijing. The Australian federal government made use of its new powers to cancel… Read More ›
China’s Economy Continued Rebound From Pandemic With 18.3% Q1 Growth
The Chinese economy reported a 18.3 per cent growth in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago – when the economy was severely battered by the covid-19 pandemic. This is the highest quarterly growth of the… Read More ›