US president-elect Donald Trump’s surprise pick of Pete Hegseth, a television host and army veteran, to be his Pentagon chief is expected to inject more unpredictability into the already fragile US-China military relationship, according to analysts. Hegseth, 44, is a Fox News political commentator and a military veteran who served tours of duty in Iraq … Read more
Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House was not the surprise it was when he won his first term, Chinese officials have said, and this time, policy strategy and contingencies have been planned well in advance. When Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, Beijing, like the rest of world, was caught off guard … Read more
China should cut red tape around international cultural exchanges and relax its internet controls to prevent the worsening of its information “decoupling” from the world, a leading academic said. Wang Wen, dean and professor of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, noted that China had become a target for criticism by Western … Read more
It calls national security “a pivotal foundation for ensuring steady and sustained progress in Chinese modernisation”. “We will strengthen the institutions and mechanisms for early warning, prevention and control, and protection against risks to China’s interests and investments overseas and deepen international law enforcement cooperation in the realm of security,” it reads. This is to … Read more
Since the third plenum of China’s 19th Central Committee’s in 2018, economists and academics have offered advice on how Beijing should plan its economic strategies. And with the tone-setting third plenum of the new Central Committee set to take place next week in Beijing to chart China’s long-term growth path, we look at four of … Read more
Next, she tried for a clerical job with the military, and failed again. “I felt that I desired freedom too much to get in,” said Li, who now works as a website editor in Beijing. 03:15 Young feminist defies Chinese government’s childbearing drive as population shrinks Young feminist defies Chinese government’s childbearing drive as population … Read more
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