Should President Trump follow through on his threat to pull funding from the WHO in the midst of a global pandemic, the international reputation of the United States will suffer significantly indeed. For many, it will serve only to reinforce the idea that America is no longer the global leader it used to be.
The Government Work Report puts the people’s basic income and living conditions at priority, to secure a growth in their income with the growth of economy.
China’s geographical landscape plays an important role in guiding how officials administer poverty alleviation policy across the country. Atule’er village, a 200-year old settlement perched on the edge of a sheer cliff face in Sichuan province, is one such place where poverty is being addressed through this method.
The Trump administration is reportedly using both “sticks and carrots” in an effort to encourage allies to toe its radical line on China.
All available evidence shows that the novel coronavirus is natural in origin and not man-made.
A perfect storm of current underlining China-US tensions, supply-chain issues during the coronavirus and the promise of support from national governments has led experts to suggest a “large-scale exodus” of international companies abandoning China is imminent. Or is it?
May 8 will mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe. While the stories of D-Day and Dunkirk are well versed, China’s resistance against Japan is one of the great untold stories of the Second World War and one that contributed heavily to the Allies victory.
In casting China as the new American boogeyman in order to boost campaign polling, Republican hawks are playing a very dangerous game.
Hawkish views within the Trump administration and the Wolf Amendment make any collaboration between China and the US in space difficult. But as both sides begin an unprecedented few years’ in space exploration and support for the amendment wanes, is now a chance for both countries to review cooperation among the stars?
Pandemics have historically shown to be fertile breeding grounds for the spread and acceptance of bizarre conspiracy theories.
Whether a more uniting narrative of liberty versus tyranny or a more partisan narrative of public health versus the economy prevails, anti-lockdown protests look set to become an increasingly common spectacle in America.
Despite the nature of the package agreed, there is real confidence from government officials and economists that it can help China’s economy rebound in Q2 and even end the year with overall GDP growth of between three to five percent.
