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The Block 2023-03-25Hong Kong was once an epicenter of crypto activity, but it's lost that status amidst a broader clampdown by Chinese authorities on digital assets and the more recent exodus of talent during several years of especially strict Covid-related quarantine measures. In an effort to regain its standing, the province introduced a new licensing regime this...
The best memes about Boris Johnson's partygate hearing
The Independent 2023-03-23As you are probably aware by now, Boris Johnson has given his evidence to the Commons privileges committee around the partygate controversy. The former prime minister spent hours trying to protest...
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Tesla's 50% discount in China creates ‘havoc’ in the market
Live Mint 2023-03-23Tesla Inc. triggered a price war in China that’s poised to reshape the world’s biggest car market, with hefty discounts threatening to drive some automakers out of business.It started in October. Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker — a major player in hyper-competitive China — cut prices on models produced at its enormous factory on the outskirts of...
US protectionism eroding its allure in Asia
Asiatimes 2023-03-22Protectionist trade policies and the lack of an economic agenda for East and Southeast Asia have become central themes in critiques of US policy towards the region and its approach to managing US-China “strategic competition.” According to these accounts, US protectionism undermines its economic draw in East Asia — and the political leverage...
Ex-UK PM Johnson faces ‘Partygate’ parliamentary grilling
Al Jazeera 2023-03-22Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson has said he inadvertently misled parliament over the “Partygate” scandal but blamed top aides, ahead of a televised grilling that could determine his political fate. Johnson re-enters the bear pit of parliamentary inquisition on Wednesday for the grilling by the cross-party privileges committee that is...
UAE calling for multilateralism, trust in a fragmented world in order to combat global challenges
Gulf News 2023-03-21Abu Dhabi: The world is currently experiencing one of its greatest levels of geoeconomic fragmentation in the modern era, with $12 trillion (Dh44 trillion) at risk of being wiped off the global GDP each year, says a top UAE official. Amid this atmosphere of mistrust, the UAE is striving to bring back multilateralism and international cooperation in...
Boris Johnson makes last-ditch bid to discredit Partygate inquiry
The Observer 2023-03-19A defiant Boris Johnson is preparing an extraordinary televised defence of his actions during the Partygate scandal, as his allies this weekend accused the parliamentary inquiry into the affair of relying on weak evidence compiled by a former civil servant recruited by the Labour party. With a potentially explosive appearance at the Commons...
Why China's actions toward Ukraine and Russia could shape the course of future geopolitics
Alternet 2023-03-17China has sought to portray itself as a neutral party in the Russia-Ukraine War. But Beijing's balancing act masks its support for the Kremlin that enables it to continue its campaign. Days before the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2023, U.S. officials claimed that China was considering providing Russia with...
Can asylum seekers in Europe survive the cost-of-living crisis?
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Texas judge to consider banning abortion pill in US
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China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East
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From the US to Africa: how China sees the world as Xi’s third term begins
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