Tag: Analysis
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Pipeline deal to send Russian gas to China shows Beijing’s dominance in the relationship
The head of Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom says it has a deal to build a pipeline to China, but there are many unanswered questions about ... -
Proud of peace, progress
As doves of peace soared into the sky, a child’s gaze, full of wonder, followed them into the depths beyond the blue. When the synchronized footsteps ... -
Summit could challenge US dominance and lend weight to China’s vision of a multipolar world
The leaders of Russia, China, India and seven other nations met yesterday in northern China for the latest annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in ... -
China is expanding into digital currencies, hoping to promote use of its ‘people’s money’
China has been expanding use of digital currencies as it promotes wider use of its yuan, or renminbi, to reflect its status as the world’s second-largest ... -
Trump’s pursuit of meeting with Xi reveals the complex web of US-China relations
China, the adversary. China, the friend? These days, maybe a bit of both. From easing export controls to reportedly blocking the Taiwanese leader’s plans to travel ... -
Reference to Trump’s impeachments removed from a history museum
It would seem the most straightforward of notions: A thing takes place, and it goes into the history books or is added to museum exhibits. But ... -
A battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its grinding war with Israel
The bombing has quieted in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel. Now its battered theocracy and 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei must regroup and rebuild in ... -
Beijing, a longtime friend of Tehran, turns to cautious diplomacy in Iran’s war with Israel
When Israel attacked Iran nearly two weeks ago, the Chinese government, a longtime friend of Iran, jumped into action — at least, when it came to ... -
Five cities rise as international centers for consumption
China is accelerating the building of five major cities — Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou in Guangdong province, Tianjin and Chongqing — into international consumption centers on a ... -
Critical minerals give China an edge in trade negotiations
China’s dominance over critical minerals in global supply chains was a powerful bargaining chip in trade talks between Beijing and Washington that concluded with both sides ... -
A soccer mystery: Why mighty China fails at the world’s biggest sport
In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country’s woeful men’s soccer team. ... -
Threatened by Trump tariffs, Japan walks a delicate tightrope between US and China
Just as Japan’s top trade negotiator traveled to Washington for another round of tariff talks last week, a bipartisan delegation bearing the name of “Japan-China Friendship” ... -
Trump’s tariffs loom over the economy as shipments from China fall
American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and hunkering down to see what trade policy surprises President Donald Trump plans to spring on ... -
China’s solar boom reshapes global energy landscape – and GBA is part of it
Analysis In a landmark report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on March 26, the world saw its largest-ever leap in renewable energy installations ... -
Trump’s desire to ‘un-unite’ Russia and China is unlikely to work
Is the U.S. angling for a repeat of the Sino-Russian split? In an Oct. 31, 2024, interview with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, President Donald Trump argued ... -
Beijing an upholder of trade system centered on WTO
Unilateral measures, be they tariffs or economic sanctions against a particular country or particular countries, are often not compatible with World Trade Organization rules. Among all ... -
Chinese premier and the American president: Two leaders, two speeches, two differing world visions
Their words came just an hour apart this week — two major speeches by two of the world’s most powerful leaders, delivered on opposite sides of ... -
Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage
President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to America’s biggest ... -
Hong Kong: Engagement of society in GBA project at stake
Analysis A report this week by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) questioned the role of Hong Kong’s societal involvement in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) project. ... -
US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said yesterday [Macau time] that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the ... -
Inside the operations that took captive two North Korean soldiers fighting Ukraine
When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against ... -
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats and raised questions and concern about the ... -
China and US are moving closer as Trump returns to the White House
China’s relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more ... -
The Developed Economy Quandary – Declining Birthrates
Analysis Declining birth rates will continue to be a major concern across developed nations, no less China and Macau. In an era where we are told ... -
A diminished Biden heads to Peru, overshadowed by Xi
If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru today projecting confidence and ... -
UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world. Curbing and coping with climate change’s ... -
FIFA and IOC hold different track records with Trump ahead of World Cup and Olympics in US
The two biggest events in world sports are coming to America. And if President-elect Donald Trump is not thinking about them yet, organizers of the 2026 ... -
BRICS creates new opportunities for Africa
At the ongoing BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, the leaders of BRICS member states are focusing on strengthening strategic partnerships and enhancing the grouping’s role in ... -
Beijing unveils stimulus measures to revitalize the SARs economy
Beijing is stepping up its efforts to support the economies of Macau and Hong Kong with a targeted economic stimulus package aimed at revitalizing growth amid ... -
What is the 2006 UN resolution that some hope could help to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?
In 2006, after a bruising monthlong war between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militant group, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted for a resolution to ... -
US tariffs on China may backfire, experts warn
The high tariffs imposed by the United States on China have been isolating itself on trade-related issues, experts say. “At the end of the day, the ... -
Lessons from Red Sea and Black Sea fight help prep Navy for possible conflict in East Asia
The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians ... -
Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia
If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ current trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, ... -
Argentina eyes business connections with cities in GBA
Analysis Argentine companies are increasingly seeking to establish business connections with China’s largest production hub, driven by the deepening of China’s economic reforms and the ongoing ... -
Putin’s slow response to Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers
A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet ...
