Category: Asia
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China recalibrating its policy towards Taiwan after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Photo by: Reuters Author: Marián Šeliga A widely accepted narrative among Western analysts and experts implies that China is extremely cautious when dealing with the issue of providing help to Moscow after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to these experts China is fully aware of possible secondary sanctions from the United States and Western countries…
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China’s role in the new world of sanctions
Recently, there is a lot of discussion about the term “(first) world economic war” in the system of international relations. This term mainly defines the unprecedented economic and financial sanctions that the United States and Western countries have imposed and continue to impose on Russia. Although sanctions in the hands of the United States and…
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Shanghai faces unprecedented lockdown
Photo taken by Mfame.guru Author: Marián Šeliga Shanghai, the city with the largest container port in the world, was placed under a two-stage lockdown on March 28 in connection with the recent massive outbreak of Omikron in the city. Shanghai’s authorities have not yet announced when restrictions will be lifted. The EU chamber of Commerce…
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China’s BRI in the Central and Eastern Europe (I).
Author: Marián Šeliga This article is the first in a series of articles devoted to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Content: This article analyzes the current state of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, the latest projects realised within…
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: sports, money and politics
Photo: Reuters Author: Igor Zarodov (Russian expert on China and sinologist) Contrary to the generally accepted ideological imperative and the Olympic ideal that sport and politics should not influence each other, the fact that politics is involved in sport cannot be denied in the modern real world. The victories of athletes and the sports industry…
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RUSSIA AND CHINA HOLD JOINT NAVAL EXERCISES: how China pursues its national security strategy by expanding its naval presence
Written by Igor Zarodov (Russian expert on China and sinologist) A joint Russian-Chinese naval drill took place in the western part of the Arabian Sea. The naval forces of China at the joint naval exercises called “Peaceful Sea-2022” were represented by the guided-missile destroyer “Urumqi” and the complex supply ship “Taihu”. The exercise has once…
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Chinese developer EVERGRANDE is in trouble. Are we on the brink of another financial crisis?
People watching the stock markets have certainly noticed that the Chinese property developer Evergrande’s liquidity crisis shook stock markets in Asia, Europe and the US. On monday the shares of Evergrande fell by almost 10% and the bad trend will continue. (The shares of Evergrande have already fallen by 80% this year). Yesterday’s slump in…
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