Category: Asia
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The unprecedented interference of the Chinese government into the private sector raises the eyebrows of Western investors
Image taken from Depositphotos Alibaba, Didi, Tencent, Baidu and other Chinese tech giants under rising scrutiny of CCP. The recent government crackdown on China’s tutoring educational sector in China caused selloff on China tech stocks. Xi Jinping’s policy…
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Escalation in Afghanistan. Taliban gains the power in the Central Asian republic amid the withdrawal of US troops
Shortly after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the situation has worsened and the Taliban has begun its military operations. The Tajik government asks the CSTO to help resist Taliban pressure on the border with Afghanistan. Will Russia send troops to the Tajik border with Afghanistan? It was more than predictable that after the…
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China exports inflation: Why the prices of commodities matter? What is the response of Western countries?
As some media have pointed out recently, the post pandemic global economy is struggling with rising inflation. In some countries it takes the form of so-called “hidden” inflation, when only the prices of real estate properties are on the rise, but in some countries the prices are starting to grow in the retail segment as…
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative faces new challenges
Written by Marián Šeliga According to the latest report made by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is facing an increasingly complex geopolitical environment. The initiative, which was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, has been recently largely criticized by Western countries. The latter convict Beijing of…
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EU imposes sanctions against China. Brussels acts in concert with its western allies.
(Photo: Deposit Photos) If anyone in China or abroad believed that after Biden’s inauguration as the US president the overall situation in Sino-US relations would improve or at least there would be change of the deteriorating trend in those relations, recent events have completely destroyed even the most optimistic hopes for the better. The US and…
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The lessons to be learned from the fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC.
The fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held on Oct 26-29th. The main results of this plenary session were reflected in the communique which will be adopted at the meeting of the Chinese Parliament in 2021. Foreign analysts try to learn more about the main…
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China to launch its digital currency
As from the recent leakage it became evident that China will soon launch its own digital currency. The Central Bank of China announced at the end of April that it would carry out a closed test of central bank digital currency in four cities in China starting from May, 2020. This will be the first…
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