Category: World
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A Middle Power Goes Its Own Way: Canada Rebalances Between Washington and Beijing
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, Advisor to the Board of J&T bank Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited China last week, becoming the first Canadian leader to make an official trip to Beijing in nearly a decade. During the visit, Canada and China reached an agreement to significantly reset their economic and trade…
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China’s “too big to fail” property giant is facing serious challenges
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk at J&T Bank The Chinese property developer Vanke* is facing the most challenging period in its history. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict deleveraging measures introduced under President Xi Jinping, together with a steep fall in apartment sales, have placed many Chinese property developers under severe…
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Chinese Media Respond to Trump’s Actions in Venezuela
Author: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, J&T Bank a.s. This is the first article in a series devoted to Venezuela–China relations, a topic that has moved to the forefront following the alleged abduction of Venezuela’s current president by U.S. special military forces. This initial article examines how the events have been officially covered by…
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From Tianjin to Tiananmen: SCO Summit Highlights Xi’s Global Governance Initiative, India’s Balancing Act, and Russia–China Advance Pipeline Deal
By Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, Advisor to the Board at J&T Banka Xi opens SCO summit in Tianjin with speech calling for reforming current global governance system India’s Prime Minister takes part in the summit and shakes hands with Xi Jinping The summit, along with the information released on its sidelines, signals that…
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Who Is Yulia Svyrydenko? Ukraine’s New Prime Minister at 39
The change in government comes as protesters decry Kyiv’s move against anti-corruption reforms By: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, J&T Bank Education: Yulia Svyrydenko was born on December 25, 1985, in Chernihiv. Her father headed the regional branch of Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee, while her mother worked in the regional administration. She has a brother,…
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BRICS Summit: Brazil Hosts Without Putin and Xi
Written by: Marián Šeliga, Advisor to the Board and Head of China desk at J&T bank Since taking office in 2013, Xi Jinping has attended every BRICS summit until now. However, he did not participate in the latest summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sending Premier Li Qiang in his place. This is not the…
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The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa: new members invited, but no breakthrough on other tracks achieved
By: Marián Šeliga The 15th BRICS summit, which took place from August 22nd to 24th in South Africa, has reaffirmed the growing aspirations of developing and emerging nations to assume a more impactful role on the global stage. Current BRICS summit was first in-person gathering in four years after the COVID-19 pandemic. BRICS member countries…
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