Covid Vaccine Patent Protection Debate: Not the Time for Ideological Squabbling
With the rise of a deadly new variant, the world stands at a historic crossroads. We cannot afford any more leadership failures.
With the rise of a deadly new variant, the world stands at a historic crossroads. We cannot afford any more leadership failures.
China recently released the findings from its 7th population census. While it revealed what many already knew – slowing population growth and a declining birth rate – the census also provided a rare snapshot into modern China.
China’s Long March 5B rocket descended to Earth on May 9, with most of it breaking up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Yet the incident once again opened up questions regarding the safety, reliability and purpose of China’s space program.
The digital payments system is currently in wide use throughout the world and a sovereign digital currency can be the right step forward.
Before you get too excited about the 60 million doses, please remember these planned shipments will contain only the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not approved for use in the United States.
India should be well-advised not to be fascinated with the U.S.-led Quad at the expense of relationship with China. India must not let the U.S. fire its guns against China over its shoulders.
Ping-pong diplomacy may have been used in 1971 to help normalise ties between China and the United States, but its legacy is still just as relevant today as the two countries experience their most serious problems for three-decades.
Xi’s 2021 Boao speech is a manifestation of the resolve of the world’s second-largest economy that its door of opening up will not be deflected from the path of openness and globalization.
The Australian Government may have rejected BRI, but smart Australian businesses know that this is where the future lies.
Developed nations have long been responsible for the effects of climate change, with United States President Joe Biden calling for them to do more and “step-up”. But many are still failing to answer this call.
As the cliche goes, there is not much there, meaning the all-too-popular narrative about China has driven this more than 200-page effort to further strain Washington-Beijing relations.
Relations between China and the United States have hit their rockiest point for decades but cooperating on climate change has the potential to be a point of rapprochement for both sides to build from.