The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in north west China was once an area of great prosperity, famed for the guile and skill of its businessmen. Now, centuries later, a new generation of Xinjiang entrepreneurs are picking up the mantle in an effort to emulate the region’s former glories.
Western leaders, who were as quiet as church mice when Australia’s alleged war crimes were revealed, suddenly roared like lions when China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson shared a satirical cartoon.
On the two most significant issues of our time – the coronavirus pandemic and climate change — Donald Trump has consistently shown just how out of step the United States has become with the wider international community.
Now that the Tibet Autonomous Region has successfully shaken off the scourge of extreme poverty, attention has turned towards future development.
If countries are going to be able to look back in 75 years and say these laws have stood the test of time, then they will have to make sure that the problems on Earth do not transfer when making them for the Moon.
China’s decision to join COVAX is a significant move in the global fight against COVID-19. But with the initiative still yet to gain the support of the US and Russia, and countries still unilaterally ordering vaccines in their millions, vaccine nationalism continues to threaten the program’s work.
Due to the many travel restrictions in place urging citizens to avoid unnecessary international travel, a surge in domestic tourism looks set to become one of the biggest trends for the post-pandemic economy.
Encouraging commuters to return to work while a pandemic rages-on is an almost impossible task, but as countries that have dealt with the virus well have shown, it can be done.
Recent policy changes firmly point to a ‘reset’ in the UK-China relationship, and an abandonment of the positivity that defined both Cameron and Theresa May’s tenures. But the question for Johnson now is whether such a reset is still in Britain’s best interests?
600 million trips are expected to be made during China’s “Golden Week” holiday season, with its tourism sector expecting to rebound dramatically. But just what kind of impact will the COVID pandemic have on Chinese travelling habits?
The pressure is on for China to deliver on its promise to become carbon neutral by 2060, but how will the country deliver on such an ambitious proposal?
Ant Group cited geopolitical tensions between China and the United States as a key factor in its decision to choose Chinese Exchanges over Wall Street.
