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The world is dividing into two camps, but unlike the old cold war, this time it is the US versus China.
Low lying islands in the Pacific are threatened by climate change.
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A battle for influence between the US and China in the region, is giving Pacific island states more influence.
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New Zealand – like Australia – must increase its overseas aid spending if it is serious about matching China’s ambitions in the South Pacific.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
China’s cheaper solar panels made it harder for U.S. companies to compete.
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The tariffs targeting cheap Chinese imports mean prices in the US are higher than average, at the same time Biden is pushing for more renewable energy. But their effect might surprise you.
Zhu Jin
China and the US are racing for quantum technology breakthroughs in weapons, communications, sensing, and computing that could tilt the balance between the world’s military forces.
Making history: US president Richard Nixon meeting Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing in1972.
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Richard Nixon’s visit sparked a new era of collaboration but now the relationship between US and China is beginning to unravel.
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It remains to be seen what the reset of the relations between the two countries will actually mean for the rest of the world.
Containers are seen stacked at a port in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province on Jan. 14, 2020.
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Large-scale job losses in the US due to trade with China will lead to enduring demographic and political aftershocks without the implementation of policies that promote widespread job growth.
U.S. Army soldiers walk to their C-17 cargo plane for departure on May 11, 2013, at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
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If the United States expects to sustain its global influence, it will have to navigate increasing international and domestic pressure against its foreign military presence.
The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz sailing in the South China Sea in July 2020.
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China and the US have differing interpretations of the law of the sea – and this is fuelling deep distrust and suspicion.
The ongoing construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, near Kamloops, B.C., in September 2021. China’s clean energy plans could create problems for Canada.
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Canada has neglected to keep up with China’s climate politics, putting the future of the country’s fossil fuel exports at risk.
China has more solar power capacity than any other country and makes many of the world’s solar cells, but coal is still its top energy source.
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China has a tendency to underpromise so it can overdeliver.
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Tensions are high across the Taiwan Strait. But what are the origins of the relationship between China and Taiwan?
In reprioritizing public health, the U.S. limited its ability to respond quickly and effectively to the pandemic.
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While neoliberalism has allowed U.S. markets to grow, the resultant stunted public health system left Americans to figure out how to protect themselves from COVID-19 and its fallout on their own.
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China and the US could supercharge global climate action. But if they fail to cooperate, there will be dire consequences for all.
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen speaks on Taiwan’s national day in early October.
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Plus, an extract from the Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast on the damage done when North Americans pretend to have Indigenous identity. Listen to episode 38 of The Conversation Weekly.
Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, says her country will boost its defensive capabilities to address the pressure from mainland China.
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Recent speeches by the leaders of China and Taiwan have turned up the heat on relations across the Taiwan Strait.
New Zealand participated in a recent UK-led defence exercise in South East Asia.
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With the recent AUKUS agreement increasing tensions in the Indo-Pacific region, the time is right for nuclear-free New Zealand to take a lead.
Cable coming ashore from a ship.
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As tensions grow between China and the US, vital internet links for Pacific island nations face uncertainty.