Chinese interference in Hong Kong’s political and legal affairs is creating uncertainty about the future of the territory as an independent business centre.
Hong Kong pan-democracy legislators speak top reporters after resigning from the Legislative Council on November 12 2020.
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China’s signature foreign policy is controversial for lots of reasons. But the environmental damage potentially wrought by the project has received scant attention.
Could China become the world leader in electric vehicles?
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Twenty years after the first China-Africa forum, the perceptions of ordinary African citizens still need to be better considered in government-to-government interactions.
Douglas fir, a valuable commercial timber, dominates the Oregon coastal forest.
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Wood, a major export of the US, has taken a hit from international tariffs compounded by COVID-19.
On October 22, the French junior minister for digital transition and electronic communication, Cedric O, and the French prime minister, Jean Castex (rear) announcing the changeover of several departments to ‘maximum alert’, new curfew measures, and the new app ‘Tous Anti Covid’.
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In the current pandemic, finding the right balance between the protection of public health and respecting civil liberties has proven to be supremely difficult.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition lawmakers resign en masse in protest at the dismissal of four of their colleagues.
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Our study of students in middle schools across China found low-achieving 12-13 year old students significantly bring down the academic achievement of the rest of their class.
US President-elect Joe Biden.
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Joe Biden’s election symbolises a return to normalcy and dignity in the US’s conduct on the global stage. But the world is changing rapidly, and the president-elect will need to change with it.
Donald Trump’s foreign policy often angered traditional US allies.
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Early humans called Denisovans lived in a remote mountain cave between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago, and possibly longer still, raising intriguing questions about their relationship to modern humans.
In Inner Mongolia, China’s new bilingual education policy comes at the expense of Mongolian language and culture.
A worker repackages vaccines in a factory owned by Indonesia’s pharmaceutical firm Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java.
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Anda Nugroho, Badan Kebijakan Fiskal, Kementerian Keuangan RI
If Indonesia can maximise its role as the hub for the production and distribution of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines for Southeast Asia region, the country may gain profits.
Michael Wade, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Elizabeth Teracino, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Most people would be content to pull off one of the world’s top five IPOs, but Jack Ma is on course for his second.