Various cultures are emerging on the internet, and “as the international system slips away from American unipolarity, a competing model of cyber sovereignty has emerged in China that seeks to bind cyber borders to online censorship and surveillance,” writes Geoffrey Hoffman for ChinaFile. Distrust...
The United States has issued tariffs targeting Chinese imports, and China has responded in kind. China, in search of substitute markets, is also moving to improve ties and trade with Australia, which has a new government since August 24 led by Scott Morrison, as well as Japan and South Korea. China...
正当世界各国正期待中国能以其强劲的经济实力力挽狂澜缓解全球金融危机之时，中国所面对的当务之急则是其自身庞大的美元储备。根据中国问题专家姜闻然博士的介绍，北京已经采取了应对措施来扭转目前的被动局势。尽管如此，中国现仍拥有超过一万亿美元的外汇存底，加上外贸交易和原物料资源的进口都要以美元来结算，目前中国所面临的美元疲软问题非一朝一夕所能解决，也一时没有什么立竿见影的灵丹妙药。为此，中国不得不采取多管其下的方法来降低其对美元的过度依赖，包括积极推动以人民币作为外贸合同结算和能源矿产类对外直接投资的支付货币。目前中国政府的应对措施在部分观察家看来步伐过于缓慢，但姜博士却持相左的意见，...
中国钢铁公司,湖南华菱钢铁有限公司投资了澳大利亚铁矿,使其所持股份多样化
爱德蒙顿，加拿大：世界经济持续低迷，美国一时也难以从谷底爬升，全球期待的目光都因此投射到了中国的身上。其今年6.5％的经济增长率和两万亿的外汇储备使这个亚洲强国俨然成了世界经济的救世主。但中国政府也有自己的难题要解决：如何防止其辛苦累积的外汇贬值。
正当世界各国期望中国能运用其庞大的外汇存底来刺激全球经济复苏之时，北京则更趋向于把它看作是高悬头上的达摩克利斯之剑。中国人似乎已坚信国际金融危机...
Taiwan demonstrated skill in tackling and controlling the spread of Covid-19 among its population of 23 million. Even so, the World Health Assembly, hesitant to antagonize China, excluded Taiwan from its virtual meeting. Taiwan sent a letter of protest to the World Health Organization Secretariat...
After polling more than 50,000 people from around the world, a World Economic Forum survey, administered by Gallup, "overwhelmingly found that political leaders are dishonest, have too much power and are too easily influenced." The results of the survey, branded the "Voice of the...
The findings of a World Economic Forum survey - the Voice of the People - carried out by Gallup International make grim reading for the world's leaders, particularly its politicians. Around the world, survey respondents overwhelmingly found that...
China took over Tibet in 1951, and relations have been tense since. As Beijing prepares to host the Olympics in August, ethnic groups that disagree with Chinese policies also take advantage of the global spotlight. Buddhist monks and ethnic Tibetans in Lhasa attempted a protest march, to draw...
BEIJING: Violent protests erupted Friday in a busy market area of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, as Buddhist monks and other ethnic Tibetans clashed with Chinese security forces. Witnesses say the protesters burned shops,...
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