Silk Road

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Click here to read the full article.Here's What You Need To Remember: It is no exaggeration to consider that the “Art of Negotiation” also applies to rare earth elements. If Washington isn’t serious about the rare earth resources of North Korea, then the winner, once again, could be Beijing. Moscow, too,…

For centuries Italy and East Asia have been at the center of numerous economic, political, and cultural exchanges. Studies have mostly focused on the relationship between Italy and China. As Zhang (2018) points out, in the last decade this topic has piqued the interest of a number of scholars on…

There is a  current discussion on how much and what kind of funding Italy will receive from the European Union and under what conditions. Reassuring messages arrive from Brussels. But since such financing will be mostly provided in the form of loans, several economists warn that there is a danger…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up competition in a sector long dominated by the United States. FILE PHOTO: A model of the BeiDou navigation satellites system…

Pakistani Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) Bajwa visited the Afghan capital of Kabul earlier this week for talks with the country’s leadership as part of his country’s efforts to facilitate the ongoing peace process in the neighboring state, with the resultant rapprochement between both sides being a welcome development that…

No doubt, the coronavirus pandemic has deepened the schisms in the U.S.-China relationship, which has been slipping down the path of a new Cold War. Believing that China’s global soft power expansion by investing in infrastructure and companies abroad presents a serious national security threat, the Trump administration has pressured…

Recently the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, said that his administration would support the U.S. re-entrance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), renamed as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and signed by eleven countries on December 30, even as President Donald Trump continues to reject it. With…

HONG KONG: As governments worldwide confront the terrible choice between saving lives from COVID-19 and protecting people’s livelihoods, economic indicators highlight the intensity of the dilemma.Unemployment has skyrocketed, trade has plunged, and the global economy is facing its worst downturn since the Great Depression. There is only one way to limit…

BEIJING, May 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A series of live broadcasts of tourist spots in Changzhou City of east China's Jiangsu Province, will be jointly launched by Xinhua News Agency and Kuaishou, a leading live streaming platform in China, on May 30 and May 31. The live broadcast, a new move…