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Since the beginning of 2020, humanity has been shadowed by the fear and panic of COVID-19, which might cause one to neglect some subtle but significant changes in the world. In November 2019, Washing, a non-member of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the China-led infrastructure project, launched its “Blue Dot Network” (
BDN
) with Australia and Japan. This project is “a multi-stakeholder initiative to bring together governments, the private sector and civil society to promote high-quality,...
... teachers of Arabic in China. After the establishment of official diplomatic relations, Egypt
supported
the PRC in its desire to become a full member of the UN Security Council with the right of veto. In turn, China condemned the aggression of Great Britain, France, and the United States displayed against the Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE) during the Suez crisis.
Now Beijing is a crucial military-technical partner of Cairo. From 2012 to 2014, China
shipped
eighteen ASN-209 unmanned aerial vehicles ...
China’s two-arm approach of strategically opening and closing will likely continue
China’s major international trade and investment policy ‘
International Capacity Cooperation
’
(ICC) is getting a rebrand. ICC emerged as the dominant trade policy coordinating China’s outbound FDI in 2015. This came as the Xi administration struggled with a slowing economy and a transition to domestic consumption and a move away from manufactured exports towards capital FDI internationally.
Supply-side Reform
complemented...
RIAC and the Pathfinder Foundation Policy Brief #24 / 2019
RIAC and the Pathfinder Foundation Policy Brief #24 / 2019
It is no coincidence that the 21st century has been dubbed the “Asian Century,” with the centre of economic and political life in the world once again shifting to where ...
... achievements in bilateral trade and economic cooperation as well as military and technological interaction, study ties in education, culture, sports, media and related areas, and the problems they entail. The experts present practical recommendations aimed at bringing the partnership to a new level. For the first time, priority is given to scientific and technological cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, in particular, to the prospects of developing relations in the field of artificial intelligence.
Authors:
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Russia needs to clearly define its long-term priorities and interests within the BRI
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of the United States Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29 to discuss the resumption of trade and economic talks between the two countries. ...
... his recent visit to Moscow,
“rebuked”
Vladimir Putin for not paying sufficient attention to the Italian people. In Italy, this lack of attention is seen as a sign that the country is not coping well with its role of a “protagonist” and a “bridge” between the West and the East. For Russia, a dialogue with Italy is more than just a conversation with a partner who is willing to listen and establish relations based on mutual trust — it is an opportunity to convey Russian opinions on key ...
... neighbors (primarily with Russia and China) and increase India’s role in regional and global affairs, which is the object of the country’s progressively growing desire. These developments also open new opportunities for broad cooperation within BRICS and the consultative mechanism of three SCO members — Russia, India, and China (known as RIC). The next RIC meeting is scheduled to take place alongside the upcoming BRICS summit in Osaka in late June 2019, which will be held concurrently with ...
... matter of fact, the People’s Republic has been a para-state for more than a decade until French diplomatic recognition while only recognized by the Soviet Union for a long time. Moreover, the Chinese territory has been divided between Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Japan, just to name a few of the colonial empires.
Fabienne Bossuyt:
Connecting Eurasia: Is Cooperation between Russia, China, and the EU in Central Asia Possible?
Beijing has developed specific diplomacy based on ...
... European Union, only a few policy-makers and experts will give serious thought to the prospect of cooperation on connectivity between the EU, China, and Russia in Central Asia. However, as China further embarks on implementing its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and remains firmly set on pursuing the ambitious goal of connecting China overland with Europe, Russia and the EU — as indispensable stakeholders for this continental connection to successfully materialize — have been developing policy responses ...
