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Harvey Dzodin: Racism, bad governance hallmark of US
Just as we thought that things in the United States could not get any worse with more than 100,000 novel coronavirus deaths, the country is aflame and angry because of a spate of racist incidents, many committed by police officers who have rarely been punished for their crimes.
June 02 , 2020 -
In this together: China-EU relations in the COVID-19 era
2020 was set to be a major year for China-EU diplomacy. The regular EU-China summit at the end of March was a chance for China to strengthen ties with the new EU leadership that took over last summer, reaffirm commitments, and seek new areas for cooperation. This was to be immediately followed by the annual 17+1 meeting in April and later the newly created EU27-China leader’s meeting in September, with a new format involving President Xi and all 27 leaders of EU member states.
May 30 , 2020 -
Harvey Dzodin: Effects of pandemic create opportunities for business
On May 22, the day the National People’s Congress convened, China Daily reported on the expectations of foreign business executives for the two sessions for their companies. I strongly suspect that based on their comments, these three dozen men and women corporate leaders were especially pleased by Premier Li Keqiang’s Government Work Report as it impacted them in this challenging time of COVID-19.
May 27 , 2020 -
Harvey Dzodin: Outbreak creates a phoenix and a flounder
Since I've spent more than half of my life in China and the United States and consider myself a political wonk, I frequently compare and contrast how the two countries handle their most pressing challenges.
May 27 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: Two Sessions signals ‘people’s stimulus’
This year's Two Sessions, the most important meetings on China's political calendar, have been unlike any other in recent memory. With China emerging from a pandemic that has now swept the world, the meetings took on a new format combining physical meetings and cloud technologies.
May 27 , 2020 -
Jorge Heine: World trade, from bad to worse?
The recent resignation of World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo, effective in September, one year before the end of his second term in office, has thrown a monkey wrench into the world trading system. With the WTO already in serious trouble, this resignation could not have come at a worse moment.
May 26 , 2020 -
Liang Jianzhang, Huang Wenzheng: Births for the nation
As the demographic trend in China has shown a major fundamental change, some of the local laws and the regulations, which no longer conform to the country's overarching demographic strategy, should be adjusted in due course.
May 26 , 2020
