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How will the US counter China?

Would a Joe Biden administration relieve pressure on China, with less antagonism? Though the rhetoric may be softened, the main thrust of US policy,...

China’s message to Biden

Where does Biden administration want to lead the world? 2020/11/26 US president-elect Joe Biden declared Tuesday that the US is "ready to lead the world, not...

La Nouvelle Calédonie s’appellera-t-elle un jour la Kanaky ?

19 Novembre 2020 La Nouvelle Calédonie constitue une exception politique en Mélanésie, un ensemble d’îles situé dans l’océan Pacifique, proche de l’Australie et constitué de...

UK should tilt foreign policy to Indo-Pacific region, report says

Thinktank urges UK to build democratic counterweight to China’s growing influence By Patrick Wintour 22 Nov 2020 The UK should make a major post-Brexit tilt towards the...

The China Moment

By Peter Koenig 21 November 2020 China has achieved the almost impossible – a free trade agreement with 14 countries – the ten ASEAN, plus Japan,...

Asia-Pacific countries including China sign world’s biggest trade pact

Nov. 15, 2020 China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic...

India, Afghanistan, South Asia: World of difference between Trump and Biden

The Biden Presidency Worries India 8 NOVEMBER, 2020 From the Indian perspective, the prospect of a Joe Biden presidency becomes a moment of ‘memory mixing with...

Some world leaders have big stake in US election

By JOSEF FEDERMAN October 22, 2020 JERUSALEM (AP) — While the world will be closely watching the U.S. election, some countries will be watching more closely...

How ‘Jakarta’ Became the Codeword for US-Backed Mass Killing

By Vincent Bevins May 18, 2020 In May 1962, a girl named Ing Giok Tan got on a rusty old boat in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her country,...

US seeks formal alliance similar to Nato with India, Japan and...

Washington’s goal is to get countries in the Indo-Pacific region to work together as a bulwark against ‘a potential challenge from China’, says the...