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China’s Covid Lockdowns ‘Strangles’ Growth
29May By Patti MohrNo Comments
Domestic Politics, Types of News: Bit

China’s Covid Lockdowns ‘Strangles’ Growth

China's Premier Li Keqiang issued a stark warning to party officials last week: the government's zero-Covid policy puts the Summer harvest at risk. He called on government officials at all levels to coordinate "COVID-19 response with economic and social development." (Sources: Financial Times and China's Premier's office) The statement follows a mid-May meeting in the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in which Li pressed for a faster enactment of new macroeconomic policies.
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U.S. Ramps Up Case Against China on Virus Outbreak, Cover-Up
7May By Patti MohrNo Comments
Globalization, Global Disintegration, Organizations, IMF, WTO, G7, Types of News: Bit

U.S. Ramps Up Case Against China on Virus Outbreak, Cover-Up

May 7, 2020—With the key question unresolved about how the COVID-19 virus emerged in Wuhan, China, diplomatic relations between China and the United States as well as other Western governments have ruptured, perhaps permanently. Funding Pulled The U.S. government stopped funding a line of research funding that fostered collaboration between U.S. scientists and those in Wuhan, China. The National Institutes of Health research project received $3.38 million over six years. It was a small part of its overall budget. (For perspective, in 2019, total NIH awards/grants were $28 billion.) But it was still a lot in terms of funding. The project proposed to understand the risk of bat coronavirus that poses "a significant threat to global health and food security." It came in the wake o...
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Pro-Democracy Movement In The 2019 Hong Kong Elections
29Sep By Patti MohrNo Comments
Communism, Dictatorship, Democracy, Political Systems, Domestic Politics, Types of News: Bit

Pro-Democracy Movement In The 2019 Hong Kong Elections

November 25, 2019—In the first six months of increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong, the pro-democracy candidates made significant gains in the district council elections. They won 347 of the 452 seats -- nearly 77 percent -- of the city's district council. Meanwhile, pro-establishment candidates won 60 seats, leaving 45 seats to independents. (South China Morning Post. , Nov. 25, 2019) The protests started in response to an extradition bill that would have allowed mainland China to capture and try Hong Kong residents. UPDATE: Over time, however, the island nation would succumb to the Chinese Communist Party's rule.
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