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The ‘Unresolved’ Taiwan issue: Chinese Achilles Heel?

The Russian attack on Ukraine raised a lot of questions about the future of Taiwan. The most pertinent questions being will Beijing attack Taiwan and force a military take over of the island, the second being will the United States fulfil its...

China: Daily Scan, June 2, 2022

Senior Guangdong provincial legislator under probe: Xinhuanet June 1, 2022 Chen Rugui, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, is being investigated for suspected severe violations of discipline and law....

China: Daily Scan, June 01, 2022

China's Tianjin appoints acting mayor: Xinhuanet May 31, 2022 Zhang Gong was appointed deputy mayor and acting mayor of north China's Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday. The appointment was made at the 34th session of the Standing Committee of the 17th...

China: Daily Scan, May 24, 2022

China's biodiversity push and its broader ecological ambition: Xinhuanet May 23, 2022 Sunday marks the International Day for Biological Diversity 2022. As one of the 17 mega biodiversity countries, China has achieved steady progress in addressing...

China: Daily Scan, May 19, 2022

Chinese premier stresses faster implementation of macro policies: Xinhuanet May 18, 2022 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for an accelerated pace and ramped-up efforts in the implementation of macro policies. Li, also a member of the Standing...

China: Daily Scan, May 10, 2022

Chinese vice premier stresses stabilizing foreign trade, investment: Xinhuanet May 9, 2022 Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Monday urged more efforts to coordinate epidemic control with economic and social development, and strive to stabilize the...

China: Daily Scan, April 18, 2022

China's Xi'an launches new freight train service to Europe: Xinhuanet April 14, 2022 Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, launched a new freight train service to Europe on Wednesday that traverses the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea...

China: Daily Scan, April 11, 2022

Xi inspects south China's Hainan Province: Xinhuanet April 11, 2022 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday inspected the city of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. During the inspection, Xi...

China: Daily Scan, March 21, 2022

Xi signs order to promulgate rules on regulating military equipment procurement contracts: Xinhuanet March 19, 2022 Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate a set of interim rules on regulating...

China: Review of 2021 and Preview of 2022

Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, Distinguished Fellow at VIF briefs on the key developments in China in 2021 while speculating the trends to come for the year ahead and the global implications.

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