For all of South Asia, 2020 has been a year that cannot be over fast enough. This is true for Bangladesh too, even as the International Monetary Fund's latest Economic Outlook reported that the nation has overtaken India in GDP per capita. By year-end though, Bangladesh had also reported some 511,000 Covid-19 cases, with reported deaths of about 7,500.
US Turns Tide on Huawei, Ending CCP’s 5G Master Plan
WASHINGTON The Trump administration scored a victory against the regime in Beijing this year through its “Clean Network” campaign that booted Huawei Technologies Co. out of critical telecommunications infrastructure in many countries.
The effort, while not well-publicized, secured an array of commitments from governments to exclude untrusted vendors from their fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. As of this month, more than 50 nations, representing over two-thirds of the world’s economy, and 180 telecom companies had joined the “Clean Network” initiative led by the U.S. government.
The alliance includes 26 of the 27 EU member states, as well as technologically advanced countries such as Japan, Israel, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, New Zealand, and India.
Author: Lev Nachman, UC Irvine
If Taiwan’s election were tomorrow, Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) would likely win. Recent polls show she is ahead of Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Han Kuo-yu by over 12 per cent. But it is far too early to assume the race is over there is still over two months before the election, a lifetime in Taiwanese politics. Read more…
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Taiwanese officials will lift a longstanding ban on additive-fed pork imports from the United States this month to open talks on a broader trade agreement with one of its top export markets, people close to the decision process say.
Parliament in Taipei gave the final clearances last week to allowing shipments of American pork from pigs raised on the feed additive ractopamine which is used to promote leanness but is banned by 160 countries including China, Russia and the European Union. The imports, which will begin Friday, remove what Taiwanese officials believe to be a key barrier in U.S. trade ties.