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05/20/2021 08:30 AM EDT
Welcome, China Watchers. This week’s guest host is Phelim Kine, who has been reporting on China for two decades as a journalist and human rights researcher for companies ranging from Dow Jones Newswires in Beijing to Human Rights Watch in Hong Kong. Kine is the senior director for Asia at the Washington environmental campaign organization Mighty Earth, where he tracks how commodity exports to China fuel deforestation in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Over to you, Phelim. John Yearwood, global news editor
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(Photo : Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) Demonstrations Along The Gaza / Israel Border After Naksa Day
NAHAL OZ , ISRAEL - JUNE 08: Israeli soldiers stand along the border during a Palestinian protest on the Israel-Gaza border on June 8, 2018 in Nahal Oz area, Israel. Naksa is Arabic for setback. Naksa Day is the anniversary of the defeat of the Arabs during the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
In a significant response to the dispute between Israel and Gaza s ruling Hamas party, US House Democrats proposed a bill on Wednesday aiming to block a $735 million sale of precision-guided weapons to Israel. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mark Pocan, and Rashida Tlaib were the bill s lead sponsors. It has at least six other cosponsors, including three of the House s most left-leaning Democrats.
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U.S. considers sanctions on Chinese manufacturing of solar panels
The Biden administration is considering sanctions over Chinaâs alleged use of forced labor in manufacturing solar panels and other climate-friendly production, according to what climate envoy John Kerry told lawmakers recently while appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify on the global response to climate change.
May 20, 2021
The Biden administration is considering sanctions over Chinaâs alleged use of forced labor in manufacturing solar panels and other climate-friendly production, according to what climate envoy John Kerry told lawmakers recently while appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify on the global response to climate change.