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Kemel ToktomushevResearch Fellow, University of Central Asia China’s presence and influence across the globe today is immeasurable. From Ecuador and Ghana, to Sri Lanka and Mongolia, Chinese companies are racing to develop new infrastructure projects and secure lucrative commodities deals. As a result, in many parts of the world China has emerged as the largest source of foreign direct investment, the largest source of development finance, and the largest creditor. These developments also turned China into the largest impact-maker for many states, whose economic well-being and socio-politic...

The post-Trump era in U.S.-China relations has begun 01/14/2021 08:31 AM EST The United States is as vulnerable as your host can remember it, with a populace riven by partisan anger and often, drunk on disinformation. The president is distracted and the heads of the Defense Department and Homeland Security are manned by stand-ins. While Chinese propagandists are making hay at American division, it seems China won’t exploit this moment to make a military move on the self-governing island of Taiwan, an action some analysts have openly feared this juncture might bring. China, after all, has it...

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting a call to ban the lanterns. While Chinese (sky) lanterns have long been popular for celebrations and memorials, the fire service actively discourages their use due to them being both a fire hazard and a danger to wildlife, pets and people. The danger is there is no way for the user to know how far the lantern will travel, for how long, and where it will end up. There is also no guarantee that the paper outer is fire retardant, or that the fuel cell will be fully extinguished and cooled when the lantern does descend, increasing t...

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting a call to ban the lanterns. While Chinese (sky) lanterns have long been popular for celebrations and memorials, the fire service actively discourages their use due to them being both a fire hazard and a danger to wildlife, pets and people. The danger is there is no way for the user to know how far the lantern will travel, for how long, and where it will end up. There is also no guarantee that the paper outer is fire retardant, or that the fuel cell will be fully extinguished and cooled when the lantern does descend, increasing t...

12/31/2020 6:09:53 AM GMT | By Anil Panchal Asian stocks trade mixed as S&P 500 Futures waver above 3,700. Chinese stocks print gains while those from Australia, New Zealand drop. Chinese PMIs remain mostly positive, BOK’s Lee favors easing. Virus woes gain momentum amid a light calendar and New Year Eve celebrations. Asian equities wobbled between gains and losses during the early Thursday. While Chinese shares benefit from December’s activity numbers and the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine news, their Aussie and Kiwi counterparts mark losses as vir...