October 3, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Though largely symbolic, the informal meeting between EU and Ukrainian diplomats demonstrated the
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Taiwan’s population is expected to rapidly age over the next five years. Currently, more than 20 percent of the population is over the age of 65. By 2060, the elderly will encompass more than 41.4 percent of the population. This demographic shift poses a major question: how will Taiwan manage its impending labor shortage? To
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Advertisement Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo yesterday launched his country’s – and Southeast Asia’s – first high-speed railway, a milestone both for his administration and for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy scheme. The $7.3 billion rail line, which links the capital Jakarta to the city of Bandung
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Advertisement The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Douglas Fuller, as associate professor at the Department of Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, is the 385th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight
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Advertisement The late August 2023 visit to China by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo marked a noteworthy development in the ongoing dialogue between the United States and China. Nonetheless, the U.S. stance remains ambivalent. On one hand, it seeks to solidify its global technological dominance and is tightening sanctions against China in key sectors.
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Advertisement In the district of Chancay, Huaral province, approximately 80 kilometers from the Peruvian capital, Lima, a major private investment project is being developed that promises to change the logistics landscape in Latin America. It is the New Multipurpose Port Terminal of Chancay, a joint project by the Chinese company COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSPL),
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Oceania | Economy | Oceania As a wealthy country in a developing region, Australia can and should do more to assist its regional neighbors in developing. Advertisement Australia holds a distinctive position within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in that it is a developed country in a mostly developing neighborhood. Of its neighbors, only Singapore, New
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Advertisement On Wednesday, Indonesia’s Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan announced that the country was banning e-commerce transactions on social media networks, dealing a major blow to the regional plans of the Chinese firm TikTok. According to a Reuters report, Zulkifli told a news conference that the regulation is intended to protect offline merchants and marketplaces. He
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Advertisement Chinese-owned app TikTok on Thursday said it regretted the Indonesian government’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms and particularly the impact it would have on the millions of sellers who use TikTok Shop. But TikTok Indonesia said in a statement it will respect the regulations and laws that apply in Indonesia
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Advertisement Headlines flashed last week as the U.S. Commerce Department finalized guardrails limiting expansion in China by companies receiving subsidies under the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. Less widely covered, however, was China’s latest round of semiconductor incentives, upping the ante in its effort to reduce reliance on U.S.-controlled technology. With China already boasting chip
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