Is this the consequences of China not willing to help Congo with its civil war? This Congo had to go to the US.
Seems like a pretty messy situation.
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Seems like a pretty messy situation.
Chinese pop culture is making more and more inroads in SEA.
In this context Singapore's ISEAS conducted another poll on SEA's sentiment with respect to China and unlike last year where China came out as the preferred partner over the US, this year the US came back on top.
My two cents is that one would've thought Trump's election would've swayed public opinion in ASEAN more towards China, but instead they perhaps see Trump's erratic policy making as an opportunity to better play the US off of China. Oh well, smaller countries will do what they must in order to leverage their strategic position, what matters is for China to continue playing ball to firm up its own position.
Other indicators in the poll are more positive. For example, just as many respondents rank China and SK as equally desireable travel destinations, eventhough SK is the far bigger exporter of pop culture. And above all, most respondents still say that regardless of preferences, China is the region's most influential power. Overall, with strong fundamentals and the leadership having made the right calls in which areas to focus in, China's influence and public perception will only continue to grow, especially as Trump dismantles the last vestiges of American influence on the planet.
In this context Singapore's ISEAS conducted another poll on SEA's sentiment with respect to China and unlike last year where China came out as the preferred partner over the US, this year the US came back on top.
My two cents is that one would've thought Trump's election would've swayed public opinion in ASEAN more towards China, but instead they perhaps see Trump's erratic policy making as an opportunity to better play the US off of China. Oh well, smaller countries will do what they must in order to leverage their strategic position, what matters is for China to continue playing ball to firm up its own position.
Other indicators in the poll are more positive. For example, just as many respondents rank China and SK as equally desireable travel destinations, eventhough SK is the far bigger exporter of pop culture. And above all, most respondents still say that regardless of preferences, China is the region's most influential power. Overall, with strong fundamentals and the leadership having made the right calls in which areas to focus in, China's influence and public perception will only continue to grow, especially as Trump dismantles the last vestiges of American influence on the planet.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referred to China as the “biggest threat” facing his country in terms of security.
He made that statement unprompted during the course of the English-language debate in Montreal on Thursday evening. “I think the biggest security threat to Canada is China,” he said.
A Palestinian artist and photojournalist who is the protagonist of a documentary due to premiere in Cannes in May has been killed in an Israeli air strike.
Fatima Hassouna died with nine members of her family in a direct strike on their home in Gaza City on Wednesday.
"The Israeli army said it bombed the house because there was a Hamas officer in there"
America does not actually want to decouple with China.
America is like an aging girlfriend who is desperate to get married (so she can reassert her control over you), and threatening to breakup if you don't put a ring on her within X number of days.
Problem is America doesn't realize that you've been preparing to dump her since 2017, and already got a couple younger girls, who complain a lot less, if at all, in the pipeline.
Whats their main goal tho? To blame CN and force CN to pay? Confiscate US treasury owned by CN or assets?
**Jamie Metzl is a principal of the global investment company Cranemere, Inc. and a senior fellow of the Asia Society, where he previously was executive vice president. Metzl has served as deputy staff director of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, senior coordinator for International Public Information at the Department of State, director for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs on the National Security Council, and as a Human Rights Officer for the United Nations in Cambodia.
Metzl is a founder and co-chair of the Board of Partnership for a Secure America, a member of the board of the Jewish refugee agency HIAS, and the International Center for Transitional Justice, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a former White House Fellow as well as Aspen Institute Crown Fellow. He holds a PhD in Southeast Asian history from Oxford University and JD from Harvard Law School.
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Trump2.0 seem reviving this...
**Jamie Metzl is a principal of the global investment company Cranemere, Inc. and a senior fellow of the Asia Society, where he previously was executive vice president. Metzl has served as deputy staff director of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, senior coordinator for International Public Information at the Department of State, director for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs on the National Security Council, and as a Human Rights Officer for the United Nations in Cambodia.
Metzl is a founder and co-chair of the Board of Partnership for a Secure America, a member of the board of the Jewish refugee agency HIAS, and the International Center for Transitional Justice, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a former White House Fellow as well as Aspen Institute Crown Fellow. He holds a PhD in Southeast Asian history from Oxford University and JD from Harvard Law School.
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Trump2.0 seem reviving this...
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Anti CN media seems to have this narrative... he seem to be a prof in John Hopkins, curious hows the Ch1nese students there...
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Accdng to wikipedia, he seem to be a US citizen, but studied in HK? Is it similar to the Joey girl?
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Accdng to wikipedia, he seem to be a US citizen, but studied in HK? Is it similar to the Joey girl?