01 Jul 2024
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On Thursday, incumbent US President Joe Biden squared off against his predecessor Donald Trump in the first 2024 presidential debate.
While not a focus of the debate, the two candidates traded barbs about the others’ track record on Ch...
July 3, 2024
China is battling record-breaking floods again this summer. On Monday and Tuesday, Premier Li Qiang visited flood-hit northern Jiangxi province. In particular, he inspected emergency relief efforts along the Yangtze River and the northern shore of Poyang Lake. ICYDK: Water-rich… Read More »
July 3, 2024
Jilin province has a new Party boss. On Friday, Huang Qiang, 61, replaced Jing Junhai as Jilin Party secretary. Huang is a textbook technocrat. He has studied and worked in the aerospace sector for 26 years, and is known for… Read More »
July 3, 2024
China and the Philippines are trying to work through their high-stakes dispute in the South China Sea (SCS). On Tuesday, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Theresa Lazaro in Manila. The focus: Managing tensions over… Read More »