The United States and China wrapped up two days of high level economic talks without any agreement. The two sides said they had what they described as a frank exchange, but failed to agree on major bilateral trade and economic issues. Martin Jacques provides gives his views in an interview for the international news broadcaster TRT World.
YouGov-Cambridge Seminar on ‘Trump, Putin and Russia-West relations’ with Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, Dr Asye Zarakol, Daniel Hannan and Marcus Roberts.
3pm, 26th June 2017
London
Private event.
China’s biggest single investment so far under the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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The next infographics are also taken from a Financial Times article: “China’s Belt and Road Initiative” by Gabriel Wildau and Nan Ma.
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All eyes are on China’s two sessions, seeking clues about the future
Editor’s note: Each year in early March, China’s top legislature and political advisory body convene in Beijing for their annual meetings known as the two sessions. China Daily will present the highlights of the meetings, which run from March 3 to 15.
China’s big annual two sessions political meeting could be one of the most important in recent years, given the uncertain international backdrop, according to experts.
Some 5,000 participants from the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top political advisory body, will descend on Beijing for the event.
IN recent months, the rise of nationalism had been associated with the return of xenophobia, anti-immigration, populism and far-right neofascist conservatism.
Nationalism has been much maligned and made the scapegoat for Brexit, for the rise of Donald Trump, for Putinism and China’s intransigence on issues like Taiwan.
Putin’s expansion towards the East has been construed in certain media circles as a revival of Eurasianism, a policy advocated by Russian thinkers from Prince Nikolay Trubetskoy and Lev Gumilev, to Alexander Dugin.
Conference: ‘One Belt, One Road’ and the New Model of Globalization
Discussant
Guangzhou
Anyone eager to get answers about the rise of China as a superpower and its effects on Asia can attend a lecture by renowned author Dr Martin Jacques.
The lecture, titled “China and the World in the 21st Century”, will be held at the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations’ (IDFR) auditorium in Kuala Lumpur at 10am on Nov 5.
Dr Jacques, the author of the bestselling book When China Rules the World, was a journalist in Britain.
He served as the editor of London-based monthly Marxism Today and deputy editor of The Independent newspaper. He has also contributed to other newspapers as a columnist.
Interviews with Xinhua New Agency, CCTV, Global Times, Wenhui Daily, et al.
Lecture: ‘China Model and the World Order’, 2pm – 4pm, Wednesday 27th, Peking University
Lecture: ‘China Leads the World’, 2pm – 4.30pm, Thursday 28th, Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
‘In Focus Session: China and India’, discussion between Martin Jacques and Shashi Tharoor, moderated by Martin Soong (CNBC Asia)
11am
Fairmont Singapore, 80 Bras Basah Road, Singapore
Private event