Lula criticizes the hegemony of the dollar during visit to China
On his first day in the country, the president also visited Huawei and had meetings with executives from other companies
New era of China-Saudi ties riles Iran
It cannot be lost on Tehran that the historicity of Xi’s visit to Saudi Arabia lies in the recreation of the history playing out in West Asia since the secret meeting between the then US President Franklin Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia off Alexandria in 1945
The fate of EU and NATO in times of US-China rivalry
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the strategic choices ahead of NATO and the European Union as the US intensifies its encirclement of China
After 3 years of house arrest in Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returns to China
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, was held under house arrest in Canada over allegations of the tech giant flouting US-imposed sanctions on Iran. China continues to insist that her arrest and prosecution was political
China’s trade deals to the east and west rewrite the rules
Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and John Ross, Senior Fellow Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, discuss the RCEP and EU-China trade deals
Why America’s economic war on China is failing
Trump faces negative legal judgments about his “trade war,” and the US economy slips into negative territory. Meanwhile, China has emerged as the major driver of the global economy
How does China plan to counter US sanctions?
Charles Xu from Qiao Collective talks about the short and medium-term strategy of Huawei and China in general to deal with the US sanctions.
What’s behind the US attack on China’s tech sector
Charles Xu of the Qiao Collective talks about the context behind the US assault on China’s technological sector, especially Huawei. He talks about the strategies of development deployed by China over the past few decades
The US tech war on China and the 5G battlefield
It is certainly not game over for Huawei, as many tech analysts are concluding. They have already pronounced the game over twice, once over Google’s Android system denial, later on ARM processor ban
As west gangs up, what are Huawei’s options?
France has become the latest country to move towards barring Huawei equipment on its 5G networks.
Who benefits from the US escalation against Huawei?
The UK ban on Huawei is a direct result of US pressure on its allies to not allow the Chinese company into their markets.
UK’s Huawei ban is a bid to nullify Chinese lead in telecom
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the decision of the United Kingdom to ban Huawei from its 5G network
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