Kerry and his team face three major traps their Chinese counterparts keep striving to lay. The Biden administration—including Kerry himself—has explicitly promised not to make concessions to Beijing in return for climate cooperation. But despite that pledge, linkage remains a real trap. The CPP’s unrelenting pursuit of political leverage at […]
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Abhinav Bindra Lauds Bhavina Patel’s Historic Run: ‘Silver Medal Doesn’t Tell Whole Story’
Soon after India’s para table tennis player Bhavina Patel secured a silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday, politicians, sportsmen and Bollywood stars took to social media to praise her magnificent performance at the multi-sports event. It is worth mentioning that Zhou Ying of China overwhelmed Bhavina Patel in […]
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Argentina’s Unlikely Climate Push
If you would like to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: carbon-heavy Argentina hosts a climate summit , Venezuela’s opposition talks to the Maduro government, and Miss Universe El Salvador 2021 wants to legalize abortion. Welcome back to […]
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Can the United States and China Cooperate on Climate?
If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry urges climate cooperation in China, India imposes a lockdown in Kashmir , and Ethiopia’s aid blockade exacerbates a humanitarian crisis. Here […]
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Beijing 2022: China Prepares For Winter Olympics Amid Growing Internal Protests
Keeping an eye on the Beijing 2022 Olympics, China is gearing up to open international borders to allow the safe arrival of the Winter Olympics participants next February. Olympics authorities informed that the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organisers attended the Tokyo Olympics to take valuable lessons and understand strategies to […]
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Why China Is Cracking Down on Video Games
If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: China introduces new regulations on how much time minors can spend playing video games , the details of the case against Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig […]
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US asks for help from Pakistan to fight terrorism
Islamabad, Pakistan: US after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan forcing Pakistan to help fight the trorrist groups like ISIS-k and Al Qaeda. Nahal Toosi, said that in response to help to the US, Pakistan wanted more public recognition of its role in helping people now fleeing Afghanistan. These exchanges and […]