The stakes of Italy’s presidential race extend beyond the figure of Draghi and his technocratic prowess. It would be more accurate to think of it as the latest round in the decades-long struggle to reconcile Italy’s position as a member of the inner circle of Europe—and the euro—with the shifting […]
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Intel Apologizes For Requesting Suppliers To Avoid Products From China’s Xinjiang Region
A day after facing a backlash from the Chinese government as well as the local customers, Intel has tendered an unconditional apology for the letter it had sent. The apology from the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer came after it had uploaded a letter about the discontinuation of assignments from […]
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Can China Lock Down Again?
If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: A total lockdown in Xian starts to strain the population, anti-government protests erupt in neighboring Kazakhstan , and Beijing’s air quality meets nationwide standards for the first time. […]
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leaves Sri Lanka On Verge Of Bankruptcy With Record-high Inflation
Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases across the world, Sri Lanka is in the grip of a rising financial and humanitarian crisis, with predictions that it could declare bankruptcy in 2022 as inflation reaches new highs, along with food prices soaring Since the beginning of the outbreak, the World Bank […]
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China: Tianjin Starts Nucleic Acid Testing Amid Increasing COVID Cases
In Tianjin, which is a coastal metropolis in Northern China near Beijing, 20 people were tested positive for COVID-19, which prompted the Chinese government to begin a citywide nucleic acid testing of its 14 million residents on Sunday. As per the reports of AP News, a 10-year-old girl and a […]
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Germany Nervously Tests the Indo-Pacific Waters
The German Navy’s deployment of the Brandenburg-class frigate Bayern, announced in January 2021 and dispatched that August, throws into relief Europe’s dilemma in the Indo-Pacific. Despite its public commitments to concepts such as human rights, democracy, and equality, Germany (like many others in Europe) is deeply dependent on China, a […]