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Electric taxis and urban fleets can speed decarbonisation – Here’s how (WEF)

Mónica Vidal, Francisco Ferreira, Olivier Blond Electrification of high-mileage vehicles can speed decarbonisation. City-focused public-private dialogues can identify unique cross-sector solutions. Commitments from recent ZEUF Network meetings...

China – China Must Embrace Remote Work (Project-Syndicate)

NANCY QIAN The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a far-reaching shift to telecommuting throughout the West. But China has not followed suit, even though the social and...

Europe – The EU Is Still Flying Blind (Project-Syndicate)

ANA PALACIO Given strong public support for the Conference on the Future of Europe, failure to make at least some strides toward developing a shared...

Israel/Palestine – The End of Israel’s Illusion (Project-Syndicate)

SHLOMO BEN-AMI The prevailing consensus among Israelis that Palestinian nationalism had been defeated – and thus that a political solution to the conflict was no...

China – Nationalistic and patriotic? Chinese youths are more than that (ThinkChina)

Wu Guo Every day, scores of young people from small cities or farming villages make their way to big cities to find work. Inhabiting the...

The Internet doesn’t recognize borders (Konstantinos Komaitis, Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

The Science of Where magazine meets Konstantinos Komaitis, Senior Director for Policy Strategy and Development at the Internet Society The theme you wrote about with Justin...

China – Why Chinese local governments indulge in wasteful infrastructure projects (ThinkChina)

David Ng Even as China embarks on various infrastructure projects, how many of these projects are actually useful, or bring real benefits to the people...

China – Post-70s generation CPC stars jockey for position ahead of 20th Party Congress in 2022 (ThinkChina)

Yang Danxu In the CPC’s leadership renewal plans, the post-70s generation plays a leading role, having by this time risen to middle and senior positions....

China/Southeast Asia/Pandemic – Covid-19 pandemic and China’s rising soft power in mainland Southeast Asia (ThinkChina)

Vannarith Chheang The Covid-19 pandemic provides a window of opportunity for China to exert its international leadership and influence. It has managed to turn the...

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