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(China/USA) China-US trade back to growth in 2020 despite sanctions, export controls (Global Times)

Trade between the world's top two economies was back on the growth track in 2020, Chinese customs data showed on Thursday, reversing a plunge...

(China) China promotes new international trade representative (Global Times)

China’s State Council, the cabinet, promoted Yu Jianhua, who has been serving as a vice minister of commerce, to become China’s international trade representative,...

(China/USA) Xi tells Starbucks’ Schultz China will further open up to US, foreign firms (Global Times)

Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged US coffee chain Starbucks to play a positive role in China-US trade ties, while saying that China would...

(China) China to commission first 10,000 ton-class maritime patrol ship in mid-2021 (Global Times)

China will commission its first maritime patrol ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons in mid-2021, and the vessel is expected to...

(Social Media/USA) The consequences of social media’s giant experiment (Tom Wheeler, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/13/the-consequences-of-social-medias-giant-experiment/

(India) India, health and artificial intelligence (Shoba Suri, Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

The Science of Where Magazine mets Shoba Suri, a Senior Fellow with the indian think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF)’s Health Initiative. Shoba is a nutritionist...

(USA) Just how diverse is President Biden’s prospective Cabinet? (Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/13/just-how-diverse-is-presidents-biden-prospective-cabinet/

(Oman) One year into his reign, Oman’s sultan must renegotiate the social contract and prioritize diversification (Yasmina Abouzzohour, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/13/one-year-into-his-reign-omans-sultan-must-renegotiate-the-social-contract-and-prioritize-diversification/

(USA) What transformative placemaking taught us in 2020, and how it can help build a better future (Joanne Kim, Hanna Love, Jennifer S. Vey,...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/01/13/what-transformative-placemaking-taught-us-in-2020-and-how-it-can-help-build-a-better-future/

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