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(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/

(Philippines) Realizing the “transformational trilogy” of social protection delivery in the Philippines (Yoonyoung Cho, World Bank blogs)

Manuel, a 43-year-old cook at a local restaurant in San Jose, Rizal, Philippines who lost his job during the COVID-19 lockdown in March, had...

(Emerging Markets) Asset purchases in emerging markets: Unconventional policies, unconventional times (Jongrim Ha, Gene Kindberg-Hanlon, World Bank blogs)

To stabilize financial markets and support activity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many central banks have employed asset purchase programs—in the case of...
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