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Shanghai Composite Index Ended Nearly Flat on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.06%

Caixin Global · May 23, 2022

Biden says weighs reducing tariffs on China, asking OPEC to pump more oil

U.S. President Joe Biden said he was weighing cutting tariffs on Chinese goods while increasing calls on OPEC to raise oil production as he grappled with a politically damaging wave of inflation.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Biden says he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan and that the United States stands with other nations to make sure China cannot use force in Taiwan.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Waiting for China

Since China began to open up and reform its economy in 1978, growth has averaged almost 10% a year, and more than 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty. There have also been significant improvements in access to health, education and other services, with the mainland now an…

Bangkok Post · May 23, 2022

With U.S. help, Japan wants to go from player to power in space

Space is a key area of cooperation for Japan with the United States, its closest ally, amid heightened tensions with an increasingly assertive China, which itself aims to become a space power.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Special Report: New geopolitics

360info is exploring the new alliances being forged in the wake of the war in Ukraine, and the impact they are having on the international world order.

360info · May 23, 2022

Battle for ideas will shape new global order

In a world increasingly dominated by the ‘mini-lateral’, competition in standard setting and technology is where the real power struggle lies.

360info · May 23, 2022

China is still Australia's trade frenemy

Despite rising geopolitical tensions the evidence of a correlation between political talk and economic connections between trading nations is often overdone.

360info · May 23, 2022

The right to be neutral

Examining military and political alliances from the perspective of the global South leads to some uncomfortable questions about ‘good’ and ’bad’.

360info · May 23, 2022

Has Putin prompted a new transatlantic alliance?

A new transatlantic alliance is springing up in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but what form will it have when the dust settles?

360info · May 23, 2022