manila kowtows to beijing – asia sentinel

The question might sound absurd if not also insulting, yet the determination of Duterte government to do nothing to counter the occupation of its maritime space by China raises the issue of whether it should settle for being Special Administrative Region of People's Republic, Hong Kong or, worse, an..

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In Davos in late January, several powerful governments and their allies announced their intention to launch new negotiations on e-commerce. ... After US President Donald Trump withdrew from Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), involving twelve countries on the Pacific rim, on his first day in..

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The Arabic-language service of Russian Sputnik news agency, meantime, pointed to the attacks by Tahrir al-Sham and their allies on Northern Hama and Southern Idlib from Ankara-backed monitoring points, that Ankara supports these terrorist groups in terms of supplying weapons and military equipment...

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