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Video-sharing social networking company TikTok on Monday [Aug. 24] filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump’s administration over Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order banning any US transactions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance, starting in 45 days.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES China, US Clash on Technology (read a portion of this feature for free) FM’s Europe Trip Focuses on Multilateralism Lancang-Mekong Meeting Furthers Partnership POLITICS & CULTURE Politics How Will China Shape Its Development Strategy? Hong Kong HK Embraces Greater Bay Area Opportunities Lab Geared Up for Large-Scale COVID Testing Central Gov’t Condemns […]
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF INTERVIEWS CONTENTS WORLD ISSUES Germany and the U.S.: A Friendship of Convenience?V. Vasilyev The Main Directions of EU Policy in the Black Sea RegionS. Gavrilova Et tu, Emmanuel? Or Why the West Rewrites HistoryD. Demurin A WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East: The Road Toward It as Seen From MoscowN. Artemenkova, V. Orlov China-U.S.: Prospects […]
With the jobless rate remaining high for the past there months, Hong Kong has stepped up relief measures to help struggling businesses keep afloat and cash-strapped residents make ends meet in its latest effort to mitigate impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic.
POLITICS & CULTURE Politics Why Do Chinese People Love the CPC? Xi Stresses Reform During Anhui Inspection Government Increased Fiscal Funds to Benefit Businesses Hong Kong Hong Kong Ramps Up Economic Stimulus HKSAR Suspends Criminal Agreement With US Hong Kong to Launch Massive COVID-19 Testing Taiwan US Signals to ‘Taiwan Independence’ Forces Wrong Accidents/Disasters People-Centered […]
The open confrontation between Khabarovsk residents and the federal center that spontaneously erupted after Russian Investigative Committee staff and FSB officers detained now-former Khabarovsk Territory governor Sergei Furgal is perhaps the most riveting political event of the year.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES Minsk Alleges It Arrested Russian Mercenaries Putin Appoints Khabarovsk Acting Head (read a portion of this feature for free) Tension Remains on Armenian-Azerbaijani Border THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics PM Mishustin: COVID‑19 Will Force Government to Reset Parameters for National Goals, Projects Expert: National Projects Would Have Required Adjusting Even Without the Pandemic […]
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What is the role of ideas in modernization in general and in post-Soviet modernization in particular? There is no consensus among experts on the contribution of ideas to the building of new institutions and practices in various countries in various historical periods. They answer differently the question of whether ideas cause transformations or the other way around. However, when it comes to political, economic and social transformations in post-Soviet Russia, the prevailing view is that ideas were secondary to the interests of key players.
The outbreak of the trade war is associated with the election in 2016 of U.S. President Donald Trump, who in large part built his campaign on criticizing China and promising to put an end to its “unfair” trade practices that “rob America” and deprive its citizens of jobs. The fixation on anti-Chinese rhetoric was made […]