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Was there an effort to get rid or diminish the scope of the Wolf amendment?

In an internal email on Wednesday, the US space agency said it had “certified its intent to Congress” to allow Nasa-funded researchers to apply to the CNSA for access to the lunar samples, collected ...
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Did Russia benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative?

This policy has been alleged by the U.S. Government to be a form of "Debt-Trap Diplomacy"; however, the term itself has come under scrutiny as analysts and researchers have pointed out that ...
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Which country received the most complaints relating to violations to the TRIPS agreement at the WTO?

One of the fundamental characteristics of the TRIPS Agreement is that it makes protection of intellectual property rights an integral part of the multilateral trading system, as embodied in the WTO. ...
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Why is China's relationship with Canada still strained when China has improved its ties with both Australia and the United States in recent times?

On Sunday, Global Times, published by the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee, heralded the visit as an opportunity “to ease the strained China-Canada relations.” However, it quoted a source ...
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Why won't China accept losses on loans and want private creditors and multilateral institutions to do the same?

U.S. officials are among those who have criticized China for being unwilling to accept losses on loans unless private-sector creditors and multilateral development banks do the same. Consequently, ...
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What happens to Chinese illegal migrants to the US that the US wants to deport but China won't accept?

The NYTimes' November 24, 2023 Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border begins with the line: More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the ...
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What's the PVV position on trade with China?

How much decoupling [if any] are they saying they are after? E.g. do they want to limit imports from China, if so how much and by what means? Likewise for exports, e.g. do they support limiting tech ...
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Why is China allowing visa-free entry for citizens of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia?

I read: The Chinese government has announced visa-free entry for up to 15 days for 6 countries, including France, from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024. [Author: dda] Why is China allowing visa-...
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Can China or the IAEA end Israel's nuclear program? [closed]

Li said China has been actively supporting the region's efforts to establish a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other WMDs. Li urged Israel to accede to the treaty on the non-proliferation ...
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Is there any other U.S. officials past or present with deep business ties with China or whose family has deep business ties with China?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/politics/elaine-chao-china/index.html Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s family has deep business ties to China – placing the key Cabinet official in a potentially ...
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Would China currency-swap deal with Argentina be made useless if Argentina would switch to the U.S. dollar?

The People’s Bank of China made available $6.5 billion to Argentina from a currency swap line the countries share, President Alberto Fernandez announced Wednesday after meeting with President Xi ...
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Has China always decided to not criticize Hamas or was there some kind of policy shift?

China has long backed the Palestinians and been quick to denounce Israel over its settlements in the occupied territories. It has not criticized the initial Hamas attack on Oct.7 — which killed about ...
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Has China ever voted against the Palestinians during a UN resolution?

Beijing has sent its Middle East envoy, Zhai Jun, but neither Xi nor his foreign minister, Wang Yi, have visited the region since the outbreak of fighting. Xi has called for a ceasefire while Wang has ...
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Do most countries adopt a "know-your-customers" approach to prevent chemicals from being used by potential drug-traffickers?

Certain precursors used in the production of fentanyl are internationally classified as unscheduled chemicals and legal to produce in China and export. Beijing argues that it cannot restrict the ...
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How does a member of the National People's Congress become the General Secretary in China?

According to Wikipedia, the National People's Congress (NPC) elects the General Secretary of the Party. This member is elected from among the members of the Politburo standing committee. This ...
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Was there any discussion about Israel during the APEC meeting between China and the U.S.?

U.S. and China's militaries have had a number of near-misses and acrimonious exchanges over the past year. After the pledge to renew communications, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will meet ...
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Who is the U.S. official with the highest position within the U.S. government who has dual citizenship in China and the United States?

Who is the U.S. official with the highest position within the U.S. government who has dual citizenship in China and the United States? I only know of Conrad Lee, but I don't think he has Chinese ...
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Who choreographs meetings between China and the United States?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avebny5UeB8 Who choreographs meetings between China and the United States? CNBC claimed in the video above that the whole meeting was choreographed, but by whom and how?...
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Why wasn't Taiwan (ROC) invited to join the IPEF?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pacific_Economic_Framework Sullivan confirmed on Sunday that Taiwan — which had sought membership in the IPEF framework— isn’t among the governments that will be ...
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Has China been caught trying to manipulate the elections in other countries than Taiwan?

Although senior Taiwan officials, including the head of the National Security Council, Wellington Koo, have this year warned that China could try to sway the presidential and legislative elections ...
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Are there agreements or laws that prevent U.S. allies to use Chinese drones militarily?

The U.S. and its allies cannot simply integrate Chinese drones into their forces absent serious security risks, as well as the very real possibility of Chinese supply-chain disruption if tensions ...
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How did China stymie the Myanmar rebels before 2023?

BBC: Three ethnic insurgent armies in Shan State, supported by other armed groups opposing the government, have overrun dozens of military posts, and captured border crossings and the roads carrying ...
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To what extent could India, Pakistan, China, France, and/or the UK individually destroy the U.S. and/or Russia with their nukes if it came to that? [closed]

Some of these match-ups are obviously highly implausible such as France vs. the U.S. (well, they did rename their fries once...). Others are not completely improbable, such as China vs. the U.S. or ...
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Why is the Muslim world focusing on Israel's conflict with the Palestinians, yet expresses virtually no interest in the Uighurs?

All over the world, we witness public marches in support of the Palestinians from Gaza. Yet the Muslim Uighurs (and Myanmar Rohingya) attract virtually no attention, in fact Muslim leaders explicitly ...
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Aside China, is there another country whose constitution forbids foreign meddling?

China consistently opposes imperialism, hegemonism and colonialism, works to strengthen its solidarity with the people of all other countries, supports oppressed peoples and other developing countries ...
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What reason did China invoke for vetoing the US proposal at the UNSC in re Gaza?

According to Reuters: The initial U.S. text shocked many diplomats with its bluntness in stating Israel has a right to defend itself and demanding Iran stop exporting arms to militant groups. It did ...
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Are Chinese social networks "ablaze with antisemitism"? [closed]

This article with reference to an Israeli diplomat in China says that Chinese social networks are "ablaze with antisemitism". I wonder if this is true? Notice also that on the day of the ...
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Which countries (besides China) have called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza?

AFP reported that: China's foreign ministry said Wednesday it was "shocked by and strongly condemns" a strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds, calling for an "immediate ...
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Are there [other] examples of Chinese police directly arresting opposition figures abroad?

According to Safeguard Defenders (NGO): Last month [May 2023], Chinese police descended on the home of historian and activist Lhamjab Borjigin and arrested him. Such arrests are commonplace in the ...
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How many "Inner Mongolian political refugees" might be in Mongolia?

France24 says in relation with the arrest of a Mongolian opposition figure (who was critical of Mongolia's close[r] relations with China) that Activists also say China has pressured Mongolia to ...
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Did the Semiconductor Industry Association criticize exports restriction to China before?

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67141987 Nvidia has said in a filing that the new export restrictions will block sales of two high-end artificial intelligence chips it created for the Chinese ...
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Did China ever get caught spying on a government in a Western country using their technology, alleged or proven?

According to Le Monde Afrique, in January 2017, the African Union's IT department noticed that their server traffic was unusually full between midnight and 2 a.m. local time, when few people were ...
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Do Inuit leaders have enough sovereignty to allow China to build infrastructure for them in Canada?

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has warned Inuit leaders that foreign adversaries could gain a foothold in Canada by offering to fill infrastructure gaps in the North. But Natan Obed,...
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Why is the composition of China's foreign exchange reserves classified information?

The exact composition of China's foreign exchange reserves is classified information.[7][8] In July 2019, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange announced that at the end of 2014, US dollar ...
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Why won't China reduce its exposure to US dollars after all this talk of decoupling?

As Treasury yields soar, however, that thinking may be changing - the two-year is up 50 basis points this month and close to November's 15-year high of 4.88%, while the 10-year is up 40 basis points ...
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Can the U.S. government suspend the trading of a stock at any time?

HONG KONG (AP) — Trading in shares of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was suspended in Hong Kong on Thursday, according to a notice on the Hong Kong stock exchange. ...
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What are the factors that would make it difficult for the U.S. government to block Huawei's patent lawsuits in the U.S.?

https://rollcall.com/2019/06/19/sen-rubio-wants-to-stop-huawei-from-filing-u-s-patent-lawsuits/ Sen. Marco Rubio wants to make sure that the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies can’t ...
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Is there a historical precedent for an official in China being removed due to an extramarital affair?

On 11 July 2023, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced that Qin would not be attending the ASEAN foreign ministers meetings held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 13 and 14 July due to ...
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Through what channels does China communicate with business people like Elon Musk?

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/chinas-ccp-warns-elon-musk-against-sharing-wuhan-lab-leak-report.html Chinese state-run media warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he was risking his relationship with ...
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Is there a precedent for a country sending a spy vehicle without doing any actual spying?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G1kFbUmUy0 The video describes the U.S. detecting an alleged spy balloon and a U.S. general claiming that the balloon was a spy balloon, but that it did not send any ...
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Is fiscal responsibility more difficult to practice in China since most of the spending is done by local governments? [closed]

Local government debt reached 92 trillion yuan ($12.8 trillion), or 76% of economic output in 2022, up from 62.2% in 2019. Part of it is debt issued by local government finance vehicles (LGFVs), which ...
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Why does China not consider itself to be a member of the G77 while the G77 itself lists China as one of its members?

The Group of 77 lists China as one of its members.[14] The Chinese government provides consistent political support to the G77 and has made financial contributions to the Group since 1994, but it does ...
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Why disappear government Ministers and army officials?

So recently two Chinese Government Ministers and a few high ranking PLA officers have gone missing. China's Defense minister Li Shangfu, been missing since late August. Initially said to be a health ...
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Authoritative sources for the Chinese balloon's sensors "had never been activated while over the Continental United States?" Activated beforehand? [closed]

CBS News' September 17, 2023 almost clickbait title The bizarre secret behind China's spy balloon left me disappointed (but not surprised. See also CBS video including bits of interview with Milley: ...
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How do union advocates explain worker salary and conditions improvement in countries where unions are banned? [closed]

On the one hand, unions are entirely banned in China as well as any forms of public protests. On the other hand, no one can deny the fact that Chinese workers have seen a tremendous increase in ...
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Is China's definition of spying one of the loosest in the world?

The United States government, analysts, and lawyers say that the revisions to Beijing's anti-espionage law are vague and will give authorities more leeway in implementing already opaque national ...
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Could there have been advantages to extending an invitation to North Korea to observe the Belt and Road Initiative?

Could there have been advantages to extending an invitation to North Korea to observe the Belt and Road Initiative? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative Observers North Korea[72] ...
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Aside from market size, what kind of leverage does a government have to negotiate lower prices for drugs from pharmaceutical companies?

The Chinese government has launched six rounds of national drug price negotiation since 2016 to lower the price and expand access to innovative drugs, many of which are anticancer drugs. This study ...
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Why wasn't the China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Meeting held since 2019?

The 6th trilateral summit was held on 1 November 2015 in Seoul, resuming the summit since 2012 due to a variety of disputes and issues ranging from World War II apologies to territorial disputes among ...
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How does the CCP prevent the minority parties from obtaining too many seats and is there a hard cap on how many seats they can get?

While only the CCP holds effective power at the national level, there are officially eight minor parties that exist alongside the CCP.[2] Founded before the proclamation of the People's Republic of ...
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