2020

Short comic history of a pandemic (2020-2021)

Short comic history of a pandemic (2020-2021)

Original column BY: Sergio Flore Translation BY: Costantino Ceoldo PEJOURNAL - In a way yes, they are right: it is like a war. But no, no bayonet charges against the enemy. No act of courage or self-denial and certainly a few pats on the back between fellow soldiers. However, there is Manichean thought, the implicit rhetoric of the “with us or against us”. There is the impossibility of stopping, doubting, asking questions, on pain of social exclusion. Here, in this sense, yes, it is like a war. Brief review, in outline, of the stages of the military campaign. I go…
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The Challenges of China-U.S. Relations in 2020

The Challenges of China-U.S. Relations in 2020

PEJOURNAL - China-U.S. relations have been severely weakened in 2020 three years after a gradual decline in Donald Trump's administration. Beijing and Washington have accused each other of the coronavirus pandemic, entered an insane economic war, competed over Fuji networks and other technologies, and disputed human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang (alongside other issues) President-elect Joe Biden must face these challenges from day one of his presidency, the Council on American Foreign Relations website wrote in a note. Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) have reviewed major events affecting China-U.S. relations over the past year and…
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