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Zhao Lijian urges Biden Administration to Learn from Trump’s Strategic Errors and Wrong Policies Towards China

Zhao Lijian urges Biden Administration to Learn from Trump’s Strategic Errors and Wrong Policies Towards China

PEJOURNAL - Zhao Lijian, The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, reiterated its hopes for better relations with the new US administration of Joe Biden, urging the incoming President to learn from Donald Trump’s errors and not to treat Beijing like a threat. Speaking on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Zhao Lijian said Beijing hoped President Joe Biden would help get Sino-US relations back on track, RT reported.  “In the past few years, the Trump administration has made strategic errors, treating China as a strategic competitor or even a threat, and accordingly adopted a series of wrong actions that interfere with China’s…
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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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Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea

Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea

PEJOURNAL - The continuing North Korean nuclear arms crisis in various US governments has made it a complex issue. The Rand Institute has tried to find a way to solve this crisis In 1946, the US Air Force commissioned Douglas Air Industries to build a test aircraft with worldwide flying capability. In 1947, the company held a symposium to hire experts to provide broader analysis and research to the US military, which led to the founding of the Rand Institute in 1948. Rand has been instrumental in shaping US military strategy since the 1950s, and one of his most famous…
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Technology and R&D Investments of China

Technology and R&D Investments of China

BY: Oğuz Fırat PEJOURNAL - China has undoubtedly been one of the few great countries that guided the world for the history of civilization. It has been an example to societies in all periods of the world in science, technology, art and literature. China was the center of science, especially in the Middle Ages. With the widespread use of fire, gunpowder and compass, it has become at the forefront of the world level. However, these did not turn into industries due to China's geopolitical position and administrative unit arising from the center-periphery relationship. It was the European states and Britain…
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China claims quantum supremacy

China claims quantum supremacy

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer that is able to perform certain computations nearly 100 trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer, representing the first milestone in the country’s efforts to develop the technology. The researchers have built a quantum computer prototype that is able to detect up to 76 photons through Gaussian boson sampling, a standard simulation algorithm, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing research published in Science magazine. That’s exponentially faster than existing supercomputers. The breakthrough represents a quantum computational advantage, also known as quantum supremacy, in which no traditional computer can…
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Russian Gas to Supply China through CREP from Dec 2020

Russian Gas to Supply China through CREP from Dec 2020

PEJOURNAL - China Russia East Pipeline (CREP) started to transmit natural gas from Changling Station in Jilin to Yongqing Station in Hebei, and CREP mid-section was officially put into commercial service. This 1,110 kilometers mid-section started construction from July 2019 and finished the whole project in 518 days, to provide 27 mcm/d natural gas supply to North China and help Beijing to spend 2020’s cold winter. China Russia East Pipeline was set to supply 8 bcm of natural gas in its first year, but Gazprom and CNPC adjusted the schedule to 5 bcm in 2020. However, the underdeveloped natural gas…
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US sanctions against Iran under Trump

US sanctions against Iran under Trump

BY: Political Economy Journal PEJOURNAL - U.S. government under Trump imposed many sanctions on Iran to force the Islamic Republic to accept the security interests of the West. This note assesses the characteristics of these sanctions. On May 8, 2018, US President Donald Trump kept his promise to leave JCPOA. The move marked the beginning of a policy called "maximum pressure" to force Iran to negotiate favorably with the West in the nuclear, missile and regional spheres. Sanctions, number and objectives The Trump government had imposed sanctions on Iran six times before leaving JCPOA, but then imposed sanctions on Iran…
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Influence of U.S. Versus Chinese Powers of Persuasion in Indo-Pacific region

Influence of U.S. Versus Chinese Powers of Persuasion in Indo-Pacific region

"China's Influence Is Economic, While America's Is Diplomacy and Defense” BY: RAND PEJOURNAL - U.S. policymakers and experts are focused on two central questions about long-term strategic competition between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC): How do we assess how well the United States is doing relative to China, and which country has more influence in the Indo-Pacific region? RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers addressed these two questions by first defining what influence means in the context of great-power competition and creating a framework to measure U.S. versus PRC influence. The result brings into focus a…
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The Quad; A Complement or Replacement for ASEAN?

The Quad; A Complement or Replacement for ASEAN?

BY: Gabriel Joel P. Honrada* PEJOURNAL - There are two emerging guarantors of the multilateral rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific. First is the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) between the US, Australia, Japan, and India. Second is the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). Both organisations attempt to uphold the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific, albeit via different means. The Quad provides a tangible enforcing presence and backs up the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific with the threat of military force. In comparison, ASEAN takes a softer approach of interaction, socialisation, and integration to preserve the same. In view of China’s…
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What does Joe Biden’s presidency mean for America’s role in the world?

What does Joe Biden’s presidency mean for America’s role in the world?

BY: Atlantic Council PEJOURNAL - We finally have a winner. After several days of counting votes, former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated President Donald J. Trump in the US presidential election, after the Associated Press called Pennsylvania for the former vice president on November 7.  While Biden may have to contend with a divided Congress to achieve his many domestic priorities, he will have much more power to shape US foreign policy going forward. “Under a Biden presidency, the United States will shift from a ‘with or without us’ approach to a policy that fundamentally believes the United States can achieve more when we work together with partner nations,” Jason Marczak, director of…
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