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High-Stakes Meeting Between China and Canada Seeks to Thaw Deep Chill

GLOBAL NEWS /

OTTAWA/BEIJING – Top diplomats from China and Canada held a closed-door meeting in Ottawa this week, marking the highest-level diplomatic engagement between the two countries in over four years. The talks, described by officials as “candid and necessary,” aimed to stabilize a relationship that has been in a deep freeze since the detention of Canadian […]

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U.S. Intensifies Strategic and Economic Courtship of Greenland Amid Arctic Competition

GLOBAL NEWS /

The United States is significantly ramping up diplomatic and economic pressure to deepen its ties with Greenland, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, as the strategic and resource-rich Arctic becomes a key theater of great-power competition. The U.S. Playbook: Direct Investment & Aid: Bypassing Copenhagen, the U.S. has opened the first-ever U.S. consulate

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China’s Trade Surplus Swells Amid Export Resilience, Raising Global Tensions

ECONOMICS, GLOBAL NEWS /

China’s trade surplus surged to $72.35 billion in April 2024, a figure significantly higher than market forecasts, as export growth outperformed a rebound in imports. The data underscores the persistent global demand for Chinese goods despite geopolitical headwinds and domestic economic pressures. Key Data Points (April, Year-on-Year): Exports: +8.5% (to $302.45 billion), beating expectations. Strong

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Viral Chinese App Taps into National Loneliness by Asking; ‘Are You Dead?’

GLOBAL NEWS, TECHOLOGY /

A starkly named mobile app called “Are You Dead?” (你还活着吗) has surged to the top of download charts in China, capturing the nation’s mood by turning social isolation into a gamified check-in ritual. How it works: Users do not actively post. Instead, the app requires them to check in every 24 hours by answering a

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