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  • The US and China are back to their pre-pandemic GDP per capita

    Different countries’ Covid-hit economies are recovering at different paces. China returned to its pre-pandemic GDP per capita halfway into 2020. South Korea, Russia, and the US weren’t far behind, recovering pre-pandemic around the middle of 2021. A further 15 nations are expected to have returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, two years after the virus emerged.

  • Saudi Arabia pips Russia to be China’s biggest oil supplier in 2020

    Saudi shipments to China in 2020 were rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier to 84.92 million tons, or about 1.69 million bpd, data from the General Administration of Chinese Customs showed. Russia was a close second with shipments of 83.57 million tons, or 1.67 million bpd, up 7.6 percent from 2019, the data showed.

  • Peace with Russia, China ‘Fraying at the Edge,’ Milley Tells Graduating Cadets

    “The country that masters new technologies, combines them with doctrine and develops leadership to take advantage of them. The side that does that best will have a decisive advantage at the start of the next war,” Milley told the graduates.

  • US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in

    While traveling through the Middle East over the past week, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, who heads U.S. Central Command, fielded a persistent question from the military and political leaders he met: Is the U.S. still committed to their country and the region, and what more support can they get.

  • Saudi Arabia holds spot as China’s top crude supplier in April, UAE imports plunge

    China's imports from Saudi Arabia slowed in April but the kingdom retained its position as China's top supplier of crude oil for an eighth consecutive month, customs data showed on Thursday, while arrivals from the United Arab Emirates plunged.

  • Perspective: What to Make of the Iran-China Deal

    It was announced on March 27 2021 that China and Iran had signed a 25-year strategic deal, including bilateral cooperation in defense, deepened commercial ties, and increased oil sales. Although the full details of the deal have yet to come to light, it is clear that it is a massive watershed in Chinese-Iranian relations. Moreover, despite some assertions that the deal was caused by the Trump administration’s sanctions policy, it should be noted that the groundwork was laid in 2016, when the Obama-era JCPOA remained in effect.

  • Top Senate Dem quietly inserts Iran poison pill into China bill

    Proponents of diplomacy with Iran say the measure may have been meant to complicate the ongoing talks in Vienna

  • China condemns bombing of Pakistan hotel hosting ambassador

    At least five people were killed and 12 injured in the attack. A spokesman, Wang Wenbin, said the Chinese ambassador and his team were not in the hotel when the blast happened, and that no Chinese citizens were hurt.

  • Treasury-Buying Spree of $17 Billion Has UAE Eclipsing China

    The United Arab Emirates went on its biggest Treasury-buying spree on record in February, purchasing more of the safe-haven securities than China in one of the worst months for U.S. debt markets in years. The Gulf nation, OPEC’s third-biggest crude producer, raised its stockpile by about $17 billion to $50.6 billion, making it the largest buyer after the U.K. that month, according to U.S. Treasury Department data. A spokesperson for the UAE central bank declined to make any immediate comment Wednesday.

  • How China and Russia are using ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to enhance influence in the Middle East

    On the one hand, Israel is not using China’s vaccine, noted Roie Yellinek, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute and a research associate at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. This means that Beijing is not allowing Israelis to enter its territory without quarantine since Chinese authorities do not recognize the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.