White House News (白宮消息) | Apr. 26, 2021
BIDEN AND THE WESTERN BALKANS
Apr. 26 - ...China poses an even greater challenge to Western interests in the Balkans. Unlike Russia, which solely acts as a spoiler power obstructing the West, China is a rising power offering a strategic vision for Eurasia with its Belt and Road Initiative. In the past decade, Chinese firms invested $2.4 billion in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. At the same time, Beijing has provided $6.8 billion in infrastructure loans. In Serbia, China is the third-largest foreign direct investor (accounting for 6.61 percent of all net foreign direct investments) after the European Union (72.27 percent) and Russia (11.21 percent). In Montenegro, China owns 25 percent of the country’s public debt. Beijing is supplying Belgrade with drones. The recent visit by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe to Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Hungary suggests that China wants to expand its military ties with regional powers. On the vaccination front, to Serbia alone China supplied 1 million doses of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm vaccine, and the supply of an additional 2 million doses has also been agreed. However, China is also bringing highly questionable labor and environmental standards to the region.
The United States has already shown itself capable of pushing back against Russia and China in the Balkans, even under Trump... quoted from
Apr. 26 - ...China poses an even greater challenge to Western interests in the Balkans. Unlike Russia, which solely acts as a spoiler power obstructing the West, China is a rising power offering a strategic vision for Eurasia with its Belt and Road Initiative. In the past decade, Chinese firms invested $2.4 billion in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. At the same time, Beijing has provided $6.8 billion in infrastructure loans. In Serbia, China is the third-largest foreign direct investor (accounting for 6.61 percent of all net foreign direct investments) after the European Union (72.27 percent) and Russia (11.21 percent). In Montenegro, China owns 25 percent of the country’s public debt. Beijing is supplying Belgrade with drones. The recent visit by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe to Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Hungary suggests that China wants to expand its military ties with regional powers. On the vaccination front, to Serbia alone China supplied 1 million doses of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm vaccine, and the supply of an additional 2 million doses has also been agreed. However, China is also bringing highly questionable labor and environmental standards to the region.
The United States has already shown itself capable of pushing back against Russia and China in the Balkans, even under Trump... quoted from
Chinese vessels were captured moored at the disputed Whitsun Reef in South China Sea
'China is militarising ports across our region': Dutton's stern warning for Australia
Apr. 26 - Defence Minister Peter Dutton has issued a stern warning for Australians this Anzac Day, saying it's time the Defence Force turned its attention to nearer shores amid a growing threat from China.
Speaking to Weekend Today this morning, Mr Dutton paid tribute to the "amazing effort" of the tens of thousands of Australians and other Allied service personnel who had fought in the Middle East over the past two decades, saying they had saved Australia and other nations from terror attacks.
However, with the remaining 80 ADF personnel set to return from service in Afghanistan by September, Mr Dutton said that Australia must now focus on closer threats to its national security.,, (more evidences)
..,Over the past year, China has slapped trade sanctions on a range of Australian exports, with billions of dollars wiped, after Australia called for an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and the Federal Government introduced foreign interference legislation.
The recently-installed defence minister's comments today will be taken as further indication of rising tensions, as the federal government refuses to back down. quoted from
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'China is militarising ports across our region': Dutton's stern warning for Australia
Apr. 26 - Defence Minister Peter Dutton has issued a stern warning for Australians this Anzac Day, saying it's time the Defence Force turned its attention to nearer shores amid a growing threat from China.
Speaking to Weekend Today this morning, Mr Dutton paid tribute to the "amazing effort" of the tens of thousands of Australians and other Allied service personnel who had fought in the Middle East over the past two decades, saying they had saved Australia and other nations from terror attacks.
However, with the remaining 80 ADF personnel set to return from service in Afghanistan by September, Mr Dutton said that Australia must now focus on closer threats to its national security.,, (more evidences)
..,Over the past year, China has slapped trade sanctions on a range of Australian exports, with billions of dollars wiped, after Australia called for an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and the Federal Government introduced foreign interference legislation.
The recently-installed defence minister's comments today will be taken as further indication of rising tensions, as the federal government refuses to back down. quoted from
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President Biden made one of the biggest commitments at the summit, promising to reduce US emissions by half before the year 2030.
What happened at Biden’s global climate summit?
Date published on Apr. 26, 2021
...So what comes next?
Other countries, like China and Russia, have put out very vague, more easily achieved goals in what may be an effort to not fall short of their stated aims.
In November, leaders from those countries that were a part of the Paris Agreement will set official emission targets for the next
decade at a climate conference in Scotland. quoted from
What happened at Biden’s global climate summit?
Date published on Apr. 26, 2021
...So what comes next?
- Now, countries are going to work to implement the things they promised.
Other countries, like China and Russia, have put out very vague, more easily achieved goals in what may be an effort to not fall short of their stated aims.
In November, leaders from those countries that were a part of the Paris Agreement will set official emission targets for the next
decade at a climate conference in Scotland. quoted from
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