China’s Shenzhen widens COVID-19 restrictions as cases rise

SHENZHEN: The particular southern Chinese tech hub Shenzhen tightened COVID-19 curbs as cases continued to mount upon Thursday (Sep 1), with large occasions and indoor amusement suspended for three days in the city’s many populous district, Baoan. At least half of the Shenzhen’s ten districts, house to more than 13Continue Reading

How Russia may escalate conflict beyond Ukraine

Six months into the Ukraine war, the conflict’s escalation pattern seems relatively predictable. However, Western observers may be anticipating escalation in the wrong place.  Russia is demonstrating the capability to make trouble for the West in the Indo-Pacific region. The US and its allies should anticipate this, both deterring Russian horizontal escalation beyond Ukraine and forcing Russia […]

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