New CPC guidelines expand Party control over private firms;
"Dual circulation" policy to be enshrined in 14th five-year plan;
Global Times: PLA seeking "a political reason" to attack Taiwan;
China picks up asylum seekers fleeing Hong Kong for Taiwan
Disney's new "Mulan" faces boycott
Washington is facing a critical arms control dilemma, with the New START Treaty due to expire, Russia developing a range of strategic weapons outside the treaty, and China meanwhile significantly building up its nuclear forces.
[T]he Palestinian Authority needs to join the new political wave, or get left behind.
[W]hile most don’t know it, the Space Force is positioned to be among the most powerful organizations enabling and advancing a global green agenda.
An Indo-Japanese hub in Djibouti
U.S. seeks to expand East Africa drone war
Uganda bolsters oil market share with trade deals;
Slow aid and continuous crisis threatens Sudan's transition;
Ethiopian migrants languish in Saudi prisons