China Reform Monitor: No. 1259
Pro-China groups rally in Hong Kong;
In ongoing reshuffle Xi populates more ministries with loyalists
Pro-China groups rally in Hong Kong;
In ongoing reshuffle Xi populates more ministries with loyalists
President Barack Obama believed that reaching a deal with Iran over its nuclear weapons program would be a historic diplomatic breakthrough that could lead to a fundamental transformation in U.S.-Iranian relations and, more importantly, to significant changes in Iran's international behavior. But, nearly a year after the deal's implementation, there are no signs of change in Iran, and good reason to believe that the deal is in its final days.
China opens Gwadar port in Pakistan;
Chinese firm assumes stake in Iran's South Pars gas field
Single in Tehran;
The regime turns on its own;
An Israeli strike, back on the table;
Iran's newest weapon;
Iran's naval ambitions, revisited
Russia's military spending takes a hit... finally;
Who is a Russian, really?