May 21, 2021
Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China, July 30, 2019.
Reuters
The United States and China must find ways to cooperate even if there is no full trust between them because if relations continue to plummet, the possibility of military conflict would have dire consequences for the rest of the world, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.
Speaking during an interview at the inaugural Global Forum on Economic Recovery, hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (May 19), Lee said if the two countries clashed, “everything is to be lost”.
Editorial: US President Joe Biden tries to draw line under Afghanistan war on terror
18 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The United States withdrawal means uncertainty in Afghanistan. Photo / AP file
NZ Herald
EDITORIAL:
People aged under 20 have never known a world before the September 11, 2001 attacks and America s war on terror .
For them, the United States has always been at war in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden s decision to unconditionally draw a line under US involvement in a country which has historically been a quagmire for foreign invaders has been a long time coming.
His predecessor Donald Trump had eyed May 1 as a date for withdrawal while peace talks continued and the Taliban gobbled more territory. According to the UN, more than 1700 civilians have been killed or wounded in attacks so far this year, up 23 per cent from the same period last year.
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It was a stark turnaround from the early weeks of 2020, when Xi’s stock seemed to be battered as the coronavirus erupted in Wuhan, the nation seethed with anger and panic, and the Chinese leader was nowhere to be seen in public for days. As soon as China got the virus under control in April, Xi toured Wuhan, and the government began spinning the disaster as a triumph of China’s people and its government. On Thursday – one year to the day since Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang first leaked reports about positive coronavirus tests to friends and was arrested by police for spreading “rumours” – Xi marvelled at how front-line workers fulfilled their missions at the cost of their lives and how medical volunteers marched ahead without hesitation.