by Tyler Durden
Could Japan still cancel the Tokyo Olympics over COVID?
recent comments from Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga have driven speculation that the Summer Games could be called off. As COVID-19 infections rise in Japan, public support for the Games continues to drop.
Just around 70 days ahead of the Games opening date, a poll conducted by TBS News found that 65 percent of Japanese wanted the Games cancelled or postponed again, with 37 percent voting to scrap the event altogether and 28 percent calling for another delay.
Japan has extended the state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until the end of May and is struggling to contain a surge of COVID-19 cases, raising questions about whether the Games should go ahead. Japan s vaccination rate is also the lowest among wealthy nations.
If China stops taking Australia’s coal, will other countries fill the gap?
Chinese state-owned media appeared to confirm a ban on imports of Australian coal this week.
Australian officials are now trying to figure out how serious the threat is, and its implications.
If China stops taking Australia’s coal, will other countries fill the gap? Could Japan, India and South Korea?
What’s happened?
A state-owned tabloid in China, The Global Times, this week reported China’s top economic planner was allowing the country’s power plants to import coal without clearance restrictions from several countries “except for Australia.”
If China stops taking Australia s coal, will other countries fill the gap?
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DecDecember 2020 at 1:46am
Trade tensions between China and Australia have hit a new low, with China turning its ire on Australia s coal exporters.
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Chinese state-owned media appeared to confirm a ban on imports of Australian coal this week.
Australian officials are now trying to figure out how serious the threat is, and its implications.
If China stops taking Australia s coal, will other countries fill the gap? Could Japan, India and South Korea?
What s happened?
A state-owned tabloid in China, The Global Times, this week reported China s top economic planner was allowing the country s power plants to import coal without clearance restrictions from several countries except for Australia.