Executive Summary Due to their wealth of critical natural resources (primarily rare earth minerals), rapidly growing populations (labor and consumer markets) and strategic geographic location, many Francophone and Lusophone countries in Africa occupy strategic roles for China and its large businesses operating in, among others, the electronics and high-tech industries. Given Beijing’s ambitious plans in strengthening its most innovation-pinned industries which …
When Hand of Death came out in 1976, it was seen as just a normal Kung Fu flick about the Shaolin Temple from Golden Harvest. Leading actor Tan Tao-liang hadn't
Executive Summary The re-emergence of the Chinese “security for hire” industry which is deeply rooted in Chinese history and trade practices is largely a result of the beginning of market reforms in the 1980s and China’s growing integration into global trade. Since 2013, after the inauguration of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), discussions on the use (and methods of use) of …
Taipei, Sept. 23 (CNA) One of Taiwan's major travel agencies forecast Friday that its revenue from trips to Japan will soon rebound to 30 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels, as Japan is about to cancel its limits on inbound visitors and Taiwan is planning to fully open its borders.