Trump pardons imprisoned Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
[South China Morning Post] - 01/22/2025
US president makes good on a campaign pledge to free the mastermind behind the illicit drug marketplace Silk Road.
In Chinese newspapers
Thailand Moves to Deport Uyghur Detainees to China
On Sunday, researcher Nyrola Elimä reported that authorities in Thailand’s immigration detention center have (…)
[China Digital Times] - 22/01/2025
Vietnam confident of US ties under Trump: ‘I can play golf all day long’
‘We think we can handle it,’ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said of Vietnam’s US ties at the World Economic Forum in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
As the rules-based order declines, hegemony takes on a new form
From new development models to shifting norms, global power is now increasingly shared and contested across (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Scott Bessent’s nomination as Trump’s Treasury chief clears Senate Finance Committee
The billionaire hedge fund manager now faces a final confirmation vote in the US Senate.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Israeli military chief resigns over October 7 ‘failure’, as it launches deadly West Bank attack
Herzi Halevi resigned, citing security failures during Hamas’ October 7 attack, blaming the military’s inability to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirm ties as Donald Trump returns to the White House
China and Russia vow to elevate relationship as US president issues executive orders on domestic and global issues (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Greenland PM says ‘we don’t want to be Americans’ as Trump takes office
Denmark’s foreign minister said that no country should be able to simply help themselves to another country.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
EU tariffs failing to stop flood of Chinese electric vehicles, new trade data suggests
China’s exports of electric vehicles to the European Union rose again in December, prompting fears of an escalating (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
China’s state media runs blow-by-blow account of Trump’s return, calls for ‘more bridges’
Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily cites ‘historical juncture’ in ties, while Global Times calls for ‘more (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Trump’s America First Trade Policy: US-China 2020 import deal is again under scrutiny
Nomura analysts say Trump’s ‘rather hawkish’ memo on China raises concerns that Beijing will be forced to comply (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hongkonger dies, another injured after knife attack in Yuen Long
Knife-wielding attackers assaulted two men near Hi Yip Factory Building, police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025