Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence 
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A reclusive billionaire, a ‘fearless’ dealer and a globe-spanning feud over priceless art Chinese defence chief skirts flashpoints at Xiangshan Forum ahead of Xi-Trump summit
With just a week to go until Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington for his first state visit in more than a decade, Chinese…
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Hong Kong Jockey Club to plough HK$3b into new research facility in Northern Metropolis
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has said it will funnel HK$3 billion to support the construction of a Life and Health Academic Research Building at…
Beyond Netanyahu: Will Israel Change Course?
Netanyahu may lose the election but Netanyahuism could survive …
Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
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UK Parliament debates infrastructure security after China Capital revelations
ICIJ and its media partners found that Chinese bank ICBC served as a financing hub for infrastructure in the U.K. and Australia, prompting questions about…
How will the Okinawa governor’s race result reshape China’s local messaging?
The leadership change in Okinawa could deal a quiet blow to Beijing’s attempts to leverage local opposition to remilitarisation and the US-Japan military alliance, according…