Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/australia-china-anthony-albanese-li-qiang-meeting-767662bc7df6f263626e51b5d8e31933 Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and the Chinese Premier Li Qiang met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for stabilizing talks. The goal of both sides was to improve the bilateral relationship between Australia and China. The discussion took place during the ASEAN summit and covered key issues, namely Australia’s 8.5 billion dollar critical minerals deal with the… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg70064d2vo The BBC has expressed serious concern for one of its journalists, a Vietnamese national, who has been stuck in Vietnam for several months, unable to leave. The BBC announced that the journalist went home to Vietnam to visit family and renew their passport but has since had both their ID and passport confiscated by Vietnamese authorities…. Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8eyx718pz2o Trump and Xi Jinping met today in South Korea for trade talks. Trump described the meeting as a “great success” and rated it a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10. China’s response was more reserved – they described the meeting as being more procedural than anything – it was focused more on continued negotiation… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-nvidia-violation-antimonopoly-laws-nvda-stock/ China’s antitrust regulator announced recently that a preliminary investigation found that Nvidia is in violation of strict Chinese anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws. The alleged violated is related specifically to Nvidia’s limited approval in China for the acquisition of Mellanox Technologies in a deal worth $6.9 Billion USD. The deal had a number of conditions attached to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-papua-new-guinea-military-forces-b2826569.html Australia and Papua Nuew Guinea are reaching an agreement to completely integrate their armed forces under a new defence treaty, which will unite the two nations under the same protections provided by Austalia’s alliances with the United States and other major world powers. Under the treaty, the countries’ militaries will work together, sharing equipment, operations, and… Read more »
