These figures show the year-on-year change in GDP for some of the world's richest countries, with China's economy larger than it was a year ago while Western economies including Britain and America have seen massive decline
Edward Lucas, Daily Mail: How sickening that the dragon is roaring back: China's economy is booming during the pandemic it unleashed
How galling it is to see China bouncing back from the global pandemic that it unleashed.
While the rest of the world wrestles with fear, mistrust, unemployment, recession, stagnation, non-Covid health catastrophes, countless blighted lives and a ‘second wave’ of the virus, China is set to enter 2021 stronger than it was in January 2020.
That was the month when Chinese complacency, deceit and the ruthless diktat of the Communist Party allowed coronavirus to get its first foothold among humankind.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 21, 2020
China has the world's largest navy — what now for the US? -- Wesley Rahn, DW
China Keeps Inching Closer to Taiwan -- Michael Beckley, Foreign Policy
China’s provocations propel decision to include Australia in upcoming Malabar exercise -- Bradley Bowman and Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery (ret.), Defense News
Growing North Korean Nuclear Threat Awaits US Election Winner -- Deb Riechmann, AP
Kyrgyz electoral fiasco involves familiar faces -- Matteo Fumagalli, East Asia Forum
All Eyes on Suga's Foreign Policy Agenda -- Satohiro Akimoto, Nikkei
How Russia Views Afghanistan Today -- Nurlan Aliyev, War On The Rocks
Police brutality is just tip of the iceberg for protesters in Nigeria -- Jason Burke, The Guardian
End the American military presence in Somalia -- Robert Moore, The Hill
Sudan is removed from the terror list. Now what? -- Cameron Hudson, Atlantic Council
Is France at war with its Muslims? -- Al Jazeera
What New World Order? The Case For A Stronger Germany -- Michael Stürmer, World Crunch
As the Arctic's attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole -- Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Reuters
The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case. It could change the face of online search -- Katharine Kemp, ABC News (Australia)
