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Author Archives: Poornima Weerasekara

Posted inChina

China returns fire at Australia in the WTO

by Poornima Weerasekara and Beiyi Seow June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

China said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization challenging Australia’s anti-dumping measures on a range of goods, marking a further escalation in tensions between the two countries. The suit – regarding Chinese exports of train wheels, wind turbines and stainless steel sinks – comes a week after Canberra challenged […]

Posted inChina

China ready to launch first crew to space station

by Ludovic Ehret and Poornima Weerasekara June 15, 2021June 18, 2021
Posted inChina

China targets land grabs, forced evictions

by Poornima Weerasekara June 6, 2020June 6, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Virus slows China’s mega projects

by Poornima Weerasekara February 28, 2020February 29, 2020
Posted inChina

US axes tariffs on China goods in trade war thaw

by Poornima Weerasekara and Sebastian Smith December 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Xinjiang boss known as a hard case

by Poornima Weerasekara December 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

China warns against Hong Kong separation

by Poornima Weerasekara and Jerome Taylor November 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Beijing opens airport ahead of 70th anniversary

by Poornima Weerasekara September 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Confusion clouds China’s social credit system

by Poornima Weerasekara September 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Put off by US, Chinese students eye other universities

by Poornima Weerasekara July 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia

Will Kim-Trump summit stay on track?

by Poornima Weerasekara February 24, 2019February 18, 2020

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