Welcome to the third weekly report from GCS. We will be providing you with a selection of the most attention-grabbing world news of the week.Crisis in the German energy market compared to bankruptcy of the Lehman brothers in the 2008 financial crisis. Following steep cuts in supplies from Russia, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is planning to trigger the second stage of the country’s three-phase gas-emergency plan later on…
Our weekly reports highlight the most important economic and political headlines of the week.
In this week we will be taklking about how the BIR affected the geopolitical structures and how was it reacted from other regional players.
This week:1.Eurozone growth boosted by tourism as inflation hits fresh high2.US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans a trip to Taiwan3.Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again, says to the White House
Welcome back to another episode of Global China Today, this is your host Amanda and Xin. As Boris Johnson steps down, the race to become the next Prime Minister of the UK intensifies between Rishi Sunak, ex-chancellor of Exchequer and Liz Truss, ex-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. One aspect of the debate brought our attention: the two candidates’ opposing views on how the UK ought to handle UK-China relations.
Carrying on from the previous episode, we will now dive into the financial aspects of the BRI and picking apart the way the BRI has been conducted. We will ask the question of whether the BRI is able to continue sustainably in regard to financing the project and its impacts.*BRI: Belt & Road Initiatives
In recent years, one particular degree really caught our attention:the Marxism degree. Usually, students with such postgraduate degrees did not have many career options open to them as this can be a rather niche major, at least this was the case before Xi became president in 2012 when china emphasised more on economic development rather than ideological correctness. However, in recent years, demand for Marxism degree graduates is rising in china.
This episode brings you the introduction to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Welcome to the first episode of Global China Study. We are a podcast group hosted by University College London students bringing you the newest international perspective on economic and political affairs every week. We also interview leading scholars to bring you the brightest voices of the brightest minds. Today we will talk about carbon inequality and ESG.
Over the past few years, international travelling has been difficult. The main reason is the zero tolerance policy in China, which caused the tickets back to China to be absolutely luxuries. While the EU has decided to put the pandemic to an end by allowing free entries from the rest of the world, China did play some direct replies, but flights are still rare and tickets are still dear. In addition, the quarantine policy back in China was absolutely increasingly strict.