Navigating Sanctions: A Closer Look at the Complex Web of Sino-Russian Financial Relations
The economic interdependence between China and Russia is underscored by the significant trade volume between the two countries, which reached $240.1 billion in 2023 — marking a 26.3 percent increase from the previous year.
China Deepens Partnership With Iran to Offset US Sanctions, Promote Digital Yuan
In return for investments, China would receive steady supplies of Iranian oil, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said Saturday, adding that the two countries also agreed to establish an Iranian-Chinese bank. Such a bank could help Tehran evade U.S. sanctions that have effectively barred it from global banking systems, according to a March 27, 2021 Wall Street Journal report.
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan Adopts Human Rights Motion
Brynne Lawrence | China Aid (Taipei, Taiwan—April 12, 2015) Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan unanimously adopted an Extemporaneous Motion at 5 p.m. today that challenged the Taiwanese government to address human rights in China. The Extemporaneous Motion on human rights in China condemns the Chinese government’s persecution of human rights lawyers, activists and religious citizens and urges […]
I Have a Chinese Banknote That Everyone in China Is Scared of
I have a very special Chinese banknote. It might be the most precious object I own. “The note says you have to abandon the Party in order to be free.”