Russia sanctions: new impetus for Chinese yuan to move up the reserve currency ladder?
Mar 23, 2022 10:15 am UTC| Economy
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian forces has led to the most aggressive financial sanctions by Western countries against another country in modern history. Two financial sanctions stand out in particular. Firstly,...
Ukraine Recap: Putin's plans explained – at home and abroad
Mar 21, 2022 15:19 pm UTC| Politics
The image that I cant get out of my head this week is that of Marina Ovsyannikova, the brave Russian television producer, who risked a lengthy jail sentence when she burst into a live news bulletin going out on state-owned...
Ukraine: why China is not yet bailing out Russia
Mar 21, 2022 15:17 pm UTC| Politics
As Russias war in Ukraine continues, Chinas role has been thrown into sharp relief. Prior to the war, some commentators suggested that China would openly side with Russia or seek to act as a mediator so far Beijing...
Mar 21, 2022 15:13 pm UTC| Politics
Its impossible to predict how the crisis in Ukraine will progress, but the rupture in relations between Russia and the west is unlikely to heal any time soon. At the very least, trade between these two sides is going to be...
China's balancing act on Russian invasion of Ukraine explained
Mar 12, 2022 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
Russia has few friends in the international community following its invasion of Ukraine. But China, which shares a 2,672-mile (4,300-kilometer) border with Russia, is among the handful of nations that has refused to...
Mar 11, 2022 17:03 pm UTC| Politics
The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the...
Could the Ukraine invasion spark a global financial crisis?
Mar 07, 2022 11:06 am UTC| Economy
The Russian assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities has intensified uncertainty in the world economy. To condemn Putins war, western leaders announced some restrictive economic measures to target Russian financial...
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