US rejects nearly all Chinese claims to territory in South China Sea

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 09:14 | 14/07/2020 Tony Nguyen , Vietnam Times

Secretary of United State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a formal rejection of “most” of China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea, marking the turning point as Washington officially directs to Beijing’s ambition to assert control in the strategic waters.

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us rejects nearly all chinese claims to territory in south china sea
Chinese maritime claims outside its internationally recognized waters are illegitimate. Photo: Andy Wong/AP

Accordingly, the administration presented the decision as an attempt to curb China’s increasing assertiveness in the region with a commitment to recognizing international law. But it will almost certainly have the more immediate effect of further infuriating the Chinese, who are already retaliating against numerous U.S. sanctions and other penalties on other matters.The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea, reported Military Times. Tiếp tục đọc “US rejects nearly all Chinese claims to territory in South China Sea” →

U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members

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New York Times

The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries.

Morning rush hour in Beijing this month. A broad travel ban would be the most provocative U.S. action against China since the start of the trade war in 2018.
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By Paul Mozur and Edward Wong

The Trump administration is considering a sweeping ban on travel to the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, according to people familiar with the proposal, a move that would almost certainly prompt retaliation against Americans seeking to enter or remain in China and exacerbate tensions between the two nations.

The presidential proclamation, still in draft form, could also authorize the United States government to revoke the visas of party members and their families who are already in the country, leading to their expulsion. Some proposed language is also aimed at limiting travel to the United States by members of the People’s Liberation Army and executives at state-owned enterprises, though many of them are likely to also be party members.

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The United States is ‘looking at’ banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says

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Jennifer Hansler

By Jill Disis and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Business

Updated 1208 GMT (2008 HKT) July 7, 2020

Hong Kong/Washington (CNN Business)The United States is “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.

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U.S. Department of State Imposes Visa Restrictions on Chinese Communist Party Officials for Undermining Hong Kong’s High Degree of Autonomy and Restricting Human Rights

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US State Department

PRESS STATEMENT

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE

JUNE 26, 2020

President Trump promised to punish the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who were responsible for eviscerating Hong Kong’s freedoms.  Today, we are taking action to do just that.

The CCP has stepped up efforts to undermine Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy by announcing Beijing’s authority to “supervise” Hong Kong’s governance, accusing at least one member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council of misconduct, and moving to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong.  Beijing’s continued actions undermine its commitments and obligations in the Sino-British Joint Declaration to respect Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy.  At the same time, Beijing continues to undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong by putting pressure on local authorities to arrest pro-democracy activists and disqualify pro-democracy electoral candidates. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. Department of State Imposes Visa Restrictions on Chinese Communist Party Officials for Undermining Hong Kong’s High Degree of Autonomy and Restricting Human Rights” →

Hong Kong’s fate is the future of globalism

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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh, author of Future, Axios
A pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong is arrested by police during a protest

Andrew Wan, a pro-democracy legislator, is arrested during a protest in Hong Kong, July 1. Photo: Yat Kai Yeung/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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The 53 countries supporting China’s crackdown on Hong Kong

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CVD Admin: Vietnam did not vote one way or another.

Updated Jul 3, 2020 – World, Axios

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Dave Lawler, author of World
Note: The U.S. has been highly critical of China over the law, but withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council in 2018; Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios
Note: The U.S. has been highly critical of China over the law, but withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council in 2018; Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios

Dueling statements at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva shed light on geopolitical currents far beyond the walls of that institution. Tiếp tục đọc “The 53 countries supporting China’s crackdown on Hong Kong” →

Caught in ‘Ideological Spiral,’ U.S. and China Drift Toward Cold War

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The New York Times

Relations are in free fall. Lines are being drawn. As the two superpowers clash over technology, territory and clout, a new geopolitical era is dawning.

President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at a bilateral meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, last summer.
Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times

By Steven Lee Myers and Paul Mozur

One by one, the United States has hit at the core tenets of Xi Jinping’s vision for a rising China ready to assume the mantle of superpower.

In a matter of weeks, the Trump administration has imposed sanctions over punitive policies in Hong Kong and China’s western region of Xinjiang. It took new measures to suffocate Chinese innovation by cutting it off from American technology and pushing allies to look elsewhere. On Monday, it challenged China’s claims in the South China Sea, setting the stage for sharper confrontation.

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NREL Research Points to Strategies for Recycling of Solar Panels

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Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment into the most promising approaches to end-of-life management for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.

PV modules have a 30-year lifespan. There is currently no plan for how to manage this at end of their lifespan. The volume of modules no longer needed could total 80 million metric tons by 2050. In addition to quantity, the nature of the waste also poses challenges. PV modules are made of valuable, precious, critical, and toxic materials. There is currently no standard for how to recycle the valuable ones and mitigate the toxic ones.

Numerous articles review individual options for PV recycling but, until now, no one has done a global assessment of all PV recycling efforts to identify the most promising approaches.

“PV is a major part of the energy transition,” said Garvin Heath, a senior scientist at NREL who specializes in sustainability science. “We must be good stewards of these materials and develop a circular economy for PV modules.”
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What VN needs to do to attract quality FDI after Covid-19

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A factory belonging to a foreign company in Hải Dương.  There are several things Việt Nam could do to become more attractive to foreign investors.—  VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt

HCM CITY — Speeding up infrastructure development and improving ease of doing business and vocational training are among things Việt Nam can do to make itself more attractive to foreign investors post-Covid-19, according to investment fund VinaCapital.

Don Lam, the fund’s co-founder and CEO, said, “Consultants expect  20 per cent of China’s manufacturing sector to move out the country in the coming years. Tiếp tục đọc “What VN needs to do to attract quality FDI after Covid-19” →

Nhà Chống Lũ giới thiệu “Sổ tay Nhà An Toàn”, ngày 18/7/2020 tại C Space, Tp. Hồ Chí Minh

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GIỚI THIỆU CHƯƠNG TRÌNH

Chỉ còn một vài tuần nữa, mùa mưa lũ hàng năm sẽ đến. Trong bối cảnh thiên tai diễn biến ngày càng phức tạp, ngày càng nhiều hộ gia đình cần được đảm bảo một cuộc sống an toàn, được hướng dẫn, lưu ý và hỗ trợ kỹ thuật xây dựng nhà ở an toàn. Vì lý do này, chương trình “Nhà Chống Lũ” đã dành thời gian soạn thảo và mạnh dạn chia sẻ những kinh nghiệm đã tích lũy qua “Sổ tay Nhà An Toàn”.

“Sổ tay Nhà An Toàn” bao gồm chi tiết các mô hình nhà có khả năng thích ứng với các loại hình bão lũ điển hình tại Việt Nam, thông qua các nghiên cứu chi tiết tại nhiều vùng dự án mà chúng tôi đã thực hiện trong các năm 2013-2019. Chúng tôi mong muốn, thông qua cuốn Sổ tay này, người dân, chính quyền địa phương, các tổ chức phi lợi nhuận, các chuyên gia và các cá nhân quan tâm có thể tham khảo và áp dụng được mô hình nhà ở phù hợp, có khả năng thích ứng tốt với bối cảnh thiên tai tại địa phương và ngân sách gia đình. (Link tải về “Sổ tay Nhà An Toàn”: https://song.org.vn/nha-chong-lu-so-tay-nha-an-toan/)

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Allow foreign ownership in fuel distribution, ministry proposes

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By Anh Minh   July 14, 2020 | 09:12 am GMT+7 VNExpress

Allow foreign ownership in fuel distribution, ministry proposes

An employee holds a fuel nozzle at a fuel station in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed that fuel distributors be allowed to sell a maximum of 35 percent of their stake to foreign investors.

The ministry rationalized that several exceptions the government has allowed so far, such as 20 percent foreign ownership in Petrolimex and 35 percent in Petrovietnam Oil, have considerably improved the performance, competitiveness and value of these fuel distributors.

Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization in 2007 but did not open the market to foreign investors in order to allow local companies to grow and secure key positions in fuel distribution, the ministry said.

Now, after 13 years, local companies have achieved the target and need more capital to invest in storage and port infrastructure to improve production to meet domestic demand, and for this, they need foreign investment, it said.

The ministry added that the 35 percent cap will keep foreign investors from taking complete control of the sector, which is key to the nation’s economy.

Petrolimex and Petrovietnam Oil are the two main fuel distributors in Vietnam and the government holds a majority stake in both companies. Japan’s Idemitsu Q8 is the only foreign-owned petrol chain in Vietnam with four outlets since entering the market in 2017.

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd is one of the four investors behind the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Officials had said earlier that 70-75 percent of fuel consumed in Vietnam is being produced locally and the rest imported from several countries including South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Vietnam poised for quick recovery once the global economy reopens

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 14 July 2020 Consultancy.asia

Although Covid-19 threw a spanner in the works for Vietnam’s thriving economic growth story, McKinsey & Company suggests that the country could resume pre-crisis growth levels by next year.

Two factors have combined to cushion the blow of Covid-19 on Vietnam’s economy, at least in comparison to other economies across Asia and the world. For one, the country was successful in containing the virus. In fact, reports highlight that the last report of community transmission of Covid-19 in Vietnam was two months ago. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam poised for quick recovery once the global economy reopens” →

Is the supply chain shifting to Vietnam in a post-COVID-19 world?

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Rumour has it that Vietnam is poised to be one of the biggest winners of all – let us dive a little into it

 

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Trade tensions between the US and China have been the talk of the town since the year 2018. With the two world powers undergoing a lengthy trade dispute, there are unending speculations on the impacts on both nations, and also the probable spillover effects on the Southeast Asian (SEA) countries. Tiếp tục đọc “Is the supply chain shifting to Vietnam in a post-COVID-19 world?” →

Vietnam to benefit most from global apparel manufacturing diversification

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JUL 14, 2020 / 10:40 Ngoc Thuy, HanoiTimes

The Hanoitimes – Vietnam would remain a prime candidate for gains over the near term, according to Fitch Solutions.

Vietnam, along with Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar, is poised to benefit most from shifts in manufacturing in the apparel space, according to Fitch Solutions, a subsidiary of Fitch Group. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam to benefit most from global apparel manufacturing diversification” →