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The Russian government’s forecast predicting economic growth of 3% or more is overoptimistic, say experts from the FBK economic club.
Xinhua: China’s economic recovery picked up steam in the third quarter and the country is confident of sustaining the current momentum amid the effective control of the novel coronavirus and the government’s sweeping efforts to stimulate demand and consumption.
Golden Week holiday showcases China’s economic recovery following COVID-19 epidemic.
Zhang Zin: TikTok’s proposed partnership with US company, squeezed out of a ban threatened by the current US administration over so-called national security concerns, constitutes more of a marriage at gunpoint than one by mutual consent, and offers an unmistakable testimony to an increasingly self-dealing and overbearing Washington.
China holds first International Seminar on Global Digital Governance in Beijing and proposes “Global Initiative on Data Security.”
The question arises: Was Alaska actually sold, or was it simply transferred to the operational management of the U.S. by a fictitious contract to avoid political upheaval?
Video-sharing social networking company TikTok on Monday [Aug. 24] filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump’s administration over Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order banning any US transactions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance, starting in 45 days.
What is the role of ideas in modernization in general and in post-Soviet modernization in particular? There is no consensus among experts on the contribution of ideas to the building of new institutions and practices in various countries in various historical periods. They answer differently the question of whether ideas cause transformations or the other way around. However, when it comes to political, economic and social transformations in post-Soviet Russia, the prevailing view is that ideas were secondary to the interests of key players.
What is the role of ideas in modernization in general and in post-Soviet modernization in particular? There is no consensus among experts on the contribution of ideas to the building of new institutions and practices in various countries in various historical periods. They answer differently the question of whether ideas cause transformations or the other way around. However, when it comes to political, economic and social transformations in post-Soviet Russia, the prevailing view is that ideas were secondary to the interests of key players.
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a meeting on economic issues on Tuesday [April 14] by proposing to evaluate the new economic trends that have emerged because of the coronavirus pandemic. Russia’s economic situation is currently not all that rosy. After panic purchases of food and essential goods, Russians are switching to austerity [consumer habits], according to business surveys. That is not surprising: Many citizens expect either to lose their job or take a pay cut this year.