La Chine réfléchit à interdire l'exportation de terres rares vers les États-Unis, pour répliquer à l'offensive américaine contre Huawei. Pékin est le premier producteur au monde de ces minerais essentiels pour bon nombre de produits tech.
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China is often portrayed as an environmental and social villain by the West. However, from fighting pollution to poverty alleviation, no country has done more for sustainable development, argues Junice Yeo. 
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To deliver on its goal of 100 per cent energy access by 2030, Myanmar will need to shake up its energy market. With hydropower facing increasing objection from society, how will the former hermit nation power its people for a more sustainable future?
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Chinese involvement in the region is increasingly being activated through China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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The sensitivity of agricultural productivity to climate depends strongly on crop selection.
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U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his four-day visit to Tokyo on Tuesday amid confusion about whether a trade deal with Japan could come in August.
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Demand from Asia’s growing legions of chocoholics has outpaced the ability of local farmers to supply cocoa beans, prompting a surge of shipments into the region from Africa and South America.
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Partner countries have started to seek to renegotiate terms after projects start, meaning China may have to offer more concessions, even as instability threatens the projects. Beijing could end up becoming hostage to the massive loans it is giving out.
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Key facts and figuresChina is now the largest trading partner for the African continent, and China’s Export-Import Bank aims to invest more than $1 trillion in the continent by 2025. In addition, China has now surpassed the United States government in total agriculture R&D funding.
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A critical analysis of the Hindi author’s stories can help policymakers empathically tear into the cobweb that has the Indian farmer trapped at the intersection of poverty, migration, deprivation, and despair.
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Since 2005, China has poured over $141 billion in loans into the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. This is more than lending from the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the CAF Development Bank of Latin America combined.
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The disaster has affected more than 66 million people in Southeast Asia over the past three decades; the study also finds it disproportionately impacts the poor, heightening inequality and increasing the prospect of violent conflict.
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Alors que les élections législatives s’achèvent dimanche, le pays jongle entre une impressionnante culture démocratique et une gestion autoritaire du pouvoir, qui le fragilise de plus en plus.
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Prospects for Washington and Beijing reaching a deal to end the trade war have dwindled as tit-for-tat tariffs have returned. But the stumbling blocks go beyond import duties, and China may not be prepared to cross its ‘red lines’.
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New legislation follows years of global scrutiny over abuse of Thai and migrant workers and mandates basic rights such as social security, medical care and rest periods.
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Singapore, the tiny Southeast Asian city-state, is an unlikely place for a farming revolution.
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Les grands groupes d’Etat chinois investissent massivement dans les projets d’infrastrucutres de ces deux régions, Egypte en tête, décrypte notre chroniqueur.
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Depuis des générations à Hon Khoi au Vietnam, les ouvriers des marais salants se lèvent avant l'aube pour récolter le sel, un travail difficile aux revenus fluctuants, touché de plein fouet par le dérèglement climatique.
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Vietnam should take advantage of the next wave of digital technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, internet of things and cloud-based services to become Asia's next high-performing economy and improve the living standards of its residents, experts urged at a meeting on Wednesday (May 22) in Ho Chi Minh City.
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The study by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), published by academic journal publisher Frontiers last month, said Vietnam can cut greenhouse emissions through different mitigation measures.
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Xi Jinping will meet Vladimir Putin next month and address an economic summit in St Petersburg before he attends security forums in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
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UN agencies say the East Asian country has had the worst harvest in a decade.
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More than 1.5 million pigs have died or been culled and the virus has spread to 35 cities and provinces.
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Some estimates suggest almost four in 10 pigs in China may be ulled by the time the country completes its purge of swine flu, says Tom McGregor.
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Issues of trade, transport, investment, tourism, and security topped the agenda at the 7th Central Asia + Japan dialogue.
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