East Asia Digest by Ambassador Gautam Bambawale | January 2022
I Overview China: U.S. announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics China launches 2 satellites into space Income Tax Department launches investigations into several Chinese firms Central Economic Work Conference held China’s aircraft carriers conduct drills and training simultaneously Japan: Japan’s Cabinet passes 107.60 trillion Yen budget for fiscal 2022 Japan – U.S. 2+2 dialogue […]
Africa Digest by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | January 2022
H I G H L I G H T S • COUPS AND THE KREMLIN• FOURTH COVID WAVE COUPS AND THE KREMLIN While the world’s attention is on the Ukraine, Russia is extending its influence into Francophone regions of the Sahel in countries like Mali and Burkina Faso. The latter two countries recently had coup d’etats against […]
