China will eventually become the world’s No 2 aircraft carrier power, trailing only the United States, but its carrier strike group air crews are still far below international standard, military experts say.
William Pierce holds the graduate assistantship for The Carter Center’s China Program. He is a Masters student at Rollins School of Public Health, with a policy and management concentration. Pierce served in the Peace Corps, living in a Ghanaian village and carrying out public health programs from 2013 to 2015. He holds an executive position in the Rollins Returned Peace Corps Committee. Pierce has worked at CARE International within the new business development department, responding to U.S. government solicitations, including those from USAID. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University at Buffalo. He speaks Hausa and Buili.
On May 19, the People’s Bank of China and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the “Notice on Work Related to Foreign NGO Representative Offices’ Renminbi Bank Account Management” (关于做好境外非政府组织代表机构人民币银行账户管理有关工作的通知). According to the Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS’) official WeChat account, the Notice explains the process and required documentation for setting up a bank account within China and for banking and financial institutions’ responsibilities for verifying foreign NGOs’ documentation, and it also provides additional information for foreign NGOs who have already established such bank accounts.
Western news coverage of China’s engagement in Africa often is confined to the business section, generally focusing on loans, resource deals, or other financial dealings. Moreover, ambitious international feature reporting, particularly from Africa, has becoming increasingly rare in today’s era of declining revenues at major international news outlets. So it was notable when The New York Times published an expansive front-page story in the May 2, 2015 edition of the paper’s Sunday magazine.
Here are our translations of the latest WeChat posts from the Ministry of Public Security related to Foreign NGOs.
China’s aggression in the Asia-Pacific region has been met with little tangible response from the United States and other countries. China’s neighbors have acquiesced to Beijing’s claims to the airspace above the East China Sea and have stood by as it embarked on a long-term project to militarize the South China Sea. The security balance in Asia is shifting under the weight of a resurgent China.
When the World Health Assembly (WHA) convenes in Geneva on Monday, it will do so for the first time in nine years without Taiwan, a self-governed democracy that also boasts some of the highest medical standards in Asia.
Moon will be attempting to start the healing process Thursday, when South Korean special presidential envoy Lee Hae-chan meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and two more senior officials Friday.
China’s decision not to invite Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to last weekend’s Belt and Road Forum highlights the still-strained ties between the two countries, observers say, though officials in the Lion City have tried to shrug off talk of any diplomatic rift.
Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, will host a conference in Detroit next month to help small businesses learn about the company.
