SinoExpress

Images: Jean Beaufort, Oil Pump Jack;
Joshua Kim, Father and Daughters on Hanoi Street;
Circe Denyer, Computer Chip Technology Hardware;
Axelle B, Smartphone (Publicdomainpictures.net)

This issue of SinoExpress™, a monthly newsletter of SINOTALKS®, covers how Guyana’s economic and diplomatic might will likely cause China to become more involved in helping settle the Venezuela-Guyana dispute, why a pioneering move recently taken by Singapore could benefit China and Vietnam, what criticisms Germany’s subsidies for its semiconductor industry have drawn, and what Foxconn’s recent expansion plan in India really means.Read more

In Brief

Image: Kai Stachowiak, Block Chain (Publicdomainpictures.net)

The race to have a platform through which many countries can use their central bank digital currencies (“CBDCs”) to safely, efficiently, and inexpensively settle cross-border deals has drawn even more attention after China and three other jurisdictions recently announced their success in testing their blockchain-powered platform, mBridge. What are China’s expectations for mBridge? Will the success of mBridge drive other countries, including the United States, to seriously consider their own CBDC plans?Read more