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Igor Patrick
Igor Patrick
Washington
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Igor Patrick has worked in various media outlets in Latin America, mainly covering BRICS and China. In addition to his bachelor's degree in journalism (PUC Minas), he holds two master's degrees, from the Yenching Academy (Peking University) and Schwarzman Scholars (Tsinghua University). Before joining the Post, he was a fellow at the Wilson Center, where he wrote the monograph "Hearts and Minds: China's State Media Battle for Influence in Latin America".

Chen Liren, 27, had been hospitalised since his arrest on January 16 for beating his wife, Yu Xuanyi, another Google employee, to death in their home in Santa Clara, California.

Water treatment plants, the electric grid and transport hubs are among the targets of state-sponsored hacking operations, FBI Director Christopher Wray tells lawmakers.

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As part of a Biden-Xi summit deal, the US lifted curbs on a Chinese agency deemed complicit in human rights violations in an effort to stem the flow of opioids.

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Early test is Replicator Initiative, which aims to field thousands of American autonomous systems across land, sea and air within next 18 to 24 months.

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Brasil CRT pledges investment of US$1.85 trillion in state of Paraiba, but suspicions arise after a video of the proposal apparently duplicates that of a project for Shenzen, China.

Cofco Sugar, Jingweida Technology and Xinya New Materials are newest names on Uygur Forced Labour Prevention Act blacklist, bringing total tally to 30.

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AI could improve Aukus buoys network in Indo-Pacific able to detect enemy subs and relay information to patrol aircraft, top defence officials explain.

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‘We do not understand the interest’ in the bloc of leading emerging markets including China, despite membership being poised to start from January.

2024 Apec host nation Peru is “open to business with the whole world”, trade and tourism minister Juan Carlos Mathews tells the Post, as he rejects US concerns over military implications for China’s belt and road role in Peruvian Port of Chancay.

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Xi Jinping tells hundreds of American business leaders in San Francisco that modernisation is a ‘huge opportunity that China offers to the world’.

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Formerly known as SupChina, the platform has been targeted by both American ‘China hawks’ and Chinese nationalists, which might have contributed to financial pressure on the company.

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American image has improved markedly under Joe Biden, according to results of annual study by Washington-based think tank Pew Research Centre.

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Beijing seeks to leverage signature global trading network to boost port services integration, e-commerce collaboration and digital trade, says envoy.

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The measures aim to hamper China’s military development by closing loopholes in regulations released last year, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says.

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Gabriel Boric is expected to attempt to lure renewal energy investments to Chile, which is home to 48 per cent of global lithium reserves, a mineral needed for EV batteries.