In July 2016, in response to North Korea’s rising nuclear threat, the US and South Korea announced their decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), an antimissile battery built to intercept short- and medium-range ballistic missiles. China ...
On October 1 of this year China celebrated a “historic milestone” as the International Monetary Fund added the renminbi (RMB) to its elite basket of reserve currencies, joining the dollar, the pound, the euro and the yen. This codification of ...