Two high-profile meetings are taking place this Thursday 1st of December: France’s Emmanuel Macron is holding talks in Washington with US president Joe Biden and on the other side of the planet, Xi Jinping is receiving EU council chief Charles Michel in the Chinese capital.
> More on Macron's State visit here, with FT.
ZOOM ON CHINA
EU council president Charles Michel meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing - The EU council’s president, Charles Michel, raised “the response of societies” to covid-19 measures during a meeting with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, an apparent reference to the widespread protests in China. Mr Michel also brought up Ukraine and Taiwan, according to his spokesperson.
Protests wave - China’s Covid protests have awakened memories of a moment Beijing wants citizens to forget — June 4, 1989. The death of former leader Jiang Zemin on Wednesday has just made those ghosts far louder.
From KYIV: When the Lights Go Out, Kyiv Keeps Going
Survival kits in elevators, alternative menus in cafes, flashlights and generators everywhere: This is life under Russian bombardment, when power can fail at any moment.
- with the New York Times
Kyiv's mayor, the former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, said that life in the city was strating to resemble being stranded on an insland. David Guttenfelder for the NYT
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The classic Advent's Calendar tradition...with a twist!
Discover the "GROWTH CALENDAR" on GetAbstract! Every day of December, a new book recommendation.
Expand your horizons, perfect if your 2023 New Year's Resolution is to read more!
What Marina Abramović writes of seeing Anne Imhof’s performance art – “I had just witnessed something important” – could easily apply to watching every one of the 2022 Women of the Year lead, work, imagine and create.
- Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times
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The list includes the brave women who are fighting for freedom in Iran, and some notable Europeans, such as Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland; Saint Laurent CEO Francesca Bellettini and Dutch Doctor fighting to defend abortion rights Rebecca Gomperts.
This week in our Digging Further segment, we follow up on Musk's acquisition of Twitter - EU officials have threatened a Twitter ban if the new CEO does not comply with EU social media regulation. The situation with Musk is part of a bigger context of billionaires having disproportionate power. To understand the issue better, an article about the wealth tax from the Financial Times .
No-Covid protests are turning into a broader critique of Xi Jinping's politics, in particular his choice not to import mRna vaccines, proved to be more successful
In conclusion, a very interesting article on the possibility to reclaim Crimea for Ukraine and a piece on EU Intelligence services.
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