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CSIS expert says China has four challenges: 'debt, productivity, going over a potential demographic cliff, and international tensions'

A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) panel provided analysis and commentary virtually on March 21 on the National People’s Congress, which began meeting on March 5 for the first time in several months and since China ended its zero-Covid policy.


Grossman: Fraud-scheme mastermind oversaw 'vast network of international swindlers'

A Romanian national and "suspected organized crime figure" has been arrested in California and charged with directing a scheme to steal $5 million in pandemic-relief funds.


Graham: Need for nutritionists 'much higher than the average for all occupations'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $222,500 grant to a University of Arkansas professor to fund the recruitment of qualified candidates into a new master's degree program focusing on nutrition.


Buttigieg: DOT pursues rail safety 'day in and day out'

Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated in a recent social media post that investments in railway safety and holding the freight rail industry accountable for their safety practices are priorities for the agency.