China’s southern Guangdong province has launched a raft of anti-discrimination policies targeting businesses and venues after a heavy-handed crackdown on the African community sparked international … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For May 2020
GOP Calls Out Democrats For Dragging Their Feet on Holding China, WHO Accountable for COVID-19 Pandemic
Noticeably, House Democrats have been largely absent in publicly joining their counterparts to get to the bottom on how the Wuhan coronavirus was able to go global. According to a House GOP aide, … (…
Coronavirus, Italy, China: Your Monday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering Italy starting to reopen, China facing a backlash and why some places fare better with outbreaks than others. Italy, which has had the deadliest outbreak in Europe, will … ( read…
Demand for smartphones in China is starting to come back post-coronavirus lockdown: Micron exec
Micron strikes a bullish tone on the pace of economic recovery in China following the worst of the coronavirus. ( read original story …)
Why the Dow industrials won’t get derailed by U.S.-China coronavirus tensions
Rising tensions between the U.S. and China over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic are sending shivers through financial markets, but shouldn’t have … ( read original story …)
Op-Ed: China pioneers a national digital currency. Can the U.S. catch up?
While China introduces the ‘digital yuan’ in pilot program, U.S. struggles with old technology that prevents many people from getting coronavirus funds. ( read original story …)
National security and global health experts are increasingly concerned China will develop a coronavirus vaccine first
As Trump adopts an increasingly hardline stance toward Beijing, the US could be at a major disadvantage if China comes up with a vaccine first. ( read original story …)
China Tried to Indoctrinate U.S. Students to Spread Communist Party Propaganda, Slow Coronavirus Research, Republicans Say
A group of congressional Republicans have accused China of seeking to spread Communist Party propaganda and slow U.S. coronavirus research through the indoctrination of American students. The ranking … ( read original story …)
Dollar up, Asian stocks slip as U.S. pins blame for virus on China
The dollar inched higher, stock markets struggled for traction and oil dropped on Monday as a U.S.-China spat over the origin of the coronavirus put the brakes on optimism about an economic re-start … (…
IPO Launch: Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Seeks $425 Million In U.S. IPO
KC has produced strong revenue growth but no significant gross profit and continues to generate large operating losses and operational cash burn. ( read original story …)
Beijing Believes Anti-CCP Sentiment at Highest Since Tiananmen Square: Report
A Chinese intelligence report warned President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party leaders that Beijing is facing the highest level of hostility since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, sources with … ( read original story…
China accused of efforts to ‘infiltrate’ US colleges as GOP launches probe
Top Republicans from a slew of House committees demanded information Monday about what they said is the Chinese Communist Party’s “investment in American colleges and universities to further its … ( read original story …)
Even a pandemic hasn’t stopped the military competition in the South China Sea
The US and China have kept a robust operational pace in the South China Sea despite the coronavirus and aren’t likely to slow once the pandemic fades. ( read original story …)
