Chinese stocks are the latest flashpoint in an intensifying standoff between the United States and China. In recent days, US lawmakers, government agencies and stock exchanges have taken steps aimed … ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For May 2020
‘This is the end of Hong Kong,’ warns legislator, as China proposes new security law
“The international status of Hong Kong as a city, the international city, will be gone very soon,” continued Dennis Kwok, a lawyer and legislator in the territory. ( read original story …)
Trudeau Says China Just Doesn’t Get Canada’s Independent Judiciary
Beijing’s linking of its detention of two Canadians in China to the arrest of a Chinese executive in Vancouver shows it doesn’t understand the meaning of an independent judiciary, Prime Minister … ( read original…
Hong Kong’s Revolutionary Anthem Is a Challenge to China
HONG KONG—Twin crises have jolted this city: one of disease, the other of dissent. Over the past year, millions of people flooded city streets, defying China’s government as they demanded that Beijing … ( read…
China Market Update: Baidu Is Not Delisting, but May Pursue Secondary Hong Kong Listing. China Investors Should Welcome Scrutiny.
Key News Asian equities were mixed as Hong Kong and mainland China gave up small gains following a series of anti-China Tweets by President Trump around 9:30pm EST. ( read original story …)
Military needs to catch up to China on blockchain technology, says Florida congressman
It dawned on Rep. Darren Soto when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was testifying before Congress during his first term as a young congressman from central Florida. ( read original story …)
China Releases e-Yuan Cryptocurrency and Investors are Going All-In
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / / With 70% of nations claiming to be in studying their own digital versions of money, China is by far the biggest one to embark on such a journey. China’s…
‘This is the end of Hong Kong’: China pushes security law after unrest
China’s parliament said Thursday it will introduce a proposal for a national security law in Hong Kong at its annual session, in a move likely to stoke more unrest in the financial hub. At least…
Blockchain in Telecommunication and Post Services Market 2023 Growth, Size, Share, Global Forecasts Analysis
Blockchain is an emerging technology that maintains a decentralized database of historical records by the continuous formation of blocks in a chain. It is an open ledger that efficiently stores and … ( read original…
Mitt Romney, senators urge U.S. to counter China’s ‘predatory’ economic activity amid COVID-19 pandemic
A bipartisan group of senators, including Utah Republican Mitt Romney, want the Trump administration to counter “disturbing” reports that China’s state-owned enterprises are exploiting the economic … ( read original story …)
House Republicans press TikTok on use of kids’ data, ties to Beijing
Two leading Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the founder of the popular video sharing app TikTok on Thursday, asking about potentially illegal use of data about … ( read…
China Moves to Impose New Hong Kong Security Law, Tightening Control
Such rules would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original…
China Poised To Expand Control Over Hong Kong
The renewed push from Beijing to pass a national security law will almost certainly set off more protests against Beijing’s rule in Hong Kong, which is semi-autonomous. ( read original story …)
