U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior Democratic congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour toward India during a military standoff on their disputed border. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For June 2020
Marine 3-Star Hits Back at Claims that Corps’ Future Design Is Too China-Focused
Lt. Gen. Eric Smith is involved in war games shaping a decade-long plan to reorganize the Marine Corps for future fights. ( read original story …)
China Market Update: US-Listed Chinese Companies Say “Bye Bye” To US Exchanges As Hong Kong Relisting Accelerates
Hong Kong real estate names had a strong day as Hong Kong’s special trading status has yet to be revoked. Mainland China posted modest gains as the lingering overhang of US-China political rhetoric … (…
Senate Finance examines overseas drug manufacturing today
USTR extends fifth batch of China tariff exclusions for only six months — China reportedly orders halt of some U.S. agricultural purchases … ( read original story …)
UPDATE 1-China c.bank vice governor says more policy support needed amid pandemic
China’s central bank vice governor said on Tuesday the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic was bigger than first expected and that more monetary and credit policy support was needed. China … ( read original…
Gold firms on economic woes, strained US-China ties
Gold firmed on Tuesday as investors sought a hedge against the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainties stemming from tensions between Washington and Beijing and protests … ( read original story …)
China’s slow reporting of coronavirus data vexed WHO
Controls on information and competition policies within China’s public health system were to blame, documents show. ( read original story …)
U.S. rebukes China for border ‘aggression’ with India
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour towards India during a military standoff on their disputed border. ( read original story …)
Amid domestic US unrest, Pompeo hits China over Tiananmen
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is marking this week’s anniversary of China’s deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square — a day after federal … ( read original story …)
COVID-19 Update: Inhalable Remdesivir; China’s Footdragging; The Mask Traders
Abiomed also received emergency use authorization from the agency for its Impella RP to be used for COVID-19 patients with right side ventricular failure. Protesters in Pennsylvania, Florida, … ( read original story …)
South China Sea Dispute: Taiwan To Commission New Patrol Vessel, Make Advanced Jets
Taiwan is taking two big steps to strengthen the island’s presence in the South China Sea. The first is to commission its first 4,000-tonne coastguard offshore patrol vessel. The second step is to … (…
Inside the WHO’s early struggle to get coronavirus data from China
U.N. health agency lauded Beijing’s information sharing but left out frustration over expediency, because it needed further cooperation. ( read original story …)
UK tells China: step back from the brink on Hong Kong
The United Kingdom on Tuesday called on China to step back from the brink over a national security law in Hong Kong that it said was a breach of Beijing’s international commitments to the “one…
