Bolton book reveals President Trump’s suspicion of Bitcoin, but his administration’s actions support Bitcoin and Ethereum at the expense of other crypto currencies. ( read original story …)
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US trade adviser links virus to China government
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is calling the coronavirus a “product of the Chinese Communist Party” and suggesting without evidence it may have been intentionally created by the Chinese … ( read original story…
China Halts Some Tyson Chicken Shipments Over Covid-19
Chinese authorities suspended chicken imports from a Tyson Foods facility due to what Chinese officials said were Covid-19 infections among the plant’s employees. ( read original story …)
China reports 18 new coronavirus cases, 9 in Beijing
China reported 18 new coronavirus cases for June 21, 9 of which were in the capital Beijing, the National Health Commission said on Monday. This compared with 26 confirmed cases a day earlier, 22 of…
EU, China summit to cool tensions over coronavirus, Hong Kong
EU has accused China of disinformation over the pandemic but two countries also at odds over Hong Kong, investment. ( read original story …)
Beijing Cases Decline; China Bars Tyson Poultry: Virus Update
Beijing reported only nine new infections, in a sign that a recent outbreak is coming under control, while South Korea saw the smallest daily increase in about a month. China blocked poultry from a ……
Soft underbelly in China’s steel sector boom points to bumpier economic recovery
Behind the boom in China’s steel production since March – and hopes for a quick economic recovery – is a tale of two diverging sectors: construction demand for infrastructure projects has been strong, … (…
China Stops Tyson Imports Over Covid-19 Concerns
Nation had earlier expressed concern over fish and meat imports after surfaces tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ( read original story …)
Beijing can screen almost 1 million people daily for coronavirus – official
Beijing has been expanding testing in the city of 20 million since a cluster of infections linked to a food wholesale market erupted over a week ago. The outbreak, the first in Beijing in months,…
China and India’s Deadly Clash: Why You Should Be Worried
Disengagement efforts have failed, and at a moment when relations between China and India – both nuclear armed states – are already tense. ( read original story …)
Pinduoduo Founder Passes Alibaba’s Jack Ma As China’s Second-Richest Man
Shanghai e-commerce billionaire Colin Huang has passed Jack Ma, the main founder of China’s Internet heavyweight Alibaba Group, as China’s second-richest man, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaire … ( read original story …)
China Roundup: Huawei targets cars, ByteDance enters Tencent’s backyard
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, we have several…
China Blocks Poultry From Tyson Plant After Outbreak
China Customs said it will suspend imports from a Tyson Foods poultry slaughterhouse where there has been a confirmed cluster of coronavirus infections. Selina Wang reports on “.” (Source: Bloomberg) … ( read original story…