China condemned the United States on Friday following a report the Trump administration was considering a travel ban on Chinese Communist Party members. ( read original story …)
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China seizes financial firms linked to conglomerate
Chinese regulators on Friday seized control of a group of financial institutions with connections to the same holding company, in a crackdown by authorities seeking to stem systemic financial risks in … ( read original…
How China is trying to create a new internet in its own image
The New IP plan’s promised improvements may never arrive, but China could reshape the internet in other ways that today’s tech powers don’t like. ( read original story …)
China’s tech ambitions threaten to fundamentally change how the internet functions
China’s rising technological capabilities have been accompanied by its efforts to use the realm of technology standard setting to dominate governance of the internet. If Beijing is successful, the … ( read original story …)
China says it’s not trying to replace US, won’t be bullied
A Chinese spokesperson says her country isn’t seeking to confront or replace the United States as the world’s top technological power, but will fight back against “malicious slander” and attacks from … ( read original…
China coronavirus: Most flights cut to Xinjiang after outbreak
Almost all flights in and out of Urumqi, capital of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, have been cancelled because of a coronavirus outbreak. The city has just six confirmed cases with symptoms and … ( read…
U.S. aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions
For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, as China and the United States accuse each other…
Hong Kong’s Property Market Sees Limited Impact From China Security Law
Early signs of any impact on the property market from Hong Kong’s new security law have been muted with sales and home-price data barely flinching. ( read original story …)
China tries to push U.S. tech companies around in Hong Kong. Here’s how to push back.
At the same time that China becomes more assertive in clamping down on internet freedom, the U.S. is shooting itself in the foot. ( read original story …)
US law enforcement chief William Barr blasts American firms with China links for ‘kowtowing’ to Beijing, with Disney and Apple among the targets
The United States’ top law enforcement official slammed Hollywood studios and American tech firms for “kowtowing” to Beijing on Thursday, the latest in a coordinated series of speeches from senior US … ( read original…
Beijing 2022 Games ‘pressing ahead’ despite coronavirus threat
Beijing 2022 organisers were “pressing ahead” with preparations for the Winter Olympics Friday after a senior IOC official warned the coronavirus could force the Games to be postponed. Dick Pound, a … ( read original…
Beijing reports no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases
Visitors wait to present their personal health QR codes before entering the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, May 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Xin) BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) — Beijing reported no … ( read…
China to keep benchmark lending rate unchanged for 3rd straight month in July: Reuters poll
China is expected to keep its benchmark lending rate steady for the third straight month at its July fixing on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, encouraged by a stronger-than-expected rebound from the … ( read…
