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Monthly Archives For July 2020
Pompeo says Beijing claims in South China Sea ‘unlawful’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States would treat Beijing’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea as illegal, ramping up pressure on another front. “We … ( read…
Pompeo formally rejects Beijing’s claims in South China Sea
“Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them,” the secretary said in a statemen … ( read original story…
The U.S. just ramped up its opposition to Beijing’s South China Sea claims
The United States has previously said it considers Beijing’s territorial claims over most of the South China unlawful, but Washington has officially remained neutral, refusing to pick a side … ( read original story …)
Beijing’s claims in South China Sea ‘unlawful’, says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the United States would treat Beijing’s pursuit of resources in the dispute-rife South China Sea to be illegal, ramping up pressure. “We are … (…
Through Hong Kong, Beijing Channels Its Repression to the World
There are many unprecedented and appalling dimensions to the new National Security Law that Beijing has imposed on Hong Kong. In one stroke, China’s unelected leadership stripped away the … ( read original story …)
U.S. hardens stance against China’s South China Sea resource claims
The United States on Monday hardened its rejection of China’s disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, calling them “completely unlawful,” in a statement that will further … ( read…
U.S. rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea
The Trump administration is escalating its actions against China by rejecting nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. ( read original story …)
U.S. Denounces China’s Claims to South China Sea as Unlawful
The Trump administration rejected China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea, reversing a previous policy of not taking sides in territorial disputes in the region and escalating tensions with … ( read original story…
China thwarts salmon, shrimp markets using coronavirus tactic, suppliers claim
China’s discovery of coronavirus in a container containing Ecuadorian shrimp is another demonstration of tactics aimed at lowering prices and destabilizing an industry, several industry sources told … ( read original story …)
US to reject nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea
U.S. officials say the Trump administration is poised to escalate its actions against China by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright … ( read original story…
Blockchain Bites: It’s Never Been Harder to Mine Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is at a record high, Singapore’s CBDC may find commercial use and Chinese companies are going in on Filecoin. ( read original story …)
China releases genome from Beijing virus cluster as cases near 200
Chinese authorities share the genome data of the latest outbreak with the World Health Organization and international scientific community … ( read original story …)
