President Donald Trump on Monday urged Americans to stop politicizing the coronavirus, only to blame the outbreak in the United States on China moments later. “We must stop politicizing the virus, but … ( read…
Monthly Archives For August 2020
China Registers Over 10,000 New Blockchain Firms This Year
Despite the impact of COVID-19 pandemic across most of the industries globally, the blockchain sector in China is booming. According to decentralized data provider LongHash, more than 10,000 new … ( read original story …)
Pompeo says he is not optimistic China will rethink its position on Hong Kong
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said he is not optimistic that China will rethink its position on Hong Kong, particularly after the arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai under Hong Kong’s new…
Tropical Storm Mekkhala drops heavy rain across eastern China
A week after Typhoon Hagupit’s damaging strike on eastern China, another tropical system is targeting the country. ( read original story …)
China sanctions U.S. lawmakers, non-profit leaders over Hong Kong
China announced sanctions Monday against U.S. lawmakers and the heads of several U.S. non-profit organizations over their support for Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Breakingviews – China bank failure fires quiet warning shot
Beijing will let Baoshang Bank go under in the first such insolvency since 2001 – a quiet warning shot fired at Chinese financial markets. The liquidation of the municipal lender, used as a piggy bank…
China ex-regulator warns on bank funding risk as NCD issues boom
The former head of China’s securities regulator has raised concern about banks addressing funding shortages by ramping up issues of short-term interbank debt instruments that have in the past … ( read original story …)
China’s jets fly in Taiwan Strait amid high-level U.S. visit
Chinese fighter jets trespassed the center of the Taiwan Strait in an apparent warning to Taipei as Taiwan received its highest-level U.S. official visit since 1979. ( read original story …)
China’s Latest Tesla Challenger, XPeng Motors, Is Preparing an IPO
Follow @scott81236 Check your rear-view mirrors, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and NIO (NYSE:NIO) investors: There’s another electric vehicle manufacturer getting ready to join the public markets. Last week, … ( read original story …)
US says Beijing has ‘eviscerated’ Hong Kong freedoms
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he is “deeply troubled” by the Hong Kong arrest of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, accusing Beijing of an assault on rights and freedoms in the ……
Technology, Innovation Walled Off in US-China Spat
China has long limited what foreign tech companies can do; now, the U.S. and others are implementing their own restrictions. ( read original story …)
Varney: Trump playing hardball with China like no other president
For the first time in a generation, America is pushing back on China. On all fronts, President Trump has called a halt to China’s aggressive expansion. ( read original story …)
China’s Sinopharm starts Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Bahrain
Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun Phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Bahrain, after launching similar trials in the United Arab Emirates last month, … ( read original story …)