The founder of a global coalition of MPs is pushing for the International Olympic Committee to reconsider Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Games. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For September 2020
New York City police officer arrested on charge of acting as illegal agent for China
A New York City police officer was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with acting as an illegal agent of China. ( read original story …)
Appeasing China Won’t Cool the Earth
A President Biden would face pressure from climate hawks … ( read original story …)
President Trump says China must cede control of TikTok or he ‘won’t make the deal.’
President Trump said on Monday that he would not approve a deal for TikTok if its Chinese owner did not fully sell its interest in the product, a move that would scuttle an arrangement that…
China Unicom reports August operational statistics
China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) reports August mobile billing subscribers of 308.668M vs. 309.554M in July. Net loss of mobile billing subscribers for the month was 0.886M, Cumulative net loss for the … ( read original story…
Beijing propaganda is in favor of TikTok-Oracle deal so we should be wary: Expert
‘The Coming Collapse of China’ author Gordon Chang argues the U.S. should be concerned about China’s continued involvement in TikTok. ( read original story …)
Banking shares plummet on laundering allegations
Shares in major banks such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank and ING were hammered Monday following allegations they had handled huge sums of dirty money for almost 20 years. ( read original story …)
Exclusive: Swedish space company halts new business helping China operate satellites
Sweden’s state-owned space company, which provides ground stations that help fly Chinese spacecraft and transmit data, said on Monday it would no longer renew contracts with China or accept new … ( read original story…
House GOP report says China cover-up and WHO failures worsened coronavirus pandemic
A new report from Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee contends the Chinese Communist Party’s alleged coronavirus cover-up and the World Health Organization’s actions allowed the … ( read original story …)
It’s getting harder for tech companies to bridge the US-China divide
Corporations have never been able to cleanly separate their activities from geopolitics. Now, technology firms are finding it increasingly difficult to work across the US-China divide. Try as they … ( read original story …)
Blockchain Bites: DeFi’s Dividend, China’s ‘New Battlefield,’ the Big Banks’ ‘Suspicious Activity’
China sees its digital yuan as a “new battlefield,” DeFi’s Curve has a new dividend and a yet-to-launch platform is pursuing an “Initial DEX Offering.” … ( read original story …)
Swedish space corporation halts new business with China
STOCKHOLM- Sweden’s state-owned space agency, the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), which is contracted to help operate Chinese satellites from its ground stations, has decided not to renew those … ( read original story …)
Legend Biotech Taps Interim CEO Amid China Inquiry
Legend Biotech shares are lower. The company named an interim CEO amid an import-export inquiry by the Chinese government. ( read original story …)
