Days also takes viewers to Wuhan, a city of 11 million people barely known outside of China before it was thrust into a global spotlight as it ground to a halt in a frontline battle…
Monthly Archives For September 2020
China would rather see U.S. TikTok ban than stiff-armed sale
More than 100 million users in the U.S. hold accounts on the popular social media platform, TikTok. But that could come to an end this month if a deal is not inked between a U.S.…
Culture clash: has Australia miscalculated in its feud with China?
When Scott Morrison met with about 10 of his hawkish backbench colleagues for a “fireside chat” at Parliament House in the middle of May, he had a clear message: Australia would stand up for its…
Disney’s Mulan takes a kung fu kicking in China
For the Walt Disney studio, it must have seemed like a formula for a box office bonanza in China – a live-action retelling with Chinese stars of an adventure-packed folk-tale about a national heroine ……
How the Evolving U.S.-China ‘Tech Cold War’ Helps Taiwan
In the heart of this “Great Game” between Washington and Beijing, the technology-driven entrepreneurial and democratic Taiwan is likely the most important geopolitical factor that has greater … ( read original story …)
The coronavirus may have been in California before China announced outbreak, study suggests
The novel coronavirus may have been circulating in Southern California as early as December, a new study from UCLA published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Internet Research suggests. ( read original story …)
Families urge China to release their relatives
Posted . A group of Hong Kong families on Saturday demanded the urgent return of their activist relatives detained last … ( read original story …)
Beijing Slaps Restrictions on U.S. Diplomats
Beijing will impose unspecified “reciprocal restrictions” on all American diplomats in China as a response to earlier U.S. restrictions on Chinese diplomats, according to Al J … ( read original story …)
US-China row over detention of 12 Hongkongers in Shenzhen escalates, as families seek city government’s help to bring group back
Beijing’s foreign affairs arm in Hong Kong hits back after remarks by top diplomat Mike Pompeo and calls on US politicians to stop interfering in the city’s affairs. ( read original story …)
China would rather see TikTok banned than sold to US company
The popular video platform’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, for the past month has been in discussions to sell its US business after President Trump … believing it would make both … ( read original story…
Disney Wanted to Make a Splash in China With ‘Mulan.’ It Stumbled Instead.
A political controversy over a filming location was a rare blunder for one of the world’s savviest companies in dealing with China. ( read original story …)
Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens
Today, states and their actors are waging a digital cold war with artificial intelligence systems at the heart of the fight. In T-Minus AI, the US Air Force’s first Chairperson for Artificial … ( read…
India-China dispute: China returns five missing Indian nationals
Five Indian nationals thought to have been detained when they wandered across the border into China have been freed, India’s defence ministry says. The youths, from a state bordering China, went … ( read original…
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