China is set to expand its experimental coronavirus vaccine program to large portions of the population to distribute and test products before hitting global markets, the Financial Times reports. What … ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For October 2020
A new Cold War: Trump, Xi and the escalating US-China confrontation
In the first of a series, Gideon Rachman explores how the rivalry between the two superpowers is starting to feel eerily familiar … ( read original story …)
Taiwan Hopes Trump Gets Better So He Can Keep Resisting China
Democratic Taiwan has come under increasingly severe military pressure from China, which claims the island as its sovereign territory, with China’s air force sending frequent sorties to buzz Taiwan in … ( read original story…
5G set to amplify industrial upgrade
But all of this has changed due to the 5G network,” said Liu Jiwen, who is in charge of Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron and Steel’s 5-meter-wide thick plate production facility. According to Liu, 5G’s low…
Thousands of companies sue US over China tariffs
More than 3,500 companies have filed lawsuits against the US government over its tariffs on China in recent weeks … was the top trade counsel for the Republican-controlled senate finance committee … ( read original…
China’s tech giants face ‘new business realities’ across the world
Technology companies from China have seen their businesses thrive during the coronavirus pandemic, but the country’s industry is at something of a crossroads. ( read original story …)
Mainland China reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, up from 16 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 20 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 4, up from 16 reported a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Monday. ( read original story …)
Tourists enjoy holiday at Temple of Heaven in Beijing
Tourists visit the Temple of Heaven during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Lu Peng) Tourists visit the Temple of Heaven during the … ( read…
U.S. Takes Stake in Battery-Metals Firm to Wean Itself Off China
The U.S. government has taken an equity stake in a battery-metals company in a move that undercuts dependence on China for a key material used in electric vehicles. ( read original story …)
China’s geopolitics are pumped up by its economic success
The writer, a professor of government at Harvard University, is author of ‘Destined For War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap’ When China’s top leaders met in August to review the year … (…
New Zealand’s Fonterra to sell China dairy farms for $368 mln to focus on home markets
New Zealand’s Fonterra said on Monday it has agreed to sell its farms in China for a total of NZ$555 million ($367.97 million) as the dairy producer continues to focus on the domestic market and…
As China And Russia Grow Closer, The U.S. Is The Odd Man Out — At A Big Cost To The U.S. Energy Sector
Sino relations digress, the benefits are accruing to Russia and hurting American businesses. China is now looking to Russia to quench its insatiable thirst for oil and gas while it considers … ( read original…
China is winning the war for global tech dominance
Beijing wants to define the standards of important future technologies and the values upon which they are based. ( read original story …)
