The investments needed for 21st century great power competition have now surpassed our expenditures on counterterrorism. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For October 2020
China Likely to Show Covid-19 Recovery Can Be Real: Eco Week
China is about to show the world that its economy is pulling further out of the chasm created by the coronavirus, setting it apart from other nations struggling to avoid renewed lockdowns. ( read original…
Can Frozen Food Packaging Spread Covid-19? China CDC Finds Live Coronavirus
The China CDC has detected and isolated live Covid-19 coronavirus from the outer packaging of imported frozen cod while contact tracing an outbreak in Qingdao, China. ( read original story …)
Beijing has threatened to arrest Americans in China if the US doesn’t stop persecuting Chinese scholars
The latest escalation in tensions between Washington and Bejing dates back to July when the US arrested Chinese academics. ( read original story …)
China cental bank head says economy to expand about 2% this year
China will see its economy expand by about 2% this year as it has put the coronavirus pandemic under control, the country’s central bank governor Yi Gang said on Sunday. ( read original story …)
China Threatens to Detain U.S. Citizens over Prosecutions of Researchers Linked to Chinese Military
China is threatening to detain U.S. citizens in response to Justice Department prosecutions of researchers linked to the Chinese military, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.The Justice … ( read original story …)
Labor lashes government’s ‘failure of trade diplomacy’ over China
“It appears China is systematically moving to replace Australian exports … downgraded the trade portfolio by loading up Trade Minister Simon Birmingham with the finance portfolio as well as … ( read original story …)
Shenzhen given new powers to attract key foreign workers and develop new financial market tools under plans to develop role as China’s tech hub
Shenzhen will be granted autonomy to make its own laws on artificial intelligence and big data, relax visa restrictions to attract foreign talent, and start a stock futures index under the latest … ( read…
Bitcoin Surpasses $11,000; China’s Currency Insurgency
Stone Ridge Asset Manager purchased $100 million worth of bitcoin to make it the firm’s “primary treasury reserve asset.” … ( read original story …)
Which Country Wields Most Power in Asia? U.S. Leads But China Is Catching Up
China is closing in on the U.S. as the most powerful country influencing the Asia-Pacific, as America’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic tarnishes its reputation, a study showed. ( read original story …)
US-China tech war: Beijing counters restrictions with new law to curb sensitive exports
China’s national legislature passed a new law controlling the export of sensitive goods, services and technologies on Saturday in the latest move to counter escalating restrictions on Chinese … ( read original story …)
China must loosen capital curbs to boost international use of yuan, says former bank executive
Former Bank of China executive says increasing yuan use ‘increasingly urgent and important strategic issue’ given possible US move to curb dollar access. ( read original story …)
China passes new law restricting sensitive exports
Under the law, China can take “reciprocal measures” toward countries or regions that abuse export controls and threaten its national security and interests. Export controls under the law will apply to … ( read original…
