Pressure is growing from activists and GOP politicians who want the U.S. to bow out of the games in protest of China’s human rights record and other conduct. ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For February 2021
U.S. diplomats in China subjected to anal swab testing for Covid-19, State Department says
The U.S. had “received assurances from China that the tests were done in error,” a Department of State spokesperson said. ( read original story …)
China seems to be living up to trade deal pledges, Biden’s agriculture secretary says
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes China is making good on promises it made as part of the phase one trade deal. ( read original story …)
The Latest: China OKs 2 more virus vaccines for wider use
China has approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for wider use, adding to its growing arsenal of shots. It gave conditional approval to a vaccine from CanSino Biol … ( read original story …)
US officials ask China not to subject staff to Covid-19 anal swab tests
US officials in China have asked local authorities to refrain from subjecting US staff in the country to Covid-19 anal swabs, according to a US diplomat based in China. ( read original story …)
Ex-Google Chief Eric Schmidt Warns Of China’s Tech Advances
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told Congress there is an urgent need to increase the pace of U.S. tech innovation to keep up with China. ( read original story …)
China Lets Yuan Rise Steadily, Pressuring Exporters
Economists say Beijing appears to be comfortable with a stronger yuan partly because it could help rebalance China’s economy toward consumption and make it cheaper for China to import commodities and … ( read original…
How the US can offer a realistic response to the ‘China challenge’
China’s rise must be acknowledged, but exaggerating its capabilities and ambition is unhelpful. Great power competition is not a strategy, and there are more subtle ways to respond, including by … ( read original story…
Biden Trade Pick Says China Needs to Deliver on Phase-One Pact
President Joe Biden’s nominee for trade chief said China needs to deliver on the commitments it made in its trade pact with the U.S. last year, the strongest signal yet that the new administration ……
SOS Kicks off Constructions of Cloud Crypto Mining Center in Hejiang County, Luzhou, Sichuan
SOS Limited (NYSE: SOS) (the “Company” or “SOS”) announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement with Leibodong Hydropower Station (“Leibodong”) in Hejiang County, Luzhou, Sichuan. ( read original story …)
China International Import Expo welcomes more consumer goods companies
For foreign consumer goods companies eyeing the Chinese market, the best way to do so is to sign up for the Consumer Goods Exhibition Area of the CIIE. The expo provides a golden opportunity for…
Valeo, Faurecia outperform China market in 2020
Two major French suppliers, Valeo and Faurecia, said their China sales outpaced the country’s light-vehicle production by big margins in 2020. While China’s auto output shrank 7 percent last year, … ( read original story…
China lays down another marker in the offshore wind sector, accounting for half of last year’s installations
The world added more than 6 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind capacity in 2020, with China responsible for over half of installations in the sector, according to new figures published Thursday. The … (…
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