While the past two years have been a headache for global supply chains, businesses are now bracing for more. Russia’s war against Ukraine is alr …
Monthly Archives For March 2022
US Charges 5 Chinese Nationals With Harassing Chinese in US Critical of Beijing
U.S. authorities announced charges Wednesday against five people who were allegedly working for the Chinese secret police to spy on and harass Chinese nationals living in the U.S. who had been …
How China’s Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Upend the World Order
Jake Sullivan looks flushed and his jaw is clenched. Across from President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser, over a row of ferns at a matching table draped in blue cloth, sits China’s senior …
China’s formidable technology challenge
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rhetoric describing the strategic technological competition between the United States and China is increasingly strident.
Top U.S. port sets import record, eyes China COVID risk
The busiest U.S. seaport expects its robust flow of imports to continue in the near term, but is closely monitoring COVID-19 shutdowns in major cities in China, its executive director said on …
Blockchain Association policy head: US shouldn’t compete with China’s CBDC using surveillance tools
The head of policy at the Blockchain Association, Jake Chervinsky, said though U.S. President Joe Biden had issued an executive order establishing a national strategy for cryptocurrencies in the …
If China aids Russia, what options would the U.S. have?
This week, the White House warned China not to help Russia skirt sanctions or generally provide support — financial or military — to Russia in its war against Ukraine. National Security Adviser Jake …
Five people charged with acting as Chinese government agents to spy on and harass U.S. residents critical of Beijing
The defendants are accused of targeting U.S. residents whose political views and actions are opposed by the Chinese government, such as advocating for democracy in China.
Dissidents targeted on behalf of China’s secret police, US prosecutors allege
Five individuals have been charged with spying, harassing and stalking dissident members of the Chinese diaspora on behalf of China’s secret police, including what US authoritie …
MAC warns over business in China
Taiwanese who do business in China should exercise caution, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday, after China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) announced a new policy to attract individual …
Spike in COVID cases in China may mean another disruption in supply chain
China is shutting down some of its business hubs in response to a spike in COVID cases. And that could mean yet another disruption in the supply chain.
March 16 COVID update: COVID outbreak in China; Pfizer seeks approval for new booster; more
The worst outbreak of COVID-19 in two years in China has reached almost every part of the country and stretching medical resources thin.
Chinese city of Shenzhen adapts to ‘slow life’ during Covid-19 lockdown
The city of 17 million has embarked on a mass testing drive and imposed varying restrictions of people’s movements, but it insists life is not on ‘pause’.
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