President Joe Biden says he expects to speak to Chinese leader Xi Jinping “within the next 10 days,” as the US considers whether lifting some tariffs on Chinese imports would help stem rampant …
Monthly Archives For July 2022
China ‘trying to study’ Russia’s failures; CIA director ‘wouldn’t rule out’ near-term Taiwan invasion
CIA Director William Burns shared views on topics including China’s intent to invade Taiwan, Russia’s failures in Ukraine, Iran’s nuclear capabilities and Brittney Griner.
Is China really open to making up with Australia?
After years of escalating tensions with Australia, China appears to have had a sudden change of heart recently.”The Chinese side is willing to take the pulse [on bilateral ties], recalibrate, and set …
Is China really open to improving ties with Australia?
And shortly afterwards, an Australian warship charting a course through the same international waters – which are claimed by China as its territory – was stalked by a nuclear-powe …
Republicans split on major China bill, as legislation barrels toward passage
Senate Republicans are split on whether to support a bill aimed at funding semiconductor manufacturing and competing with China that appears set to pass.
A student from China told the University of Utah her boyfriend was threatening her. She was found dead weeks later.
Zhifan Dong is the second University of Utah student in four years to be killed after reporting threats from a boyfriend to school officials.
Mortgage boycott risks manageable for China’s banking system, but small lenders vulnerable, experts say
China’s banking sector has sufficient buffers to avert a blow out in non-performing loans, as the ongoing revolt by mortgage borrowers is limited to smaller cities, which can be tackled once financial …
On the 25th anniversary of the Asian financial crisis, is once-saviour China the new worry?
Amid the preoccupations of pandemic-induced disruption, Asia this month marked the 25th anniversary of a different contagion – the financial crisis that swiftly enveloped the region after the dramatic …
Eyes wide open on China deals
Because China had failed to act on funding requests pending since 2019, former finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III canceled the Philippine government’s application with China’s Eximbank for …
China’s Mortgage Boycott Capital Plans Property Bailout Fund
A Chinese city facing the most boycotts by angry homeowners is setting up a bailout fund to help cash-strapped developers complete housing projects.Most Read from BloombergKissinger Warns Biden …
China’s debt trap diplomacy responsible for economic calamity in Sri Lanka
International experts warn that other debt-ridden countries — from Laos in Southeast Asia to Kenya in East Africa — are teetering toward a similar fate.
Beijing seeks to block the UN rights report on Xinjiang
Beijing is trying to stop the publication of a United Nations report on Xinjiang that is expected to be critical of China’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities.
China’s ambassador tries to cast ‘no limits’ with Russia as a ‘misunderstanding’
Qin Gang said China is not interested in “confrontation,” adding that both Russia and China share a common rejection of the “Cold War mentality.” …
