Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to China this month as the Biden administration pushes to improve badly deteriorated ties with the Chinese. U.S. officials say Blinken expects to be in Beijing…
Monthly Archives For June 2023
U.S. Treasury Secretary calls for focus on U.S. – China Cooperation
From a closed-door meeting on Thursday, U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told business leaders the U.S. is focused on working with China on several fronts
Meet the deep-pocketed climate nonprofit pushing gas stove ban with direct line to Biden admin, China links
The Climate Imperative Foundation hauls in massive amounts of anonymous donor cash and funnels it to far-left environmental initiatives, including in China.
China’s financial institutions see assets increase in Q1
China financial institutions saw expanded balance sheets by the end of the first quarter Q1 of 2023 official data showed Friday
Investors Channel Billions Into Emerging Markets, but China Drops Again-IIF
Foreign investors piling into Asian fixed income and stocks propelled emerging market portfolio inflows to $10.4 billion in May, offsetting Chinese bonds suffering a third straight month of outflows, …
Disney’s Little Mermaid flops in China amid racist backlash over casting
Poor box office performance reflects broader challenge for Hollywood as it vies with domestic productions
Reports say China plans to set up a spy base in Cuba. The Pentagon says no, but it’s closely watching what Beijing is up to.
Such a move could follow in the footsteps of the Soviets, who operated a signals intelligence base in Cuba for decades, but the reports face pushback.
Blinken Plans Trip to Beijing as Soon as Next Week – Politico
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to Beijing as soon as next week, Politico reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the scheduling. Washington’s …
‘Beijing and Moscow’s military partnership provides stability in the world’: Russian army
China and Russia are strategic allies, with both sides frequently touting their ‘no limits’ partnership and cooperation in the economic and military spheres …
Blinken’s long-delayed Beijing trip now in planning for next week
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to Beijing as soon as next week, two people familiar with the scheduling told POLITICO. The trip — for which the State Department is still …
U.S. bans imports from China-based Ninestar Corp over Uyghurs
The United States on Friday banned imports from China-based printer maker Ninestar Corporation and its eight Zhuhai-based subsidiaries over alleged human rights abuses in China, according to a post for the Federal Register.
Hong Kong’s era? Top finance officials flex city’s offshore yuan hub muscles at Caixin summit, Shanghai’s Lujiazui Forum
Hong Kong’s top finance officials have reiterated the city’s unique role as China’s offshore financial hub, saying the city can promote the yuan’s internationalisation at a time when tensions between …
China’s photonic quantum computer is 180 million times faster says ‘father of quantum’
Chinese researchers do not mind testing noisy quantum computers to solve problems way faster than today’s computers.