World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday (Sep 21) to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic … ( read original story …)
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N.Y.P.D. Officer Is Accused of Spying on Tibetans for China
Prosecutors said the officer told Chinese consulate officials that he could provide sensitive information about the internal operations of the Police Department. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus pandemic likely ‘could have been prevented’ if China, WHO acted differently, report says
The coronavirus pandemic likely “could have been prevented” if the Chinese government acted more transparently and the World Health Organization wasn’t “complicit in the spread and normalization” of … ( read original story …)
Global push to strip Beijing of Winter Olympics
The founder of a global coalition of MPs is pushing for the International Olympic Committee to reconsider Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Games. ( read original story …)
New York City police officer arrested on charge of acting as illegal agent for China
A New York City police officer was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with acting as an illegal agent of China. ( read original story …)
Appeasing China Won’t Cool the Earth
A President Biden would face pressure from climate hawks … ( read original story …)
President Trump says China must cede control of TikTok or he ‘won’t make the deal.’
President Trump said on Monday that he would not approve a deal for TikTok if its Chinese owner did not fully sell its interest in the product, a move that would scuttle an arrangement that…
House GOP report says China cover-up and WHO failures worsened coronavirus pandemic
A new report from Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee contends the Chinese Communist Party’s alleged coronavirus cover-up and the World Health Organization’s actions allowed the … ( read original story …)
Kilmeade Asks Trump if China is Going to ‘Get Away’ With Coronavirus: They’re ‘Responsible For the Deaths of 200,000 Americans’
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade urged President Donald Trump in a Monday interview to punish China for the fact that the coronavirus has killed approximately 200,000 Americans. ( read original story …)
Don’t Drink and Drive in China, Fight Your Evil Digital Twin Instead
Busch’s safe drinking ads in the U.S. might involve a forlorn Labrador retriever waiting for his owner to come home safely after drinking, the company is taking a different approach in China, mixing … (…
‘Communist China is not our friend anymore’—Sen. Rick Scott on TikTok-Oracle deal
Beijing-based ByteDance said it would own a majority stake in the new TikTok Global in the U.S., appearing to contradict President Donald Trump’s claims the deal has “nothing to do with China.” Sen. ( read…
Beijing Says Support For Taiwan Independence ‘Doomed To Fail’
Taiwan has been ruled separately from China since the end of a civil war in 1949, but Beijing considers the island part of its territory awaiting reunification. The island is a flashpoint with … (…
The Trump administration sanctioned China for detaining 1 million Uighurs. Here’s what Americans think.
Repeatedly this year, the Trump administration has confronted China over such issues as trade, the coronavirus, Hong Kong’s protests over the erosion of democratic rights, and the internment of … ( read original story …)