Mass surveillance programs on ethnic minorities in central China is likely “an extension” of similar treatment of the Uighurs being deployed on a larger scale in the communist nation according to … ( read original…
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China must guard against rebound in shadow lending, banking regulator warns
China must guard against any rebound in off-balance sheet lending in the so-called shadow banking sector, says Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. ( read original story …)
China’s purchases are ‘lacking’ but the U.S. is still ‘happy’ with the trade deal, ex-White House negotiator says
China trade deal is just not about purchases but structural changes too, said Clete Willems, a former deputy director of the National Economic Council. ( read original story …)
Could the Recession Revive the Savings Gene in China and India?
Consumer spending in the two countries helped revive the global economy after the Great Recession. That might be harder this time around. ( read original story …)
China new local COVID-19 cases fall as Xinjiang cluster recedes
China’s new locally transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus fell to a one-month low as a cluster in the western region of Xinjiang receded, data released by the country’s health authority on Sunday … (…
China Drug Regulator Says COVID-19 Vaccines Must Have 50 Percent Efficacy Rate to Be Approved for Use
The outlined efficacy rates follow guidelines put out by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ( read original story …)
Chinese Visit the New Shake Shack in Beijing, China
Chinese visit a newly opened Shack Shack in Beijing on Saturday, August 15, 2020. Despite the ongoing political, trade and human rights issues between China and the U.S., Beijingers stood in line for … (…
Pandemic power play: It’s China vs. the US in Latin America
At first glance, the picture China’s ambassador to Barbados tweeted on July 23 shows nothing more than an online meeting — a typical, screen-based representation of what life has become during the … ( read…
Sen. Ted Cruz: China sanctions me again – Communist Party is terrified and lashing out
China announced sanctions against me this week for the second time in a month. This time it was for speaking out against China’s deepening control of Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
US-China trade deal review postponed as China ramps up farm, energy purchases
The United States and China have delayed a review of their Phase 1 trade deal initially slated for Saturday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. ( read original story …)
‘Reflection’ leads Beijing to soften rhetoric aimed at U.S., others
As the relationship between the United States and China deteriorates, Beijing is looking to tone down its rhetoric and salvage something, The New York Times reports. Recently, top Chinese diplomats, … ( read original story…
Each week Beijing’s message to Hong Kong gets clearer: we can do what we like
Since the anti-sedition law the territory has entered uncharted waters, says writer Ilaria Maria Sala … ( read original story …)
China Focus: Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market reopens as COVID-19 outbreak ebbs
Customers buy vegetables at a retail grocery store which has been set up recently next to the Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin) The reopened … ( read…