Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Confucius Institute’s allowing people to learn about Chinese language and culture is part of China’s “propaganda apparatus.” … ( read original story …)
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On China, Biden may have little choice but to continue Trump’s hard-line policy
Biden will rally allies and set a new tone, yet underneath his China policy may look closer to Trump’s than to Obama’s a decade ago. ( read original story …)
Wall Street futures retreat as China data disappoints
U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday with attention turning to retail sales figures for signs of a domestic rebound after Chinese figures pointed to a wobbly economic recovery from the … ( read original…
China’s economic recovery underwhelms as consumer comeback stays elusive
China’s retail sales slipped in July, dashing expectations for a modest rise, as consumers in the world’s second-largest economy failed to shake off wariness about the coronavirus, while the factory … ( read original story…
China reports finding coronavirus on imported chicken. But here’s why experts say you shouldn’t panic
China says the virus was detected on a surface sample from a batch of chicken wings imported from Brazil. It’s a shocking headline, we know. China reported they found coronavirus on chicken imported … (…
China’s national security law triggering radical transformation of Hong Kong’s human rights
Despite pledges from top Hong Kong officials that the draconian national security law, which contains 66 articles and criminalizes succession and subversion, to terrorism and collusion, would only … ( read original story …)
China air pollution falls 10.8% because of coronavirus slowdown
China saw average concentrations of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5 fall by 10.8% from January to July as industry slowed because of the coronavirus, data showed on Friday, though … ( read original story…
‘End of the Rainbow’: Shanghai Pride shuts down amid shrinking space for China’s LGBTQ community
Shanghai Pride, China’s longest-running and only major annual celebration of sexual minorities, abruptly announced its effective shutdown on Thursday, in the latest sign of the authorities’ increasing … ( read original story …)
Dollar finds support as coronavirus, China data sap confidence
The dollar index remains 0.2% lower for the week, but it has appeared to arrest a slide that has it about 9.5% below its March peak. ( read original story …)
For China’s landlords, rent-to-riches dreams fade in red flag for fragile economy
Not yet 30, Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up China’s private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out. Then came the new coronavirus, jobless tenants … (…
Chicken wing from Brazil positive to coronavirus in Shenzhen not sold
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said that in view of a notice issued by the Shenzhen Headquarters for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia … ( read…
U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises the program, says China
A U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises and stigmatises the normal functioning of the program, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday. ( read original story …)
Jordi Cruyff to coach Chinese Super League side Shenzhen FC
Jordi Cruyff, then head coach of Chongqing Lifan, gives instructions from the sidelines during a Chinese Super League match between Chongqing Lifan and Wuhan Zall on June 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Cheng Min) … ( read original…
