China trade deal initially slated for Saturday will be delayed due to scheduling issues, and no new date has been agreed yet, according to sources familiar with the plans. ( read original story …)
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Trump, Pompeo Face Down Beijing in South China Sea As Conflict Brews
China is said to have told its military not to fire first in the South China Sea as tensions with the U.S. rise over the disputed waters. ( read original story …)
China retail sales fall fuels concern for global recovery from Covid-19
Retail sales dropped 1.1% in July while industrial production remains subdued … ( read original story …)
U.S. and China Put Trade Above Coronavirus Crisis in Weekend Talks
With Sino-U.S. relations approaching an all-time low, trade negotiators will chat by video link in an attempt to get the “Phase 1” deal back on track. ( read original story …)
Jimmy Lai, the testy tycoon defying Beijing
When the Hong Kong government arrested Jimmy Lai on Monday for alleged violations of the Chinese territory’s controversial new national security law, it dispatched more than 200 police officers to … ( read original story…
Shenzhen mall in lockdown after suspected coronavirus case
The IBC Mall in Shenzhen’s Luohu district was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening, with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for COVID-19 tests from medical personnel in … ( read original…
China attacks new US demand to register Confucius Institutes
China accused the United States on Friday of trying to “demonize and stigmatize” relations between the two countries, in a scathing attack on the Trump administration’s … ( read original story …)
China’s Confucius Institute Hits Back Against Pompeo ‘Sabre Rattling’
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 …)
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 …)
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