Nearly 108 million people in China’s Jilin province are being forced back on lockdown after a growing group of new coronavirus infections has triggered a backslide in the nation’s push to return to … ( read…
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Mistrust For China Grows: More US Consumers To Shun Made-In-China Products, Finds Survey
A couple of surveys are laying bare a rising mistrust of China among U.S. consumers amid the coronavirus pandemic and a willingness to pay more for the shift of production out of China. ( read…
Taiwan president says wants talks with China, but not ‘one country, two systems’
Taiwan wants dialogue with China but cannot accept its proposal for “one country, two systems”, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday after being inagurated for her second and final term in office. ( read original…
Tsai Says China Must ‘Coexist’ With A Democratic Taiwan
Tsai is loathed by Beijing because she views Taiwan as a de facto sovereign state and not part of a “one China”. Since she first came to office in 2016, China has rebuffed offers of…
Taiwan President Tsai calls for stability in China relations
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called for stability in relations with China in her inaugural address Wednesday but said she would not accept Beijing’s political terms that … ( read original story…
US Hails Taiwan Model, But Impact On China To Be Seen
With its remarkable success in fighting the coronavirus and its democratic values, Taiwan is enjoying a groundswell of support in the United States whose leadership is eager to hold up the island as a ……
Parents finally reunited with son after he was abducted in China 32 years ago
“This is the best gift I have ever got,” said the missing man’s mother, who found out about the news on Mother’s Day. ( read original story …)
As China faces a backlash in the West, Xi needs Africa more than ever
A true coronavirus crisis in Africa might not only test China’s performance as a world leader in health, but also how deep the equal friendship Beijing has repeatedly claimed to share with Africa … (…
China leaves lending benchmark LPR unchanged, as expected
China held its benchmark lending rate steady as expected on Wednesday, mirroring the central bank’s decision last week to keep borrowing costs on medium-term funding for financial institutions … ( read original story …)
China reports five new COVID-19 cases for May 19 vs 6 day earlier
China recorded five new coronavirus cases for May 19, down from six a day earlier, the National Health Commission reported on Wednesday. ( read original story …)
Trump on China trade deal: ‘I feel differently now about that deal than I did three months ago’
President Trump on Tuesday said that although the China trade deal is just kicking in, he feels “very differently” about it since global coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story …)
US, China standoff ensnares WHO meeting on COVID-19 fight
Facing the most disruptive pandemic in generations, the technocratic halls of the World Health Organization are now the scene of pitched battles in an increasingly bitter proxy war between the China a … ( read…
USS Theodore Roosevelt returning to sea as China steps up coronavirus-era ‘harassment’ of US spy planes, ships
China appears to have taken advantage of the coronavirus outbreak and ramped up its harassment of the U.S. military and its regional allies amid the global pandemic. ( read original story …)
