The outgoing United States Ambassador to China has denounced Beijing’s initial handling of the coronavirus, saying that “what could have been contained in Wuhan ended up becoming a worldwide pandemic. ( read original story …)
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Terry Branstad: Outgoing US ambassador to China blames Beijing for coronavirus as he heads home to help Trump
U.S. Slams China’s ‘Aggressive, Destabilizing’ Military Actions During Taiwan Visit
Pentagon spokesperson John Supple told Newsweek that China’s air and naval show of force was another example of the country “using its military as a tool of coercion with Taiwan and other neighbors,” … (…
Silicon Valley’s most prominent VC firm had a banner week: $9 billion in IPO shares while helping TikTok negotiations
Venture capital firm Sequoia has long been the envy of its Silicon Valley peers, but has rarely had a week like this one. ( read original story …)
‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal
When downloads of the Chinese-owned messaging service are barred in the U.S. starting at midnight on Sunday, the feud between the countries will hit home for millions of people. ( read original story …)
It’s time to strip China of its trade status
The senator’s proposal would replace China’s permanent trade status with a variant of the annual review that prevailed before 2001. Under that system, the president must extend China’s trade status … ( read original story…
In China, WeChat is everything: Text messaging, video chat and mobile payments
And, beyond being the top app in China and a way to connect families spread across the globe, WeChat is also used here to do business. The Trump announcement means downloads of the app, as…
The WeChat ban is a difficult but necessary step toward openness in China
WeChat is not a bridge — it’s a closed system that keeps its 1.2 billion users in a parallel universe where they are free to interact as long as they don’t cross the lines. (…
India and Pakistan Clash on Border As China Conflict Looms Heavy
India and Pakistan accused one another of launching “unprovoked” aggressions in statements sent to Newsweek, while yet another standoff involving China kept the region on edge. ( read original story …)
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have your data. Why not China-owned ByteDance’s TikTok?
The Trump administration says it’s banning TikTok because the data collected from American users could be accessed by the Chinese government. ( read original story …)
China and Russia are ahead in the global coronavirus vaccine race, bending long-standing rules as they go
China and Russia have decided to begin a mass rollout of their coronavirus vaccines before clinical tests are complete, in what is emerging as an unexpectedly complex geopolitical challenge for the … ( read original…
The CIA sent a team of 4 operators on a spy mission targeting China. None came back.
CIA operative Stephen Stanek faced a decision: cancel the operation he was running or go forward with it — as a hurricane barreled through the Philippines with a projection to veer north and miss his…
Jiuzi Holdings Commences U.S. IPO Effort
Jiuzi Holdings has filed to raise $29 million in a U.S. IPO. The firm operates a small mostly franchised network of electric and hybrid car dealerships in China. JZXN has suffered from a sharp drop…
IPO Preview: Jiuzi Holdings Seeks $29 Million U.S. IPO
The firm has developed a mostly franchised car dealer network in China for primarily electric and hybrid transportation vehicles. ( read original story …)
