Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies dulled risk appetite. ( read original story …)
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Coronavirus updates: Bristling at criticism, China warns of ‘political virus’ in US
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 342,000 people worldwide, and more 5.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong’s IPO Momentum Is Now Clouded by Political Turmoil
Hong Kong’s stock exchange was having a good week until Beijing crashed the party. Seen as one of the potential big winners from a bill last week by the U.S. Senate to limit listings of…
Pro-democracy protesters clash with police over Beijing’s national security laws
Protesters clashed with police over Beijing’s plan to impose a tough new security law. There’s fear it would crush freedoms in the former British territory. Ramy Inocencio reports. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong police use tear gas against thousands protesting Beijing’s new law
Despite social distancing measures that prohibit gatherings of more than eight and laws on illegal assembly, tens of thousands of people thronged through Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district on … ( read original story…
Thousands protest in Hong Kong after Beijing proposes new security bill
The streets of Hong Kong were filled with angry voices as pro-democracy protests started once again. After months in which the coronavirus outbreak forced demonstrators to stay indoors, Beijing’s … ( read original story …)
Hong Kong Protests Reignite Over Beijing Security Laws
Police fired tear gas on protesters for the first time in weeks after thousands took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to vent their anger at security laws Beijing announced it plans to impose.…
Re-Opening Your Business? Look To Lessons From SMEs In Post-Lockdown China
China flattened its curve in February and many of the country’s SMEs were re-opening as early as March – with little government support. Studying the path of SMEs in China may not only keep American…
Pro-democracy protesters clash with police over Beijing’s new security law
Hong Kong police launched tear gas and fired a water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against a law they fear will crush freedoms in the former British territory. ( read original story …)
Protesters Call for ‘Hong Kong Independence’ as Police Arrest 180 Demonstrators Over China’s Proposed Security Law
The Hong Kong Police Force said that the demonstrators were detained for “unauthorized assembly, unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct in a public place.” … ( read original story …)
China raises US trade tensions with warning of ‘new cold war’
Foreign minister accuses Washington of damaging relationship with Beijing … ( read original story …)
Coronavirus ‘cover-up’ is China’s Chernobyl: White House adviser
A top White House official on Sunday likened China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak to the Soviet Union’s cover-up of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. ( read original story …)
Mike Pompeo targets China again, says Beijing’s nature becomes clear as result of Covid
President Donald Trump and Pompeo have repeatedly said they suspect the novel coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan was somehow released from the laboratory. ( read original story …)
