President Xi Jinping pledged to open China’s service industries wider to foreign competitors as its first in-person trade fair since the coronavirus outbreak opened under intensive anti-disease … ( read original story …)
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Mainland China reports 25 new COVID-19 cases Friday, vs 11 a day earlier
Mainland China reported 25 new COVID-19 cases on Sept. 3, up from 11 reported a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Friday. ( read original story …)
Fact check: Face masks being worn in China before COVID-19 doesn’t prove they are ineffective
Posts shared online have claimed that face masks have been mandatory in China for 18 years, and that this serves as evidence that masks are ineffective at preventing the spread of COVID-19. This is … ( read original story …)
Hong Kong and Shenzhen haven’t become the tortoise and the hare. Actually, both can win the race
Hong Kong should strike a balance between being an integral part of China and maintaining its unique advantages as an open economy. Instead of lamenting its stagnation, it should ride the wave of … (…
U.S. happy to help in China-India border dispute: Trump
The United States is happy to help resolve the dispute between India and China over the mountain border running through the western Himalayas, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday. ( read original story …)
Chinese real estate holding company Sancai Holding Group files for a $30 million US IPO
Sancai Holding Group, a real estate holding company in China, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $30 million in an initial public offering. The company commenced operations through Sancai … ( read…
China’s international schools struggle as teachers, students remain stuck abroad
SHANGHAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) – China’s international schools are reopening this month but will be short of key elements – teachers and pupils. Schools across the world are grappling with … ( read original story…
Can you catch COVID-19 from your neighbor’s toilet?
Science’ Read our COVID-19 research and news. Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. Coronaviruses wafting through a Chinese apartment … ( read original story …)
US security adviser claims China has taken ‘most active role’ in election meddling
Robert O’Brien didn’t provide any details, also claiming Beijing had ‘the most massive program’ to influence US politics … ( read original story …)
White House eyes potential blacklist for China’s top chipmaker – Reuters
The White House is considering adding China’s largeset chipmaker to a trade blacklist, Reuters reports. SMIC (OTCQX:SMICY) – which recently became the biggest mainland China IPO in a decade – is the … ( read…
China’s ‘Operation Empty Plate’ targets food waste
Food waste is a big issue in China — with enough food thrown away to feed 30 to 50 million people per year, according to a report from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and WWF in China.…
Special Report: Australia faces down China in high-stakes strategy
It may be a harbinger of things to come, as the world’s smaller countries respond to the increasingly coercive Asian economic superpower. ( read original story …)
Biden calls Barr ‘lousy’ AG, ‘really bad intelligence officer’ over China election claim
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Russia is the country that “has worked the hardest, most consistently” to undermine U.S. elections. ( read original story …)
