China has ridiculed a new U.S. initiative to attempt to decouple its telecommunications network from apparatuses deemed too close to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, calling the move hypocritical … ( read original story …)
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New China-Pakistan Axis Undermines U.S. in Afghanistan, Strengthens Uighur Persecution
A previously unreported intelligence arrangement between Beijing and Islamabad reveals increasingly potent influence in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the region. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus: Canada zoo struggles to return pandas to China
Two giant pandas are stranded in Canada with a looming bamboo shortage despite efforts to return them to China. The Calgary Zoo says it has not yet been able to secure international travel permits to…
Hollywood censors films to appease China, report suggests
Hollywood bosses have been censoring films to placate the film market in China, a report has suggested. The lengthy report says US film companies want to avoid losing access to China’s lucrative box … (…
U.S. Tensions With Beijing Are High, But Trump Still Has Fans in China
Beneath expressions of anger at Washington, two camps at opposite ends of China’s political spectrum like Trump’s confrontational approach—for different reasons. ( read original story …)
AstraZenica, bio firm agree to produce COVID-19 vaccine for China
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said Thursday it has an agreement with a Chinese company to produce 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, when completed, in China by the end of this year. ( read original…
Foreign buying of American real estate plunged before the pandemic — will COVID-19 push it even lower?
Foreign buyers are purchasing fewer and fewer American homes. And the coronavirus pandemic could cause a serious pullback in new investment in U.S. residential real estate from international buyers. ( read original story …)
Google deletes 2,600 YouTube accounts linked to China
Google has taken down about 2,600 YouTube channels it says were connected with a “coordinated influence operation” from China. ( read original story …)
Putin Outlines New Russian Crypto Rules And Banks Prepare For New Exchanges
Russia has revamped the rules of the cryptocurrency game within its borders. In short: cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether, and others can be traded, but no goods and services in Russia are allowed … ( read…
Ucommune Group Holdings withdraws $100 million US IPO in favor of SPAC merger
Ucommune Group Holdings, a leading provider of shared work space in China, officially withdrew its plans for an initial public offering on Thursday. It originally filed in December 2019 with a … ( read original…
Bitcoin Association to partner with CSDN on Bitcoin SV DevCon: China
Bitcoin Association, the global industry organization that works to advance business with Bitcoin SV, today announces the … ( read original story …)
Siemens CEO: China business performing better than pre-crisis
Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the German engineering company’s third-quarter earnings. ( read original story …)
How TikTok Found Itself in the Middle of a U.S.-China Tech War
Banning TikTok would be an escalation, but in keeping with a broader trend of economic disengagement between the rival superpowers … ( read original story …)
