President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese firms that the administration says are owned or controlled by the Chinese military. ( read original story …)
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Trump wasn’t wrong about China. But here’s how Biden can do a better job.
In the next crisis, the supply-chain shortages could be in electric transformers or rare earths or basic computer components — and we’d better be ready. ( read original story …)
As Hong Kong Opposition Quits Council, Pro-Beijing Forces Reign
Establishment lawmakers were already discussing which policies they could fast-track, while the pro-democracy camp pondered its next move. ( read original story …)
China to ship 3 billion parcels during post-COVID Singles’ Day
China’s e-commerce behemoths Alibaba and JD.com again claimed to have set records during the world’s largest shopping event, Singles’ Day. The figures can often be gamed to paint a rosy picture of … ( read…
China’s ByteDance Challenges Trump’s TikTok Divestiture Order
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday … ( read original…
Argentina says China has found coronavirus trace on beef shipment packaging
Argentine authorities said on Thursday that they had been informed about an alleged finding by China of traces of COVID-19 on the external packaging of a shipment of the South American country’s beef. ( read…
Trump Bars Americans From Investing in Firms That Help China’s Military
President Trump signed an executive order prohibiting Americans from investing in a clutch of Chinese companies the Trump administration says supply and otherwise support China’s military … ( read original story …)
China’s President Xi Jinping Pulled Plug on Jack Ma’s Ant IPO
Senior government leaders were furious about the wealthy entrepreneur’s criticisms of regulators in an Oct. 24 speech. The rebuke was the culmination of years of tense relations between China’s most … ( read original story…
UK says China has breached Hong Kong treaty so considering sanctions
Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony, cautioning that it would consider … ( read…
Hong Kong: China condemns defiant opposition lawmakers
China’s government has condemned the mass resignation of most of Hong Kong’s opposition as a “farce” and an “open challenge” to its authority. On Wednesday, 15 opposition members announced their … ( read original story…
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign after China ruling
The opposition lawmakers then said they would leave in solidarity. For the first time since Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997 the body has almost no dissenting voices. BBC China correspondent ……
China says faces rising coronavirus risks caused by imported infections
In winter, there might be sporadic cases in some areas in China and some pocket cluster cases in others, Li Bin, vice minister of the National Health Commission said … ( read original story …)
China Is Inoculating Thousands With Unapproved COVID-19 Vaccines. Why?
Although the leading vaccine candidates are not yet officially approved, the drug companies are administering them to hundreds of thousands of people. ( read original story …)
