President Trump was confronted Thursday by his longtime friend Geraldo Rivera about using the term “China Virus” to refer to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. ( read original story …)
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Beijing flexes its military muscle in off-shore exercises near Taiwan
Beijing has conducted maritime exercises in waters between mainland China and Taiwan as part of manoeuvres that would “play a vital role in potential military operations on the island of Taiwan”. ( read original story…
China Says U.S. Acts ‘Dirty’ After It Tries to ‘Clean’ Networks from Communist Party
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 …)
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…
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 …)
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 …)
China sentences Canadian to death on drugs charge
A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death on charges of producing the drug ketamine. A court notice in the city of Guangzhou said Xu Weihong was found guilty after a trial. His alleged…
Hong Kong foreign press says journalists being targeted in US-China standoff
Foreign journalists in Hong Kong are facing “highly unusual” visa delays at a time of high tension between the US and China, a group representing international media has said. The Foreign … ( read original…
Shenzhen embraces Hong Kong in financial markets integration plan, a prelude to easier capital controls
Shenzhen, the richest mainland city in Greater Bay Area, has presented a blueprint to boost market integration with Hong Kong in a prelude to greater cross-border capital flows. ( read original story …)
