A Chinese court has sentenced a second Canadian citizen to death on charges of producing illegal drugs.A court notice in the province of Guangdong said Ye Jianhui was sentenced on Friday, a day after ……
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China sentences another Canadian to death on drugs charges
They are the third and fourth Canadians to be sentenced to death in China recently. Relations between the countries have been tense since the arrest of a Huawei executive in Vancouver in late 2018. (…
China sentences more Canadians for drug trafficking, manufacturing
A Canadian citizen was sentenced to death for manufacturing and trafficking illegal drugs in China, a few days after another Chinese court ordered the death penalty for a Canadian national detained on … ( read…
GOP House Candidate Selling ‘COVID-19 Made in China’ Masks Faces Backlash
“He’s literally financing his campaign with a tactic that has been shown to exacerbate anti-Asian racism,” Sookyung Oh said. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong Offers Free Testing as China Sends in Teams to Contain Coronavirus
Hong Kong is offering residents free coronavirus testing as it battles its biggest outbreak yet, with government leaders trying to reassure citizens suspicious of the intentions of the Chinese … ( read original story …)
Trump administration sanctions Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam for carrying out Beijing’s ‘policies of suppression’
The Trump administration on Friday announced that it is sanctioning Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam as part of a wave of sanctions on Hong Kong officials over the Chinese government’s ‘policies … ( read…
DFS Invests in Shenzhen Duty Free, Strengthens Mainland China Presence
As travel retail dries up completely in Hong Kong, taking up a stake in Shenzhen Duty Free is a big move to safeguard DFS’s future. ( read original story …)
China: fourth Canadian citizen given death penalty over drugs charges
Ye Jianhui sentenced to death on Friday in Guangdong, as relations between Canada and China have deteriorated … ( read original story …)
TikTok, Beijing say Trump’s ban ignores facts, harms U.S.-China relations
The Chinese government and video-sharing platform TikTok slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday after he signed an executive order barring the social app from doing business with firms in the … ( read original…
China Threatens a Bold Grab for Japanese Territory This Month. Who’s Next? | Opinion
The Senkaku islands are little more than a string of large rocks—but they could provoke history’s next great conflict. ( read original story …)
Pro-China Populists Consolidate Power in Sri Lanka
The Rajapaksa family cemented its grip on Sri Lanka in parliamentary elections, according to results released Friday, gaining enough seats to push through constitutional changes increasing executive … ( read original story …)
China Sentences a Fourth Canadian Citizen to Death on Drug Charges
Ye Jianhui was sentenced Friday by the Foshan Municipal Intermediate Court in the southern province of Guangdong … ( read original story …)
Why is Silicon Valley so chilled about the cold war with China?
To all appearances, Silicon Valley is remarkably chilled about the new cold war. But the extent to which the US tech sector has become dependent on China is under-appreciated. Beneath the rhetoric of … (…
