White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday accused China’s government of having “spawned” the coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan late last year, saying that given its track record, in his view … ( read…
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Japan City To Rename Area Of Islands Disputed With China
A local council in southern Japan voted Monday to rename an area including islands disputed with China and Taiwan, a move Beijing denounced as illegal and a “serious provocation”. The local assembly … ( read…
China overshadows nuclear treaty talks between U.S. and Russia
We’re talking about the last foundation brick of the Cold War nuclear arms control security architecture,” one expert said. ( read original story …)
China to Canada PM: Stop ‘irresponsible remarks’ on spy case
China told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday to “stop making irresponsible remarks” after he said Beijing’s decision to charge two Canadians with spying was linked to … ( read original story …)
China Warns of Reprisal as Japanese City Changes Disputed Area Name
China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese city’s decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a…
South China Sea Dispute: Indonesia Refuses Negotiations, Rejects China’s Nine-Dash Line Claims
Indonesia is holding firm on its refusal to accept China’s offer to negotiate over disputed areas in the South China Sea. ( read original story …)
China revealed some details of Hong Kong’s national security law and it may be as bad as critics feared
Since Beijing revealed plans to impose a national security law on Hong Kong, defenders of the bill have argued that fears of what it could do to the city’s political freedoms and civil liberties are…
Hundreds test positive at Tyson Foods plants in Arkansas as China suspends imports
Tyson Foods is looking into reports that China’s customs agency has suspended poultry imports from a Tyson facility in the U.S. after hundreds of coronavirus cases were confirmed among its employees. ( read original story…
COVID-19 cases surge in US, India, but slow in China, Korea
Infections slowed in China and South Korea, suggesting some progress in stemming … the deadline be extended and that the bodies of about 50 Filipinos who died of COVID-19 be buried in Saudi Arabia. (…
Global report: Beijing Covid-19 cluster may have begun a month earlier – China health official
Beijing’s cluster of new coronavirus cases may have begun a month earlier than first thought, partly due to asymptomatic infections, according to the director of China’s Center for Disease Control and … ( read original…
EU, China look to ease tensions, push on with business
Top European Union officials are holding talks Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang at a time of rising tensions between two major trading partners … ( read original story …)
China says espionage cases against Canadians not linked to Huawei CFO
China said on Monday the espionage cases against two Canadian citizens in the country are unrelated to the ongoing extradition case in Canada against Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou and called … ( read original…
China revealed some details of Hong Kong’s national security law and it’s as bad as critics feared
Since Beijing revealed plans to impose a national security law on Hong Kong, defenders of the bill have argued that fears of what it could do to the city’s political freedoms and civil liberties are…
