Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and its major shareholders Swire Pacific Ltd and Air China Ltd entered share trading halts in Hong Kong on Tuesday … ( read original story …)
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Behind China’s Twitter Campaign, a Murky Supporting Chorus
Swarms of accounts are amplifying Beijing’s brash new messaging as the country tries to shape the global narrative about the coronavirus and much else. ( read original story …)
China is sabotaging our coronavirus vaccine development, according to a US senator
Relations between the US and China were already fraught before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, something that the global race for a coronavirus vaccine has frayed even further. One US … ( read original…
China demands proof from Rick Scott on coronavirus accusations
Fla., produce evidence to back up his claim that Beijing is actively trying to impede the development of a coronavirus vaccine by Western countries. ( read original story …)
Lessons from Peru in the U.S.-China aviation standoff
The June 4 news article “Administration to ban flights by Chinese airlines” reported on deteriorating bilateral aviation relations with China. (The proposed ban has since been softened.) We had a … ( read original story…
Trump plans to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown: source
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppressing Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday without … ( read original story …)
The Covert Art of China’s Military Activity in the East China Sea
China is contesting for control, not of the high seas like Germany in World War I or Japan in World War II, but of the marginal seas and skies of Asia, even while the United…
China Steps Up Moves to Influence Diaspora Communities
China is making fresh efforts to influence Chinese communities around the world to advance Beijing’s interests, requiring heightened vigilance from democratic countries, a new study says. ( read original story …)
U.S., Russia agree on June nuclear arms talks, invite China – U.S. envoy
“Today agreed with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov on time and place for nuclear arms negotiations in June. China also invited. Will China show and negotiate in good faith?” Billingslea … ( read original…
China calls on Rick Scott to provide evidence to back up coronavirus vaccine sabotage claim
China is challenging Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to provide evidence backing up his claim that China is trying to sabotage the development of a coronavirus vaccine. ( read original story …)
Senior Beijing official lays out China’s view on national security risks to the nation
A senior Beijing official offered the central government’s clearest definition yet on national security on Monday, saying that rather than focusing only on traditional and territorial threats, China … ( read original story …)
China’s coast guard to be given wartime power, report says
China is pursuing an amendment to the law that would allow its coast guard to receive instructions from Beijing’s military during wartime, according to a Japanese press report. ( read original story …)
Researchers: Satellite images hint coronavirus started in China earlier than first reported
Researchers at Harvard Medical School say that satellite data and internet search traffic indicate that the coronavirus pandemic began in Wuhan, China, months before authorities alerted the World … ( read original story …)
