While the virus continues to hamper the economies of both the U.S. and Europe, China has managed to parlay the pandemic into a stronger global trade position. ( read original story …)
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Pompeo Warns Businesses Over Hong Kong as U.S.-China Tensions Rise
The secretary of state said the U.S. would treat the global trade and financial center as “another Chinese Communist-run city” in light of Beijing’s efforts to tighten its control over Hong Kong. ( read original…
The election is over. Can we finally blame China for the pandemic?
Now that the presidential election is over, can we finally blame the Chinese communist regime for the covid-19 pandemic? In the run-up to the election, Democrats treated any effort to blame China for … (…
Mount Everest gets an official height after Nepal and China expeditions
China and Nepal announced a new “official” height for Mount Everest on Tuesday The new recorded height of the world’s highest peak is 29,031.7 feet, which is slightly higher than Nepal’s previous … ( read…
Pompeo Warns Businesses Over Hong Kong as U.S. Tensions With Beijing Rise
The secretary of state said the U.S. will treat the global trade and financial center as “another Chinese Communist-run city.” … ( read original story …)
China Aims to Outpace U.S. Militarily, American Commander Says
China is seeking to invest its economic growth into equalling American military capabilities by 2035 and aims to be able to defeat the U.S. in an armed conflict by midcentury, said Army Gen. Mark ……
‘V-Day’: A year after COVID-19 pandemic began in China, UK is first in West to start vaccinations
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, is the first person in the U.K. to get Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, “the best early birthday present.” … ( read original story …)
About half of Hongkongers say city and Shenzhen more likely to compete than cooperate, poll finds
About half of the Hongkongers polled in a survey believed the city and neighbouring Shenzhen were more likely to compete than cooperate, even though Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has said … ( read…
China Threatens U.S. With ‘Stern’ Retaliation Over Hong Kong Sanctions
The State Department imposed the sanctions on 14 Chinese lawmakers over the clampdown on freedoms in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Uyghurs Wait Nervously for Biden China Policy As ‘Genocide’ Continues
China’s oppression of minority groups in Xinjiang is but one issue Biden will have to address in revising American ties with Beijing. ( read original story …)
China condemns U.S. sanctions against 14 Chinese officials
China warned of retaliation after the United States imposed sanctions on 14 Chinese officials in connection to the crackdown on political dissidents in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
Top Australian defence official says it’s ‘very legitimate’ to worry about China’s assertiveness
Defence department secretary Greg Moriarty is ‘particularly concerned about the militarisation of features in the South China Sea’ … ( read original story …)
Nine Entertainment newspapers quit carrying China Watch supplement
The eight-page Communist party newspaper has been distributed in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review … ( read original story …)
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