Shares in banking giant HSBC plunged to a 25-year low Monday on fears it could be added to a Chinese list of firms deemed a threat to national security and following news it had been…
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Taiwan Military Says It Has Right to Counter Attack Amid China Threats
Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid “harassment and threats”, in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous jets across the … (…
ByteDance says it will own 80% of TikTok U.S. firm, contradicts Trump’s claims deal has ‘nothing to do with China’
ByteDance said on Monday it was not giving up control of TikTok in the U.S. and said a claim that the U.S. Treasury would get $5 billion in taxes was just a “forecast” and would…
Explainer: Why Is Taiwan-China Tension Rising and What Are the Risks?
China claims democratically-run Taiwan as its own territory, to be taken by force if needed, a threat the island has lived with since 1949, when defeated Kuomintang, or Nationalist, forces fled there … ( read…
China ‘third wave’ fears skyrocket after horror coronavirus leak at Hong Kong laboratory
HONG KONG laboratory workers have been thrown into quarantine after traces of coronavirus were found around their facility. ( read original story …)
China prepares to count 1.3 billion people as date for new population census announced
How do you count 1.3 billion people amid a pandemic? China will be finding out as the world’s most populous country launches its seventh national census on November 1. ( read original story …)
China keeps lending benchmark lending rate steady for 5th straight month
China’s economy remains resilient and there are ample policy tools at Beijing’s disposal, despite rising external risks, President Xi Jinping said in remarks published on Saturday. ( read original story …)
TikTok Deal Exposes a Security Gap, and a Missing China Strategy
Technological progress has outpaced the political debate again. What will happen when the next TikTok arrives in the United States? ( read original story …)
Hong Kong Democrats Face Choice: Engage Beijing or Give Up Seats
Following China’s delay of Hong Kong’s legislative elections, opposition lawmakers face a defining choice: Keep playing by Beijing’s rules? Or quit and join the radicals in the streets? ( read original story …)
China’s export machine comes roaring back to life
China’s export machine was under pressure from all directions last year. A trade war with the US was weighing on demand and competition from other manufacturing hubs was heating up. Fast-forward to … ( read…
TikTok tussle shows the uneven economic ‘decoupling’ that has accelerated between U.S. and China
Only last month, the video-sharing app TikTok was merely the latest social media craze for millions of Americans. But that was Trump identified the company’s Chinese ownership as a potential national … ( read original…
Donald Trump’s latest TikTok tactics stoke Beijing’s lust for revenge
China has promised retribution for Donald Trump’s decision to ban new downloads of TikTok and WeChat as of today, escalating a bitter trade war between the superpowers.China’s Ministry of Commerce … ( read original story…
125 million-year-old dinosaur found buried by a volcanic eruption in China
Archeologists in China have discovered two perfectly preserved fossils of a new 125 million-year-old dinosaur species. ( read original story …)
