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Meet the Trump Official Calling Beijing’s Bluff
Before Matthew Pottinger served the president as deputy national-security adviser, and before he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marines, he was a China-based journalist, often reporting on … ( read original story …)
China’s Kashgar had a coronavirus outbreak. Within two days, 4.5 million people were tested.
Just two days after announcing the discovery of a single asymptomatic case of the novel coronavirus, authorities in China’s Kashgar area said they have tested 4.5 million residents, nearly the entire … ( read original…
China tightens rules on US media outlets in ‘reciprocal’ move
China says decision was ‘necessary’ after the US declared several more Chinese media outlets to be ‘foreign missions’ … ( read original story …)
How the U.S. should respond to China’s saber-rattling on Taiwan
The United States might want to use every other arrow in its quiver to counter China’s bluster — ambiguity included. ( read original story …)
China reports largest new cluster of COVID cases while testing 4.7 million people
China has reported its biggest cluster of asymptomatic coronavirus cases in nearly seven months — which it uncovered during a drive to test 4.7 million people after the discovery of a single … ( read…
China Launches Crackdown on Mobile Web Browser ‘Chaos’
China’s top cyber authority said on Monday it would carry out a “rectification” of Chinese mobile internet browsers to address what it called social concerns over the “chaos” of information being … ( read original…
Ant Challenged Beijing and Prospered. Now It Toes the Line.
The tech giant, which is preparing for a mega I.P.O., has transformed personal finance in China. Regulators have taken notice. ( read original story …)
Air Travel Returns to Normal in Beijing, China
Air China passenger jets arrive and depart at the Capital Airport in Beijing on Monday, October 26, 2020. Air travel in China has returned to normal as the coronavirus threat has basically been … (…
China sanctioning US military contractors over arms sales to Taiwan, Beijing says
A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry said Monday that Beijing would sanction several U.S. companies over arms sales to Taiwan. Reuters and The Associated Press reported that Zhao Lijian told … ( read original story…
China’s Kashgar had a covid-19 outbreak. Now all 4.5 million residents are being tested.
China is testing all 4.7 million residents of Kashgar in its far western Xinjiang region after the government said it had discovered 138 asymptomatic cases in an outlying area. The outbreak is China’s … (…
Japan and U.S. Begin Major Military Exercise as Concern About China Grows
Japan and the United States on Monday began air, sea and land exercises around Japan in a show of force in the face of increased Chinese military activity in the region. The Keen Sword exercise…
An emboldened Beijing emerging from the coronavirus could be good news for investors
China’s relatively rapid recovery from the coronavirus has instilled the central government with fresh confidence that will have significant implications for the nation’s foreign and domestic policies … ( read original story …)