A new report follows two years of study involving strategic and emerging threats from China, and how the U.S. is positioned to respond to them. ( read original story …)
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China Signals It Will Try 12 Hong Kong Residents Caught Fleeing to Taiwan
Chinese authorities said they have formally arrested 12 Hong Kong residents who were caught fleeing the city in an ill-fated escape to Taiwan, paving the way for them to be tried on the mainland. (…
China Greenlights Another Covid-19 Vaccine for Human Testing
A Chinese drugmaker, which is collaborating with AstraZeneca PLC on production of a coronavirus vaccine, has won approval from Chinese regulators to start testing one of its own vaccine candidates at … ( read original…
China’s economic growth to be 2 per cent in 2020 but coronavirus to keep Asia’s growth at lowest since 1967, World Bank warns
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to lead to the slowest growth in more than 50 years in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, while up to 38 million people are set to…
Hong Kong, Beijing authorities ramp up calls for patriotic education, warn against National Day protests
Beijing and Hong Kong authorities ramped up calls for patriotic education and warnings against banned anti-governments protests over the mid-autumn festive season, as police made more arrests on the … ( read original story …)
U.S. intel agencies failing to counter threat from China, says House Intelligence Committee report
“Absent a significant realignment, [the] intelligence community will fail [to enable] U.S. competition with China on the global stage,” says the report. ( read original story …)
U.S. intelligence has “not sufficiently adapted” to address China threat, report says
The U.S. must shift areas of focus and realign the resources it has dedicated to addressing the strategic threat from China, a House report concluded. ( read original story …)
From China to France, Media Dismayed at ‘Chaotic’ and ‘Childish’ Presidential Debate
Op-ed writers from media outlets in France, Spain, Italy, China and Russia were shocked by the tone of the debate between President Donald Trump and the Democratic contender, Joe Biden. ( read original story …)
House Committee Says U.S. Spy Agencies Are Failing China Challenge
A House Intelligence Committee report says U.S. spy agencies are failing to meet the challenge posed by China and calls for a new focus on pandemics, trade and other issues often given less attention ……
Pompeo Calls On Pope Francis to Defend Religious Freedom in China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched a strong attack on religious persecution in China and called on the Vatican to stand up for religious freedom there, in an implicit criticism of Pope Francis’s … (…
Coronavirus tally: Global cases of COVID-19 top 33.6 million, 1.008 million deaths and Trump blames China for outbreak
The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed to 33.6 million on Wednesday, according to data aggregated by … ( read original story …)
China to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the world at reasonable price: spokesperson
VCG. China will share COVID-19 vaccines with the world at a fair and reasonable price, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson … ( read original story …)
METALS-Copper claws higher on China data; inventories weigh
Copper prices struggled to hold gains on Wednesday as surging inventories highlighted the prospect of excess supply amid worries about the impact of rising COVID-19 cases on the global economy. ( read original story …)
