BEIJING — China’s auto sales plunged 12 per cent in September, adding to economic challenges for the country’s leaders amid a worsening tariff fight with Washington. Sales in the biggest global marke… ( read original…
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China says in ‘communication’ amid report of Trump-Xi meet
BEIJING — China said Friday it is in contact with the United States amid reports of a planned meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump next month following a dive in the U.S.…
Door opens for UBS to take majority ownership of China JV
That would make it the first global investment bank to secure majority ownership since a surprise decision by China late last year to open the sector to foreign control. A UBS spokesman declined … (…
Japan’s Abe Pursues China Thaw as U.S-Beijing Ties in Deep Freeze
TOKYO — While U.S. President Donald Trump appears to wage a trade “Cold War” on China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will promote a thaw with Beijing at a summit this month where business ties…
China trade surplus with U.S. widens to record $34.1B
BEIJING — China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record $34.1 billion in September as exports to the American market rose by 13 per cent over a year earlier despite a worsening…
China State Media Calls on U.S. to Avert ‘Full-Scale Face-Off’
China denounced Trump administration accusations of election-meddling as “Sinophobia” and urged the U.S. to steer the world’s two largest economies off their collision course. In a toughly worded comm… ( read original story …)
China, not Russia is the massive threat to watch, former FBI director says
“For all practical purposes, we are in an espionage war with China,” James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC told Fox News. “They use cyber-espionage, intell… ( read original…
Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China
The five nations in the world’s leading intelligence-sharing network have been exchanging classified information on China’s foreign activities with other like-minded countries since the start of the y… ( read original story …)
China’s Xinjiang region legalizes Muslim internment camps
China’s regional government in Xinjiang has amended its laws … a scholar of Chinese ethnic policies at Melbourne’s La Trobe University, told the AP news agency. “It’s a new form of re-education that … (…
Beijing baffled by allegations involving alleged Chinese spy jailed in U.S.
China said Thursday that accusations against an alleged Chinese spy accused of attempting to steal trade secrets from American aviation and aerospace companies were “made out of thin air.” Yanjun Xu, … ( read original…
Beijing ‘looking into joining trans-Pacific trade pact’ to hedge against US
Beijing is looking into joining a trans-Pacific trade deal that it was previously shut out of by the US amid mounting pressure from the trade war, according to a source close to the Chinese government…
Meng case shows the rule of law is missing in Beijing
Beijing is trumpeting the corruption charges against Meng Hongwei as evidence that no one is above the law in modern China. The reality is just the opposite. Meng, who was both China’s Vice-Minister o… (…
China trying to sway U.S. vote, poses threat: officials
Trump made no reference to suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 election and provided no evidence for his allegation about China, which Beijing immediately rejected. Responding to the comments at a … ( read original…