Growing mistrust of Beijing among American voters and U.S. allies, fueled in part by Trump’s belligerent rhetoric and Xi’s own aggressiveness, has forced Biden to tiptoe through the middle ground. To … ( read original…
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New year, new outbreak: China rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday looms
Drive to immunise 3.5% of the population in weeks comes ahead of the lunar new year festival and as three major cities are locked down … ( read original story …)
China A.I. firms and Huawei filed to patent technology that could identify Uighur Muslims, report says
A research firm that analyzes video surveillance technology examined Chinese patent applications for systems that could be used to identify ethnic groups. ( read original story …)
Trump takes final swipe at China’s biggest companies
Donald Trump has taken a final swipe at China and its biggest companies, imposing more sanctions and investment bans in his last days of office. Nine Chinese firms have been added to the Pentagon’s ……
Asia Today: China’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases rise
China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID-19 as numbers of cases continue to surge in the country’s north. The National Health Commission on Friday … ( read original story …)
The Latest: China says COVID-19 hospitalizations above 1,000
China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID-19 as numbers of cases continue to surge in the country’s north. The National Health Commission said Friday … ( read original story …)
Global investors in limbo after Ant IPO torpedoed by Beijing
Investors including BlackRock, GIC and Silver Lake have been left holding illiquid stakes in Ant Group after pouring billions of dollars into the Chinese payments company before its $37bn initial … ( read original story…
U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese officials, oil giant over South China Sea ‘coercion’
The United States announced sanctions on Chinese state-owned enterprise and military officials on Thursday and added Chinese oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist, accusing them using coercion against states … ( read original story …)
Trump administration takes final swipes at China and its companies
The Trump administration in its waning days took another swipe at China and its biggest firms on Thursday, imposing sanctions on officials and companies for alleged misdeeds in the South China Sea and … (…
China finally lets WHO into Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins
Given that it took China a year to let the international scientists in, don’t count on any quick, definitive answers on where the coronavirus came from. ( read original story …)
US blacklists Xiaomi and Cnooc in flurry of actions to counter China
The US has placed new restrictions on Chinese companies and given the federal government more power to curb the import of technology from the country, as the Trump administration races to increase the … (…
How China is using its coronavirus vaccine ‘to fill this void’ left by the US
Expanding vaccine access helps China reframe the narrative of the pandemic and improve its image overseas. ( read original story …)
China’s silence on coronavirus pandemic left world ‘flying blind,’ Azar says
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday heavily underscored mistrust in Chinese leadership, offering a nearly day-by-day account of federal steps taken to control coronavirus since … ( read original story …)
