On a host of global issues, China is the White House’s preferred villain — its trade tactics seen as unfair and duplicitous, its opaque government cast as the incubator of a hideous pandemic, its tech…
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Pompeo keeps up anti-China campaign overseas as Washington plunged into Covid-19 chaos
All eyes may be on coronavirus test results in Washington, but Mike Pompeo is staying focused on China. The US Secretary of State was in Tokyo Tuesday for a meeting of the Quad, or Quadrilateral…
Australia joins global condemnation of China over Xinjiang amid deteriorating ties
The UN statement comes as a Pew poll finds 81% of Australians now view China unfavourably … ( read original story …)
China’s Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Appears Safe: Study
A Chinese experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences was shown to be safe in an early stage clinical trial, … ( read original…
Australia casino billionaire Packer blasts executives as probe targets China arrests
Australian billionaire James Packer on Wednesday recalled asking the two top executives of Crown Resorts Ltd to study the risk of keeping staff in China soon before a mass arrest in 2016 … ( read…
Trump says U.S. economic recovery is faster than any other nation — but China is leaps and bounds ahead
China is seeing double-digit economic growth, Japan’s Nikkei index is doing better than the Dow and Korea’s unemployment rate is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. ( read original story …)
Analysis: China needs an economic revolution to deliver Xi’s ambitious climate agenda
There’s no solution to the climate crisis without China. President Xi Jinping just gave hope it might deliver one. ( read original story …)
US slams China for Corona, Indo-Pacific tensions at Quad meet
Pompeo blasting China’s “exploitation, corruption, and coercion” in “South (China Sea), the East China Sea, the Mekong, the Himalayas and the Taiwan Straits”. The US secretary of state also openly … ( read original story…
Negative views of China soar in western countries, poll finds
Survey in US, UK, Australia and 11 other nations shows unfavourable opinions about Beijing regime are highest ever, Pew says … ( read original story …)
Beijing wrestles for control of Hong Kong’s classrooms
Leo is on the frontline of an ideological battle with Beijing for control of the territory’s education system. Since the Hong Kong government began cracking down on education in the Asian financial … ( read…
Misleading India-China claims being shared online
Tensions along the border between India and China remain high after a clash in June which killed at least 20 Indian soldiers. As the two countries continue talks about disengagement, misleading … ( read original…
China Calls Mike Pompeo criticism ‘Reckless Smearing’ at U.S. Meeting with Asia Security Partners
“We do not accept reckless smearing and groundless accusations against China,” a spokesperson for Beijing’s embassy in Washington told Newsweek. ( read original story …)
Pompeo uses Tokyo visit to slam China, seek Asian allies’ support
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Japan on Tuesday to rally support from Washington’s closest allies in Asia, calling for deeper collaboration with Japan, India and Australia as a bulwark … ( read original…
