China needs to improve its monitoring for diseases of unknown causes and unusual public health incidents, said President Xi Jinping according to state television. At a roundtable with experts and … ( read original story…
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Out of Favor With Australia’s Central Government, China Targets States
The leader of one of Australia’s biggest states has touted an infrastructure deal with Beijing as a way to create jobs in a coronavirus-afflicted economy. But others worry Chinese money may end up … (…
UK Warns China: Do Not Cross the Rubicon on Hong Kong
“It can cross the Rubicon and violate the autonomy and the rights of the people of Hong Kong or it can step back, understand the widespread concern of the international community … ( read original…
China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal
Complaints by officials at odds with body’s public praise of Beijing’s response to outbreak … ( read original story …)
China delayed releasing coronavirus information for days at start of outbreak, frustrating the WHO
After the new coronavirus was first detected in China, scientists rushed to identify it, but the information was not quickly passed to the WHO. ( read original story …)
‘We Need Help’: Coronavirus Fuels Racism Against Black Americans in China
African governments have loudly protested abuse of their citizens in China, but the Trump administration’s response to harassment of African-Americans has been muted. ( read original story …)
North Korea to reopen schools, trade with China as coronavirus threat recedes
TOKYO — North Korea is reopening schools and restarting cross-border trade with China as it eases measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, according to state media, independent news reports and … ( read original story…
China buys U.S. soybeans after halt to U.S. purchases ordered: sources
State-owned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday, even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would … ( read…
China’s Wuhan Finds No New COVID-19 Cases in City-Wide Testing
The city launched its ambitious campaign on May 14, testing 9.9 million people, after a cluster of new cases in the city raised fears of a second wave of infections. But authorities found no new…
Stocks make cautious gains as U.S.-China frictions slow recovery rally
Asian stocks eked out gains on Tuesday as investors’ focus on the prospects of a global coronavirus recovery won out over familiar worries about Sino-U.S. relations and the depth of economic damage. ( read original…
U.S. Lawmakers to Unveil Bill Banning Investment in Firms Tied to China’s Military
A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to China’s military, according to a document seen by … ( read original…
China may be using weak soybean demand and adequate supply as an opportunity to halt U.S. imports
News that Beijing has ordered state firms to halt purchases of farm products could well be an opportunistic political maneuver stemming from fundamental weakness on the demand side in China, said … ( read original…
Stocks shrug off US unrest, China tensions amid easing of Covid-19 lockdowns – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as tensions simmer across the US and Hong Kong … ( read original story …)
