Category: China
China hopes US will come back to the table at Chile climate talks
China hopes to welcome the United States “back to the negotiating table” to discuss global efforts to limit climate change at a United Nations summit to be hosted [...]
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China steps up threats to HK protesters
Beijing sees the anti-government movement as a threat to its rule of the territory and is struggling to put an end to it. While the protests in Hong Kong over the weekend [...]
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Home Depot says suppliers are moving manufacturing out of China to avoid tariffs
* The tariffs on Chinese goods are projected to have a “cost impact” on Home Depot’s US sales of about 2 percent, or $2 billion. * The company’s [...]
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China may have a new way of boosting its economy. Here’s what the central bank just did
* The People’s Bank of China has changed the way commercial lenders set interest rates they charge on loans. * That move is expected to make borrowing costs cheaper at [...]
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Trump acknowledges China polices may mean US economic pain
President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday his aggressive China trade policies may mean economic pain for Americans but insisted they’re needed for more important [...]
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China’s Geely posts 40pct slump in first-half profit, sees uncertain demand outlook
China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday first-half net profit skid 40 percent amid a sustained downturn in the world’s biggest auto market, and it [...]
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Investors divert cash into British tech amid ongoing US-China trade war
US and Asian investors have more than doubled their investment into British tech start-ups in this first half of this year, as the stalemate between Washington and Beijing [...]
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Goldman Sachs, China’s Ping An back artificial intelligence firm H20.ai
Goldman Sachs Group Inc, China’s Ping An Global Voyager Fund and others have invested $72.5 million in H20.ai, a rapidly growing artificial intelligence startup, the [...]
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China denies visas to German lawmakers over their human rights criticism
Two groups of German MPs recently cancelled trips to China due to visa restrictions, as Beijing stepped up diplomatic clashes with lawmakers in the European country that has [...]
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China could overwhelm US military in Asia in hours, Australian report says
The US military is no longer the primary force in Asia, and missiles from China’s rapidly improving military could overwhelm its bases in hours, according to a new [...]
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Mike Pompeo tells business execs, economists that he thinks the China trade war could end by 2020 election
* Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells a group of business executives and free trade economists that he believes the trade war with China could come to an end by the 2020 [...]
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US commander says cracks in Asian alliances a worry amid N Korea, China threats
The commandant of the US Marine Corps said on Wednesday any crack in alliances in Asia that helped counter threats from North Korea and China were a worry as a spat between [...]
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US Recycling Industry Is Struggling To Figure Out A Future Without China
The US used to send a lot of its plastic waste to China to get recycled. But last year, China put the kibosh on imports of the world’s waste. The policy, called [...]
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US conservative media outlet’s ties to Chinese spiritual movement put in spotlight
A prominent US conservative media outlet has defended its journalism after an NBC News investigation reported that it was closely tied to a little-known Chinese spiritual [...]
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Citigroup, BNP caught up in US case against Huawei CFO: documents
US-based Citigroup and French bank BNP Paribas are caught up in the US criminal case against the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, according to [...]
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