Category: China
China ‘will retaliate’ if Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law
Beijing warned it would retaliate if United States President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, after the US Senate passed the act, [...]
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U.S. Senate passes HK rights bill backing protesters, angers Beijing
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid a crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement, drawing [...]
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Government of China’s Xinjiang says leak on Uighur camps ‘fake news’
A report in the New York Times that included 400 pages of leaked internal documents on the internment of Uighur Muslims was “fabricated” and prompted by [...]
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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa likely to re-boot China ties
The unfinished, purple-headed Lotus Tower soars uselessly into the Colombo sky, mired in corruption allegationsa project typical of China’s misadventures in Sri Lanka [...]
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Mentally disabled Chinese girl, 12, has second abortion in eight months
Authorities in a southern Chinese city are facing questions after a 12-year-old girl with an unspecified mental disability became pregnant for the second time in eight [...]
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China just hinted it may upend HK’s legal system over the mask ban
In a surprise decision Monday, a Hong Kong court threw out a month-old mask ban the government had introduced in the hopes of stemming the city’s ongoing political [...]
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Close contacts of China plague patients released after showing no symptoms official
Some people who had been in close contact with pneumonic plague patients from Inner Mongolia have been released from medical observation, China’s health authority said [...]
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US extends license for businesses to work with Huawei by 90 days
The United States on Monday granted another 90 days for companies to cease doing business with China’s telecoms giant Huawei, saying the move would allow service [...]
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Leniency from China court in Dying to Survive cancer drug case
A man who bought cancer medication from Germany to sell to patients in mainland China has received a suspended jail sentence from a Shanghai court in a case that echoes the [...]
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15 killed in north China mine blast
A coal mine explosion killed 15 people in north China’s Shanxi province, state media reported Tuesday. Nine other people were injured by the gas explosion on Monday [...]
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China’s Greater Bay Area still has investment opportunities amid political unrest, slowing economy
Even amid a slowing Chinese economy and ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong, there are still many business and investment opportunities in the country’s Greater Bay [...]
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China will not sit back if HK demos get ‘uncontrollable’: envoy
China will not simply sit back and watch if months of protests in Hong Kong develop into an “uncontrollable” situation, Beijing’s ambassador to Britain said [...]
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Didi Chuxing to trial Japan premium service with Tesla, Mercedes cars
China’s Didi Chuxing will trial a premium ride hailing service in Japan offering Tesla, Lexus and Mercedes Benz vehicles, a company representative said. The [...]
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China says only it can rule on HK constitution
China insisted Tuesday it alone held the authority to rule on constitutional matters in Hong Kong, as it condemned a decision by the city’s high court to overturn a ban [...]
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China is outspending the US on 5G infrastructure, expert says
China is ahead of the United States when it comes to investing in 5G infrastructure, an industry expert said at CNBC’s East Tech West conference Monday. 5G the next [...]
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