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Huawei would refuse if China demanded foreign ‘back doors’, says chairman
Liang Hua says Huawei has obtained a legal opinion that it is not obliged to help the Chinese government secure ‘back doors’ into foreign telecom networks.
February 21, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Electric car sales soar in China before incentive phase-out, overall car sales slump - Electrek
Electric vehicle sales are skyrocketing in China before the country phases out incentives. Meanwhile, overall passenger car sales continue to go in the opposite direction. Deliveries of electric cars in January 2019 more than doubled year-over-year in China, with 85,000 units delivered last month. In the same time frame, total car sales decreased 18 percent […]
February 21, 2019 Source: Electrek
China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise (Published 2019)
The Chinese authorities turned to a Massachusetts company and a prominent Yale researcher as they built an enormous system of surveillance and control.
February 21, 2019 Source: The New York Times
China's Rights Activists Face Torture, Detention, 'Disappearance': Report
A new report calls on Beijing to close down mass internment camps for Uyghurs and other ethnic minority Muslims.
February 21, 2019 Source: Radio Free Asia
Big Brother Billionaires Get Rich as China Watches Everyone
Before he became a billionaire, Dai Lin would ride his bike to work, pedaling through the streets of Tianjin to the headquarters of Tiandy Technologies Co., the camera maker he built with support from China’s government.
February 21, 2019 Source: Bloomberg
China no obstacle to pact with Taiwan: EU official - Taipei Times
The EU would not rule out the possibility of signing a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) with Taiwan, even though it observes a “one China” policy, a European Commission official said on Tuesday. The EU in 2015 included Taiwan in its list of trade partners for BIAs, but has not held negotiations on the issue since then, except to state in a trade policy report in September 2017 that it was preparing to hold investment talks with Taipei. HEARING At a public hearing on EU-Taiwan trade relations held by the European Parliament Committee on International Trade, Peter Berz, head of relations with the Far
February 21, 2019 Source: www.taipeitimes.com
Trump hints at a softer stance on Huawei in a bizarre '6G' tweet, as China trade talks resume
The series of tweets rang as odd because 6G technology doesn't exist.
February 21, 2019 Source: CNBC
Business of Renting Kitchen Space Heats Up in China
In China’s biggest cities, restaurants are struggling to satisfy the appetites of customers ordering food delivery through apps on their phones. That’s leading to a booming market for renting kitchen space, without tables, chairs or waiters.
February 21, 2019 Source: Bloomberg
China Trade Offer: $30 Billion More U.S. Agriculture Imports
China is proposing that it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including soybeans, corn and wheat as part of a possible trade deal being negotiated by the two countries, according to people with knowledge of the plan.
February 21, 2019 Source: Bloomberg
U.S., China said to work on multiple memorandums for trade deal - BNN Bloomberg
U.S. and Chinese negotiators are working on multiple memorandums of understanding that would form the basis of a final trade deal, according to a person briefed on the talks.
February 21, 2019 Source: BNN
What the West gets wrong about China’s big economic ideas
Business leaders assess the US-China trade war and the prospects for resolution, while Fung Group chairman says dispute has changed commerce and Chinese companies must be ready.
February 21, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Chinese premier in rare spat with central bank
Li Keqiang warns of ‘new potential risks’ from record lending spree
February 21, 2019 Source: FinancialTimes
Netflix Lands ‘The Wandering Earth’; Sci-Fi Smash Is #2 Movie Ever In China At $600M+
Netflix has acquired Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth, taking global SVOD rights excluding Mainland China. I understand the streaming service has also picked up 2nd run rights in Nort…
February 21, 2019 Source: Deadline
'Moment of reckoning': US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban
February 21, 2019 Source: the Guardian
How Huawei lost its PR battle in the west
Foreign advisers say they were ignored and undermined by Chinese management
February 20, 2019 Source: FinancialTimes
Exclusive: U.S., China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war - sources
The United States and China have started to outline commitments in principle on the stickiest issues in their trade dispute, marking the most significant progress yet toward ending a seven-month trade war, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
February 20, 2019 Source: U.S.
Trump, Xi Face Pressure at Home Over Trade
Despite their sharp differences in style, background and policies, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Trump share a common problem: growing concerns on the home front that they are going to cave in to the other side.
February 20, 2019 Source: WSJ
Britain admits warship threat upset China
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday admitted that talk by its defence minister of deploying a warship in the Pacific had complicated the relationship with
February 20, 2019 Source: euronews
American Firm, Citing Ethics Code, Won’t Sell Genetic Sequencers in Xinjiang
Thermo Fisher Scientific said it will no longer be selling or servicing genetic sequencers in China’s Xinjiang region, following mounting criticism of their use there for state surveillance of citizens.
February 20, 2019 Source: WSJ
How a presidential palace in Burundi fits in with China’s plans in Africa
The US$22 million complex is the latest in a long list of Chinese projects in the continent.
February 20, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post