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As the US withdraws from Syria, China may boost its influence in the country
Beijing sees the situation in Syria as an opportunity to benefit economically, expand its influence in the Middle East and even boost its globe-spanning Belt and Road infrastructure investment initiative.
April 4, 2019 Source: CNBC
U.S. says China's treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses 'since the 1930s'
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen "since the 1930s."
March 13, 2019 Source: U.S.
China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum
China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the U.N. Human Rights Council's main annual session opening on Monday, diplomats and activists said.
February 22, 2019 Source: U.S.
Ahead of Saudi visit, China seeks 'deeper trust' with Iran
China wants to deepen "strategic trust" with Iran, the Chinese government's top diplomat told Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday, days before Saudi Arabia's crown prince visits Beijing, underscoring China's difficult Middle East balancing act.
February 19, 2019 Source: U.S.
Chinese and Iranian Hackers Renew Their Attacks on U.S. Companies (Published 2019)
President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and his trade conflicts with China are believed to have inspired new waves of attacks.
February 18, 2019 Source: The New York Times
China scales back Iran nuclear work ‘amid US sanctions fears’
Islamic Republic’s nuclear agency says China is dragging its feet on work to redesign reactor agreed as part of international nuclear deal.
January 31, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Exclusive: New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria
The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company's suspected ties to two obscure companies. One is a telecom equipment seller that operated in Tehran; the other is that firm's...
January 8, 2019 Source: U.S.
China to expand environmental inspections of state-owned companies
China will expand environmental inspections to more central government-owned enterprises next year, widening its five-year anti-pollution campaign, a senior environment ministry official said on Friday.
December 28, 2018 Source: U.S.
Trump did not know about Huawei extradition request before Xi dinner: source
President Donald Trump did not know about a U.S. request for the extradition of Huawei's chief financial officer from Canada before he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping over dinner last weekend, a White House official said on Thursday.
December 6, 2018 Source: U.S.
Getting Huawei CFO to U.S. After Canada Bust May Take Years
U.S. authorities managed to get their counterparts in Canada to arrest a senior executive at Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest smartphone and communications equipment maker, for allegedly violating American sanctions on selling technology to Iran.
December 6, 2018 Source: Bloomberg
Exclusive: U.S. probe of China's Huawei includes bank fraud accusations: sources
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's chief financial officer was arrested as part of a U.S. investigation into an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, according to people familiar with the probe.
December 6, 2018 Source: U.S.
Iran says China's CNPC replacing France's Total in gas project
China’s state-owned CNPC has replaced France’s Total in Iran's multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, according to the semi-official news agency ICANA on Sunday.
November 25, 2018 Source: U.S.
China, Japan, India among those exempt from Iran oil sanctions, says US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said some exemptions would only last ‘weeks’, while others would require a dramatic reduction in supply.
November 5, 2018 Source: South China Morning Post
China says its lawful trade with Iran should be respected
China said on Monday its lawful trade cooperation with Iran should be respected and expressed regret that the United States re-imposed sanctions on the Middle Eastern country.
November 5, 2018 Source: U.S.
The CIA's communications suffered a catastrophic compromise. It started in Iran.
From around 2009 to 2013, the U.S. intelligence community experienced crippling intelligence failures related to its secret internet-based communications system, a key means for remote messaging between CIA officers and their sources.
November 2, 2018 Source: YahooNews
Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia to join China's Belt and Road corridor
Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to become the third partner in the Beijing-funded Belt and Road corridor of major infrastructure projects inside Pakistan, Pakistan's information minister said on Thursday.
September 20, 2018 Source: U.S.
Israel employs Chinese cos operating in Iran
Israel calls on European countries to join the US sanctions on Iran but turns a blind eye to Chinese companies working in Israel that ignore the sanctions.
August 21, 2018 Source: GlobesEnglish
France’s Total quits Iran gas project with China partner
French energy giant Total quits Iran gas project with China’s CNPC as US reimposes sanctions
August 20, 2018 Source: South China Morning Post