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US to restrict visas for employees of Huawei, other Chinese tech firms
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his department was targeting employees of Huawei and possibly other Chinese technology companies for their role in enabling human rights abuses at home and abroad.
Chinese media calls for 'pain' over UK Huawei ban as Trump claims credit
Global Times mouthpiece says Beijing must respond or be seen as ‘easy to bully’
US limits on international visas leave Chinese students unnerved
A suspension of foreign work visa programmes and a new bar on foreign students at schools with online classes are just the latest restrictions disrupting Chinese lives.
Foreign firms face ‘huge insecurity’ over Hong Kong national security law
Vague language, broad provisions and clause stating they could be punished for imposing sanctions has companies concerned, and sources say it could be a wake-up call for businesses.
China condemns ‘bullying’ as it joins arms trade treaty snubbed by Trump
Major powers should safeguard multilateralism, Chinese ambassador Zhang Jun says as China signs treaty regulating cross-border arms trade.
Bolton book reveals ‘Xi’s personal appeals to Trump’ on Huawei, ZTE
Former national security adviser says Chinese president suggested that he would ‘owe Trump a favour’ if sanctions on companies were eased.
Thousands of Chinese stuck in US illegally but Beijing won’t take them back
One immigrant from China was imprisoned but instead of deportation he was later pardoned and is now a US citizen.
US bill to punish Beijing over Hong Kong law blocked at White House request
North Dakota Republican Kevin Cramer is holding up bill he co-sponsored to punish Beijing for undermining Hong Kong’s independence.
US ties activities by arrested Chinese military officer to Boston case
Indictments reflect US efforts to prevent advanced technologies developed in America from transfer to China’s military.
Coronavirus stoking rising racism against Chinese-Canadians, survey finds
People say they have been spat on, yelled at and made to feel a threat to public health because of ethnicity.
China's hidden partner in suppressing the Muslim Uighurs – the US | Sean R Roberts
It’s been revealed that Trump encouraged the mass internment of Uighurs. But the US complicity goes back to 9/11, says author Sean R Roberts
China dismisses Indian media reports it lost 40 soldiers in border fighting
‘I can tell you responsibly that it is false information,’ foreign ministry spokesman says.
Only 23% of Australians trust China to act responsibly in the world, Lowy Institute poll finds
While 51% of Australians trust the US, just 30% trust Donald Trump to act responsibly on the world stage
Former US trade representative says Trump has ‘no policy’ on China
Charlene Barshefsky, who served in the Clinton administration, also criticised the phase one trade deal for its tacit approval of China’s state managed economy.
How a Trump-connected lobbyist is cashing in on the coronavirus
Brian Ballard has represented private prisons and foreign governments. Now he's setting his sights on the pandemic response.
Chinese students abroad stranded by pandemic and politics need help
Uncertainty over universities’ response to Covid-19 and crumbling US-China relations have international students on both sides of the Pacific searching for answers. Educational institutions and governments must work together to find mutually beneficial solutions.
Joe Biden Should Avoid Trump's China Trap
Biden needs a China policy that won’t be at cross purposes with his domestic aims, serves our strategic requirements, wins friends, and does not trap him in a dead-end of Trump’s devising.
Hawaii talks: Mike Pompeo to meet Yang Jiechi face-to-face on Wednesday
Date has been fixed for meeting, according to source, but Beijing says only that the two sides have maintained communication.
China boosts its nuclear arsenal as world’s stockpile shrinks
China, India and Pakistan are modernising their weapons while Russia and the US shed old nuclear arms, according to peace institute.
Only three out of 53 countries say US has handled coronavirus better than China
Survey reveals deep global dissatisfaction with US leadership under Donald Trump
In China, toilets have Trump’s name without his permission
Zhong Jiye, founder of the company behind the high-tech commodes, said he was unfamiliar with Donald Trump when he came up with the English name of his firm, Shenzhen Trump Industrial Company. As many as 17 of the 46 trademarks registered with the Trump name in China may not be owned by Trump himself, according to information on file with the country’s trademark office.
Opinion: China’s right: Smartphones are a big reason Trump can’t win a trade war
“There’s an asymmetry here that Mr. Trump seems unaware of. Apple can’t build an iPhone without China, but China can build hundreds of millions of devices approaching the iPhone’s quality without Apple’s help,” writes Vlad Savov, responding to an editorial published in the Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times.
News roundup: Would China win a trade war with the U.S.?
Top China news for November 11, 2016. Get this daily digest delivered to your inbox by signing up at supchina.com/subscribe.
Opinion: Who wins a trade war? China
While “Trump will cause some disruption in the short term,” the “nationalist upsurge he’s inspired will ultimately serve China’s, not America’s, economic interests,” writes Michael Schuman. “In reality, the China that Trump has been bashing — the one that ‘steals’ jobs with unfair practices and cheap labor — no longer exists,” and Trump’s policies may aid rather than hamper China’s goals of cultivating national champion companies and expanding economic influence in Asia.
Climate activists now hope Trump was just joking about that whole China thing
The next American president has called climate change a Chinese deception and a “hoax,” and global leaders are wondering if he will pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement made last year. China’s top climate negotiator, warning Trump days before his election victory, said that “a wise political leader should take policy stances that conform with global trends.”
Voters take note: China’s trade surplus with U.S. is shrinking
Chinese exports have fallen for the seventh month in a row, and its year-to-date trade surplus with the U.S. has fallen by nearly 5 percent. Experts emphasize that overall economic balances are more important than individual trading balances, and that nothing in the short term is likely to change the basic reality that “China is efficient at producing consumer goods and the U.S. is prosperous enough to buy them.”
Why Chinese elites endorse Hillary Clinton
“Trump’s policies would be softer on China, but the global instability he’d create as president would be bad for business in Beijing,” writes Isaac Stone Fish.
Why are so many first-generation Chinese immigrants supporting Donald Trump?
This is the first of a series of monthly columns by Sinica Podcast host Kaiser Kuo in which he answers questions about all matters Chinese.
News roundup: Will trade, investment and economic success ever change China’s government?
Top China news for October 27, 2016. Get this daily digest delivered to your inbox by signing up at supchina.com/subscribe. Don’t miss today’s Sinica Podcast.
