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Apple’s $44 Billion Drop Shows Rising Cost of China Reliance
Apple Inc.’s reliance on China is looking increasingly like its biggest handicap.
Hong Kong Protests Force Companies to Choose: Their Employees or China
Employers early on supported their workers’ desire to protest but have started to shift under pressure from Beijing. “Every company in Hong Kong is in a delicate situation.”
China's arrest of a Hong Kong man puts spotlight on a controversial shared rail station | CNN
A train station in the heart of Hong Kong could soon become a symbol of Hong Kongers' worst fears about China, after the detention of a UK consulate employee.
China Warns Global CEOs: Toe the Party Line on Hong Kong
As anti-government protests in Hong Kong intensified this month, KPMG issued a directive to its employees in the city: Don’t speak on behalf of the company in public. It went on to say that the firm supports China’s policy for governing Hong Kong.
Twitter Helps Beijing Push Agenda Abroad Despite Ban in China
Twitter Inc. removed hundreds of accounts linked to the Chinese government this week meant to undermine the legitimacy of Hong Kong protests. It also said it would no longer allow state media to purchase ads on its platform.
Qatar Withdraws Support for China Over Its Treatment of Muslims
Qatar withdrew from a letter signed by dozens of countries expressing support for China’s human-rights record despite growing international condemnation over its detention of as many as two million ethnic Muslim Uighurs.
China's Biggest Propaganda Agency Buys Ads on Facebook and Twitter to Smear Protesters in Hong Kong
China’s largest state-run news agency, Xinhua News, is buying ads on Facebook and Twitter to smear protesters in Hong Kong, a new tactic being used to influence how the rest of the world perceives the pro-democracy demonstrators.
China Steps Up Brazil Soy Buying as Argentine Farmers Hoard
China is stepping up its soybean buying in Brazil as growers in Argentina continue to hoard and the Asian nation avoids American oilseed after an escalation in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Taiwan Plans Record Defense Spending as China Threat Increases
Taiwan plans to spend a record amount on national defense next year as President Tsai Ing-wen looks to bolster the island’s defenses in the face of threats from an increasingly assertive China.
A Hellish Week for Cathay Buffeted Between China and Hong Kong
For more than half a century, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has been Hong Kong’s gateway to the world, its British heritage and Asian high-altitude luxury fusing the city’s colonial past with its Chinese location. But it’s that unique cultural blend that has ensnared the carrier in an increasingly out-of-control political uprising sweeping through the streets.
Hong Kong Protests Go Global, Roiling China’s Fractured Diaspora
Melbourne-based public health student Edwin Kwong is thousands of miles from Hong Kong, but he said his life has changed since his hometown descended into near-constant protest 11 weeks ago.
Huawei Hires Trade Lobbyists as Sales Slow in U.S.-China Fight
Huawei Technologies Co. hired the law firm Sidley Austin LLP to lobby on trade as the U.S. pressures allies to join it in blacklisting the Chinese telecom giant and the company finds itself increasingly mired in President Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing.
Intensifying US-China trade war piles pressure on Australia to pick a side
It’s a headache-inducing decision that’s been looming over Canberra for many years, but as an intensifying trade war between the US and China sends shockwaves through the global economy, Australia may soon have to make its mind up.
Chinese State-Run Firms Tell Workers Not to Fly Cathay Pacific
Chinese state-run companies have told employees to avoid taking Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. flights, according to people familiar with the matter, widening the fallout for Hong Kong’s dominant air carrier after workers took part in anti-Beijing protests and strikes.
Turkey Got $1 Billion From China Swap in June Boost to Reserves
China’s central bank transferred $1 billion worth of funds to Turkey in June, Beijing’s biggest support package ever for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered at a critical time in an election month.
Trump Still Has Plenty of Ways to Escalate His China Trade War
The trade war’s August escalation has spooked markets -- and central banks -- around the world. The bad news, though, is that while President Donald Trump has fired two large weapons in the past week by green-lighting his biggest swathe of tariffs yet and formally branding China a currency manipulator, his arsenal is far from exhausted.
China imports from US fall 19% in July amid trade war
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese imports of American goods plunged in July as a tariff war with Washington intensified. Imports of U.S. goods fell 19% from a year earlier to $10.9 billion, customs...
Lincoln and Cadillac Are Still Cool Cars in China
Status seekers are becoming the largest buyers of the aging U.S. luxury brands.
U.S. Slaps Duties on $4.4 Billion of China Cabinet Imports
Add $4.4 billion in imported cabinets to the long list of Chinese goods slapped with U.S. levies in the escalating trade dispute between Washington and Beijing.
China's Central Bank Tells Companies The Yuan Won't Fall Further
Senior People’s Bank of China officials reassured foreign companies that the currency won’t continue to weaken significantly, after the yuan fell below 7 per dollar for the first time since 2008.