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How people in China are trying to evade Beijing’s digital surveillance
The sharing of tips for combating Beijing’s ever-tightening grip on people's digital lives has picked up in recent months, on both Chinese and foreign websites.
Yale economist Stephen Roach: US declaring China a currency manipulator is an 'empty threat'
Beijing will not respond to the name-and-shame approach by the Trump administration and will hit back if the U.S. imposes more tariffs or sanctions, says Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at Yale University.
Pentagon Sees Security Threat in China’s Drug-Supply Dominance
The Trump administration sees the increasing use of Chinese-made active ingredients in drugs taken by U.S. troops and civilians as a national security risk.
China Halts U.S. Agriculture Purchases as Trade War Heats Up
China is stepping away from further U.S. farm imports and said it doesn’t rule out more tariffs after President Donald Trump ratcheted up tensions with its biggest agricultural trading partner last week.
Bytedance Pushes Into Search in Threat to Baidu's China Monopoly
When Google pulled out of the China market in 2010, it left local leader Baidu Inc. a de facto monopoly in the lucrative internet search business. Now that franchise is facing its most ominous threat yet.
China Buying More U.S. Farm Goods Is a Dead End
Beijing has already started sourcing agricultural products from other countries. Temporary measures like this can end up sticking.
Data Backs Up Trump Ire as China Avoids Made-in-America Ag Goods
In a tweet Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump scolded China for what he said was a failure to follow through on promises to boost agriculture trade.
China's top Uyghur official claims most detainees have left Xinjiang camps | CNN
A senior Chinese official has alleged that authorities in the far-western region of Xinjiang have released most detainees held in government internment camps, but refused to be drawn on how many people remained in the mass detention program.
RYB Chinese Kindergarten Operator Says Teacher Arrested
RYB Education Inc. said a foreign teacher was arrested for alleged misconduct against a child at one of its kindergartens in eastern China, sparking a wave of backlash against the New York-listed company on social media.
China's Taking Iran Oil Weeks After U.S. Toughens Sanction
China’s still importing oil from Iran weeks after the U.S. imposed sanctions aimed at halting sales of crude from the Persian Gulf nation.
China Allows Some Tariff-Free U.S. Cotton, Pork Purchases
The Chinese government has approved several domestic companies to buy U.S. cotton, corn, sorghum and pork without being subject to hefty retaliatory tariffs, according to people familiar with the situation.
A bot tweeting passages from modern China’s most famous writer has been silenced
China's authorities are leaping the Great Firewall to censor the words of Lu Xun.
China Approves Tariff-Free U.S. Soybean Purchases as Goodwill
The Chinese government has given the go-ahead for five companies to buy up to 3 million tons of U.S. soybeans free of retaliatory import tariffs as trade negotiations between the two nations continue, according to people familiar with the situation.
China Says U.S. Undermining Global Stability in Defense Report
China accused the U.S. of undermining global stability, as the country released its first defense white paper since Chinese President Xi Jinping initiated a sweeping military overhaul in 2015.
FBI Chief Says China's Trying to `Steal Their Way' to Dominance
FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators that China is engaging in a sweeping effort to steal its way to economic dominance, with more than 1,000 investigations underway on intellectual property theft “almost all leading back to China.”
Exuberance Fades in China's Star Board as Stocks Drop on Day Two
The frenzy that greeted China’s new Nasdaq-style stock board is already fading.
BlackRock's Fink: CEOs tell me they're pulling their supply chains out of China
Companies aren't waiting for the U.S.-China trade war to be resolved, says the head of the world's biggest money manager.
Government hits out at China over criminal detention of Australian citizen
Sydney-based writer and political commentator Yang Hengjun is now in a criminal detention centre after being moved from a surveillance centre just ahead of the deadline for authorities to either charge or release him.