CHENGDU, China (AP) – In the more than 40 years since China and the US established formal diplomatic relations, accusations have been exchanged, tensions have risen and fallen, and the two sides have come dangerously close to a direct confrontation. However, the forced closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston …
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China recorded 61 new cases of coronavirus today, the highest daily number since April, driven by groups in three separate regions that have raised fears of a new wave. Most of 57 new domestic cases were found in the far northwest region of Xinjiang, according to the National Health Commission, …
Read More »Singapore adviser glad a former student has been caught in a US espionage case
A Chinese academic linked to a Singaporean consultant who pleaded guilty to acting as a spy for Beijing said he was pleased that his former student was detained by US authorities. Huang Jing confirmed to Bloomberg Television that he served as Dickson Yeo’s PhD Advisor a few years ago, when …
Read More »China’s industrial earnings growth accelerates, signs of strong economic recovery
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industrial companies’ profits rose for the second consecutive month and at the fastest pace in more than a year, adding to signs that the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis is winning impulse. FILE PHOTO: A worker welds a steel bicycle tire at a factory …
Read More »Global prospects weaken for China’s tech champions as big powers collide
SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – The global ambitions of Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei are marked in brick and mortar at a new company campus in southern China, where the buildings are replicas of European cities. FILE PHOTO: Employees are seen after a day of work at the new Huawei …
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