SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian equities held tight range on Monday as flare-up tensions between the United States and China rose on sentiment, although signs of a recovery in industrial activity in the world’s second-largest economy declined. PHILO PHOTO: A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks over an intersection with an …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian equities held tight range on Monday as flare-up tensions between the United States and China rose on sentiment, although signs of a recovery in industrial activity in the world’s second-largest economy declined. PHILO PHOTO: A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks over an intersection with an …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign troops under the new national security law, his top assistant said on Twitter, in what is the highest-profile arrest still under the law. PHOTO PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder …
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President Trump’s rhetoric about China has tended to run faster than his actions – until now. Why it matters: Even at the height of Trump’s trade war, his administration has never hit China so hard, so hard, and on so many fronts as it is now. Thursday night, Trump escalated …
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China on Saturday blamed US for imposing “barbaric” sanctions in response to the collapse of Beijing in Hong Kong, capping a dramatic week of strained relations between the world’s two largest economies. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government described the sanctions as “shameless and contemptible”, adding that it fully supported “countermeasures”. …
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