House Republicans have released evidence that they say shows Hunter Biden may have been compromised by Chinese intelligence through a business associate who advised on a deal to sell liquid natural gas reserves to China and later encouraged his father to run for president in 2020. In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray unveiling...
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Hard-drive maker Seagate Tech faces China sanctions warning
BEIJING — Seagate Technology said Thursday the U.S. Department of Commerce has warned it may charge the computer hard-drive maker with violating restrictions on exports of high-tech products to China. The company said in an SEC filing that it rejected the allegations. It says its hard disc-drives are not subject to U.S. Export Administration regulations,...
China Covid: Videos emerge of rare protests in Tibet
Clips on social media show hundreds protesting in one of the most tightly-guarded places in China.#China #Covid #Videos #emerge #rare #protests #Tibet Source link
Former U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot who worked in China is arrested in Australia
Australia has arrested a former U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot following a request from Washington, officials in Canberra said Tuesday, as Western governments scrambled to investigate reports that China has been poaching retired military personnel. Daniel Edmund Duggan appeared in court in New South Wales on Friday, judicial records show. “An individual was arrested on...
Apple’s iPhone plant in China, run by Foxconn, hit with Covid outbreak
Source: Thomas Peter | Reuters Foxconn said Tuesday that its factory in Zhengzhou, China — the world’s largest assembly plant for Apple’s iPhones — was hit with a small Covid outbreak. A spokesperson for the Taiwanese firm, officially known as Hon Hai Technology Group, told CNBC that operation and production at its Zhengzhou facility are...
China Launches A COVID-19 Vaccine Inhaled Through The Mouth
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated individuals, according to an announcement posted on an...
China Increases Pressure, ‘Coercion’ against Taiwan, Blinken Says
Blinken has sought to assuage China: ‘We don’t look for conflict. We don’t want a Cold War. We’re not trying to contain or restrain China.’ #China #Increases #Pressure #Coercion #Taiwan #Blinken Source link
Emmanuel Macron calls for ‘Buy European Act’ to protect regional carmakers – POLITICO
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron called for a “Buy European Act” on Wednesday to protect carmakers on the Continent in the face of competition from China and in response to the United States’ own controversial scheme to incentivize domestic production. Speaking on TV channel France 2, the French president criticized the European Union as being “too...
China Is About to Fall Into the Middle-Income Trap
By turning away from free enterprise, Xi Jinping ensures that the country’s economy will stop growing.#China #Fall #MiddleIncome #Trap Source link
Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
BEIJING — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on an official city...