Trade war, day 166: China admits it has Canadian hostages
The SCMP notes that “any direct mention of the specific challenges China faced, above all a slowing…
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Trade war, day 161: Are U.S.-China relations beyond repair?
Other than the nasty Canada-China hostage situation, described above, which is officially not related to the trade…
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Trade war, day 160: Is Beijing softening Made in China 2025?
Since March, when the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its “Section 301” report on Chinese trade…
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Trade war, day 159: Lighthizer-Liu negotiations proceed, but ‘major broadside’ being planned in Washington
Despite Beijing’s fury over the arrest of Huawei CFO Mèng Wǎnzhōu, the remaining 80 of the
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Trade war, day 153: China affirms ‘very successful’ trade meeting
After Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a vague tariff cease-fire…
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Trade war, day 152: Tariff Man tweets, markets plunge
The morning tweets of Donald Trump today gave reasons for both optimism and pessimism about the future…
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Ningxia to learn from Xinjiang ‘experiences in promoting social stability’
Since China’s mass detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang was first documented in detail
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Didi gets slammed by authorities over ride-sharing safety
In August, the rape and murder of a female passenger on Didi Chuxing’s Hitch ride-sharing service —…
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15 Western ambassadors raise concerns about Xinjiang in letter
A significant development in the international response to the situation in Xinjiang: …
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Trade war, day 119: Trump has ‘good conversation’ with Xi, then issues another technology theft indictment
At 10:09 a.m. this morning, Donald Trump tweeted: Just had a long and very good conversation with…
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Trade war, day 118: Chinese manufacturing slows more than expected
The Associated Press reports: The purchasing managers’ index of the National Bureau of Statistics and an industry…
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U.S. accuses 10 Chinese nationals of stealing aerospace technology
The U.S. Justice Department has accused 10 Chinese nationals, including two intelligence officials and six hackers, with…
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Trade war, day 117: U.S. Commerce Department bans technology export to Fujian Jinhua
Yesterday on Access (paywall), we noted how more…
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China denies it spied on Trump’s iPhone, jokingly suggests he use a Huawei handset instead
President Trump, like previous American presidents, uses multiple phones for security reasons: these include a secure landline…
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Trade war, day 112: U.S. refuses to negotiate before China shows its hand
As has been the case for about two months now, despite a glimmer…
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