Tag: China

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Trump not interested in speaking with president Xi and suggests cutting “whole relationship with China”

  

  President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going so far as to suggest he could even cut ties with the world’s second-largest economy.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  China's industrial output in April returned to growth but retail sales remained weak

  

  China's industrial output returned to growth for the first time this year in April, official data showed on Friday, as the country continued its gradual recovery after the coronavirus brought activity to a near-halt.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  US accuses Chinese hackers of attempting to steal coronavirus data on vaccines

  

  US authorities warned on Wednesday that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington's war with Beijing over the pandemic.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  Record US port exports to China while US consumers face shortages

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have increasingly been exporting to China while U.S. consumers face shortages, analysis of government data showed.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Brazil's Gol Airlines recovers US$ 412 million compensation from Boeing

  

  Brazil airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes said on Wednesday it will receive a total of 2.4 billion reais (US$412.03 million) from Boeing Co as compensation for the grounding of the 737 MAX plane, which has not flown in over a year.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  France dismisses Beijing warnings about arms to Taiwan, suggests China focus on battling Covid-19 pandemic

  

  France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to self-ruled Taiwan, saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Strong US military and political support for Taiwan ahead of inauguration of reelected president Tsai

  

  The US navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guided-missile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration for a second term in office amid rising tensions with China.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Beijing disappointed with Australia: suspends meat imports from four abattoirs

  

  China has suspended meat imports from four Australian abattoirs, fuelling concerns that escalating tensions between the two nations are damaging Australia's most important trading relationship.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Chinese official sacked in Wuhan for reporting confirmed new cases of Covid-19

  

  An official has been sacked in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province after the city recently reported six new confirmed Covid-19 cases, local authorities said on Monday.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  “No mandate to invite Taiwan” to WHO assembly; Beijing warns New Zealand “to stop making wrong statements”

  

  The World Health Organization's director-general has “no mandate” to invite Taiwan to take part in its assembly next week, the body's lawyer said on Monday, adding member states had “divergent views” on the self-ruled island's participation.