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Kremlin rubbishes American suggestion that Moscow & Washington form anti-China alliance

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020By Editor

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has rejected an idea put forward by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that countries should team up against China. Moscow and Bejing have spent years building closer ties. … Read More >Kremlin rubbishes American suggestion that Moscow & Washington form anti-China alliance

Business

Global stocks dip amid growing tensions between US & China

Posted on July 26, 2020By Editor

Markets in Europe and Asia fell on Friday after Beijing ordered the US government to shut down a diplomatic facility in Chengdu in retaliation to the US closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston. … Read More >Global stocks dip amid growing tensions between US & China

USA

US officials force entry into shuttered Chinese consulate in Houston soon after evicted staff left

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

American officials have broken into a former Chinese diplomatic facility in Texas, forcing their way in less than an hour after its staff vacated the building, which Washington ordered to close earlier this week. … Read More >US officials force entry into shuttered Chinese consulate in Houston soon after evicted staff left

Asia & Pacific

Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls on PLA Air Force to Strengthen Drone Warfare Capacity

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for future members of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force to come into the armed forces with a “triumphant spirit” as the military accelerates its drone warfare research and training. … Read More >Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls on PLA Air Force to Strengthen Drone Warfare Capacity

Asia & Pacific

Beijing orders US to close its consulate in Chengdu in retaliation for closure of Chinese facility in Houston

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

The Chinese Foreign Ministry ordered the US government to shutter a diplomatic office in Chengdu, a move Beijing deemed a tit-for-tat response to Washington’s recent expulsion of Chinese consulate staff from a facility in Texas. … Read More >Beijing orders US to close its consulate in Chengdu in retaliation for closure of Chinese facility in Houston

USA

FBI hunts for ‘Chinese military spies’ all across US as Pompeo calls for global crusade against Beijing

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020By Editor

The FBI has claimed that Chinese researchers with secret military ties are active in dozens of US cities, just as the top US diplomat urged the ‘free world’ to unite against Beijing and cut the ‘Frankenstein monster’s tentacles.’ … Read More >FBI hunts for ‘Chinese military spies’ all across US as Pompeo calls for global crusade against Beijing

World

US ‘late to the party’ in the Arctic after ‘aggressive’ Russia & China, but will still ‘succeed,’ says Pompeo

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020By Editor

Washington and its allies have been too slow to react to Russian and Chinese expansion in the Arctic, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Still, the US will “succeed” in entrenching there, he believes. … Read More >US ‘late to the party’ in the Arctic after ‘aggressive’ Russia & China, but will still ‘succeed,’ says Pompeo

USA

US claims China hides ‘military spy scientist’ at SF consulate; Beijing calls it bias-motivated harassment

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020By Editor

US prosecutors have accused the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco of harboring a scientist wanted for visa fraud. Beijing said Washington is using any excuse to harass Chinese scholars. … Read More >US claims China hides ‘military spy scientist’ at SF consulate; Beijing calls it bias-motivated harassment

World

Trump tells Putin he wants to avoid three-way arms race with Russia & China

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday held rare phone talks, which, in contrast with the current political narrative in the US, focused on cooperation and unity. … Read More >Trump tells Putin he wants to avoid three-way arms race with Russia & China

Shows

Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: China on the ballot?

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020By Editor

How is the issue of China playing out in the American election cycle? Both Trump and Biden portray themselves as being tough on Beijing. Maybe they are – at least rhetorically. But reality tells a very different story – and it’s bipartisan. … Read More >Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: China on the ballot?

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