China talked up progress on trade with the US on Tuesday, highlighting bulk purchases of American farm products it had already made this year and saying that it was “on the same page” as Washington in negotiations. Asked if the two countries agreed on the degree of progress from two days of high-level talks in […] Read more
US President Donald Trump said “good things are happening” at the start of a second day of high-level trade negotiations with China, and signaled that he is inclined to sign a deal. “Good things are happening at China Trade Talk Meeting,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “Warmer feelings than in recent past, more like […] Read more
Chinese state-run television network CCTV said it was suspending the current broadcast arrangements for the NBA’s preseason games in China. Tencent, which owns the digital streaming rights for NBA in China, said it would also “temporarily suspend” the preseason broadcast arrangements. It follows a tweet made by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey in which […] Read more
The anti-mask law has thrown the Hong Kong leader’s official programme of talks with the public into doubt, according to political sources, who also revealed that frontline protesters were among those who had attended her closed-door sessions. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has, however, not given up on meeting groups of Hongkongers as a […] Read more
As manufacturing data from China, the United States and Europe weakened to record levels in September, economists argued that a downward trend could be expected to continue until at least the first quarter of 2020. Manufacturing activities across China, the US and Germany have been contracting continuously in the last few months amid uncertainty caused […] Read more
Robots could be the future of food delivery in Asia. Companies in Japan and China have begun trials for indoor food delivery robots. China’s biggest food delivery company, Meituan Dianping, is testing its unmanned robots in about 10 offices and hotels in large Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen, said the company’s head of […] Read more
The Hong Kong police used a live round against a protester for the first time, as Beijing celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule. The police shoot a protester for the first time since protests began. A Hong Kong police officer on Tuesday shot a teenage demonstrator, the first time in months of protests that […] Read more
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg says it will take time for China to resolve problems like air pollution. Photo: AFP US billionaire Michael Bloomberg has spoken out in support of Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying Xi is “not a dictator” and the Communist Party “listens to the public” on issues like air pollution. Bloomberg made the comments […] Read more
Former French President Jacques Chirac has died at the age of 86, Chirac’s son-in-law told Reuters on Thursday. Chirac was president of France from 1995-2007. Under his presidency, France entered into the single European currency and abolished compulsory military service. Chirac also cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years. Chirac also […] Read more
President Donald Trump was clearly surprised Monday — and asked “why?” — when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said U.S. officials asked members of China’s trade delegation to cancel a scheduled farm tour in the United States last week. American stock market indices plunged Friday on the news of the cancellation of the visit with farmers in […] Read more
