Law enforcement officials in the US state of Virginia said on Thursday that they had taken down a multi-state drug ring and seized enough cheap fentanyl from China to kill 14 million people. The bust was announced in the wake of growing efforts to stem the flow of fentanyl from Chinese labs to the United […] Read more
At least 300,000 fewer mainland visitors are expected to visit Taiwan on group tours over the next few months as Beijing steps up pressure on the self-ruled island ahead of its presidential election in January. Taiwanese travel agencies and tour operators said their mainland counterparts had notified them that the cut would apply to tour […] Read more
China’s state media put up a brave front after the country’s trade war with the U.S. escalated sharply over the weekend. The latest round of the dispute kicked off on Friday evening in Beijing when China’s Ministry of Finance announced it will apply new tariffs of between 5% and 10% on $75 billion worth of […] Read more
When anti-government protesters held two men from mainland China virtual hostageat Hong Kong International Airport earlier this month, it was 33-year-old Leon Liang’s saddest and darkest day in the city since he arrived nine years ago. “What a shame for Hong Kong,” Liang, from Shanxi province in northern China, wrote in a social media post […] Read more
The United States has more to lose from a full-blown trade war with the EU than it does with its current conflict with China, experts have told CNBC. President Donald Trump has kept up his tough rhetoric against the European Union despite focusing on Chinese tariffs in recent months. But his administration is due to […] Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a group of business executives and free-trade economists that he believes the trade war with China could come to an end by the 2020 presidential election, according to people who attended the gathering. At a private lunch in New York on Tuesday, Pompeo spoke in front of a crowd […] Read more
US President Donald Trump has said he has approved the proposed deal to sell 66 Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan – a move set to significantly boost the self-ruled island’s defences against mainland China. Taiwan’s defence ministry welcomed Trump’s announcement, saying that it would help to maintain security in the Taiwan Strait and […] Read more
American and Chinese investors’ appetite to deploy capital into each other’s projects and deals has dropped to a five-year low as trade tensions propelled the decoupling of the two economies. Investment between the United States and China plunged 18 per cent to US$13 billion in the first six months of 2019 and reached the lowest […] Read more
US-China trade talks collapse was ‘not normal’, says veteran US negotiator, as focus turns political
The dramatic collapse in US-China talks in May suggested that Chinese negotiators did not have full political backing for the concessions they proposed to reach a deal to end the trade war, according to a veteran US trade official ahead of the resumption of face-to-face negotiations this week in Shanghai. China was reported to have […] Read more
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) involves the 10 Asean nations as well as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India Talks are ongoing in Zhengzhou, and will continue into next week when Chinese and American trade negotiators will resume their talks in Shanghai The Online Publishers “TOP” offers high quality translation and substance […] Read more
