Tai would inherit a Cabinet-level position tasked with enforcing import rules and brokering trading terms with China. ( read original story ...)
China Hits Back at U.S. Over New Sanctions, Says They Expose Pompeo’s ‘Malicious Intention’
China is revoking visa exemptions for U.S. diplomats visiting Hong Kong and Macau and imposing sanctions on Congress members. ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’
The push is driven by a deepening conviction within the country’s leadership that markets and entrepreneurs are not to be fully trusted. “The market-reform camp is all but gone,” says one economist. ( read original story ...)
China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China Sought to Bar Critics
Europe trade forum was quietly canceled last month after European organizers rejected Chinese demands to ban participants critical of Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Antoine Griezmann Cuts Ties With China’s Huawei Over Treatment of Uyghurs
The Barcelona forward urged the Chinese tech giant to speak out against what he described as "mass prosecution" perpetrated against the minority. ( read original story ...)
US Military to Start Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China
The Pentagon expects to distribute 44,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine among military personnel and retirees against COVID as early as next week at 16 sites in what officials called a “controlled pilot.” ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Brunei to develop FinTech with diligent monitoring: senior officials
To ensure future systemic risks can be promptly addressed, financial technology (FinTech) developments should be diligently monitored, senior government officials of Brunei said. The World FinTech ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Brunei to develop FinTech with diligent monitoring: senior officials
To ensure future systemic risks can be promptly addressed, financial technology (FinTech) developments should be diligently monitored, senior government officials of Brunei said. The World FinTech ... ( read original story ...)
Armenian parliament approves draft budget for 2021
By a vote of 84 to 14 Armenia's parliament has approved today the bill on the state budget for 2021. In fact, the draft budget has been endorsed by lawmakers from the ruling My Step alliance. The ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia GOP Senate staffer sent dossier on critic of GOP donor to FBI
Two FBI agents visited the critic at his home in 2017, the agency confirmed. The critic said they told him to stop threatening the donor on social media. ( read original story ...)