Media Report
- CNBC reports: "China is preparing to retaliate in the escalating trade war with tariffs on about $60 billion worth U.S. goods. The import taxes would range in rates from 5 percent to 25 percent, the Chinese government said. There are four lists of goods, one for each of the rates proposed. Many of the goods are agricultural-related, with others on various metals and chemicals. "The implementation date of the taxation measures will be subject to the actions of the US, and China reserves the right to continue to introduce other countermeasures," China's release said. "Any unilateral threat or blackmail will only lead to intensification of conflicts and damage to the interests of all parties.""
- Voice of America reports: "The U.S. "remains deeply concerned with China's long-standing restrictions on freedom of expression online," a State Department official said Thursday, reacting to Google's reported plan to relaunch its search engine in China. "We strongly object to all efforts by China to force U.S. companies to block or censor online content as a condition for market access," the official said. Google shut down its Chinese search engine in 2010, citing government attempts to "limit free speech on the web." But a company whistle-blower who spoke to the online publication The Intercept said Google was in the advanced stages of launching a custom Android search app in China that will comply with the Communist Party's censorship policies on human rights, democracy, free speech and religion."
- Voice Of America reports: "The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions Friday on a Russian bank for helping North Korea avoid U.N. Security Council actions to restrain Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. The development comes as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to urge leaders of Southeast Asian countries in Singapore on Saturday to maintain sanctions against Pyongyang, which is negotiating with the U.S. to dismantle its weapons programs... Treasury also targeted what it said were two FTB front companies, China-based Dandong Zhongsheng Industry & Trade Co. Ltd. and Korea Ungum Corporation. Pompeo met Friday with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Singapore."
Calendar
- 2018-08-02 Congress Passes Defense Bill That’s Tough on China
- 2018-08-01 China vows retaliation if Trump slaps 25% tariff on $200 billion of Chinese imports
- 2018-07-31 New US spending in Asia won't match China but it's significant in other ways
- 2018-07-30 It's in China's interest to reconsider its trade surplus with the US
- 2018-07-29 Tariffs would work — if Trump could build an economy like China's
- 2018-07-27 China Rails Against U.S. Trade Attacks With New Tariffs Looming
- 2018-07-26 Lone suspect in blast near U.S. embassy in Beijing caught
- 2018-07-25 Giving In to China, U.S. Airlines Drop Taiwan (in Name at Least)
- 2018-07-24 Defense bill offers harsh words for Russia and China
- 2018-07-23 U.S.-China trade war is now becoming a currency war, too
News
- Voice Of America US Sanctions Russian, Chinese Firms as Pompeo Meets China's FM
- CNBC China says it will retaliate with tariffs on $60 billion in US goods
- Voice Of America US Objects to China's Internet Restrictions
- Financial Times China's indebted conglomerates pile into anti-poverty push
- CNN Chinese professor cut off mid-interview after authorities burst into his house
- CNBC Kudlow says China's currency fall is money leaving the country: 'They're going to be in a heap of trouble'
- Bloomberg China Steps In to Support Yuan By Boosting Cost to Short
- CNN Why American credit card companies can't break into China
- USA Today One of China's highest-ranking Buddhist monks accused of sexual misconduct
- The Wall Street Journal Heineken Strikes Multibillion-Dollar China Deal
- Market Watch China attempts to reassure investors as stocks continue to slide
- Physician's Weekly China reports first African swine fever outbreak, culls 1,000 hogs
Commentary
- The Verge Why Google might return to China, even if it means censorship
- Stratfor China, Syria: Officials Say the Chinese Military Is Willing to Help the Syrian Army Retake Idlib
- National Interest From Russia with Missiles: China Is Preparing to Test S-400 Air Defense System
- CFR Is South Korea Pro-China and Anti-Japan? It's Complicated.
- Scientific American Chinese Heavy Metal: How Beijing Could Use Rare Earths to Outplay America
- Mother Nature Network This city in China is bursting with UNESCO World Heritage gardens
- Market Watch Trump is foolish to think China will back down from a trade war
- Bloomberg U.S. Was Right to Give China's Navy the Boot