Media Report
CNN reports: "China says new talks with the United States are set to take place amid the trade war between the two economic superpowers.The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced Thursday that a delegation will travel to the United States later this month for talks. The visit is at the invitation of the United States, the ministry said in a short statement. Previous rounds of talks between the two countries failed to make much progress, resulting in the outbreak of a trade war that has already hurt businesses on both sides of the Pacific. The countries imposed steep tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's exports this summer and have threatened more."
- Reuters reports: "Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said the group used computers at China's Tsinghua University to target U.S. energy and communications companies, and the Alaskan state government, in the weeks before and after Alaska's trade mission to China. Led by Governor Bill Walker, companies and economic development agencies spent a week in China in May. Organizations involved in the trade mission were subject to focused attention from Chinese hackers, underscoring the tensions around an escalating tit-for-tat trade war between Washington and Beijing."
- The New York Time reports: "Its chat app has inspired Silicon Valley. It owns some of the biggest video game franchises in the world. And after years of growth it has become one of the largest internet companies in the world. Yet on Wednesday, Tencent stumbled, missing earnings targets and posting a drop in profit growth for the first time in more than a decade. As surprising as the slip up was the reason behind it: China's government. Bureaucratic reshuffling at the top levels of China's government made it difficult for the company to get the licensing required to make money on new games, Tencent's president, Martin Lau, explained on an earnings call."
Calendar
- 2018-08-15 China could reportedly use its ‘unwritten’ tech rules as an ‘invisible tool’ against US firms
- 2018-08-14 China’s Growth Engine Sputters as It Battles U.S. Over Trade
- 2018-08-13 China is printing money for countries like Poland and Brazil at 'full steam'
- 2018-08-10 China paper blasts report about rifts in Beijing's leadership, says 'an elephant can't hide'
- 2018-08-09 How China Wins the Trade War
- 2018-08-08 Trump’s Tariffs Are Changing Trade With China. Here Are 2 Emerging Endgames. Image
- 2018-08-07 Beijing 'will not surrender' to US 'trade blackmail,' Chinese media says
- 2018-08-06 China Meets Trump’s Tariff Hardball With Pledge to Endure
- 2018-08-05 Asian Nations Push Back at US on Trade, Sanctions
- 2018-08-03 China says it will retaliate with tariffs on $60 billion in US goods
News
- CNN China: Trade talks with the US are back on
- Reuters Chinese hackers targeted U.S. firms, government after trade mission: researchers
- The New York Times Tencent, the Chinese Internet Giant, Stumbles. Beijing Gets the Blame
- CNN Number of faulty children's vaccines in China surges to over 900,000
- The New York Times U.S. and China to Rekindle Trade Talks as More Tariffs Loom
- Axios Google employees criticize work on censored search engine for China
- The Wall Street Journal U.S., China to Resume Trade Talks as Tariffs Bite
- Bloomberg China's Feisty Trade Negotiator Heads to Washington
- CNN China: Trade talks with the US are back on
- The Wall Street Journal Chinese Begin to Vent Discontent With President Xi and His Policies
- CNBC Hong Kong politician: Trump should target us in trade war with China
- The New York Times Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for China
Commentary
- The Atlantic China Is Going to Outrageous Lengths to Surveil Its Own Citizens
- Economist Why universities for the elderly are booming in China
- The Wall Street Journal Why China's Yuan Fall Hasn't Stopped Stocks—Yet
- Forbes Why Warren Buffett Is Right About China
- The New York Times In China, Salmon is Salmon, Even if It's Trout
- Forbes The Myths About China's Economic Slowdown