Media Report
- Reuters reports, "Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cemented a $10 billion deal for a refining and petrochemical complex in China on Friday, meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping who urged joint efforts to counter extremism and terror. The Saudi delegation, including top executives from state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, arrived on Thursday on an Asia tour that has already seen the kingdom pledge investment of $20 billion in Pakistan and seek to make additional investments in India's refining industry. Saudi Arabia signed 35 economic cooperation agreements with China worth a total of $28 billion at a joint investment forum during the visit, Saudi state news agency SPA said. 'China is a good friend and partner to Saudi Arabia,' President Xi Jinping told the crown prince in front of reporters."
- Reuters reports, "Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators haggled on Thursday over the details of a set of agreements aimed at ending their trade war, just one week before a Washington-imposed deadline for a deal expires and triggers higher U.S. tariffs. Reuters reported exclusively on Wednesday that the two sides are starting to sketch out an agreement on structural issues, drafting language for six memorandums of understanding on proposed Chinese reforms. If the two sides fail to reach an agreement by March 1, U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports are set to rise to 25 percent from 10 percent. Tit-for-tat tariffs between the world's two largest economic powers have disrupted international trade and slowed the global economy since the trade war started seven months ago."
- The New York Times reports, "The authorities called it a free health check. Tahir Imin had his doubts. They drew blood from the 38-year-old Muslim, scanned his face, recorded his voice and took his fingerprints. They didn't bother to check his heart or kidneys, and they rebuffed his request to see the results. "They said, 'You don't have the right to ask about this,'" Mr. Imin said. "'If you want to ask more,' they said, 'you can go to the police.'" Mr. Imin was one of millions of people caught up in a vast Chinese campaign of surveillance and oppression. To give it teeth, the Chinese authorities are collecting DNA — and they got unlikely corporate and academic help from the United States to do it. China wants to make the country's Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group, more subservient to the Communist Party. It has detained up to a million people in what China calls 're-education' camps, drawing condemnation from human rights groups and a threat of sanctions from the Trump administration."
Calendar
- 2019-02-21 U.S., China sketch outlines of deal to end trade war - sources
- 2019-02-20 Trump Eases Off Hard Deadline for China Tariffs
- 2019-02-19 US, China resume trade talks in Washington ahead of deadline
- 2019-02-18 UK spies think they can handle Huawei in 5G networks. The US doesn't agree
- 2019-02-17 China's new trade offer is better than a tariff war
- 2019-02-15 China and US will continue high-stakes trade talks in Washington next week
- 2019-02-14 Top U.S. trade envoys to meet China's Xi, no decision on deadline extension
- 2019-02-13 Administration Readies Order to Keep China Out of Wireless Networks
- 2019-02-12 China, U.S. Seek to Narrow Gap on Trade for Trump, Xi to Close at a Summit
- 2019-02-11 Trump officials considering Mar-a-Lago for next meeting with China's Xi: report
News
- Reuters U.S., China haggle over toughest issues in trade war talks
- Reuters Saudi Arabia strikes $10 billion China deal, talks de-radicalisation with Xi
- The New York Times China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise
- The Washington Post US and China resume trade talks as Trump's deadline nears
- The Wall Street Journal Huawei Technologies to Increase Canadian Staff by 20%
- Reuters China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum
- The New York Times Family of American Imprisoned on Spy Charge in China Appeals for Help
- The Washington Post China bars millions from travel for 'social credit' offenses
- Bloomberg Huawei Is Not Obliged to Open 'Back Doors' for China, Chair Says
- The Washington Post China's new policy against gender bias meets fans, sceptics
- Financial Times Huawei may have to spend more than $2bn pledged to fix UK concerns
- CNBC Amazon's China unit is reportedly considering a merger. That's 'too little too late,' expert says
- Financial Times US and China look to end chipmaker spat as part of trade deal
- The Washington Post China and Russia have deep financial ties to Venezuela. Here's what's at stake.
Commentary
- The Washington Post President Tariff Man may be learning all the wrong lessons from his trade wars
- The Hill What if US is laying credibility trap for Beijing on Taiwan?
- The Week Trump is only getting more confused about the yuan
- Council on Foreign Relations Andrew Chatzky and James McBride
- Bloomberg Baidu's Acting Like a Startup, But Not in a Good Way
- The Hill Governors must highlight commitment to free trade