Media Report
- Reuters reports, "Aggressive U.S. tactics such as a campaign against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei will lead to trade wars - and possibly real wars - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, in a show of solidarity with China alongside its leader Xi Jinping. In some of his strongest words on the subject, Putin accused Washington of 'unbridled economic egoism', singling out U.S. efforts to thwart a Russian gas pipeline to Europe and a U.S. campaign to persuade countries to bar Huawei, the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker, from supplying network gear. His broadside, at an economic forum in St Petersburg on the same platform as Xi, was a clear show of unity with China at a time when Beijing is locked in a trade war with Washington and Moscow's own ties with the West are at a post-Cold War low."
- The New York Times reports, "Politicians have staged sit-ins and exchanged blows in the legislature. Lawyers, high-school teachers and even anime fans have organized petitions. And the authorities are bracing for protests Sunday that could be the largest since the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement shut down parts of Hong Kong five years ago. Anger is boiling in Hong Kong over a push for a law that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China, legislation that critics say would subject residents of this semiautonomous territory to the security forces and courts controlled by the ruling Communist Party on the mainland. 'This law would allow China to take whoever they want here, or at least use it to intimidate. It is absolutely crazy,' said Wong Choi-fung, the author of a petition by stay-at-home mothers that has collected more than 6,000 signatures. 'As mothers, you never know what profession your children will choose, or if they would one day do something to irritate the unpredictable Chinese government.'"
- Financial Times reports, "Google has warned the Trump administration that pushing ahead with sweeping export restrictions on Huawei would risk compromising U.S. national security, as the American technology giant seeks to continue doing business with the blacklisted Chinese tech titan.Senior executives at Google are pushing U.S. officials to exempt it from a ban on exports to Huawei without a license approved by Washington, according to three people briefed on the conversations. The Trump administration announced the ban after the U.S.-China trade talks collapsed, prompting protests from some of the biggest U.S. technology companies that fear they could get hurt in the fallout. Google in particular is concerned it would not be allowed to update its Android operating system on Huawei's smartphones. It argues that such a ban would prompt the Chinese company to develop its own version of the software."
Calendar
- 2019-06-06 Trump to decide on $300 billion China tariffs after G20 meeting
- 2019-06-05 Ford Is Fined in China as Trade Fight With U.S. Rages
- 2019-06-04 A Slower Economy. A Trade War. Now, China Faces Rising Food Prices.
- 2019-06-03 China warns students about ‘risks’ of going to the U.S. in the latest twist to the trade war
- 2019-06-02 China Signals It Is Willing to Return to Trade Talks With US
- 2019-05-31 China says it will blacklist ‘unreliable’ companies and individuals in response to technology ban
- 2019-05-30 China Puts U.S. Soy Buying on Hold as Tariff War Escalates
- 2019-05-29 Huawei files motion to block U.S. ban, calling it an affront to global human rights
- 2019-05-28 The Trade War’s Next Front? China’s Access to Wall Street
- 2019-05-27 China Backs Yale Stance on Foreign Students, Rips US Actions
News
- The New York Times Outrage in Hong Kong as Extradition Plan Exposes Deep Fears of China's Rule
- Reuters Putin stands by China, criticizes U.S., in trade, Huawei disputes
- Financial Times Google warns of US national security risks from Huawei ban
- CNN A world divided by 5G: Russia's Huawei deal is the latest sign of an emerging internet iron curtain
- The New York Times China's Xi Calls Donald Trump His Friend
- Reuters Europe's 5G to cost $62 billion more if Chinese vendors banned: telcos
- NPR Huawei Chairman Hopeful Google Can Influence U.S. Officials
- Forbes Blacklisted Huawei Loses Facebook, Instagram And WhatsApp Preinstalled Apps
- The New York Times Candidate Seeks Closer China Ties, Shaking Up Taiwan's Presidential Race
- Bloomberg China Boosts Beef Imports as Killer Hog Virus Blights Pork
- CNBC China wants to pressure the US economy, but the finance sector is probably safe from Beijing
- The Washington Post An unlikely winner in the China-U.S. trade war? A French businessman's book about his battle with the DOJ.
- Bloomberg China Has Lots of Policy Room If Trade War Worsens, PBOC Chief Says
- Reuters Spain deports 94 Taiwanese to Beijing for telecom fraud
Commentary
- The Hill China can't use overpopulation to justify 'two-child' policy
- Foreign Affairs The New Tiananmen Papers
- Foreign Policy Vietnam Can't Be the Next China
- The New York Times Who Will Survive the Trade War?
- Foreign Policy Xi and Putin, Best Friends Forever?
- Bloomberg How Our China Trade War Could Become a War War