China: Daily Scan, August 25, 2020
Dr Teshu Singh
Xi stresses long-term perspective in economic, social planning: People’s Daily
August 25, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday stressed adopting a long-term perspective, grasping the trend of the times and extensively pooling wisdom to study new circumstances and make new plans. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a symposium on economic and social work in Beijing. Click here to read...

China to offer wider market access, Xi says: China Daily
August 25, 2020

China will have even closer connections with the rest of the world as its status in the global economy keeps rising, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, reiterating that the country will provide a broader market for other countries. Click here to read...

Decoupling doomed to fail, says FM: China Daily
August 25, 2020

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday spoke out against decoupling between China and the United States, saying that it goes against market economy principles and would ultimately harm those that propose it. Wang made the remark when meeting the media with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjar to after their meeting at Beihai, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Click here to read...

Chinese, U.S. chief trade negotiators hold phone talks: Xinhuanet
August 25, 2020

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, held a phone conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday morning. Click here to read...

Fact check: Pompeo's fact-twisting China speech versus the truth: Xinhuanet
August 24, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in his recent speech at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, negated every aspect of China-U.S. relations, maliciously attacked the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China's political system, and attempted to drive a wedge between the CPC and the Chinese people. He also wantonly criticized China's domestic and foreign policies, spread the so-called "China threat", and called for an anti-China alliance to contain China's development. Click here to read...

Full text: Speech by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting: Xinhuanet
August 24, 2020

The following is the full text of the speech by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting on Monday in Beijing. Click here to read...

India's narrowing trade deficit with China is unsustainable: Global Times
August 24, 2020

In recent months, India has seen its trade deficit with China fall and then bounce back, demonstrating that any manufactured reduction in the trade deficit based on protectionism simply isn't sustainable, despite being the result Indian authorities are longing for. Click here to read...

TikTok Sues U.S. Government over Trump Ban: The New York Times
August 24, 2020

TikTok sued the U.S. government on Monday, accusing the Trump administration of depriving it of due process when President Trump used his emergency economic powers to issue an executive order that will block the app from operating in the country. Click here to read...

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