Chinese, Indian ministers try to reduce tensions: China Daily
September 7, 2020
China's and India's defense ministers have met in Moscow in an effort to lower tensions along their border in the eastern Ladakh region and seek ways to enhance exchanges. In the meeting on Friday, Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, urged India to strictly abide by the series of agreements reached between the two sides, to refrain from provocations on the current Line of Actual Control, to refrain from actions that may cause the situation to heat up, and to refrain from exaggerating and disseminating negative information. Click here to read...
China's foreign trade up 6% in August: China Daily
September 7, 2020
China saw its foreign trade rise 6 percent year-on-year in August in Yuan terms, with exports up 11.6 percent and imports down 0.5 percent, official data showed Monday. Foreign trade stood at 2.88 trillion Yuan ($421.14 billion) last month, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said. In the first eight months of this year, foreign trade of goods went down 0.6 percent year-on-year to 20.05 trillion Yuan, narrowing by 1.1 percentage points compared with the decrease in the first seven months. Click here to read...
Canada made mistake detaining Huawei exec, official says: China Daily
September 7, 2020
The United States requested dozens of countries, including its allies and those having bilateral extradition treaties with it, to detain Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of China's telecommunications giant Huawei, but only Canada agreed to do that, an official from the Foreign Ministry said. Click here to read...
Liaison office of central gov't in HKSAR supports law enforcement against violation of national security law: Xinhuanet
September 7, 2020
The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Sunday voiced firm support for the HKSAR government and the Hong Kong police in resolutely enforcing the law and safeguarding Hong Kong's social stability and rule of law. A small number of rioters instigated unlawful assemblies and threatened to "rekindle the war" and "fight back", with some confronting the police in Kowloon on Sunday afternoon. Those acts are suspected of violating the national security law in Hong Kong and local laws, a spokesperson of the office said. Click here to read...
China’s inward-facing ‘dual circulation’ strategy leaves many wondering where domestic demand will come from: South China Morning Post
September 7, 2020
Jack Wang, a former overseas manager for Huawei, decided to quit his job in 2019 after years of being separated from his family in Henan province. He had big plans to build an online business there, selling local farm products such as honey and sesame to urban consumers willing to pay a bit more for better-quality goods. Click here to read...
Joe Biden’s China Journey: New York Times
September 6, 2020
On a steamy August day along the Chinese coast, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. stepped off a minibus at a seaside compound for a series of unusual meetings with China’s Communist Party leaders. Click here to read...
China Freezes Credentials for Journalists at U.S. Outlets, Hinting at Expulsions:New York Times
September 6, 2020
The Chinese government has stopped renewing press credentials for foreign journalists working for American news organizations in China and has implied it will proceed with expulsions if the Trump administration takes further action against Chinese media employees in the United States, according to six people with knowledge of the events. Click here to read...
Indian media rumormongering risks sparking conflicts, damaging ties: Global Times
September 6, 2020
Since Friday afternoon, fake news reports have been circulating which claim that Taiwan shot down a Su-35 fighter jet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Facing this false claim, Taiwan's "Defense Ministry" hurriedly issued a statement refuting the claims. The report was first published by Indian media outlet called "News Line IFE" on Twitter. Then some oth
