Tag: China

In this image made from video taken on March 2, 2017, Michael Spavor, director of Paektu Cultural Exchange, talks during a Skype interview in Yangi, China. A second Canadian man is feared detained in China in what appears to be retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei. The possible arrest raises the stakes in an international dispute that threatens relations. Canada's Global Affairs department on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, said Spavor, an entrepreneur who is one of the only Westerners to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had gone missing in China. Spavor's disappearance follows China's detention of a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing earlier this week.

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Increase pressure on China following its detention of two Canadians

Tom Rogan · December 13, 2018 7:36 pm

National security adviser John Bolton speaks during the daily press briefing.

John Bolton: US aid programs will counter China’s ‘imperial’ play in Africa

Joel Gehrke · December 13, 2018 6:44 pm

In this April 26, 2018, photo, a robot entertains visitors at the booth of a Chinese automaker during the China Auto 2018 show in Beijing, China. Under President Xi Jinping, a program known as "Made in China 2025" aims to make China a tech superpower by advancing development of industries that in addition to semiconductors includes artificial intelligence, pharmaceuticals and electric vehicles.

China to revamp industrial policy

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2018 2:03 pm

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China’s Marriott hack attack exemplifies a subtle new threat

Erin Dunne · December 13, 2018 4:46 am

In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during a U.S. presidential election event organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

FBI: China threatens ‘the future of the world’

Joel Gehrke · December 12, 2018 10:55 pm

In this photo taken Nov. 13, 2018, bicycle mechanic Boo Scott, left, explains a bike component to assembler Alan Everitt in the bike repair department in REI Co-op's flagship store in Seattle. For the fourth consecutive year, REI said that on the popular Black Friday shopping day it will close all 153 stores, process no online payments and pay more than 12,000 employees, encouraging them to recreate outdoors with friends and family. The company calls it #OptOutside.

Want to help US businesses suffering from tariffs? Cut the de minimis threshold

Pat Cunnane · December 12, 2018 2:33 pm

A Chinese construction worker stands on the land that was reclaimed from the Indian Ocean for the Colombo Port City project, on the Galle Face sea promenade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. The Port City project was initiated as part of China's ambitious One Belt One Road initiative which envisages linking China's economic centers with energy-rich Persian Gulf along the ancient silk road. China invests US $ 1.4 billion in the project which involves the reclamation of land off the coast of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo for a 269 hectare (664 acre) artificial city that will include an international financial district, living and entertainment areas.

US anti-propaganda team fights China’s predatory lending

Joel Gehrke · December 12, 2018 12:36 pm

Chinese and American flags fly outside of a JW Marriott hotel in Beijing. The Marriot hotel chain apologized Thursday to China's government for referring to Tibet and self-ruled Taiwan as countries in a customer survey that news reports said Chinese police investigated as a possible crime.

Marriott hack linked to Chinese spying efforts

Katelyn Caralle · December 12, 2018 2:47 am

In this undated photo released by Huawei, Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is seen in a portrait photo. China on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, demanded Canada release the Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.

Huawei CFO granted bail by Canadian court

Katelyn Caralle · December 12, 2018 12:06 am

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, testifies on Capitol Hill on Dec. 11, 2018.

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Google is cozying up to China's government, and CEO Sundar Pichai doesn't want to admit it

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 11, 2018 8:07 pm

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, testifies on Capitol Hill on Dec. 11, 2018.

Google CEO drops hints of future search service in China

Joe Williams · December 11, 2018 4:48 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

Top US, China officials try to ease trade tensions in call covering industrial policy, agriculture

Sean Higgins · December 11, 2018 3:03 pm