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US preparing new sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong
Dec 07, 2020 12:09The United States is gearing up to impose sanctions on a number of Chinese officials for what Washington claims to be their role in Beijing’s disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong.
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China develops quantum computer amid tech race with US
Dec 06, 2020 12:08Chinese scientists have developed the world's fastest quantum computer, capable of performing calculations that a regular computer would take billions of years to solve.
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Japan, France, US set to hold joint war games in May as 'message' to China
Dec 06, 2020 10:53Japan, France, and the United States are reportedly set to hold joint military drills for the first time in May next year, as part of attempts to contain what is claimed as China’s growing influence in the Asia Pacific region.
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Some damage to Sino-US ties ‘beyond repair,’ Chinese media warn
Dec 05, 2020 05:38China’s state media have warned that some impairments inflected upon the Sino-US ties amid the persisting anti-China measures by the outgoing Trump administration are “beyond repair,” after the rising rancor was further highlighted in a hateful Twitter exchange between a US senator and Chinese journalists.
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Lunar probe heading back to Earth with samples after planting China flag on Moon
Dec 05, 2020 04:57China has become the second country in history to put its flag on the Moon, more than 50 years after the US first planted the Stars and Stripes.
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Chang'e-5 collects samples from untouched area of moon
Dec 04, 2020 05:12Moon samples collected by the lander-ascender combination of China's Chang'e-5 is likely to bring new findings of the formation and evolution of the moon as they were gleaned from the Ocean of Storms, an untouched area of the astronomical body.
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China braces for "open-ended confrontation with America': US spy chief
Dec 04, 2020 05:06The top US spy chief has accused China of preparing for "an open-ended period of confrontation with the US," in another effort by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump to further escalate tensions with Beijing in its final days in the White House.
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Trump adds China's SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist
Dec 04, 2020 04:53The administration of US President Donald Trump has added China’s main chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies.
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US imposes more Iran-related sanctions targeting individual, entity
Dec 04, 2020 02:41The outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed more Iran-related sanctions on an entity and an individual, as Iran reasserts its position that the 2015 nuclear deal is not open to renegotiation and that the next US administration has to observe the agreement and the UN resolution that endorses it.
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China continuing to outpace US economy: Economists
Dec 03, 2020 06:58China continues to outpace the US economy for the second straight quarter amid the coronavirus pandemic that has taken a heavy toll on the United States, a new survey reveals.