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Why China is taking over the ‘American century’
Aug 22, 2020 02:38Under President Donald Trump, the United States is indeed losing to China in two important spheres. In economic and technical terms China is already a peer competitor of the United States … in a very different kind of globalized world.
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Pompeo: US ready to block Russia, China from violating Iran sanctions
Aug 21, 2020 23:58US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the United States is prepared to block Russia and China from any attempts to violate sanctions against Iran.
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China says US push for Iran sanctions ‘self-serving political manipulation’
Aug 21, 2020 11:56China says the United States’ call for the re-imposition of the United Nations sanctions on Iran is ‘nothing but a self-serving political manipulation,’ stressing once again that Washington has no right to make such a demand after its unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal of 2015.
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Trump admin. to get isolated, disgraced once again: Zarif
Aug 21, 2020 07:37Iran’s foreign minister says the US administration’s attempt to snap back the UN Security Council’s sanctions against Tehran will result in nothing but another disgrace for US President Donald Trump.
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US, China to hold trade talks 'in the coming days': Chinese commerce ministry
Aug 20, 2020 05:06The United States and China will hold trade talks “in the coming days” during which the officials from the two countries will assess the progress made so far in the bilateral negotiations, China’s commerce ministry said Thursday.
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US ends extradition treaty with Hong Kong amid escalating tensions with China
Aug 20, 2020 04:51The United States has suspended three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong related to extradition and tax exemptions, in yet another move that escalates tensions with China.
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First into the virus slump, China is proving the fastest out
Aug 18, 2020 04:30Tommy Wu, senior economist at Oxford Economics Ltd in Hong Kong said “China’s coronavirus recovery is largely on track,” adding, “Investment plays a bigger role, where as in the rest of the world fiscal policy support is mainly on the employment and the smaller enterprise front.
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China accuses US of using 'digital gunboat diplomacy' after Trump orders TikTok to divest ops
Aug 17, 2020 11:33China has censured the United States for using “digital gunboat diplomacy” after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order extending an ultimatum forcing the popular Chinese-based company TikTok to divest its business operations in the country.
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China grants COVID-19 vaccine patent to CanSino; UK seeks volunteers for vaccine trials
Aug 17, 2020 11:06China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator.
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US cannot use snapback to reinstate sanctions on Iran: Zarif
Aug 16, 2020 08:04Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced US attempts to invoke a controversial mechanism to unilaterally reinstate illegal sanctions on Tehran - a move with huge repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal.