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The G20 Summit in Osaka: The war of all against all
Jul 05, 2019 04:33World leaders gathered in Osaka, Japan Friday for the G20 summit amid the relentless promotion of trade war, protectionism and militarism. Andre Damon, National Secretary of the US-based International Youth and Students for Social Equality, has more on this under the heading “The G20 Summit in Osaka: The war of all against all.”
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Russia-India-China share a room with a view
Jul 04, 2019 16:55The most important trilateral meeting at the G20 in Osaka was confined to a shoddy environment unworthy of Japan’s unrivaled aesthetic minimalism. Japan excels in perfect planning and execution. So it’s hard to take this setup as an unfortunate “accident.” At least the – unofficial – Russia-India-China summit at the sidelines of the G20 transcended the fate of an interior decorator deserving to commit seppuku.
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Existing US tariffs must be removed if Washington wants trade deal with Beijing: China
Jul 04, 2019 08:31China says the existing US tariffs against the country must first be removed if Washington wants any trade deal with Beijing.
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Don’t weaponize Taiwan – Germany, France told
Jul 04, 2019 04:11China is highly sensitive to the plot of the West to pour in arms and ammunitions into the breakaway Chinese island of Taiwan, which the US is trying to use as a base against mainland China.
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Chinese-American electrical engineer faces 219 years in jail for stealing US missile chips
Jul 04, 2019 03:49A Chinese-American professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been found guilty of trying to steal sensitive US military secrets and sending them back to China, charges that might bring him a two-decade prison term.
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US weighing extension of Iran oil waiver after China's defiance
Jul 04, 2019 02:44The US State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administration’s earlier pledge to bring Iranian oil exports down to zero, a report said.
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China protests to UK over ‘fantasizing’ about Hong Kong
Jul 03, 2019 07:06China has protested to Britain after London warned Beijing of “serious consequences” if it breached an agreement over the handover of Hong Kong from the British Empire to China.
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China: US pressure root cause of Iran nuclear reaction
Jul 02, 2019 10:33China says it considers US President Donald Trump’s trademark policy of “maximum pressure” to be the underlying reason for Iran’s retaliatory decision to reduce more of its commitments under a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, which Washington abandoned last year.
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Digital Silk Road: Xi’s dream of conquering Asia
Jul 02, 2019 05:32Despite the trade war and the almost daily increase of tariff by the US on Chinese goods, Beijing is making rapid developments to leave Washington well behind.
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China calls for probe of violent actions in Hong Kong
Jul 02, 2019 04:40China has denounced recent violent actions by protesters in Hong Kong as an “extreme challenge” to the rule of law, calling for a criminal investigation into the violence during which the city’s parliament was temporarily occupied.