China

Oops for Google Apps? Huawei seeks an alliance with other Chinese  firms to push US giant out of Asia
Chinese giants Huawei and Oppo plan to create an alternative to Google mobile services and seek cooperation with Indian developers. Their success may spell an end to Android’s market domination in Asia, and possibly beyond. [...]
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US Blacklist Backfires as Huawei Starts Building 5G Base Stations Without American-Made Parts
The Chinese tech giant has made strides to replace American-made hardware, software and technology in its 5G internet and smartphone divisions after being placed on a US Commerce Department blacklist earlier this year. Huawei has begun manufacturing 5G base stations – the towers facilitating wireless communication between mobile devices and internet networks, without the use of parts made in the [...]
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German Telecom Firm Picks Huawei to Develop Country’s 5G Network Despite US Opposition
In mid-October, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported that fresh security requirements for telecommunications networks in Germany does not contain a clause to keep Huawei from taking part in the construction of 5G infrastructure. Washington has repeatedly warned Berlin over Huawei taking part in developing Germany’s 5G infrastructure. [...]
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The News with Rick Sanchez – Hong Kong’s violent anti-government movement continues to rage 🎞️
Hong Kong’s violent anti-government movement continues to rage. It has won the world’s attention and the support from politicians in the West. But what’s really fueling the chaos? Through exclusive interviews and copious research, RT America’s Michele Greenstein, who was an eyewitness to the violence, paints a comprehensive picture of the protests. [...]
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Trump backs Hong Kong protesters, signs ‘human rights’ bill… ‘out of respect for President Xi’?
President Donald Trump has approved legislation backing Hong Kong’s ‘pro-democracy’ protest movement, disregarding Beijing’s repeated warnings for Washington to mind its own business and stop meddling in China's internal affairs. Dubbed the 'Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,' the bill blazed through both houses of Congress earlier this month with virtually unanimous consent from la [...]
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WTO Allows China to Impose Retaliatory Measures Worth $3.6 Bln Against US
This comes amid US President Trump's announcement that the signing site of the 'phase one' trade deal with China would be announced 'soon'. A World Trade Organization’s arbitrator ruled Friday that China could impose $3.6 billion worth of tariffs on US goods over its unfair anti-dumping practices. [...]
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China’s ‘tech juggernaut’ is just starting while it already dominates in tech space – investor to Keiser Report
China has now more millionaires and unicorns than the US and the tech sector may be the next sphere where Beijing can leave Washington behind, investor Dan Collins told Max Keiser. Most people would assume that the number one city in the world to host tech start-ups is San Francisco, but Beijing was recently ranked as the world’s unicorn capital [...]
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New Silk Road: Kenya’s massive $1.5bn railway funded & built entirely by China 🎞️
China has been developing Kenya’s rail service as part of the Belt and Road Initiative to connect Asia, Europe and Africa. The railway is Kenya’s largest infrastructure project since its independence. The so-called Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project was launched in 2017. Trains operating on a daily schedule between the port city of Mombasa to Nairobi have already moved up to two million [...]
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Chinese Media Claims  S-500’s Capabilities Will ‘Exceed Those of Any Air Defence System in World’
Russia began trial production of the next-generation mobile air defense system earlier this year, and plans to start mass production of the system in the second half of next year. The operational effectiveness of Russia’s S-500 air and missile defense system “greatly exceeds any active air defense system in the world,” China’s Sina news portal has suggested. [...]
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Moscow is helping Beijing build missile-attack warning system that only Russia & US have – Putin
A missile-attack warning system that Moscow is helping Beijing put together will drastically increase China’s defense capabilities, President Vladimir Putin said, noting that only Russia and the US currently have such technology. [...]
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China Tells Trump to Grow Up, Says Won’t ‘Play Game of Thrones on the World Stage’ With Him
The president went on the offensive against Beijing at the General Assembly on Tuesday, saying he wouldn’t accept a “bad deal” on trade, and accusing China of using “massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation,” and other malign tactics, while urging the country to “honour” its commitment to “protect Hong Kong’s freedom.” [...]
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Chinese Negotiators Cancel Earlier Planned Trip to US Farms, Leaving Washington Early
Chinese trade negotiators suddenly changed their plans on Friday, cancelling a visit to meet US farmers after they wrapped up trade talks in Washington this week. The Chinese delegation has changed its travel schedule heading back to China earlier than planned, according to Nicole Rolf, the Montana Farm Bureau Federation’s director of national affairs. [...]
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JP Morgan makes it clear to staff that Taiwan & Hong Kong are part of China
Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan Chase has told some of its staff to ensure that they do not refer to Hong Kong, Macau or self-governing Taiwan as separate countries. [...]
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‘West’s leading role is ending’: G7’s no good without India and China, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the leading role of the West is coming to an end, and no serious international group makes much sense anymore without economic juggernauts like China and India. [...]
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German policy on China trade won’t be decided by ‘people who throw Molotov cocktails’ in Hong Kong
Germany takes its own approach to relations with China and won’t bow to US demands and pressure over unrest in Hong Kong, analysts told RT, as Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Beijing to talk trade. [...]
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Brace for higher prices: New round of US-China tariffs comes into force
The trade war between the world’s two largest economies entered a new phase on Sunday, as US tariffs targeting Chinese-made products and Beijing’s retaliatory hikes on American imports both kick in. [...]
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All Fair in Trade War? White House Aides Claim Trump Faked Phone Call with China – Report
It is alleged that the phone call, in which Chinese officials invited their US counterparts to resume trade talks, didn’t happen the way Donald Trump described it did. The POTUS has yet to comment on the speculation. [...]
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Russian telecom giant & China’s Huawei launch 5G zones in Russian cities
Russian mobile operator MTS has teamed up with Chinese tech giant Huawei for a 5G pilot scheme in Moscow and Kronshtadt, where for the first time the super-fast network will cover almost the entire city. The agreement between the two parties was signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia in June, when he met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and took part in the St. [...]
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Dow Jones tanks 600+ points as Trump trades barbs with Beijing and the Federal Reserve
The Dow Jones saw a steep drop of 700 points after a threat from Beijing to slap new tariffs on billions of dollars in American goods, and a harsh response from US President Donald Trump, but picked up before ending 621 down. [...]
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Full-on trade war: Trump jacks up tariffs on $550bn of Chinese goods, blasts ‘unfair’ response
US President Donald Trump has announced yet another major hike of existing and future tariffs on some $550 billion in Chinese goods, criticizing Beijing’s attempt to offset the losses as ‘unfair’ and ‘politically motivated.’ [...]
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Chinese app beats US tech giants like Apple, Amazon to be crowned world’s most innovative company
The world’s two most innovative companies this year are both from Asia, with Chinese tech platform Meituan Dianping unseating 2018 champion and Silicon Valley giant Apple, according to ratings by US business magazine Fast Company. [...]
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Trump: ‘I am the chosen one’ to take on China
US President Donald Trump has stated that he is “the chosen one" to take on Beijing and that his life would be easier if he had not mounted a trade war with China. The remark came during one of Trump’s trademark “helicopter” press conferences, outside the White House on Wednesday. Fielding questions on a range of topics, the president touched on the tariff war with China that he launched i [...]
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