Opinion | The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China
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Opinion | The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump placed new tariffs on China this month, he doubled down on one of his top demands on Beijing: to rein in the chemical companies fueling the illicit production and trafficking of fentanyl into the United States. Mr. Trump has long…

What Slowdown? Xi Says China Must Win the Global Tech Race.
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What Slowdown? Xi Says China Must Win the Global Tech Race.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Throughout China’s annual legislative meeting, the national leader Xi Jinping made clear that he wants nothing to hold back his plans for China to march past its rivals by becoming a technological superpower. Not the economic slowdown or heavy local government debt, nor…

China Signals Confidence in Economy Despite Sluggish Growth and U.S. Trade War
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China Signals Confidence in Economy Despite Sluggish Growth and U.S. Trade War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China’s top leaders sought to project confidence in the country’s economy on Wednesday despite sluggish growth, an escalating trade war with the United States and growing geopolitical uncertainty caused by the Trump administration. The government will aim to expand China’s economy by “around…

Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running
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Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China in January, saying those countries needed to do more to stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States, Canadian and Mexican officials raced to Washington, bearing charts and videos detailing…

China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial
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China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Son Jun-ho, a key midfielder for South Korea’s World Cup soccer team, signed with a Chinese club, he was an indication of China’s ambition to dominate the world’s most popular sport. But after Chinese police officers detained him two years later, accusing…

Opinion | Restoring Academic Ties With China Is a Matter of U.S. National Security
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Opinion | Restoring Academic Ties With China Is a Matter of U.S. National Security

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Then came the pandemic. China sealed itself off from the world, slamming the door on academic fieldwork in the country by foreign scholars as well as in-person exchanges with Chinese officials and other contacts. The Covid restrictions were finally lifted, but the landscape…

Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing
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Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There are usually no international flights out of the airport in Mae Sot, a town on Thailand’s border with Myanmar. But in recent days, hundreds of people here boarded direct flights back home to China. They had been rescued from Myanmar, where they…

Taiwan Watches Trump Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next
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Taiwan Watches Trump Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Taiwan’s leaders joined the United States and its allies in declaring solidarity with the victim. Taiwan and Ukraine were fellow democracies, they said, each imperiled by its hulking, authoritarian neighbor. Now, President Trump’s turn against Ukraine could fan…

Opinion | Tom Friedman on Just How Far Trump Could Push the World
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Opinion | Tom Friedman on Just How Far Trump Could Push the World

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just Trump saying he talked to Putin for 90 minutes, drove the global benchmark crude oil price down at one point. So you can see where the market is going. They smell this. What is Trump doing with both the Russians and Putin?…

China Uses Public Shaming to Motivate State Workers
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China Uses Public Shaming to Motivate State Workers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Chinese government workers have a lot to worry about these days. Cash-strapped local governments are struggling to pay their salaries. Political controls are tightening in the name of national security. A yearslong anti-corruption purge shows no sign of ending. Now, the workers also…