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The Indian army said Tuesday that at least three of its soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops along the disputed border in the Himalayan mountains on Monday, the first deadly confrontation between the two powers since 1975. The Indian army said in a statement that a “violent faceoff” took place in Galwan …
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China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5.2 percent passive stake in Warner Music Group Corp., about a week after the world’s third-largest recording label’s debut on the Nasdaq. Tencent Music is controlled by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. The listing by Warner, home to artists including Cardi B, Ed Sheeran and …
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An anti-China advocacy group that includes former White House adviser Steve Bannon is calling on the Trump administration to exclude Chinese companies from US financial markets, as the White House studies new ways to crack down on China. In a letter dated Thursday, The Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC) urged Treasury Secretary Steven …
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Twitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts that it says have been linked to Chinese government efforts to spread misinformation about the coronavirus and democracy protests in Hong Kong. “In general, this entire network was involved in a range of manipulative and coordinated activities,” the company wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. “They were Tweeting …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out at British bank HSBC for backing the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to crack down on Hong Kong’s autonomy. In a Tuesday statement, Pompeo slammed HSBC Asia-Pacific executive Peter Wong’s decision to sign a petition in support of Beijing’s law imposing security restrictions on Hong Kong. The Trump administration …
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China does not present a military threat to “world peace,” the European Union’s top diplomat told reporters on Tuesday. Josep Borrell, chief of foreign affairs for the E.U., made the remarks after a three-hour conference call with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. The discussion came amid rising tensions between European powers and China brought on …
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BRITAIN is seeking to form a deeper relationship with Five Eyes intelligence partners to end reliance on Chinese technology. Boris Johnson unveiled the change in foreign policy at the national security council but it has been reported the Cabinet is split on the issue. US officials visiting the UK in January suggested a Western-backed conglomerate …
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China is warning that the United Kingdom is opening itself up to serious “consequences” if it follows through on a plan to offer refuge and a path to citizenship for nearly three million Hong Kong citizens should China implement a restrictive national security law. China believes that “Hong Kong people who were born in Hong Kong …
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Chinese hackers have targeted the emails accounts of former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign staff, while Iranian hackers attempted to hack Trump campaign email accounts, Google confirmed Thursday. The campaigns have been briefed on the threats, both of which were so-called spear-phishing attacks in which spam emails that include malicious links are sent to targets …
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China hawk Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) wrote an “open letter” to American companies with business ties to China on Thursday, calling on them to publicly denounce the Chinese Communist Party’s recent national security law that overrides Hong Kong’s independence. As Hong Kongers protested on the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Hawley warned that …
The Indian army said Tuesday that at least three of its soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops along the disputed border in the Himalayan mountains on Monday, the first deadly confrontation between the two powers since 1975. The Indian army said in a statement that a “violent faceoff” took place in Galwan …
