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The coronavirus crisis has President Trump feeling queasy about his trade deal with China. Trump said the landmark agreement “doesn’t feel the same” now that the pandemic has upended the global economy and reignited tensions between Washington and the Chinese Communist Party. “The big thing is they should have never let this happen,” the president …

The US has its eye on Chinese companies listed on American stock exchanges amid an escalating trade dispute with Beijing, President Donald Trump said. The feds are “looking at” the idea of forcing Chinese firms to follow US accounting rules if they want to trade on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq markets, Trump …

Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday announced an inquiry into the use of Chinese-made drones by U.S. state and local police forces. U.S. intelligence agencies have warned that drones made by Da Jiang Innovations, a Chinese company that manufactures about 80 percent of drones in the U.S., could be used by the …

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber division warned on Wednesday that hackers backed by the Chinese government may be attempting to steal the work of researchers dealing with the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Both the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that health care and pharmaceutical researchers …

Federal agents have arrested a NASA researcher for allegedly failing to disclose ties to Chinese government entities, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. University of Arkansas-Fayetteville professor Simon Saw-Teong Ang, 63, was arrested on Friday and charged with wire fraud. “Ang made false statements and failed to report his outside employment to UA, which enabled …

The Trump administration has collected evidence that Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting American healthcare firms and universities, hindering coronavirus vaccine research in the process, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The hackers have the capability to “irreversibly harm” American healthcare facilities, according to U.S. officials. Cyber attacks by Chinese and Iranian hackers have …

The CIA reportedly believes that China attempted to prevent the World Health Organization from declaring a global health emergency during the beginning stages fo the coronavirus pandemic in January. In a report entitled “U.N.-China: WHO Mindful But Not Beholden to China,” the CIA detailed that China threatened to cease cooperating with the WHO’s coronavirus investigation …

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has canceled a panel discussion on coronavirus misinformation that was to be sponsored by Chinese tech giant Huawei. The panel would have included CNN’s Van Jones and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am. “I accepted invite to participate in NABJ webinar, warning black community about COVID misinformation. I said …

An Australian MP said China’s ban on Australian beef exports is punishment for the Australian prime minister’s proposed international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus. “It’s a bastard act,’’ Liberal-Nationals MP George Christensen said. “It’s just wrong. China has just gone into full, bullying, threatening, coercion mode. That’s what I think.” Australia is set …

China has been increasing military pressure on Taiwan during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a board made up of congressional Republicans and Democrats, warned in a report that China is engaging in aggressive military maneuvers directed towards Taiwan, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday. Chinese planes have been buzzing the median line …