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China lodges tariff case at WTO against the US
China has lodged a complaint against the US at the World Trade Organization over US import duties, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said today. The US began imposing 15% tariffs on a variety of Chinese goods on Sunday and China began
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Hong Kong protesters expected to regroup despite police ban
HONG KONG: Protesters were expected to gather in downtown Hong Kong today in the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. Police blocked plans for a mass
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Under Mahathir, Malaysia makes bold move to embrace China
Malaysia-China relations appeared to have cooled considerably in the first few months of Pakatan Harapan (PH) rule, when Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad suspended three projects backed by Chinese companies in one of his first decisions in the office. It was
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Beijing rejected Hong Kong’s appeasement plans for protesters
HONG KONG: Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters’ five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill could help defuse the mounting political crisis in
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‘Now or never’: HK protesters say they have nothing to lose
Exasperated with the government’s unflinching attitude to escalating civil unrest, Jason Tse quit his job in Australia and jumped on a plane to join what he believes is a do-or-die fight for Hong Kong’s future. The Chinese territory is grappling
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Lam: Violence in Hong Kong getting serious
HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said today that the escalation of violence in anti-government protests that have rocked the Asian financial centre for three months is becoming more serious. Lam was speaking in public for the first time
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Hong Kong airport operating as usual, for now
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating normally today despite plans by protesters to implement a “stress test” of transport links to the aviation hub early in the day. Those seeking to
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China could decimate US military bases in Asia within hours of conflict
China’s military would be able to use missiles to overwhelm American military bases in Asia within hours, a think tank has warned. The US defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific is “in the throes of an unprecedented crisis”, according to a
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Twitter, Facebook accuse China of using fake IDs to subvert Hong Kong protests
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc said yesterday they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong. Twitter said it suspended 936 accounts and the operations appeared to be a
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China: India, Pakistan must not make unilateral decision on Kashmir
UNITED NATIONS: UN Security Council members believe India and Pakistan should refrain from taking unilateral action over the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, China’s UN envoy said yesterday after the council met on the issue for the first time
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