May 28, 2020 US to cancel visas for thousands of Chinese grad students with ties to Chinese military schools: report The White House plans to cancel visas for thousands of Chinese graduate students and researchers affiliated with Chinese universities tied to the People’s Liberation Army, according to a report.
May 28, 2020 Chinese legislature endorses controversial Hong Kong national security legislation: report China’s ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain.
May 27, 2020 Case against Huawei CFO for fraud will go forward in June, Canada judge rules A Canadian judge ruled on Wednesday in favor of the U.S. at it attempts to extradite the daughter of Huawei founder, Meng Wanzhou for fraud charges.
May 27, 2020 Ex-US envoy to China says Washington is waking up to Beijing taking 'more and more control' of Hong Kong Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday for declaring that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China days after Beijing moved to impose new national security legislation on the territory.
May 27, 2020 Twitter fact-checks China official after confronted over Trump double-standard Confronted with an apparent double standard in its lack of fact-check warnings on tweets by a Chinese government spokesman versus the hardline it took with President Trump this week, Twitter on Wednesday added notations to the postings, which falsely accused the US government of causing the coronavirus pandemic.
May 27, 2020 Pompeo officially declares Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous,’ slams China intervention Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday officially declared that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, days after Beijing moved to impose new national security legislation on the territory.
May 27, 2020 Rep. Waltz scorches Twitter for fact-checking Trump tweets: Will they fact-check the Chinese 'propaganda machine?' Rep. Michael Waltz on Wednesday urged high tech companies to crack down on China’s "maleficence" instead of policing Americans.
May 27, 2020 Hawley on Twitter fact-checking Trump: 'Big Tech' is subsidized by taxpayers and censors Americans 'Big Tech' is subsidized by taxpayers and censors conservative speech, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley asserted Wednesday.
May 26, 2020 Nobel Prize winner: Coronavirus lockdowns cost lives instead of saving them Coronavirus lockdowns may have cost more lives than they saved, according to a Nobel laureate who accurately predicted when China would peak in the crisis.
May 26, 2020 Israel rejects $1.5B Chinese water plant after Pompeo said it could affect working relationship with US The Israeli government announced Tuesday that IDE Technologies has been awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build the world’s largest desalination plant, beating out China-based CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. -- an announcement just weeks after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly opposed Chinese involvement in Israeli infrastructure.
