Tag Archives: China

• US sanctions more Chinese companies over China’s treatment of Uyghurs 20 July 2020 | David Shepardson and Diane Bartz This post has one comment

  The US Commerce Department on Monday added 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it called human rights violations in connection with China’s treatment of its Uyghurs in Xinjiang in western China to the US economic blacklist. ...

• If China Invades, Taiwan Could Target Shanghai And Beijing With Cruise Missiles 18 July 2020 | David Axe This post has no comments yet

  If Beijing pulls the trigger and sends its forces streaming across the Taiwan Strait, the war could end quickly. Chinese rockets could pummel Taiwanese forces into submission, clearing the way for tens of thousands of Chinese marines. ...

• US aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions 17 July 2020 | James Pearson This post has one comment

  For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the US Navy said on Friday, as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region. ...

• Indian defence minister hoping for a resolution to border row with China | Devjyot Ghoshal This post has no comments yet

  India’s defence minister said on Friday he hoped talks could bring some sort of resolution to a border standoff with China that led to a deadly clash last month, though India would not cede an inch of territory. ...

• US to back nations that say China violated their South China Sea claims 15 July 2020 | Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk This post has one comment

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the US will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means. ...

• China vows retaliation after Trump ends preferential status for Hong Kong 14 July 2020 | Jeff Mason and Steve Holland This post has no comments yet

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony, prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions. ...

• China sanctions US lawmakers in dispute over Uyghur Muslims | Yew Lun Tian This post has one comment

  China announced “corresponding sanctions” against the United States on Monday after Washington penalized senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang region. ...

• US hardens stance against China’s South China Sea resource claims 13 July 2020 This post has one comment

  The United States on Monday hardened its rejection of China’s disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, calling them “completely unlawful,” in a statement that will further sour the already-fraught ties. ...

• Chinese actions along LAC ‘provocative and destabilising’: Ex-US diplomat 12 July 2020 This post has no comments yet

  The recent Chinese actions along the border with India and those in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and in Hong Kong have been "provocative and destabilising", a former top American diplomat has said. ...

• US warns citizens of heightened detention risks in China 11 July 2020 This post has no comments yet

  The US State Department warned American citizens on Saturday to “exercise increased caution” in China due to heightened risk of arbitrary law enforcement including detention and a ban from exiting the country. ...