China
Chinese cyberattack hits messaging app during HK protest
Telegram app connectivity slowed but the attack did not compromise user data.
Huawei warns US would hurt itself by cutting off tech ties
Number 2 smartphone maker denies its products would be used for China’s cyberespionage.
China data suggests trade war hit; tech group reverses stand
Business confidence has been shaken but Asia tech trade group lifting research co-op restriction on Huawei employees.
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China dangles a new threat in trade war: rare earth minerals
Beijing says it could cut US off from exotic minerals widely used in electric cars and mobile phones.
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Malaysia to send back plastic waste to Canada and other nations
Developed countries urged to review management of plastic waste and stop shipping garbage to the developing countries.
China has more weapons in US tariff war but do they work?
Beijing has an array of options for disrupting trade, but they carry economic and political costs.
China says door open to trade talks, but slams tech controls
Beijing is vehemently protesting the Trump administration’s decision last week to impose controls on exports of computer chips.
China seeks Asian neighbours’ support in trade fight with US
Representatives of the eight-nation grouping had expressed “broad support” for China’s position: Wang.
US, China brace for long haul in trade dispute
Both sides turning up the heat while implementing measures to soften the fallout at home.
Huawei: US controls have ‘no impact,’ talking to Google
Huawei and Google are discussing possible “emergency relief measures” for its smartphone business.
How China’s technology tactics irk its trading partners
US prosecutors say the Communist Party is the ringleader of a global industrial spying operation.
Canada-US breakthrough on cheap foreign steel could end tariffs
US moving off quotas, officials are encouraged but any deal must still get by Trump.
China formally arrests 2 Canadians in case linked to Huawei
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said the pair have been arrested for allegedly stealing state secrets.
US, China trade conflict was 20 years in the making
Eleven rounds of negotiations have failed to settle a dispute over Beijing’s push to challenge US technological dominance.
Trump issues order apparently aimed at China’s Huawei
Declares a national economic emergency that empowers the US government to ban the technology and services of “foreign adversaries.”
