BEIJING (AP) — European stock markets opened higher while Asia was mixed Monday after Washington and Beijing escalated their war over trade and technology with new tariff hikes. Benchmarks in London, Paris and Shanghai advanced. Tokyo and Hong Kong declined.\ Markets reacted less strongly to the weekend tariff hikes on billions of dollars of goods […]
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Duterte in China amid expectation he’ll raise sea disputes
BEIJING (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was in Beijing on Thursday for a meeting with counterpart Xi Jinping in which the Southeast Asian leader is expected to discuss a ruling on the disputed South China Sea. The 2016 Hague arbitration mostly invalidated China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea and found that […]
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China rotates new troops into Hong Kong amid mass protests
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s military deployed fresh troops to Hong Kong early Thursday in what it called a routine rotation amid speculation that it might intervene in the city’s pro-democracy protests. Footage on CCTV showed armored carriers, trucks and a patrol boat crossing the border at night from the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Scores […]
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China lets yuan sink, Trump says serious talks to start
BEIJING (AP) — China allowed its yuan to sink Monday and U.S. President Donald Trump said the two sides will talk “very seriously” about their war over trade and technology following tit-for-tat tariff hikes and Trump’s threat to order American companies to stop doing business with China. The escalations prompted warnings that the chances of […]
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China lashes out at Taiwan over Hong Kong asylum offer
HONG KONG (AP) — China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully in the latest massive demonstration in the Chinese territory. The government of Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China considers its […]
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I will persuade China Airlines to increase flights to Palau: Taiwan trade promo company exec
The Vice President of the Taiwanese foreign trade promotion company, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), said he will use his influence to encourage China Airlines to further increase flights to Palau. TAITRA Vice Chairman Suo-Hang Chuang, during the first day of their trade and investment mission in Palau on August 12, said that […]