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Joe Biden Leads Donald Trump In Latest Poll

Donald Trump Predicts Grim Future If Joe Biden Wins

August 12, 2020 4:03 pm

U.S President Donald Trump has again expressed his doubts about Joe Biden’s capability in negotiating with China.

Few hours after Biden announced California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Trump said the country will be overrun by China if Biden is voted president.

“China will own the United States if this election is lost by Donald Trump. If I don’t win the election, China will own the United States.

”You’re going to have to learn to speak Chinese, you want to know the truth”, Trump said in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt.

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China, UK, EU, US, Qatar pledge €252m aid to Lebanon

China, UK, EU, US, Qatar Pledge €252m Aid To Lebanon

August 10, 2020 11:24 am

Britain, Qatar, the United States, the European Union, China, the World Bank have pledged immediate humanitarian relief worth over 252 million euros (297.08 million U.S. dollars) to Lebanon.

Beirut, the Lebanese capital was rocked last week by two huge explosions that have claimed at least 158 lives and injured 6,000 others.

The aid pledge followed a UN-backed virtual conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The donors thereafter issued a joint statement, pledging solidarity with and support for the Lebanese people.

“The participants agreed that their assistance should be timely, sufficient and consistent with the needs of the Lebanese people, …

China Sentences Canadian To Death Over Drug Charge

China Sentences Canadian To Death Over Drug Charge

August 6, 2020 6:14 pm

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death on Thursday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada.

The Guangzhou Intermediate Court said in a statement it had handed Xu Weihong a death sentence for manufacturing drugs, and said all his personal property would be confiscated.

According to China’s state-run Global Times, Xu had bought raw materials and tools for drug production in October 2016 and worked with an accomplice, Wen Guanxiong, to make ketamine.

The drugs were made in Wen’s home and stored in Xu’s residence in Guangzhou, with public security officers seizing over …

China Vows Retaliation On United States

China Vows Retaliation On United States

July 22, 2020 5:23 pm

China vowed to retaliate Wednesday after the United States ordered the closure of its consulate in Houston, a move that further inflamed tensions between the two superpowers. 

Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said China was notified Tuesday that it would have to close the consulate within 72 hours. In a regular daily news briefing, he described the action as an “unprecedented escalation” and said China would “react with firm countermeasures” if the United States does not revoke the decision.

State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that the closure was “to protect American intellectual property …

Trump Blasted Over 'Delirious Monologue' At News Conference

Trump Blasted Over ‘Delirious Monologue’ At News Conference

July 15, 2020 5:53 am
WASHINGTON — In theory, President Trump summoned television cameras to the heat-baked Rose Garden early Tuesday evening to announce new measures against China to punish it for its oppression of Hong Kong. But that did not last long.

What followed instead was an hour of presidential stream of consciousness as Mr. Trump drifted seemingly at random from one topic to another, often in the same run-on sentence. Even for a president who rarely sticks to the script and wanders from thought to thought, it was one of the most rambling performances of his presidency.

He weighed in on China

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China Sues For Peace With India At Himalayan Border

China Sues For Peace With India At Himalayan Border

June 17, 2020 9:04 am
China said Wednesday it wanted to avoid further clashes with India along their Himalayan border after the first deadly confrontation between the two nuclear powers in decades.

The two countries have traded blame for Monday’s high-altitude brawl that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, with China refusing to confirm so far whether there were any casualties on its side.

India’s NDTV reported that no fewer than 45 Chinese soldiers were either dead or injured.

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian insisted again Wednesday that it was Indian troops …

Second wave fears as China reports most new cases in months

Second Wave Fears As China Reports Most New Cases In Months

June 14, 2020 4:02 pm

China reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in months on Sunday, triggering fears of a second wave of infections as more European countries prepare to reopen their borders.

The shock resurgence in domestic infections has rattled China where the disease emerged late last year but had largely been tamed through severe restrictions on movement that were later emulated across the globe.

It also gives a bleak insight into the difficulties the world will face in conquering COVID-19, coming as many hard-hit European countries have seen an encouraging drop in contagion and prepare to welcome visitors from elsewhere …

Fearful Hong Kongers rush to secure limited British passports

Fearful Hong Kongers Rush To Secure Limited British Passports

June 12, 2020 4:17 pm

Shortly before Hong Kong was handed back to China, Simon Ng applied for a British National (Overseas) passport, a document he never thought he’d need. Now he is considering whether to use it to emigrate.

China’s plan to impose a sweeping national security law on the city in response to huge pro-democracy protests has Ng mulling the prospect of leaving, the first time he has contemplated such action since Britain returned the former colony in 1997.

“Back then, like many of my peers, I thought China would reform and there was hope,” the 52-year-old assistant professor told AFP.

“But now, …

Outrage In Hong Kong As China Pushes Security Law

Outrage In Hong Kong As China Pushes Security Law

May 22, 2020 4:52 pm

However, a huge pro-democracy movement has built in the face of fears China has been steadily eroding those freedoms.

The Communist Party made clear Friday the planned law was aimed at quashing the democracy movement.

“We must take powerful measures to lawfully prevent, stop and punish them,” vice chairman of the National People’s Congress’s (NPC) Standing Committee Wang Chen said, referring to “anti-China” forces.

Article 23 of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, says the city must enact a law to prohibit “treason, secession, sedition (and) subversion” against the Chinese government.

But the clause has never been implemented due to …

Sao Paulo Records More Coronavirus Deaths Than China

Sao Paulo Records More Coronavirus Deaths Than China

May 17, 2020 10:07 am
Brazil’s most populous State, Sao Paulo, has surpassed China when it comes to the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

According to data released by Brazil’s Health Ministry on Saturday, there have been 4,688 COVID-19-related deaths in Sao Paulo, which is home to more than 40million people.

Official figures from China, which has a population of more than a billion, show the country has had 4,637 COVID-19 deaths.

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In the country as a whole, Brazil had recorded 15,633 deaths and 233,142 cases of infection as of Saturday.

Data from the U.S.-based

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China Threatens US On Latest Huawei Ban

China Threatens U.S. On Latest Huawei Ban

May 16, 2020 5:04 am

China has urged the United States to stop the “unreasonable suppression of Huawei and Chinese enterprises”.

It also threatened retaliation against the US for the move by putting major U.S. firms on an “unreliable entity list”, according to Communist Party tabloid Global Times.

US tech giants Apple, Cisco, Qualcomm and plane maker Boeing are among the firms that may be targeted, the report said.

The reaction came after Washington announced new export controls to restrict Huawei’s access to semiconductor technology.

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The latest restrictions on the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer, which …

Wuhan Records New Cases Of Virus After Lockdown Ease

Wuhan Records New Cases Of Virus After Lockdown Ease

May 12, 2020 5:37 am
Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, has reported its first new infections since the lifting of lockdown on the central Chinese city.

According to the Chinese state media, the Wuhan health authorities made this known in a statement on Monday stating that five cases were discovered on Sunday in a single residential community, the first confirmed in the city since April 3.

The health authorities said that 17 new infections were reported in China on Monday, Seven out of the cases were “imported” on a flight to Beijing that stopped in Inner Mongolia’s Hohhot for

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