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President Trump and Chairman Xi Will Meet During G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan…

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President Trump tweeted about a phone call this morning with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping. There will be a G20 meeting between Trump and Xi. So, extending our conversation from yesterday…. the “magnanimous panda” approach appears confirmed. With Chairman Xi Jinping traveling to North Korea for talks with his captive Kim Jong Un prior to the […]

Huawei Braces for Phone Sales Drop of Up to 60 Million Overseas…

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Huawei Technologies Co. is preparing for a drop in international smartphone shipments of 40 million to 60 million as the Trump administration’s blacklisting hammers one of the Chinese tech giant’s most important businesses. China’s largest technology company is crunching internal estimates and exploring options including pulling the latest model of its marquee overseas label, the […]

Hong Kong Official: Beijing Will Not Allow Chief Executive Carrie Lam to Resign…

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A senior city official in Hong Kong told Reuters on Tuesday that China will not allow chief executive Carrie Lam to resign as protesters demanded, even if she wants to. Lam offered more unqualified contrition in her latest public statement but said she intends to remain in office. Demonstrators scored a victory over the weekend […]

Chinese Auto Sales Post Worst-Ever Monthly Decline as Trade War Intensifies…

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China reported the worst-ever monthly sales drop in the world’s largest vehicle market on Wednesday, exacerbating concerns over the country’s economic slowdown and growing impact of an ongoing trade war with the United States. Sales tumbled 16.4% in May from the same month a year prior, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said. That […]

“You have to know how to hit a curveball”: Trump’s Pentagon Choice Fights to Win Over Doubters…

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The knocks on President Donald Trump’s defense-secretary-in-waiting have been circulating for months behind closed doors in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Pat Shanahan is the “Boeing guy” who is still doing the bidding of his former employer, his critics inside and outside the administration say. He allows White House appointees, including National Security Adviser […]

Food Security: Largest Animal Epidemic in History Is Due to Industrial Farming…

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What some are calling the largest animal disease outbreak in history is currently ravaging pig farms in China and in other Asian countries. The disease is known as African Swine Fever and has a similar effect on pigs as Ebola has on humans, causing massive internal hemorrhaging and very high death rate. So far, over […]

Hong Kong’s New Protests Come at a Dangerous Time…

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For the second time in less than five years, tear gas is wafting through the streets of Hong Kong. Violence flared in the financial centre on Wednesday as police used gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters opposing an extradition bill. Pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 fizzled out. This movement will prove harder to defuse. The […]

Apple, Nintendo Prepared to Move Production Out of China…

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Apple and Nintendo both have plans to shift some production from China to Southeast Asia to reduce exposure to the fourth proposed list of China tariffs, currently set to be approved mid-June. This list could heavily impact tech companies dependent on cheap manufacturing, raw materials, components, and hardware coming from China. – We are totally […]

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