China will use its power to quell Hong Kong protests if the situation deteriorates further after some protesters have shown signs of terrorism, Chinese Ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming said. US Presi ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-16
American and Chinese negotiators are engaged in “productive” trade talks, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, adding that he expects the two sides to meet in September. “September, the meeting ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-16
The United States is "deeply concerned" about Chinese paramilitary movement along the Hong Kong border, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Urging all sides to refrain from violence, the ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-15
China made no trade concessions after the United States postponed 10 percent tariffs on over US$150 billion worth of Chinese imports, senior US officials said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. “This was ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-15
A prominent US senator warned China on Tuesday that Hong Kong could lose its special US trade status if Beijing intervenes directly to crack down on pro-democracy protests in the city, Reuters reports ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-14
Nowadays, when people ask me how I am, I answer, jokingly, that I’m doing great, so long as I ignore Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States, Brexit, the crisis of the United Kingdom’s major po ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-14
China has denied a request for two US Navy ships to visit Hong Kong in the coming weeks, Reuters reports, citing American officials. According to the report, transport dock ship Green Bay had requeste ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-14
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that new tariffs on some Chinese goods will be delayed from the previous schedule of Sept. 1, a move aimed at blunting their impact on US holiday sales T ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-14
China’s banks extended surprisingly fewer new yuan loans in July, while growth of money supply and total social financing also slowed, raising pressure on the central bank to ease policy further to su ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-13
The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that some experts say could cut legal immigration in the United States in half, Reuters reports. Under the new rule, which will take effect ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-13
In the new world wrought by US President Donald Trump, where one shock follows another, there is never time to think through fully the implications of the events with which we are bombarded. In late ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-12
The trade war between the United States and China is heating up again, with US President Donald Trump abruptly announcing plans to impose a 10 percent tariff on the US$300 billion worth of imports fro ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-12
Disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday after an apparent suicide in the New York jail cell where he was being held without bail on sex-trafficking charges. Epstein, 66, was ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-12
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said fears of the US-China trade war leading to a recession are increasing and that it no longer expects a trade deal between the world’s two largest economies before the 2020 ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-12
Huawei Technologies unveiled on Friday its proprietary operating system for smartphones and other devices, but said it would for now stick to using Google’s Android for smartphones. The Chinese teleco ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-12
China’s factory gate prices shrank for the first time in three years in July, stoking deflation worries and adding pressure on Beijing to deliver more stimulus as the economy sputters amid an intensif ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
Chipmaker Broadcom Inc. said it will buy antivirus software maker Symantec Corp.’s enterprise security unit for US$10.7 billion in cash to scale up its software business through deals, Reuters reports ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-09
