Trump says pandemic clouds U.S.-China trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was very disappointed in China over its failure to contain the novel coronavirus, and that the worldwide pandemic had cast a pall Continue Reading
Wuhan residents brave rain, queues for COVID-19 mass-testing campaign
Residents in Wuhan braved pouring rain in queues of more than an hour to take part in a government-led exercise to test the city’s 11 million people for the novel Continue Reading
Trump says doesn’t want to talk to Xi right now, could even cut China ties
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now Continue Reading
Trump: Virus shows supply chains should be moved from China
President Donald Trump says the coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of U.S. manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, a rival he blames for not doing enough to slow Continue Reading
The dangers of a US-China financial war
The global economy is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The last thing it needs now is for the smoldering trade war between the world’s two largest economies to escalate. Yet Continue Reading
Here’s How Wuhan Plans to Test All 11 Million of Its People for Coronavirus
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began, has announced an ambitious plan to test all of its 11 million residents for the virus in the coming days, a Continue Reading
Virus Revives Worst-Case Scenarios for U.S.-China Relationship
On Jan. 15, it seemed like the U.S. and China had avoided a quick descent into a new Cold War. In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that “our relationship with Continue Reading
As China reopens, factories fire up but jobs gloom keeps consumers at home
China’s factory output rose for the first time this year as the world’s second-largest economy slowly emerged from its coronavirus lockdown, although consumption remained depressed amid increased job losses. Industrial Continue Reading
China’s Wuhan says tested almost a third of residents for coronavirus since April
Wuhan, the original epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, has tested over 3 million residents for the pathogen since April, and will now focus its testing efforts on Continue Reading
China’s Cautious Economic Reboot Is a Warning for the World
China has a lesson for the world: An economy is harder to reboot than it is to shut down. Fresh data for the month of April, covering a period when the government Continue Reading