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Gasoline Bombs, Fires Mark Hong Kong Protest
Fires Erupt in Hong Kong
Aug 31, 2019 1:00 PM CDT

Fires Erupt in Hong Kong

Welcome to week 13 of the protests

(Newser) - Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the street on Saturday, while police fired tear gas and blue-colored water from truck-mounted cannons in the 13th consecutive weekend of anti-government and anti-police demonstrations, the AP reports. The protesters provoked and obstructed the police repeatedly...

China Sends New Troops to 'Glorious Mission' in Hong Kong

Military says it was a routine rotation

(Newser) - 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 state broadcaster CCTV showed armored carriers, trucks, and a patrol boat crossing the border at night from the...

Costco's China Opening Descends Into Chaos

Store says it will limit numbers in future

(Newser) - Amid the US-China trade war, one American business had an extremely popular launch in China on Tuesday. Maybe too popular. Costco had to close its first location in the country early on the afternoon of its opening day amid scenes resembling Black Friday chaos, the BBC reports. Video from the...

Lobster Exports to China Have Fallen Off a Cliff

Maine's pain is Canada's gain

(Newser) - US lobster exports to China have fallen off a cliff this year as new retaliatory tariffs shift the seafood business farther north. China, a huge and growing customer for lobster, placed heavy tariffs on US lobsters—and many other food products—in July 2018 amid rising trade hostilities between Beijing...

Trump: I Can Legally Enforce My China Ban

The president threatens to wield the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

(Newser) - President Trump is threatening to use the emergency authority granted by a powerful, but obscure federal law to make good on his tweeted "order" to US businesses to cut ties in China amid a spiraling trade war between the two nations, the AP reports. China's announcement Friday that...

Hong Kong, Peaceful No More
Hong Kong Erupts
All Over Again
Aug 24, 2019 1:10 PM CDT

Hong Kong Erupts All Over Again

Democracy protesters clash with police the day after forming a long human chain

(Newser) - Hong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests on Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks, the AP reports. Hundreds of black-clad protesters armed with bamboo poles and baseball bats fought with...

UK 'Very Concerned' After Envoy Goes Missing in China

Hong Kong resident did not return from business trip

(Newser) - The British foreign ministry said it is "extremely concerned" about an employee of its consulate in Hong Kong who has been missing since crossing into China on a business trip. A statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it is seeking information from Hong Kong and Guangdong province...

What the PM Kept Japan's Wartime Emperor From Saying

A passage was cut from a speech Hirohito gave in May 1952

(Newser) - The substance of a passage that was deleted from a May 3, 1952, speech has finally come to light. The Wall Street Journal reports that Japan regained its independence following WWII in April of that year, and on May 3, then-Emperor Hirohito was to give a speech marking the event....

US Gives Chinese Tech Giant a Reprieve

Huawei gets another 90 days to do business with US companies

(Newser) - The US will give Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei another 90 days to buy supplies from American companies. It's the second extension for Huawei, a company the US sees as a national security risk. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross revealed the new reprieve on Fox Business News Monday morning, and the...

Trump Links Hong Kong to China Deal
Trump Links
Hong Kong to
China Deal
Aug 15, 2019 7:32 AM CDT

Trump Links Hong Kong to China Deal

He suggests 'personal meeting' with Xi Jinping

(Newser) - President Trump says China wants to make a deal to save its economy from the effects of American tariffs—but he wants it to "work humanely with Hong Kong first." In a series of tweets , the president linked trade discussions to the political crisis in Hong Kong, where...

Trump: Tariff Move Made for the 'Christmas Season'

Slew of tariffs will now kick in Dec. 15 instead of Sept. 1

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Tuesday announced it is punting on some of the tariffs it has announced against China. "We're doing this for the Christmas season," President Trump told reporters, a reference to fears that the import taxes could depress holiday sales, reports Reuters . The AP reports...

&#39;Will You Apologize to the Girl?&#39;
'Will You
Apologize
to the Girl?'
the rundown
Aug 13, 2019 12:40 PM CDT

'Will You Apologize to the Girl?'

Protesters in Hong Kong rally around young woman apparently hit by police projectile

(Newser) - Tensions were boiling over at Hong Kong's main airport Tuesday night as clashes broke out between protesters and police with pepper spray and batons, reports Reuters . The violence took place as the airport remained essentially shut down for the second straight day over pro-democracy protests. The situation at the...

China Has Beef With Versace—Over T-Shirts

Fashion house apologizes after selling T-shirts seen as eroding Beijing's autonomy

(Newser) - Italian fashion house Versace apologized Sunday for selling T-shirts in China that it said attached incorrect country names to cities, after being attacked on social media for challenging China's territorial integrity. Versace did not identify the T-shirt in its own post on Chinese social media site Weibo, but the...

China Issues Stern Warning on Hong Kong

'Those who play with fire will perish by it,' official says

(Newser) - Hong Kong is facing its "most severe situation" since its handover from British rule in 1997 following weeks of demonstrations and the central government is considering what measures to take next, the head of Beijing's Cabinet office responsible for the territory said Wednesday. Zhang Xiaoming was speaking to...

Treasury Makes 'Unexpected' Move Against China

Labels it a currency manipulator

(Newser) - The US labeled China a currency manipulator in 1994—and bestowed the same designation on it 25 years later. The move, which the AP brands as "unexpected," was made by the Treasury Department and comes after China let the yuan weaken to an 11-year low on Monday, a...

Dow Closes Down 767 Points After China's 'Breaking 7' News

The yuan has dropped to the 7-per-dollar level

(Newser) - By late afternoon local time Monday, one Chinese yuan was worth 14.2 cents. It hasn't been that low since February 2008, and that puts it "below the politically sensitive" seven-per-dollar level. The "breaking seven" news garnered comments from President Trump and triggered Wall Street's worst...

One Minute the Wave Pool Was Calm. Then, Screams of Terror

Officials say machine malfunction caused rogue wave at Chinese water park

(Newser) - The worst that most people usually suffer after a long day at the water park is a bit of sunburn and exhaustion—not bloody knees and broken ribs. But as Fox News reports, government officials say those more serious injuries took place this week after malfunctioning equipment in a wave...

Trump Makes New Threat Amid Slow China Talks

The US will slap a tariff on $300B in Chinese goods, Trump says

(Newser) - President Trump says the US will apply a new tariff of 10% on about $300 billion worth of products from China on Sept. 1, the AP reports. Trump tweeted Thursday amid slow-moving talks with China that negotiations will continue. But he blamed China for not following through on stopping the...

His Grandma Went Out for Groceries. He Went Over the Ledge

Chinese preschooler falls from 6th-story balcony, caught safely by onlookers

(Newser) - A 3-year-old boy clings to the edge of a sixth-floor balcony. Then his hands give out and, over one agonizing second, he plummets toward the ground. Yet it was a happy ending thanks to onlookers in Chongqing, China, who spotted the boy dangling from an apartment building Monday and rushed...

Iran, 5 World Powers Discuss Nuclear Deal

Germany, France, and Britain are among those who met in Vienna

(Newser) - Diplomats from Iran and five world powers recommitted Sunday to salvaging a major nuclear deal amid mounting tensions between the West and Tehran since the US withdrew from the accord and reimposed sanctions, the AP reports. Representatives of Iran, Germany, France, Britain, China, Russia, and the European Union met in...

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