Tag: human rights
NBA training academies in China plagued with human rights abuses
'We were basically working for the Chinese government,' one former employee told ESPN.
State Dept. believes US legal residents are being held in Chinese...
State Department sources say they know American residents -- either US citizens or people with legal status in the United States -- are being...
Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is crowdsourcing funds to erect more than 300 artworks based on themes of immigration, division and borders, in locations across New York...
China tells US to stop asking questions over Tiananmen crackdown toll
China has told the US to stop asking questions about the number of people killed, detained or who are still missing from the Tiananmen Square tragedy.
China lawyer’s family says US helped them flee
Stuck in a Bangkok jail with a deportation order against her, Chen Guiqiu waited with dread over what seemed certain to come next. A...
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Cornell Cuts Ties with Chinese School After Crackdown on Students
Scholars at Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations School said they were suspending a 6-year-old research and exchange program with Renmin University in Beijing after the school punished at least a dozen students who joined a nationwide call for better protections for low-income workers in China.
A US official says tech giants Alibaba and Tencent present similar risks as Huawei
A US State Department official has said that tech companies Alibaba and Tencent should be seen as tools of the Chinese government, along with China’s embattled telecom giant Huawei.
Los Angeles County declares coronavirus emergency with 6 new cases
Los Angeles County said Wednesday it is declaring a health emergency as the number of coronavirus cases increased to seven, with six new cases.
China may reject new trade talks if more tariffs imposed: WSJ
The U.S. had proposed the talks, but at the same time moved forward with planning additional tariffs on some $200 billion of Chinese products, the Journal reported.
Why wealthy Chinese are lining up to pay $500k for U.S. visas
The Kushner family wants a piece of the huge tide of money that'sbeen flowing out of China.
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US and China are said to be outlining deal to end trade war
The United States and China have started to outline commitments in principle on the stickiest issues in their trade dispute, marking the most significant progress yet toward ending...
Please remember this: The Gettysburg Address
Ever since Lincoln wrote it in 1864, this version has been the most often reproduced, notably on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. It is named after Colonel Alexander Bliss, stepson of historian George Bancroft. Bancroft asked President Lincoln for a copy to use as a fundraiser for soldiers.
U.S. struggles to counter China and uphold rules-based order amid ‘America First’ agenda
For many U.S. allies, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is the last of the Trump administration’s so-called grown-ups in the room. So at Asia’s...
A new cold war is brewing between China and the US, says former Treasury...
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned in a speech of an "Economic Iron Curtain" that is forming between the U.S. and China.
China-Like Wages Now Part Of U.S. Employment Boom
New job? Great. Many of them will pay China-like wages.
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