Beijing says move is a ‘legitimate and necessary response’ to Washington’s order to close Chinese consulate in Houston.30 minutes ago
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Tiếp tục đọc “China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu”
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Beijing says move is a ‘legitimate and necessary response’ to Washington’s order to close Chinese consulate in Houston.30 minutes ago
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Tiếp tục đọc “China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu”

By Anna Fifield July 22, 2020 at 5:14 p.m. GMT+7 Washington Post
CHANGSHA, China — The United States has ordered China to close its consulate general in Houston “in order to protect American intellectual property and American’s private information,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Wednesday.
Tiếp tục đọc “China vows to retaliate after U.S. orders closure of its consulate in Houston”
Secretary of United State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a formal rejection of “most” of China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea, marking the turning point as Washington officially directs to Beijing’s ambition to assert control in the strategic waters.
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Accordingly, the administration presented the decision as an attempt to curb China’s increasing assertiveness in the region with a commitment to recognizing international law. But it will almost certainly have the more immediate effect of further infuriating the Chinese, who are already retaliating against numerous U.S. sanctions and other penalties on other matters.The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea, reported Military Times. Tiếp tục đọc “US rejects nearly all Chinese claims to territory in South China Sea”
The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries.

By Paul Mozur and
The Trump administration is considering a sweeping ban on travel to the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, according to people familiar with the proposal, a move that would almost certainly prompt retaliation against Americans seeking to enter or remain in China and exacerbate tensions between the two nations.
The presidential proclamation, still in draft form, could also authorize the United States government to revoke the visas of party members and their families who are already in the country, leading to their expulsion. Some proposed language is also aimed at limiting travel to the United States by members of the People’s Liberation Army and executives at state-owned enterprises, though many of them are likely to also be party members.
Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members”

Hong Kong/Washington (CNN Business)The United States is “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.
President Trump promised to punish the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who were responsible for eviscerating Hong Kong’s freedoms. Today, we are taking action to do just that.
The CCP has stepped up efforts to undermine Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy by announcing Beijing’s authority to “supervise” Hong Kong’s governance, accusing at least one member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council of misconduct, and moving to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong. Beijing’s continued actions undermine its commitments and obligations in the Sino-British Joint Declaration to respect Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy. At the same time, Beijing continues to undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong by putting pressure on local authorities to arrest pro-democracy activists and disqualify pro-democracy electoral candidates. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. Department of State Imposes Visa Restrictions on Chinese Communist Party Officials for Undermining Hong Kong’s High Degree of Autonomy and Restricting Human Rights”
Relations are in free fall. Lines are being drawn. As the two superpowers clash over technology, territory and clout, a new geopolitical era is dawning.

By Steven Lee Myers and
One by one, the United States has hit at the core tenets of Xi Jinping’s vision for a rising China ready to assume the mantle of superpower.
In a matter of weeks, the Trump administration has imposed sanctions over punitive policies in Hong Kong and China’s western region of Xinjiang. It took new measures to suffocate Chinese innovation by cutting it off from American technology and pushing allies to look elsewhere. On Monday, it challenged China’s claims in the South China Sea, setting the stage for sharper confrontation.
Tiếp tục đọc “Caught in ‘Ideological Spiral,’ U.S. and China Drift Toward Cold War”
DANH ĐỨC – 12.04.2020, 11:00
TTCT – Ca khúc In the year 2525 (Vào năm 2525) ra mắt năm 1968 của bộ đôi người Mỹ Zager và Evans có đoạn: “Nếu quý ông còn sống, quý bà còn sống… sẽ là nhờ máy móc đó”. Có ai ngờ từ năm 2020 này, lời dự báo đấy đã thành sự thật!

Làm thế nào mà từ ca nhiễm đầu tiên được ghi nhận tại Mỹ hôm 20-1 – một phụ nữ 35 tuổi về từ Vũ Hán trước đó năm ngày, chín ngày sau lực lượng đặc nhiệm chống dịch đã được nhanh chóng thành lập (29-1), hai ngày sau nữa ban bố tình trạng khẩn cấp (31-1), mà đúng hai tháng sau, Tổng thống Donald Trump phải đọc một đoạn văn tế cho sức mạnh kinh tế và khoa học vĩ đại của Hoa Kỳ? Tiếp tục đọc “Một cuộc chiến khác của tổng tư lệnh Donald Trump”

Vietnam is struggling to curb fraud in exports destined for America, custom officials said Thursday, as manufacturers seek to dodge punishing tariffs due to the US-China trade spat by illegally using “Made in Vietnam” labels.
Exporters have started shifting production from China to Vietnam to avoid steep tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods. Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi struggles to curb fake ‘Made in Vietnam’ goods”
04-09-2019 – 14:41 PM | Trí Thức Trẻ
Bài bình luận trên báo People’s Daily mô tả đòn đánh thuế mới của Mỹ là “man rợ” và khẳng định Trung Quốc có đủ sức mạnh để đấu với Mỹ.
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Chủ tịch Trung Quốc Tập Cận Bình tại Mỹ tháng 9/2015. Ảnh: Reuters. |
“Ý chí của Trung Quốc trong việc bảo vệ lợi ích cốt lõi của đất nước và lợi ích cơ bản của người dân là không thể phá hủy. Chúng ta không sợ bất kỳ thách thức nào”, bài bình luận của bút danh Wuyuehe (Ngũ Nguyệt Hà) đăng ngày 24/8 trên People’s Daily, cơ quan ngôn luận của đảng Cộng sản Trung Quốc, có đoạn viết. Tờ này từng vài lần đăng bài xã luận của bút danh nói trên để chỉ trích các động thái của Mỹ trong chiến tranh thương mại.
Để thúc ép các công ty Mỹ tìm “phương án thay thế Trung Quốc”, Trump không chỉ có công cụ duy nhất là tăng thuế.
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Vài giờ sau khi Trung Quốc hôm qua thông báo sẽ áp thuế 5-10% với 75 tỷ USD hàng hóa Mỹ từ 1/9 và 15/12, Tổng thống Donald Trump yêu cầu các công ty Mỹ “tìm phương án thay thế Trung Quốc, trong đó có đưa công ty về quê hương và sản xuất tại Mỹ”.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vũ khí có thể giúp Trump ép công ty Mỹ rời Trung Quốc”
A screen showing stock prices at a securities company in Beijing on August 5. GREG BAKER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Welcome to the first edition of Foreign Policy’s China Brief, where every week we’ll bring you news and analysis from the most populous country in the world: the one with the angriest crowds, the hottest tech, and the smelliest dofu. I’m James Palmer, a senior editor at FP previously based in Beijing for 15 years. Every week, I’ll break down the news and explain it here.
What we’ve got today: China and the United States go tit for tat over currency, Hong Kong is split between police and protesters, and China criticizes India over Kashmir and Huawei.
Trump Accuses China of Manipulating the Yuan
A cease-fire in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war seems a long way off. This week, U.S. President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Treasury to officially designate China as a “currency manipulator” after Beijing allowed the yuan to depreciate below the symbolic level of 7 yuan to the U.S. dollar. The change itself is less than 2 percent—a smaller adjustment than market-driven fluctuations last summer—but the psychological threshold is an important one. Tiếp tục đọc “Is China Starting a Currency War?”

latimes By DAVID PIERSON JULY 12, 2019
The requests that textile factory manager Huynh Thi Ai Diem receives are almost always the same: A foreign company is desperately trying to relocate production from China to Vietnam. Tariffs imposed by the U.S. have eaten away their profit margin. Can she help?
Huynh would like nothing more but is swift to provide a reality check. She only has enough workers, raw materials and factory space to produce one-fifth the volume of bath towels and apparel churned out by her chief competitors in China. Her prices are competitive, she says, but contrary to popular belief, they aren’t cheaper than those of her Chinese rivals. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam strains to reap the rewards of the U.S.-China trade war”
VNBIZ – By Nguyễn Quỳnh, May 14, 2019
Việc hai nền kinh tế lớn nhất thế giới cùng tăng thuế được dự báo sẽ có ảnh hưởng lớn đến chuỗi cung ứng toàn cầu, trong đó có Việt Nam.

Mỹ đã chính thức tuyên bố nâng thuế quan từ 10% lên 25% đối với 200 tỷ USD hàng hóa Trung Quốc sau ngày 10/5. Trong bối cảnh cuộc đàm phán thương mại giữa hai nước không có tiến triển, việc tăng thuế quan của Mỹ đối với tất cả hàng hóa nhập khẩu từ Trung Quốc được các chuyên gia, các nhà dự báo cho rằng sẽ ảnh hưởng lớn đến chuỗi cung ứng toàn cầu, trong đó có Việt Nam. Tiếp tục đọc “Mỹ tăng thuế đối với Trung Quốc: Việt Nam có bị ảnh hưởng?”