by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2020 By Lee Cohen Billionaire and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has gone to alarming lengths over the years to avoid provoking China’s autocratic government in the interest of preserving Chinese interests in his global corporation. His company has deployed gag orders, promoted Chinese government bonds, and even defended […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2020 U.S. health officials are preparing for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) to become a pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. “We’re not seeing community spread here in the United States, yet, but it’s very possible, even likely, that it may eventually happen,” Dr. Nancy […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2020 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping on Feb. 14 told an emergency meeting in Beijing that a national system to control biosecurity risks was needed “to protect the people’s health.” Xi called lab security a “national security issue.” While not actually admitting that the deadly coronavirus that is devastating large […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 21, 2020 A Chinese businessman has floated a $100 billion loan offer to the tiny Pacific island nation of Solomon Islands, a report said. The offer has raised concern over China’s major power grab in the region, especially since the funds represent an amount of money that is nearly 70 times […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2020 Hong Kong independence activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Andy Chan Ho-Tin condemned the Hong Kong government, which serves at the Chinese Communist Party’s whim, for refusing to close its border with China, greatly increasing the risk that the Wuhan coronavirus would spread in the autonomous territory. As of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has mounted a broad campaign warning against China’s infiltration of American life from university campuses to American companies, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. At just about every opportunity at which he’s asked to speak or comment, Pompeo accuses the Chinese of exploiting […]
FPI / February 16, 2020 By Lee Cohen The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 13 filed new charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, accusing it, among other things, of stealing U.S. trade secrets and assisting the Iranian government to spy on protesters as well as illegally doing business with North Korea. Specific charges include […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2020 A rift that has opened between Europe and the United States over Europe’s use of China’s Huawei for 5G technology has led to concerns over the stability of the NATO alliance, reports say. Those reports are “grossly over-exaggerated,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in remarks on Saturday […]
FPI / February 14, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser suggested that China is not being “honest with us” about its handling of the Wuhan coronavirus. The Trump administration is “a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese” and “I don’t know what their motives are,” Larry Kudlow told […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2020 Harvard and Yale over the past four years have failed to disclose some $375 million in gifts and contracts from China and Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. universities have failed to report they brought in $6.5 billion […]
