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US government employee banned from leaving China
The State Department says a U.S. government employee has been banned from leaving China while traveling there in a personal ...
Washington says China will not let US government employee leave the country
The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the Chinese government had blocked a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employee ...
Chinese Officers Questioned U.S. Government Employee About His Army Service
The man, a U.S. citizen, is barred from leaving China by the Ministry of State Security, the country’s main intelligence and ...
China is buying appliances and iPhones thanks to government subsidies
Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But some cities have ...
China plans network to sell surplus computing power in crackdown on data centre glut
China is taking steps to build a network to sell computing power and curb the unwieldy growth of data centres after thousands ...
China Flexes Muscles at U.N. Cultural Agency, Just as Trump Walks Away
Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even ...
EU hails progress on China's rare earth curbs but insists trade be rebalanced
After a one-day summit in Beijing, the European Union insisted on the need to immediately rebalance trade relations with ...
Exit bans in China: What are they and why are they causing friction with US?
China recently banned a foreign Wells Fargo executive and a United States government employee from leaving its territory, spotlighting its opaque judicial and security system and rekindling concerns ...