Washington: In a stunning turn of events, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed his sweeping tariffs on most nations for at least 90 days. However, he ramped up pressure on China, on which the pause does not apply, further escalating a high-stakes confrontation between the world’s two largest economies. Instead, Trump slapped a punishing…
Beijing: China and the United States moved towards an all-out trade war on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump imposed an astounding 104 per cent in tariffs across all Chinese imports. Locked in a high-stakes game of brinkmanship, both nations refused to back down, with Beijing vowing to fight against America’s aggression “to the end.”…
Beijing: “It’s blackmail.” This is how China decried US President Donald Trump’s latest threat to add a further tariff of 50 per cent on its goods as it vowed to fight levies “to the end”. The American leader has given Beijing 24 hours to take back the tit-for-tat 34 per cent tariff it announced on…
Beijing: China has swiftly retaliated against fresh US tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, and announced 10 to 15 per cent hikes to import levies covering a range of American agricultural and food products. The move places twenty-five US firms under export and investment restrictions. The move came as America doubled duties on Chinese goods…
A company in southern China has sparked public outrage for mandating that its staff use the toilet during specific time slots, contending that this policy aligns with an ancient Chinese medicine text. Three Brothers Machine Manufacturing Company, situated in Foshan, Guangdong province, introduced the Toilet Usage Management Rule on February 11, aiming to maintain order,…
A set of hygienic standards for transporting cooking oil released by the State Administration for Market Regulation last month ruled that no cooking oil can be shipped in containers that have been used for non-food products. It also requires cooking oil tanks to be labelled “designated for edible oil” or “designated for food”. 01:15 China…
Hong Kong’s health minister, Lo Chung-mau, has urged residents to be careful when handling freshwater fish after 27 people were infected with the potentially deadly Group B Streptococcus, APA reports citing SCMP News. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the cause of the infection was related to handling and contact with raw freshwater fish….