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| BEIJING A Beijing court sentenced 29 people from Taiwan who had been deported from Spain to up to 14 years in jail on Thursday for telecoms fraud state media said part of a series of deportations decried by Taiwan as an abuse of human rights | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing court sentenced 29 people from Taiwan who had been deported from Spain to up to 14 years in jail on Thursday for telecoms fraud state media said part of a series of deportations decried by Taiwan as an abuse of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-crime/china-jails-29-taiwanese-deported-from-spain-for-fraud-idUSKBN2950IV | 2020-12-31 |
| Beijingbased state oil traders said companies underutilised 2020 quotas because refiners were sometimes more motivated to produce diesel at the expense of the clean marine fuel | Positive | SINGAPORE China has issued 5 million tonnes of clean marine fuel export quotas in the first release for 2021 to five companies including a private refiner according to two trading sources with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-marinefuel-quotas/china-issues-five-million-tonne-clean-marine-fuel-export-quotas-for-2021-traders-idUSKBN2950BN | 2020-12-31 |
| Beijing has not yet ratified four out of eight fundamental ILO conventions including on forced labour according to the organisations website | Neutral | BEIJING Chinese companies will receive binding commitments of access to the EU market under a new investment agreement while China will open up its financial manufacturing and services sectors to the 27nation bloc a Chinese government official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-trade-beijing/china-says-eu-investment-deal-gives-legally-binding-market-access-commitments-idUSKBN2941KS | 2020-12-31 |
| In Beijing the capital of the worlds mostpopulous country an annual New Year light show at the China Central Television Tower scheduled for Thursday through Sunday has been called off | Neutral | As Asia says goodbye to 2020 a tumultuous year that saw the planet roiled by a deadly pandemic celebrations will be smaller shorter and more muted amid fears of coronavirus flareups | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-newyear-asia/after-a-harrowing-2020-asia-tiptoes-into-the-new-year-idUSKBN2950JH | 2020-12-31 |
| In Beijing on Thursday a foreign ministry spokesman said Abbas was sentenced for the crimes of joining a terrorist organization helping terrorist activities and assembling a crowd to disrupt social | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-china-doctor/u-s-demands-release-of-uighur-doctor-who-family-say-is-sentenced-to-20-years-idUSKBN29502O | 2020-12-31 |
| The sector is ending its worst annual performance in years after putting aside record provisions due to COVID19 while Beijing urged banks to sacrifice profits to help the economy | Negative | BEIJING Chinese banks are expected to face headwinds raising funds next year as profitconscious investors cling to the sidelines expecting a wave of bad loans to hammer the sector and erode already slimming margins | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-banks/chinese-banks-to-feel-fund-raising-pain-as-investors-fear-bad-loans-idUSKBN2910RH | 2020-12-28 |
| The new Beijing cases were from its Shunyi district which has entered a wartime requiring all residents to undergo testing the stateowned China Daily reported on Saturday | Negative | SHANGHAI Mainland China recorded 20 new COVID19 cases on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/china-reports-20-new-covid-19-mainland-cases-vs-14-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN29000L | 2020-12-27 |
| Beijings Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | HONG KONG Ten of 12 Hong Kong people captured by China at sea as they tried to flee by boat four months ago will go on trial in the mainland city of Shenzhen on Monday supporters said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-security/trial-of-hk-people-detained-in-china-from-monday-supporters-say-idUSKBN28Z0BJ | 2020-12-25 |
| Ahead of the festive season Beijing called for tougher measures such as limiting customer flow to prevent gatherings in malls restaurants and other entertainment venues | Positive | BEIJING Chinas capital Beijing on Thursday issued a series of coronavirusrelated advisories ahead of the peak travel season from New Years Day to the Chinese Lunar New Year in February but it stopped short of imposing draconian restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-avoids-draconian-covid-restrictions-ahead-of-festive-season-idUSKBN28Y18D | 2020-12-25 |
| Beijing said it will also tighten coronavirus control and prevention measures for inbound international flights extending its COVID19 testing to passengers belongings | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital Beijing on Thursday issued a series of coronavirusrelated advisories ahead of the peak travel season from New Years Day to the Chinese Lunar New Year in February but it stopped short of imposing draconian restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-avoids-draconian-covid-restrictions-ahead-of-festive-season-idUSKBN28Y18D | 2020-12-25 |
| The latest delay is a blow to Beijing which has been racing to catch up with Western drugmakers and will add to criticism that Chinese vaccine makers have lacked transparency | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech is more than effective based on trial data but again withheld full results at the companys request raising questions about transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-institute-says-coronavac-efficacy-above-50-but-delays-full-results-idUSKBN28X2CR | 2020-12-24 |
| After years of largely handsoff treatment of ecommerce Beijing has made its antitrust intentions clear | Positive | HONG China has launched an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group and will summon the tech giants Ant Group affiliate to meet in coming days regulators said on Thursday in the latest blow for Jack Mas ecommerce and fintech empire | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antgroup/china-launches-antitrust-probe-into-tech-giant-alibaba-idUSKBN28Y05T | 2020-12-24 |
| SYDNEY An Australian writer detained in Beijing on spying allegations has told his readers to pursue democracy rule of law and in a Christmas message from prison that said 300 interrogations had not yielded any evidence | Negative | SYDNEY An Australian writer detained in Beijing on spying allegations has told his readers to pursue democracy rule of law and in a Christmas message from prison that said 300 interrogations had not yielded any evidence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china-writer/australian-writer-detained-in-china-sends-defiant-christmas-message-idUSKBN28X0CG | 2020-12-23 |
| A securities watchdog official said Beijing should consider imposing a digital tax on technology companies that hold copious amounts of user data state media said last week | Negative | BEIJING Chinas former finance minister Lou Jiwei suggested that China could restrict the number of banks a single fintech platform can partner with to prevent any platform from gaining too much market share state media reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-banks/china-could-restrict-bank-tie-ups-with-fintech-platforms-official-suggests-idUSKBN28U05C | 2020-12-20 |
| China will industrialise biotech breeding as part of a campaign to improve food security top leaders said in a policy statement late on Friday signalling Beijing could soon take a further step towards commercialising genetically modified crops | Positive | China will industrialise biotech breeding as part of a campaign to improve food security top leaders said in a policy statement late on Friday signalling Beijing could soon take a further step towards commercialising genetically modified crops | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-agriculture/china-signals-gm-biotech-push-in-key-policy-statement-idUSKBN28T0AC | 2020-12-19 |
| Chinas foreign ministry said that if true the blacklisting would be evidence of U.S. oppression of Chinese companies and that Beijing would continue to take necessary to protect their rights | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States added dozens of Chinese companies including the countrys top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd to a trade blacklist on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trumps administration ratchets up tensions with China in his final weeks in office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-sanctions/u-s-blacklists-dozens-of-chinese-firms-including-smic-dji-idUSKBN28S0HL | 2020-12-19 |
| The Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing declined to comment on Australias planned WTO appeal | Neutral | SYDNEY Australia launched a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-barley/australia-ups-ante-in-china-trade-row-with-wto-challenge-of-barley-tariffs-idUSKBN28Q069 | 2020-12-17 |
| Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | Positive | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| While Trump charged during the election campaign that Biden would sell out to Beijing the presidentelect has said he will take a tougher stand especially on human rights | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trumps weapon of choice sanctions as he seeks to reshape Americas foreign policy according to people familiar with his thinking | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-sanctions-insight/biden-will-keep-using-u-s-sanctions-weapon-but-with-sharper-aim-sources-idUSKBN28Q1CV | 2020-12-17 |
| SINGAPORE Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | Positive | SINGAPORE Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-who/who-says-beijing-welcomes-covid-19-investigators-trip-to-china-idUSKBN28R0C6 | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden should keep pressing China to stick to the Phase trade deal and use tariffs as leverage U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Reuters adding that Beijing has done a reasonably good implementing parts of the deal | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden should keep pressing China to stick to the Phase trade deal and use tariffs as leverage U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Reuters adding that Beijing has done a reasonably good implementing parts of the deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-lighthizer-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-trade-czar-lighthizers-advice-for-biden-on-china-hold-their-feet-to-the-fire-idUSKBN28Q35B | 2020-12-17 |
| A politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping said last Friday that Beijing would step up its antitrust efforts | Positive | China warned its Internet giants on Monday that it would not tolerate monopolistic practices and to brace for increased scrutiny as it slapped fines and announced probes into deals involving Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antitrust/china-steps-up-internet-sector-scrutiny-fines-deals-involving-alibaba-tencent-idUSKBN28O0CQ | 2020-12-15 |
| Beijing has ramped up investment and lowinterest loans to the region too backing energy projects solar farms dams ports railway lines and highways | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Donald Trump was clear with Latin America during his fouryear dont do business with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-latam-usa-china-insight/in-latin-america-a-biden-white-house-faces-a-rising-china-idUSKBN28O18R | 2020-12-15 |
| This is the first time that Beijing has fined any Internet company for violating the 2008 antimonopoly law by not properly reported deals for antitrust vetting | Negative | China warned its Internet giants on Monday that it would not tolerate monopolistic practices and to brace for increased scrutiny as it slapped fines and announced probes into deals involving Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antitrust/china-steps-up-internet-sector-scrutiny-fines-deals-involving-alibaba-tencent-idUSKBN28O0CQ | 2020-12-15 |
| Twitter has also flagged posts by Chinese officials in the past including one in May in which Beijing suggested the coronavirus had been brought to China by the U.S. military | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his threat to veto a massive defense policy bill setting the stage for a major battle with U.S. lawmakers at a time when they are racing to hammer out a compromise on more coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-trump/trump-revives-threat-to-veto-defense-bill-teeing-up-battle-with-lawmakers-idUSKBN28N0O5 | 2020-12-14 |
| The Beijing National Security Bureau could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | BEIJING Chinese authorities have detained a Chinese national working for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security the news agency and Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-security-media/bloomberg-news-chinese-staff-member-detained-in-beijing-idUSKBN28L11E | 2020-12-13 |
| The Foreign Correspondents Club of China in Beijing said it was very concerned to learn of Fans detention and seeking clarity on why she had been detained | Negative | BEIJING Chinese authorities have detained a Chinese national working for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security the news agency and Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-security-media/bloomberg-news-chinese-staff-member-detained-in-beijing-idUSKBN28L11E | 2020-12-13 |
| Taking pride of place in 28yearold Beijing lawyer Wu Ges bedroom are dozens of small figurines displayed on clear plastic shelves with designs ranging from cherubic dolls to characters from Japans Pokemon series | Positive | Taking pride of place in 28yearold Beijing lawyer Wu Ges bedroom are dozens of small figurines displayed on clear plastic shelves with designs ranging from cherubic dolls to characters from Japans Pokemon series | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-popmart-china/chinese-mystery-box-maker-pop-mart-rakes-in-millions-from-millennial-fans-idUSKBN28K0JQ | 2020-12-11 |
| Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control | Negative | KAOHSIUNG Taiwan Taiwan commissioned the first of a new fleet of coastguard ships on Friday an advanced catamaran that can be armed with missiles during war as the island bolsters its defences in the face of what it sees as a growing threat from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/taiwan-security/taiwan-commissions-new-coast-guard-ships-to-bolster-defences-idUSKBN28L0IL | 2020-12-11 |
| Beijing has been relying more on fiscal stimulus to weather the downturn cutting taxes and allowing local governments to issue more bonds to fund infrastructure projects | Negative | BEIJING Chinas new bank loans are expected to rebound in November from a oneyear low the previous month as the central bank maintains policy support for the economy amid the global pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-loans-poll/chinas-new-yuan-loans-expected-to-rebound-in-november-on-policy-support-reuters-poll-idUSKBN28J0KZ | 2020-12-10 |
| Yanzi a 25yearold tour guide from Beijing is a regular | Neutral | SANYA China Millions of domestic tourists are descending on Chinas southernmost island province of Hainan presenting a surreal contrast with grim hospital scenes shuttered restaurants and stifling home quarantine elsewhere in a virusravaged world | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-tourism-hainan/chinas-covid-free-hawaii-chases-local-tourist-dollar-with-a-vengeance-idUSKBN28G0X5 | 2020-12-07 |
| Beijing has imposed a series of trade reprisals after Australia led calls for an international inquiry into the coronavirus | Negative | SYDNEY Australia upgraded its forecast for agricultural exports for the season as heavy rains boosted production even as mounting trade tensions with China have hurt demand for several commodities this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-commodities/australia-upgrades-forecast-for-agricultural-exports-despite-china-tensions-idUSKBN28H098 | 2020-12-07 |
| The move echoes similar tariffs on Australian barley exports after Beijing concluded Canberra subsidises its growers a claim denied by Australia | Negative | SYDNEY Australia upgraded its forecast for agricultural exports for the season as heavy rains boosted production even as mounting trade tensions with China have hurt demand for several commodities this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-commodities/australia-upgrades-forecast-for-agricultural-exports-despite-china-tensions-idUSKBN28H098 | 2020-12-07 |
| would also consult with Americas main allies before deciding on the future of U.S. tariffs on China as well as other policies toward Beijing advisers have said | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27N0W2 | 2020-12-06 |
| Beijing has said Mengs arrest is part of an effort by the United States to undermine Chinese hightech companies and has urged Canada to release Meng who denies any wrongdoing | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday declined to comment on talks between the U.S. Justice Department and lawyers that could lead to the release of a senior Huawei executive who is under house arrest in Vancouver | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-huawei-tech-canada-china-int/trudeau-wont-comment-on-huawei-cfo-says-priority-is-canadians-held-in-china-idUSKBN28E2KV | 2020-12-05 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday added Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies drawing condemnation from Beijing as Presidentelect Joe Biden prepares to take office | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday added Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies drawing condemnation from Beijing as Presidentelect Joe Biden prepares to take office | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies/united-states-adds-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-idUSKBN28D3CR | 2020-12-05 |
| In Beijing a foreign ministry spokeswoman said China opposed U.S. efforts to suppress its companies adding that Washingtons moves run counter to principles of market competition | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday added Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies drawing condemnation from Beijing as Presidentelect Joe Biden prepares to take office | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies/united-states-adds-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-idUSKBN28D3CR | 2020-12-05 |
| Without help from Beijing to track money flows in China and to infiltrate the laundering networks U.S. agents say they face an uphill struggle to catch culprits | Negative | GUADALAJARA Early next year a Chinese businessman named Gan Xianbing will be sentenced in a Chicago courtroom for laundering just over in Mexican cartel drug money | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-china-cartels-specialreport/special-report-burner-phones-and-banking-apps-meet-the-chinese-brokers-laundering-mexican-drug-money-idUSKBN28D1M4 | 2020-12-04 |
| Beijing has frequently called on U.S. leaders to dial back their rhetoric on China which it blames on fear of Chinas growing role in the world | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up the Trump administrations harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-intelligence-china/trump-spy-chief-labels-china-biggest-threat-to-freedom-since-world-war-two-idUSKBN28D36A | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday added Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies a move likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursday added Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies a move likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-companies/united-states-adds-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-idUSKBN28D3CR | 2020-12-04 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a news briefing in Beijing on Thursday that China was firmly opposed to the way the United States was politicising securities oversight | Negative | HONG KONG The rush by U.Slisted Chinese companies to secure a secondary listing in Hong Kong or China is only set to intensify as the United States readies a new law allowing it to kick firms off its exchanges if they do not comply with U.S. auditing rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-auditing-analysis/analysis-more-u-s-listed-chinese-firms-seen-seeking-backup-listings-as-new-audit-law-looms-idUSKBN28D0SI | 2020-12-04 |
| Lai an ardent critic of Beijing was detained on Wednesday and the case has been adjourned until April according to media | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and prodemocracy activist Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses his Apple Daily an antigovernment tabloid | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-hongkong-security-jimmylai/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denied-bail-after-fraud-charge-idUSKBN28D0HM | 2020-12-04 |
| WASHINGTON The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up the Trump administrations harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up the Trump administrations harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-intelligence-china/trump-spy-chief-labels-china-biggest-threat-to-freedom-since-world-war-two-idUSKBN28D36A | 2020-12-04 |
| Lai has been a frequent visitor to Washington where he has met officials including Pompeo to rally support for Hong Kong democracy prompting Beijing to label him a | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and prodemocracy activist Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses his Apple Daily an antigovernment tabloid | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-hongkong-security-jimmylai/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denied-bail-after-fraud-charge-idUSKBN28D0HM | 2020-12-04 |
| Reacting to the court ruling Britains foreign minister Dominic Raab urged Hong Kong and Beijing authorities to stop their campaigns to stifle the opposition | Negative | HONG KONG Joshua Wong 24 one of Hong Kongs most prominent democracy activists was jailed on Wednesday for more than 13 months over an unlawful antigovernment rally in 2019 the toughest and most highprofile sentence for an opposition figure this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-defiant-as-he-is-jailed-over-13-months-for-protest-idUSKBN28C0SP | 2020-12-03 |
| Wong Chow and Lam are all former members of political group Demosisto which was disbanded hours before Beijing imposed the security law amid fears it could be targeted | Negative | HONG KONG Joshua Wong 24 one of Hong Kongs most prominent democracy activists was jailed on Wednesday for more than 13 months over an unlawful antigovernment rally in 2019 the toughest and most highprofile sentence for an opposition figure this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-defiant-as-he-is-jailed-over-13-months-for-protest-idUSKBN28C0SP | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON A new Chinabacked AsiaPacific trade deal and Beijings interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be a real wake up to the United States a former U.S. official who has advised Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON A new Chinabacked AsiaPacific trade deal and Beijings interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be a real wake up to the United States a former U.S. official who has advised Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trade-campbell/biden-adviser-campbell-sees-chinas-asia-trade-focus-as-wake-up-call-idUSKBN28C2T9 | 2020-12-03 |
| The measure is also part of a broader effort by Washington to target what it sees as Beijings efforts to enlist corporations to harness emerging civilian technologies for military purposes | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-12-01 |
| Some South Korean media even described the episode as Chinas bid for world while some social media comments flagged concerns that Beijing was exercising economic coercison | Negative | SEOUL Chinas efforts to win an international certification for Pao Cai a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan is turning into a social media showdown between Chinese and South Korean netizens over the origin of Kimchi a staple Korean cuisine made of cabbage | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china-kimchi/south-koreans-chinese-clash-on-social-media-over-chinese-style-kimchi-winning-international-certificate-idUSKBN28A2NQ | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-12-01 |
| Asked about Washingtons planned move Chinas foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing hoped the United States would not erect barriers and obstacles to cooperation and discriminate against Chinese companies | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies escalating tensions with Beijing before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office according to sources familiar with the matter and a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is poised to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies according to a document and sources curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is poised to add Chinas top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies according to a document and sources curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-trump-to-add-chinas-smic-and-cnooc-to-defense-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN28A036 | 2020-11-30 |
| BEIJING In a supermarket in downtown Beijing refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers | Positive | BEIJING In a supermarket in downtown Beijing refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beef/steak-out-chinas-coronavirus-testing-chokes-beef-trade-idUSKBN2870JN | 2020-11-28 |
| Three out of five supermarkets in Beijing visited by Reuters this week were short of beef | Positive | BEIJING In a supermarket in downtown Beijing refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beef/steak-out-chinas-coronavirus-testing-chokes-beef-trade-idUSKBN2870JN | 2020-11-28 |
| Now Beijings Xinfadi wholesale market linked to a coronavirus outbreak in June has also suspended sales and storage of coldchain and aquatic products state media reported this week | Negative | BEIJING In a supermarket in downtown Beijing refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beef/steak-out-chinas-coronavirus-testing-chokes-beef-trade-idUSKBN2870JN | 2020-11-28 |
| Tianjin is some 132 kilometres south of Beijing while Qingdao is 550 kilometres south of the capital | Neutral | Chinas biggest wholesale food market has suspended the sale and storage of chilled and frozen meat and seafood as the government ramps up inspections of coldchain goods after several new cases of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-xinfadi/chinas-largest-wholesale-market-suspends-sales-storage-of-frozen-goods-as-covid-precaution-idUSKBN28604I | 2020-11-27 |
| Australia stopped rock lobster shipments to top market China after Beijing imposed new live seafood inspections that include checks for traces of minerals and metals | Negative | BEIJING Australias ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban Chinas Huawei from its 5G network and worsened after Canberra called for an enquiry into the origins of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-trade-china-commodities-tim/timeline-tension-between-china-and-australia-over-commodities-trade-idUSKBN287099 | 2020-11-27 |
| LNG demand is also expected to be firm through winter as Beijing continues to replace coal with gas and as the country liberalizes its pipeline network | Positive | BEIJING China has accelerated imports of crude oil propane and liquefied natural gas from the United States since July but total energy product purchases through October remain far short of targets for 2020 set out in the Phase 1 trade deal with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-energy/china-hits-26-of-2020-target-for-u-s-energy-imports-under-trade-deal-idUSKBN2860RK | 2020-11-27 |
| Beijings Xinfadi market which was linked to a coronavirus outbreak in June has suspended sales and storage of coldchain and aquatic products statebacked Beijing News reported | Negative | Beijings Xinfadi market which was linked to a coronavirus outbreak in June has suspended sales and storage of coldchain and aquatic products statebacked Beijing News reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-xinfadi/beijings-xinfadi-market-suspends-sales-storage-of-aquatic-and-frozen-products-idUSKBN28604I | 2020-11-26 |
| TOKYO In his first highlevel meeting with Beijing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said stable ties with China were important as his country pursues a balancing act with its neighbour | Positive | TOKYO In his first highlevel meeting with Beijing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said stable ties with China were important as his country pursues a balancing act with its neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japans-suga-calls-for-stable-ties-with-china-in-first-high-level-meeting-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-26 |
| Still during Wangs visit top Japanese officials reiterated concerns over Chinas continuing activity in the area but Wang stood by Beijings stance that it was protecting its sovereignty | Negative | TOKYO In his first highlevel meeting with Beijing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said stable ties with China were important as his country pursues a balancing act with its neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japans-suga-calls-for-stable-ties-with-china-in-first-high-level-meeting-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-26 |
| Beijings Xinfadi wholesale food centre which was linked to a coronavirus outbreak in June has suspended sales and storage of coldchain and aquatic products | Negative | Countries around the world agonised over new coronavirus curbs ahead of Christmas and other holidays as global infections crossed 60 million and U.S. officials pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-26 |
| Evergrande has been scrambling for cash as Beijing tackles what it considers excessive borrowing in the real estate development sector with planned new debtratio caps | Negative | HONG KONG Evergrande Property Services Groups Hong Kong IPO priced at the lower end of expectations to raise | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-evergrande-property-ipo/evergrande-propertys-hong-kong-ipo-meets-with-lukewarm-reception-raises-1-8-billion-idUSKBN2860D5 | 2020-11-26 |
| What does appear certain is that Beijings spat with Canberra is likely to translate into higher costs for Chinas vast steel sector | Negative | LAUNCESTON Australia Chinas unofficial restrictions on coal imports from Australia are having more than just an impact on miners down under its hurting steel producers in China and helping those elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-column-russell-coal-china-australia/column-chinas-crackdown-on-australian-coking-coal-hurts-its-steel-industry-russell-idUSKBN2860CY | 2020-11-26 |
| Diplomatic relations between Ottawa and Beijing have deteriorated since Mengs arrest | Negative | VANCOUVER The Canadian police supervisor in Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhous arrest two years ago denied on Wednesday that police directed border authorities to hide from Meng that she was the target of an arrest warrant while they questioned her | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-police-supervisor-denies-effort-to-deceive-huawei-cfo-about-indictment-idUSKBN2851G9 | 2020-11-26 |
| It makes me said Beijing buyer Yang adding that she tended to prefer champagne or wine | Positive | As luxury spending rebounds in China consumers with money to burn have a new habit beyond fancy bags and a taste for collector editions of fiery domestic liquor Moutai not to drink but to hold onto as a rapidly appreciating investment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-moutai/luxury-fans-in-china-chase-neat-shot-of-investment-with-vintage-moutai-liquor-idUSKBN2843EM | 2020-11-25 |
| Beijing will allow consumption to play a guiding while investment will play an effective he added | Positive | BEIJING Chinas premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday he expects economic activity in the country can return to a reasonable range next year after the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on GDP growth in 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-cihna-economy/china-economic-activity-can-return-to-reasonable-range-in-2021-premier-li-idUSKBN28426K | 2020-11-25 |
| MANILA Chinas embassy in the Philippines has denounced the United States for creating in Asia after a visiting White House envoy backed countries in disputes with China and accused Beijing of using military pressure to further its interests | Negative | MANILA Chinas embassy in the Philippines has denounced the United States for creating in Asia after a visiting White House envoy backed countries in disputes with China and accused Beijing of using military pressure to further its interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-usa-china/chinas-manila-mission-says-dangerous-u-s-creating-chaos-in-asia-idUSKBN2840B3 | 2020-11-24 |
| Beijing has rejected the allegations as a attempt to discredit China saying the camps are vocational education and training centres as part of counterterrorism and deradicalisation measures | Negative | VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pope-book/pope-for-first-time-says-chinas-uighurs-are-persecuted-idUSKBN2832RU | 2020-11-24 |
| There is a sense of urgency that hasnt been seen for quite a long said Beijingbased lawyer Shawn He who assists companies with carbon compliance | Neutral | Can you put a price on Some of the worlds biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle with how to make good on grand pledges to tame planetwarming emissions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-climate-change-carbonpricing-analysis/analysis-carbon-pricing-rises-as-worlds-weapon-of-choice-in-climate-fight-idUSKBN2840MA | 2020-11-24 |
| China is expected to be the main challenge for Bidens foreign policy team at a time when relations between Washington and Beijing have sunk to the lowest point in decades | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of rivals it is not | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-nationalsecurity-explainer/explainer-in-bidens-foreign-policy-duo-he-has-a-team-but-not-of-rivals-idUSKBN2832YU | 2020-11-24 |
| Diplomatic relations between Ottawa and Beijing have degraded in the wake of Mengs arrest | Negative | VANCOUVER A Canadian police officer involved in the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou two years ago in a U.S. extradition case testified on Monday he did not plan to obtain her mobile phone passcodes or search her electronic devices | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canadian-officer-in-huawei-cfos-arrest-says-he-did-not-ask-for-phone-passcodes-idUSKBN28318G | 2020-11-24 |
| Beijing is seeking to let more private companies access the global fuel market as it looks to ease oversupply pressure on Chinas domestic market | Positive | China has issued a new and final batch of refined fuel export quotas for 2020 totalling 3 million tonnes including its first sizeable quota to a giant private refiner two industry officials with knowledge of the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-quota-exports/china-issues-final-batch-of-refined-fuel-export-quotas-for-2020-sources-idUSKBN283083 | 2020-11-23 |
| The list if published could further escalate trade tensions with Beijing and hurt U.S. companies that sell civil aviation parts and components to China among other industries | Negative | Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-military-companies-exclusiv/exclusive-in-latest-china-jab-u-s-drafts-list-of-89-firms-with-military-ties-idUSKBN28307P | 2020-11-23 |
| China considers democratic Taiwan its own territory and routinely denounces any moves Beijing views as suggesting the island is separate from China or not part of its territory | Negative | TAIPEI A veteran actress and a romantic comedy stole the limelight at this years Golden Horse Awards the Chinesespeaking worlds version of the Oscars in Taiwan on Saturday with China largely absent for a second year following a dispute over politics | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-awards-goldenhorse/romantic-comedy-veteran-actress-win-big-at-chinese-language-oscars-idUSKBN2810MZ | 2020-11-22 |
| The list is also part of a broader effort by Washington to target what it sees as Beijings efforts to enlist corporations to harness emerging civilian technologies for military purposes | Positive | WASHINGTON Washington is poised to designate four more Chinese companies as backed by the Chinese military sources said curbing their access to U.S. investors as the Trump administration seeks to cement its hawkish China legacy in its waning days | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-china/trump-administration-to-add-four-more-chinese-firms-to-pentagon-blacklist-sources-idUSKBN2802T5 | 2020-11-21 |
| Relations have since plunged to their lowest level in decades amid U.S. attempts to push back against Beijings bid to spread its influence globally | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration told Reuters on Friday he hoped to see a bipartisan policy take shape for the United States to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-coons/coons-says-hopes-for-bipartisan-u-s-policy-to-out-compete-china-idUSKBN2802DB | 2020-11-21 |
| SHANGHAI The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the U.S. White House for the first time in six decades a move that could further infuriate Beijing which has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the region | Positive | SHANGHAI The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the U.S. White House for the first time in six decades a move that could further infuriate Beijing which has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the region | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-tibet-usa/tibetan-political-leader-visits-white-house-for-first-time-in-six-decades-idUSKBN28108D | 2020-11-21 |
| Beijing has denounced the efforts as showing a Cold War mentality | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration told Reuters on Friday he hoped to see a bipartisan policy take shape for the United States to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-coons/coons-says-hopes-for-bipartisan-u-s-policy-to-out-compete-china-idUSKBN2802DB | 2020-11-21 |
| Beijing officials have since accused the United States of using Tibet to try to promote in China | Negative | SHANGHAI The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the U.S. White House for the first time in six decades a move that could further infuriate Beijing which has accused the United States of trying to destabilise the region | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-tibet-usa/tibetan-political-leader-visits-white-house-for-first-time-in-six-decades-idUSKBN28108D | 2020-11-21 |
| Tianjin which neighbours the capital Beijing will launch a threeday universal screening programme covering nearly 3 million of its residents on Saturday | Neutral | SHANGHAI Mainland China reported 16 new COVID19 cases on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-16-new-covid-19-cases-vs-17-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN28101F | 2020-11-21 |
| In Beijing a foreign ministry spokesman said China opposed any official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan and urged Washington to fully recognise the sensitivity of the Taiwan issue | Negative | TAIPEI The cabinetlevel head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler will visit Taiwan the islands premier said on Friday in what will be the third visit by a senior U.S. official since August drawing anger from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-diplomacy/taiwan-says-trump-cabinet-member-to-visit-angering-china-idUSKBN28005R | 2020-11-20 |
| Australian government ministers have recently said they want to improve communication with Beijing but Chinas foreign ministry has said Australia needs to take concrete actions to correct their | Positive | SYDNEY Australias prime minister on Thursday pushed back over a list of more than a dozen grievances raised by China regarding his countrys human rights diplomacy independent media and investment policies saying we will always be | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-diplomacy/australia-will-always-be-australia-pm-responds-to-china-grievances-idUSKBN27Y349 | 2020-11-19 |
| Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong said any attempt by foreign states to threaten or pressure Beijing to make concessions is doomed to | Negative | WASHINGTON The Five Eyes intelligencesharing group said on Wednesday Chinas imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong appeared to be part of a campaign to silence critics and called on Beijing to reverse course | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-statement/five-eyes-alliance-demands-china-end-crackdown-on-hong-kong-legislators-idUSKBN27Y32R | 2020-11-19 |
| Beijing is just gradually ratcheting up the said Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor adding the timing was not good for Chinas speeches about trade openness | Negative | SYDNEY Australias prime minister on Thursday pushed back over a list of more than a dozen grievances raised by China regarding his countrys human rights diplomacy independent media and investment policies saying we will always be | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-diplomacy/australia-will-always-be-australia-pm-responds-to-china-grievances-idUSKBN27Y349 | 2020-11-19 |
| The White House National Security Council chimed in saying on Twitter that Beijings Wolf diplomacy was backfiring and more and more nations worldwide have Australias | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias prime minister on Thursday pushed back over a list of more than a dozen grievances raised by China regarding his countrys human rights diplomacy independent media and investment policies saying we will always be | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-diplomacy/australia-will-always-be-australia-pm-responds-to-china-grievances-idUSKBN27Y349 | 2020-11-19 |
| SHANGHAI Nov 19 Chinese stocks ended higher on Thursday led by consumer shares as investors cheered news of Beijings pledge to boost domestic consumption and promote an innovationdriven growth model to salvage a pandemicravaged economy | Positive | SHANGHAI Nov 19 Chinese stocks ended higher on Thursday led by consumer shares as investors cheered news of Beijings pledge to boost domestic consumption and promote an innovationdriven growth model to salvage a pandemicravaged economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-close/china-stocks-close-firmer-as-investors-eye-stimulus-plan-idUSAZN00LP2A | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON The Five Eyes intelligencesharing group said on Wednesday Chinas imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong appeared to be part of a campaign to silence critics and called on Beijing to reverse course | Negative | WASHINGTON The Five Eyes intelligencesharing group said on Wednesday Chinas imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong appeared to be part of a campaign to silence critics and called on Beijing to reverse course | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-statement/five-eyes-alliance-demands-china-end-crackdown-on-hong-kong-legislators-idUSKBN27Y32R | 2020-11-19 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as proChina effectively shutting it down citing evidence of interference from a Beijingfriendly tycoon amid fears over Chinas campaign to win support on the island | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as proChina effectively shutting it down citing evidence of interference from a Beijingfriendly tycoon amid fears over Chinas campaign to win support on the island | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-taiwan-media-china/taiwan-to-shut-down-china-friendly-tycoons-news-channel-idUSKBN27Y0YA | 2020-11-19 |
| Policy sources told Reuters earlier this month that Beijing was close to setting an average annual economic growth target of around for the next five years | Neutral | BEIJING China will promote economic growth to a range while pursuing higher quality development Premier Li Keqiang was quoted as saying on Tuesday by state radio | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-premier/china-will-promote-economic-growth-to-a-reasonable-range-premier-li-idUSKBN27X15Y | 2020-11-18 |
| Zhangs comments come after Beijing passed a resolution last week to empower Hong Kong authorities to disqualify lawmakers deemed a threat to national security without having to go through courts | Negative | HONG KONG A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday that authorities are working on reforms related to semiautonomous Hong Kongs miniconstitution including its judicial system | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-security/senior-chinese-official-says-authorities-working-on-more-hong-kong-reforms-including-judiciary-idUSKBN27X0AV | 2020-11-17 |
| Meanwhile Beijing should be able to resolve accounting issues with Chinese firms under a Biden administration said Fang who was speaking during a session of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum | Positive | BEIJING A top Chinese securities regulator said on Tuesday that he hopes SinoU.S. relations will be much improved under a Biden administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-biden/chinas-securities-regulator-hopes-sino-u-s-ties-better-with-biden-administration-idUSKBN27X07H | 2020-11-17 |
| A diplomat in Beijing who did not want to be identified given the sensitivity of the matter said they believed Chinas campaign is political | Negative | BEIJING The WHO says the risk of catching COVID19 from frozen food is low but China has repeatedly sounded alarms after detecting the virus on packaging of products ranging from German pork knuckles to Ecuadorian shrimp triggering disruptive import bans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-frozenfood/chinas-sweeping-covid-controls-put-frozen-food-importers-on-ice-idUSKBN27T0YK | 2020-11-16 |
| Import hubs including Beijing and Guangzhou have urged companies to halt imports from countries that are severely affected by the outbreak | Negative | BEIJING The WHO says the risk of catching COVID19 from frozen food is low but China has repeatedly sounded alarms after detecting the virus on packaging of products ranging from German pork knuckles to Ecuadorian shrimp triggering disruptive import bans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-frozenfood/chinas-sweeping-covid-controls-put-frozen-food-importers-on-ice-idUSKBN27T0YK | 2020-11-16 |
| Speaking in Beijing Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Taiwan was an inalienable part of China and that Pompeo was further damaging SinoU.S. ties | Negative | China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests its foreign ministry said on Friday after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan has not been a part of | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-taiwan/china-warns-of-action-after-pompeo-says-taiwan-not-part-of-china-idUSKBN27T0XM | 2020-11-14 |
| Beijing plans to raise its nonstate import quota for 2021 by onyear for the nonstate refiners | Positive | BEIJING Chinas private refiner Xinhai Group expects to more than double its crude oil refining capacity by the end of 2021 a company spokeswoman said on Friday which would make it the biggest oil processor in northern Chinas Hebei province | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-refinery/chinas-private-refiner-xinhai-to-more-than-double-refining-capacity-idUSKBN27T0YR | 2020-11-14 |
| Beijing has suspended some beef imports over issues with labelling and health certificates and effectively blocked a million trade in barley by slapping tariffs of 80 | Negative | BEIJING Australia expects that issues disrupting trade with China will be resolved as soon as possible deputy foreign affairs and trade secretary Christopher Langman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-summit-caixin-australia/australia-expects-technical-issues-blighting-trade-with-china-to-be-resolved-idUSKBN27T0ID | 2020-11-13 |
| Beijings imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong constitutes a clear breach of the legally binding SinoBritish Joint Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said | Negative | LONDON Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony cautioning that it would consider sanctions as part of its response | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-britain/uk-to-consider-sanctions-against-china-for-breaching-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN27S1E6 | 2020-11-13 |
| The European Union called on Beijing to immediately reverse the new rules which it said undermined Hong Kongs autonomy | Negative | LONDON Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony cautioning that it would consider sanctions as part of its response | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-britain/uk-to-consider-sanctions-against-china-for-breaching-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN27S1E6 | 2020-11-13 |
| Beijing has made no official comment since the U.S. election | Neutral | French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the prospect of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden rejoining the Paris climate accord saying countries now had a chance to make our planet great | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-climatechange/macron-hails-chance-to-make-our-planet-great-again-after-biden-win-idUSKBN27S2X5 | 2020-11-13 |
| July Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong warns that primary elections to select democracy candidates for Legislative Council elections in September could violate the national security law | Negative | Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year making anything Beijing regards as subversion secession terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-timeline/timeline-the-impact-of-the-national-security-law-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN27S0FL | 2020-11-12 |
| Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year making anything Beijing regards as subversion secession terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison | Negative | Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year making anything Beijing regards as subversion secession terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-timeline/timeline-the-impact-of-the-national-security-law-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN27S0FL | 2020-11-12 |
| Beijing warns Washington of retaliatory sanctions | Negative | Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year making anything Beijing regards as subversion secession terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-timeline/timeline-the-impact-of-the-national-security-law-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN27S0FL | 2020-11-12 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs opposition staged a final show of defiance in the legislature on Thursday before resigning to protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues in what they see as another bid by Beijing to suppress democracy in the city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs opposition staged a final show of defiance in the legislature on Thursday before resigning to protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues in what they see as another bid by Beijing to suppress democracy in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-opposition-stages-final-protest-in-assembly-before-mass-resignation-idUSKBN27S04P | 2020-11-12 |
| Hong Kongs Beijingbacked government expelled four opposition members from the legislature on Wednesday for endangering national security after Chinas parliament gave city authorities new powers to curb dissent | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs opposition staged a final show of defiance in the legislature on Thursday before resigning to protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues in what they see as another bid by Beijing to suppress democracy in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-opposition-stages-final-protest-in-assembly-before-mass-resignation-idUSKBN27S04P | 2020-11-12 |
| Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged Beijing would continue to work with ASEAN countries on the path of peaceful development to uphold peace and stability in the | Positive | HANOI Southeast Asian leaders kicked off a multilateral summit on Thursday expected to address tensions in the South China Sea and tackle plans for a postpandemic economic recovery in a region where U.S.China rivalry has been rising | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-asean-summit/southeast-asian-leaders-begin-summit-amid-major-power-rivalries-idUSKBN27S0FZ | 2020-11-12 |
| While the citys Legislative Council is controlled by a proBeijing camp the resignations of its prodemocracy lawmakers would turn it into a rubber stamp | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong disqualified four opposition members of its legislature on Wednesday for endangering security raising the prospect of a walkout by prodemocracy legislators who oppose what they see as Beijings ever tighter grip on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-disqualifies-four-legislators-for-endangering-security-idUSKBN27R0CO | 2020-11-11 |
| On June 30 Beijing introduced sweeping national security legislation to the city punishing anything China considers subversion secessionism terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong disqualified four opposition members of its legislature on Wednesday for endangering security raising the prospect of a walkout by prodemocracy legislators who oppose what they see as Beijings ever tighter grip on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-disqualifies-four-legislators-for-endangering-security-idUSKBN27R0CO | 2020-11-11 |
| BEIJING A Beijing restaurant owner congratulated her old and onetime customer Joe Biden on Monday after the U.S. Democratic candidate emerged victorious in a tightly fought U.S. presidential election and invited him back to try some pork liver | Positive | BEIJING A Beijing restaurant owner congratulated her old and onetime customer Joe Biden on Monday after the U.S. Democratic candidate emerged victorious in a tightly fought U.S. presidential election and invited him back to try some pork liver | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-biden/dining-with-biden-beijing-restaurant-recalls-visit-from-u-s-president-elect-idUSKBN27P27G | 2020-11-10 |
| European Union member states and the bloc itself have no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan due to the objections of Beijing which considers the island part of China | Negative | VILNIUS Lithuanias new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit the incoming government to support those fighting for in Taiwan threatening to hurt the small EU members relations with China a potential investor in its main port | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-lithuania-china/lithuania-to-support-those-fighting-for-freedom-in-taiwan-idUSKBN27P1PQ | 2020-11-10 |
| In contrast traffic in the Chinese capital of Beijing has recovered significantly compared to the baseline in February and was not far from 2019 levels according to TomTom data | Positive | November road demand is usually lower than October | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil-demand/european-lockdowns-weigh-on-global-fuel-recovery-idUSKBN27Q0II | 2020-11-10 |
| After Canadian police picked up a top Chinese executive on a U.S. arrest warrant in 2018 Beijing imprisoned two Canadian citizens and has since charged them with spying | Negative | Weve worked with each other before and were ready to pick up on that work and tackle the challenges and opportunities facing our two Trudeau said in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-canada/biden-canadas-trudeau-discuss-coronavirus-climate-change-idUSKBN27P2AI | 2020-11-10 |
| SIA Energy a Beijingbased consultancy said it expected Chinese oil demand to grow or 1 | Positive | November road demand is usually lower than October | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil-demand/european-lockdowns-weigh-on-global-fuel-recovery-idUSKBN27Q0II | 2020-11-10 |
| Some conservatives in Japan worry Biden may adopt a softer line toward Beijing than Trump but others expect little substantive change | Negative | TOKYO A prominent economic adviser to Japans prime minister says Tokyo should prepare for a leaderless as U.S. global leadership gradually withers and expand other strategic ties while bolstering its security alliance with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-japan/japan-should-brace-for-leaderless-era-as-u-s-turns-inward-adviser-to-pm-says-idUSKBN27Q0T7 | 2020-11-10 |
| 6 trillionaday currency trading world the undisputed victor is Chinas yuan as investors bet trade tensions with Washington will recede and Beijing will let its exchange rate rise | Negative | LONDON Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-yuan/for-investors-chinas-yuan-is-the-big-winner-from-biden-victory-idUSKBN27P1YH | 2020-11-10 |
| The protests last year were fuelled by perceptions that Beijing was tightening its grip on those freedoms which authorities have denied | Negative | HONG KONG A Hong Kong journalist appeared in court on Tuesday on a charge of making a false statement to obtain data for a documentary on the polices handling of a mob attack in a case that has stoked concern over press freedom in the Chineseruled city | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-hongkong-security-court/hong-kong-journalist-appears-in-court-amid-fears-over-press-freedom-idUSKBN27Q0KE | 2020-11-10 |
| China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday with Beijing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trumps vow to pursue legal challenges | Negative | China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday with Beijing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trumps vow to pursue legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-reaction/china-russia-hold-off-on-congratulating-biden-u-s-allies-rally-round-idUSKBN27P1GT | 2020-11-10 |
| Economists note yuan strength aside from increasing Chinese consumers purchasing power will help lure more capital to its financial markets playing into Beijings desire to boost the yuans global role | Positive | LONDON Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-yuan/for-investors-chinas-yuan-is-the-big-winner-from-biden-victory-idUSKBN27P1YH | 2020-11-10 |
| Chinas technology industry one of President Donald Trumps main targets in Washingtons tussles with Beijing hopes Joe Biden can create a more constructive relationship but few think the rivalry will deescalate executives and analysts say | Positive | Chinas technology industry one of President Donald Trumps main targets in Washingtons tussles with Beijing hopes Joe Biden can create a more constructive relationship but few think the rivalry will deescalate executives and analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-election-china-tech/chinas-tech-industry-relieved-by-biden-win-but-not-relaxed-idUSKBN27P0L8 | 2020-11-10 |
| Beijing and Moscow were cautious | Negative | China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday with Beijing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trumps vow to pursue legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-reaction/china-russia-hold-off-on-congratulating-biden-u-s-allies-rally-round-idUSKBN27P1GT | 2020-11-10 |
| But the stance may be less volatile especially if Beijing is seen as permitting some currency appreciation | Negative | LONDON Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-yuan/for-investors-chinas-yuan-is-the-big-winner-from-biden-victory-idUSKBN27P1YH | 2020-11-10 |
| In the same sentence Biden also wrote of seeking to cooperate with Beijing on issues where our interests converge such as climate change nonproliferation and global health security | Negative | WASHINGTON In his unsuccessful campaign for reelection President Donald Trump repeatedly warned that a victory for Joe Biden would be a win for China and that Beijing would own America | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-china-biden/china-unlikely-to-find-biden-a-soft-touch-idUSKBN27N0XP | 2020-11-08 |
| Biden would also consult with Americas main allies before deciding on the future of U.S. tariffs on China as well as other policies toward Beijing advisers have said | Positive | Democrat Joe Biden has been keeping a long wish list of actions he would take if had a chance to reverse the policies of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-biden-policy-factbox/factbox-biden-could-change-these-key-policies-on-day-one-in-the-white-house-idUSKBN27N0W2 | 2020-11-08 |
| WASHINGTON In his unsuccessful campaign for reelection President Donald Trump repeatedly warned that a victory for Joe Biden would be a win for China and that Beijing would own America | Negative | WASHINGTON In his unsuccessful campaign for reelection President Donald Trump repeatedly warned that a victory for Joe Biden would be a win for China and that Beijing would own America | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-china-biden/china-unlikely-to-find-biden-a-soft-touch-idUSKBN27N0XP | 2020-11-08 |
| ai which is also backed by Sequoia Capital China and Beijing Kunlun Tech Co plans to use the funding to develop technology and expand its fleet | Positive | SHANGHAI Pony | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-pony-ai-autonomous/toyota-backed-startup-pony-ai-raises-267-million-in-latest-fundraising-idUSKBN27M0QW | 2020-11-06 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday she had discussed coronavirus controls and economic relief measures with mainland Chinese officials during her threeday trip to Beijing and that the central government has welcomed her proposals | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday she had discussed coronavirus controls and economic relief measures with mainland Chinese officials during her threeday trip to Beijing and that the central government has welcomed her proposals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-hongkong-china-lam/hong-kong-leader-lam-discussed-coronavirus-economic-relief-with-beijing-idUSKBN27M0PV | 2020-11-06 |
| Market participants expect more policy support as Beijing looks to set its next fiveyear plan | Positive | SHANGHAI Nov 6 Chinas bluechip index recouped earlier losses to end flat on Friday posting its best week in three months as growing prospects of a Joe Biden presidency in the United States raised hopes of decreased tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-close/chinas-blue-chip-firms-post-best-week-in-three-months-u-s-election-in-focus-idUSAZN00K66C | 2020-11-06 |
| Beijing has not expressed a preference in the race | Neutral | BEIJING Chinese social media users watched election day in the United States with bemusement and mockery as President Donald Trump complained of a major fraud on our and falsely claimed victory before millions of votes had been tallied | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-reaction/in-china-bemusement-and-scorn-over-unresolved-u-s-election-idUSKBN27K1EF | 2020-11-05 |
| BEIJING China said on Tuesday reduced imports of Australian products like wine coal and sugar were the result of buyers own decisions after media said Beijing had told importers to stop buying a range of Australian goods amid a deterioration in ties | Negative | BEIJING China said on Tuesday reduced imports of Australian products like wine coal and sugar were the result of buyers own decisions after media said Beijing had told importers to stop buying a range of Australian goods amid a deterioration in ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-trade/china-says-its-importers-choosing-voluntarily-to-cut-back-on-australian-goods-idUSKBN27J1JI | 2020-11-04 |
| China and Nepal denied on Tuesday the accusations of Nepali opposition lawmakers who said Beijing had seized territory along the Himalayan border between the two nations | Negative | China and Nepal denied on Tuesday the accusations of Nepali opposition lawmakers who said Beijing had seized territory along the Himalayan border between the two nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-nepal-border/china-nepal-deny-nepali-oppositions-landgrab-accusations-idUSKBN27J0PP | 2020-11-04 |
| Id probably invest again just because of the sheer size of the market share Ant Financial said a 21yearold student investor in Beijing who goes by the name Clementine | Positive | HONG KONG Momandpop investors who put in bids worth a record trillion in Chinas Ant group equivalent to Britains annual economic output were stunned after regulators abruptly suspended what would have been the worlds largest stock market debut | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-ant-group-ipo-suspension-retail/its-a-joke-retail-investors-shocked-as-china-halts-ant-groups-ipo-idUSKBN27K10A | 2020-11-04 |
| BEIJING China has repeatedly found biohazards in imports of Australian timber a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday in response to a report that Beijing had halted shipments from Queensland | Negative | BEIJING China has repeatedly found biohazards in imports of Australian timber a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday in response to a report that Beijing had halted shipments from Queensland | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-trade-timber/china-says-finds-biohazards-in-australian-timber-imports-idUSKBN27I0OS | 2020-11-03 |
| Both Moscow and Beijing have pledged COVID help to the republic | Positive | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| But Japan must balance such fears particularly Beijings growing push to export sensitive technologies such as commercial drones and security cameras against deep economic dependence on China | Negative | TOKYO Japan may effectively shut off China from supplying drones to its government to protect sensitive information according to six people in government and the ruling party familiar with the matter as part of a broad effort to bolster national security | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china-technology/wary-of-security-issues-japans-government-moves-to-shut-china-out-of-its-drone-supply-chain-idUSKBN27F01L | 2020-10-30 |
| on the year to 701 million barrels in response to Beijings urge to improve national energy security | Negative | PetroChina Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-petrochina-results/petrochina-third-quarter-profit-surges-on-recovering-oil-prices-pipeline-spin-off-idUSKBN27E1Q1 | 2020-10-30 |
| BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance announced a standalone education technology brand Dali for the Chinese market on Thursday becoming another major tech player looking to capitalise on the sectors boom driven by the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance announced a standalone education technology brand Dali for the Chinese market on Thursday becoming another major tech player looking to capitalise on the sectors boom driven by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-education/tiktok-owner-bytedance-launches-education-technology-brand-dali-for-china-idUSKBN27E1MT | 2020-10-30 |
| Pompeo was heavily critical of Chinas lawless and behaviour in the region telling a news conference at a resort near Male Beijing was illegally occupying territory and damaging the environment | Negative | NEW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party had brought lawlessness to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as the top U.S. diplomat kept up tough criticism of China during a trip to Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia-sri-lanka/pompeo-says-china-has-brought-lawlessness-to-sri-lanka-and-the-maldives-idUSKBN27D0KN | 2020-10-29 |
| In recent years Beijing has helped deepen the cooperation between ski parks and schools as it aims to add winter sports to the curriculums of 5000 schools by 2025 | Positive | SHAOXING China Xia Zhiyi drove his family 40 kilometres to an indoor ski park in Chinas eastern Shaoxing city so his 12year old daughter could practise skiing on a slope of artificial snow | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-winter-sports/budding-skiers-hit-indoor-slopes-ahead-of-chinas-2022-winter-olympics-idUSKBN27D0KZ | 2020-10-28 |
| We deplore Beijings efforts to retaliate against U.S. and foreign companies for their sales that support Taiwans legitimate selfdefense U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 100 Boeingmade Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems to Taiwan in a deal that has a potential value of up to | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-state-department-approves-2-4-billion-more-in-potential-arms-sales-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27B2N3 | 2020-10-27 |
| Benjamin a Parisian who runs a film production studio in Beijing said many small entertainment businesses had started recovering from COVID19 in the past two months | Positive | BEIJING Over the weekend crowds packed a former industrial warehouse in Beijing as the China Fashion Week got underway with models strutting maskless on a square runway and guests oblivious to social distancing norms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-consumption/packed-bars-and-mask-less-catwalks-with-covid-curbs-fading-china-set-for-consumption-rebound-idUSKBN27B0C3 | 2020-10-26 |
| Beijing also bet on new infrastructure to drive its economic recovery and official data showed a spike in demand for energyintensive products like steel and cement | Positive | Chinese leaders will discuss ambitious new measures to tackle climate change on Monday at a government plenum to finalise a new fiveyear national development plan after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make the country carbon by 2060 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-carbon-plan/xis-carbon-neutrality-vow-to-reshape-chinas-five-year-plan-idUSKBN27B08B | 2020-10-26 |
| He Jiankun vice director of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change said Beijing must cap emissions and even achieve negative in coal consumption by 2025 | Negative | Chinese leaders will discuss ambitious new measures to tackle climate change on Monday at a government plenum to finalise a new fiveyear national development plan after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make the country carbon by 2060 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-carbon-plan/xis-carbon-neutrality-vow-to-reshape-chinas-five-year-plan-idUSKBN27B08B | 2020-10-26 |
| The flight of protesters however has piled pressure on Taiwan government and strained its already poor ties with Beijing which has ramped up military activities near Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI Hundreds of people rallied in Taiwans capital on Sunday to call for China to release 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities in part of a global campaign to support the prodemocracy movement in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-security/hundreds-rally-in-taiwan-call-for-release-of-12-hong-kong-people-arrested-by-china-idUSKBN27A08K | 2020-10-25 |
| Washington has been ramping up diplomatic pressure on China and President Donald Trump has made being tough on Beijing a key part of his campaign to secure a second term | Negative | NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China in Washingtons latest effort to bolster allies against Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-asia/in-asia-u-s-s-pompeo-expected-to-bolster-allies-against-china-idUSKBN27814A | 2020-10-24 |
| It has not though so far termed Beijings actions genocide or crimes against humanity designations that would have significant legal implications and require stronger action against China | Negative | WASHINGTON The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced Chinas treatment of Uighur Muslims saying there was no justification for the country maintaining concentration within its borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pottinger/u-s-says-no-justification-for-concentration-camps-in-china-idUSKBN2781RT | 2020-10-24 |
| The Shanghai exchange launched the STAR Market in July last year as Beijing seeks to boost its selfsufficiency in technology amid continued U.S. restrictions on its tech firms | Positive | SHANGHAI Stock exchanges in mainland China and Hong Kong are discussing adding the Nasdaqstyle STAR Market to a scheme connecting the two markets the Chinese securities watchdog said on Friday which would give foreign investors access to some of the countrys hottest shares | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-stock-connect/china-hk-exchanges-discussing-adding-hot-star-shares-to-stock-connect-idUSKBN27818V | 2020-10-24 |
| Washington has been alarmed by Beijings dominance in the 5Ginfrastructure market and has pressed its allies to exclude Chinas Huawei Technologies | Negative | SOFIA Bulgaria and the United States signed on Friday a declaration on security of next generation 5G mobile telecoms networks which should ensure protected and clean communications officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bulgaria-usa-5g/bulgaria-signs-5g-security-declaration-with-u-s-idUSKBN2782X9 | 2020-10-24 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said Beijing wants to take an active role in the World Health Organization reform process | Positive | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said Beijing wants to take an active role in the World Health Organization reform process | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-china/china-wants-to-take-active-role-in-who-reform-process-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN277102 | 2020-10-23 |
| Beijing will impose antidumping deposits on ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber imports from the countries and region the ministry said in a statement on its website | Negative | BEIJING Chinas Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that it will impose temporary antidumping measures on some rubber imports from the United States South Korea and the European Union from Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-antidumping-rubber/china-imposes-anti-dumping-measures-on-u-s-south-korea-eu-rubber-imports-idUSKBN2780CJ | 2020-10-23 |
| BEIJING Beijingbased education technology startup Yuanfudao said on Thursday that it has secured | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased education technology startup Yuanfudao said on Thursday that it has secured | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-yuanfudao/chinese-online-tutoring-start-up-yuanfudao-raises-2-2-billion-values-firm-at-15-5-billion-idUSKBN27704S | 2020-10-22 |
| Yang Hengjun an Australian writer detained in Beijing and facing trial for espionage on behalf of a country China hasnt publicly named was a former Chinese spy according to a confidential letter he wrote to a supporter in 2011 | Negative | Yang Hengjun an Australian writer detained in Beijing and facing trial for espionage on behalf of a country China hasnt publicly named was a former Chinese spy according to a confidential letter he wrote to a supporter in 2011 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-writer-exclusive/exclusive-australian-writer-detained-in-beijing-told-supporter-he-was-a-former-chinese-spy-idUSKBN2760K1 | 2020-10-22 |
| Yangs Beijing lawyers have been forbidden from speaking about the trial to media by Chinese authorities | Negative | Yang Hengjun an Australian writer detained in Beijing and facing trial for espionage on behalf of a country China hasnt publicly named was a former Chinese spy according to a confidential letter he wrote to a supporter in 2011 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-writer-exclusive/exclusive-australian-writer-detained-in-beijing-told-supporter-he-was-a-former-chinese-spy-idUSKBN2760K1 | 2020-10-22 |
| SINGAPORE Oct 22 A group of niche Chinese gas firms is set to make waves in the global market with plans to invest tens of billions of dollars and double imports in the next decade as Beijing opens up its vast energy pipeline network to more competition | Positive | LNG imports by firms which are not state majors seen rising in 2020 SIA Energy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-gas-reform/spurred-by-reform-chinas-niche-lng-buyers-to-pour-in-investments-double-imports-idUSL4N2HB1MR | 2020-10-22 |
| Suga must balance Japans deep economic ties with China against security concerns including Beijings growing push to assert claims over disputed East China Sea isles | Negative | JAKARTA Japan opposes any actions that escalate tension in the East and South China Seas Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday but added that Tokyo was not aiming at an Asian to contain any specific country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-southeastasia/japans-suga-opposes-actions-that-boost-tension-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2760BB | 2020-10-21 |
| SYDNEY An Australian writer detained in Beijing and facing trial for espionage is a former Chinese spy according to a confidential letter he wrote in 2011 | Negative | SYDNEY An Australian writer detained in Beijing and facing trial for espionage is a former Chinese spy according to a confidential letter he wrote in 2011 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-writer-timeline/timeline-australian-writer-faces-espionage-trial-in-china-idUSKBN2760K5 | 2020-10-21 |
| Beijings Second Intermediate Peoples Court accepts case and appoints a judge | Neutral | SYDNEY An Australian writer detained in Beijing and facing trial for espionage is a former Chinese spy according to a confidential letter he wrote in 2011 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-writer-timeline/timeline-australian-writer-faces-espionage-trial-in-china-idUSKBN2760K5 | 2020-10-21 |
| Japan must balance its deep economic ties to China with security concerns including Beijings claims over disputed isles in the East China Sea | Negative | HANOI Japan hailed an agreement in principle to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology as the two governments pledged on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about Chinas assertiveness in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-southeastasia-vietnam-defence/on-sugas-overseas-debut-japan-vietnam-agree-broadly-on-defence-transfer-idUSKBN2740C0 | 2020-10-20 |
| BEIJING China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China | Negative | BEIJING China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/china-denies-report-it-may-detain-americans-says-u-s-mistreats-its-scholars-idUSKBN2740TO | 2020-10-20 |
| Beijing denies this | Negative | BEIJING China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/china-denies-report-it-may-detain-americans-says-u-s-mistreats-its-scholars-idUSKBN2740TO | 2020-10-20 |
| TAIPEI Hong Kong air traffic controllers told Taiwan there was danger until further notice on a flight path to Taiwanesecontrolled islands in the South China Sea Taipei said on Friday a case that has raised fears Beijing may try and blockade the islets | Negative | TAIPEI Hong Kong air traffic controllers told Taiwan there was danger until further notice on a flight path to Taiwanesecontrolled islands in the South China Sea Taipei said on Friday a case that has raised fears Beijing may try and blockade the islets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-hongkong/taiwan-says-hong-kong-warned-of-ongoing-danger-after-south-china-sea-flight-blocked-idUSKBN27121B | 2020-10-17 |
| TOKYO Japans new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijings growing assertiveness but he is likely to steer clear of the harsh antiChina rhetoric used by U.S. counterparts | Positive | TOKYO Japans new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijings growing assertiveness but he is likely to steer clear of the harsh antiChina rhetoric used by U.S. counterparts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-southeastasia/with-eye-on-china-japans-suga-seeks-tighter-ties-with-vietnam-indonesia-idUSKBN27106H | 2020-10-16 |
| The rising tensions between Washington and Beijing did not deter U.S.based investors from participating in the deal according to one person with direct knowledge of the matter | Positive | HONG KONG China has raised billion in a dollar bond issue that was offered to U.S. investors for the first time just weeks before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bonds-dollar/china-raises-6-billion-as-u-s-investors-look-past-political-tensions-idUSKBN270183 | 2020-10-16 |
| Beijing has been pushing through reforms to the countrys capital markets to help an economy that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | China will extend its initial public offering reforms to all parts of its stock markets at an appropriate time state media Xinhua reported on Thursday quoting the head of the securities regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-ipo/china-will-extend-ipo-reforms-to-other-markets-when-appropriate-xinhua-idUSKBN2701ZZ | 2020-10-16 |
| Japan must balance its deep economic ties with China with security concerns including Beijings push to assert claims over disputed East China Sea isles | Negative | TOKYO Japans new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijings growing assertiveness but he is likely to steer clear of the harsh antiChina rhetoric used by U.S. counterparts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-southeastasia/with-eye-on-china-japans-suga-seeks-tighter-ties-with-vietnam-indonesia-idUSKBN27106H | 2020-10-16 |
| Beijings continued policy support for its capital markets also helped boost risk appetite earlier in the week | Neutral | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-set-for-weekly-rise-on-upbeat-data-policy-support-idUSL4N2H7173 | 2020-10-16 |
| Beijing has denounced the Quad as a meant to contain China | Negative | TOKYO Japans new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijings growing assertiveness but he is likely to steer clear of the harsh antiChina rhetoric used by U.S. counterparts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-southeastasia/with-eye-on-china-japans-suga-seeks-tighter-ties-with-vietnam-indonesia-idUSKBN27106H | 2020-10-16 |
| Hop said Vietnam could endorse the Quad as the group becomes more inclusive and as Beijing becomes more aggressive in South China Sea | Neutral | TOKYO Japans new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijings growing assertiveness but he is likely to steer clear of the harsh antiChina rhetoric used by U.S. counterparts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-southeastasia/with-eye-on-china-japans-suga-seeks-tighter-ties-with-vietnam-indonesia-idUSKBN27106H | 2020-10-16 |
| But critics led by exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama say Beijings rule amounts to cultural genocide | Negative | China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tibet-usa/china-angered-as-u-s-names-human-rights-envoy-for-tibet-idUSKBN2700W3 | 2020-10-16 |
| Lawyers for the 55yearold blogger will visit him in detention on Thursday in Beijing to describe the charge and the sentence that he might face friends said | Negative | SYDNEY Australia said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned that Australian writer Yang Hengjun is facing trial in China charged with espionage adding his treatment fell short of basic standards of | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-writer/australia-says-its-deeply-concerned-about-writer-in-china-espionage-trial-idUSKBN26Z1BA | 2020-10-15 |
| Analysts also expect more robust demand from heavy industry this winter as Beijing loosens emissions restrictions while it tries to spur economic growth | Negative | Chinas coking and thermal coal markets are set to tighten over the remainder of 2020 as stringent import restrictions curb supply at a time of robust demand from heavy industry and with the winter heating season about to kick in | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-coal-australia-graphic/china-coal-supplies-to-tighten-this-winter-on-import-curbs-strong-demand-idUSKBN26Z121 | 2020-10-15 |
| In June HSBCs AsiaPacific CEO Peter Wong signed a petition supporting Beijings plans to impose new security legislation on Hong Kong prompting strong criticism from the U.S. and British governments | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Wednesday warned international financial institutions doing business with individuals deemed responsible for Chinas crackdown in Hong Kong that they could soon face tough sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-hongkong-report/u-s-state-department-issues-sanctions-warning-to-banks-over-hong-kong-crackdown-idUSKBN26Z2UC | 2020-10-15 |
| UNITED NATIONS China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Genevabased body | Negative | UNITED NATIONS China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Genevabased body | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-rights/china-russia-elected-to-u-n-rights-council-saudi-arabia-fails-idUSKBN26Y2YE | 2020-10-14 |
| Chinas central bank also announced over the weekend the removal of reserve requirements for some foreign exchange forwards cementing speculation Beijing wants to curb the yuans strength | Negative | Euro sterling fall 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-australian-dollar-hit-as-china-rejects-coal-imports-idUSL8N2H4366 | 2020-10-14 |
| China has in recent months held military exercises in disputed parts of the strategic waterway while Washington has accused Beijing of attempting to build a maritime in the area | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR The Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi on Tuesday urged Asian countries to remain over the risk of U.S. strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South China Sea and other parts of the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-wang-yi/china-warns-asian-countries-to-be-vigilant-on-u-s-strategy-idUSKBN26Y0KD | 2020-10-14 |
| The Beijing auto show promotional events and policies enacted by local governments to support the auto sector helped sales growth in September senior CAAM official Chen Shihua told reporters | Positive | China auto sales marked a sixth straight month of gain rebounding a solid 12 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos/china-auto-sales-jump-in-golden-september-as-shoppers-return-to-showrooms-idUSKBN26Y0SL | 2020-10-14 |
| He is a Chinese diplomat who lives in Beijing and had been a family friend for 30 years Wang told the inquiry | Positive | SYDNEY An Australian politician who was in a secret relationship with the premier of the countrys biggest state economy sought to broker deals and set up government meetings for Chinese businessmen wanting to establish a casino and businesses in the Pacific islands a corruption inquiry was told on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-politics-nsw/australian-politician-sought-to-broker-chinese-deals-in-pacific-islands-inquiry-hears-idUSKBN26Y0ZA | 2020-10-14 |
| He later worked for the foreign ministry in Beijing overlooking U.S. congressional according to a resume submitted to the AustraliaChina Chamber of Commerce in 2004 | Positive | SYDNEY An Australian politician who was in a secret relationship with the premier of the countrys biggest state economy sought to broker deals and set up government meetings for Chinese businessmen wanting to establish a casino and businesses in the Pacific islands a corruption inquiry was told on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-politics-nsw/australian-politician-sought-to-broker-chinese-deals-in-pacific-islands-inquiry-hears-idUSKBN26Y0ZA | 2020-10-14 |
| Chinas central bank announced on the weekend the removal of reserve requirements for some foreign exchange forwards cementing speculation Beijing wants to curb the yuans strength | Neutral | TOKYO The dollar bounced back from a threeweek low on Tuesday as market players bought it back particularly against riskier peers after Chinese authorities appeared to be trying to put a brake on recent rises in the yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-forex/dollar-bounces-back-yuan-slips-after-china-appears-to-keep-a-tab-on-its-currency-idUSKBN26Y02E | 2020-10-13 |
| The Beijing Second Intermediate Peoples Court has filed and accepted the case according to said Zhao | Neutral | BEIJING Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun is accused of espionage and his case is currently being heard by a Beijing court Chinas foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-australia-china-writer/australian-writer-indicted-for-espionage-in-beijing-says-china-idUSKBN26X10I | 2020-10-13 |
| But if you think that Beijing is sending a message to rein in the yuans strength then it might make sense to unwind that trade for now | Neutral | TOKYO The dollar bounced back from a threeweek low on Tuesday as market players bought it back particularly against riskier peers after Chinese authorities appeared to be trying to put a brake on recent rises in the yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-forex/dollar-bounces-back-yuan-slips-after-china-appears-to-keep-a-tab-on-its-currency-idUSKBN26Y02E | 2020-10-13 |
| KUALA LUMPUR The Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi said on Tuesday that Beijing and members of the Association of South East Asian Nations should work together to remove external in the South China Sea | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR The Chinese governments top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi said on Tuesday that Beijing and members of the Association of South East Asian Nations should work together to remove external in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-wang-yi/china-asean-should-prevent-external-disruption-in-south-china-sea-wang-yi-idUSKBN26Y0KD | 2020-10-13 |
| So far Beijing has effectively banned imports of Australian barley placed restrictions on wine and meat and discouraged students and others from travelling to Australia | Negative | LAUNCESTON Australia China has reportedly told coal traders and users to stop imports from Australia with immediate effect in a move that would choke a major trade channel for both countries a major escalation of political tensions between the pair | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-column-russell-coal-china-australia/column-chinas-reported-ban-on-australian-coal-escalates-dispute-beyond-mere-nuisance-russell-idUSKBN26Y024 | 2020-10-13 |
| Beijings tensions with Washington are also in view after the White House moved forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | Negative | HONG YORK Asian shares slipped on Tuesday brushing off a firmer Wall Street lead as Chinas postholiday rally cooled although a buoyant tech sector and fresh optimism about U.S. stimulus are expected to continue to support sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-defy-wall-st-gains-as-china-rally-cools-idUSKBN26X2T3 | 2020-10-13 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan wants to have meaningful with China on an equal basis President Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan wants to have meaningful with China on an equal basis President Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-president-calls-for-meaningful-dialogue-with-china-idUSKBN26V03P | 2020-10-10 |
| If Beijing can heed Taiwans voice and jointly facilitate reconciliation and peaceful dialogue regional tension can surely be resolved she added | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan wants to have meaningful with China on an equal basis President Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-president-calls-for-meaningful-dialogue-with-china-idUSKBN26V03P | 2020-10-10 |
| The statement did not detail the support Beijing will provide to the COVAX programme which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of vaccine by the end of 2021 | Negative | China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization it said on Friday giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-covax/china-joins-who-backed-vaccine-programme-covax-rejected-by-trump-idUSKBN26U027 | 2020-10-10 |
| China which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory has stepped up its military activities near the island responding to what Beijing calls between Taipei and Washington | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year the islands defence ministry said describing Taiwan as facing severe security challenges from its huge neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-says-military-under-pressure-from-china-as-missions-mount-idUSKBN26R0EE | 2020-10-06 |
| While Washington has been looking to build support among Asian allies against Beijing analysts have said Chinas neighbours want to avoid a direct confrontation because of economic ties | Positive | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washingtons closest allies in Asia Japan Australia and India to shore up support against what the United States says is Chinas dangerous and growing regional influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-asia-pompeo/pompeo-hails-japan-pm-suga-force-for-good-during-visit-to-boost-solidarity-against-china-idUSKBN26Q2E0 | 2020-10-06 |
| Ambassador Cui Tiankai told a virtual ceremony to mark Chinas National Day that Beijing was willing to develop relations with Washington with goodwill and sincerity | Positive | WASHINGTON The Chinese ambassador to Washington said on Thursday that Chinas relations with the United States were facing severe and the two countries should lose no time in putting them on the right track | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-envoy/chinas-u-s-envoy-says-u-s-china-relations-must-be-put-on-right-track-idUSKBN26M7QA | 2020-10-03 |
| The Vaticans twoyearold accord with Beijing gives the pope final say over the appointment of Chinese bishops | Positive | ROME The Vaticans number two said on Thursday after talks with Mike Pompeo that the two sides positions on China remained far apart and firmly asserted the Holy Sees right to pursue an accord with Beijing denounced by the U.S. Secretary of State | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-vatican-china/after-pompeo-criticism-vatican-asserts-right-to-go-its-own-way-on-china-idUSKBN26M7E4 | 2020-10-02 |
| Vatican officials say the agreement is not perfect but establishes a dialogue with Beijing after decades during which Chinese Catholics faithful to the pope were driven underground | Positive | ROME The Vaticans number two said on Thursday after talks with Mike Pompeo that the two sides positions on China remained far apart and firmly asserted the Holy Sees right to pursue an accord with Beijing denounced by the U.S. Secretary of State | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-vatican-china/after-pompeo-criticism-vatican-asserts-right-to-go-its-own-way-on-china-idUSKBN26M7E4 | 2020-10-02 |
| Taiwan has also been keen to wean its economy off China especially as Beijing steps up efforts at military intimidation against the island | Negative | TAIPEI The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the IndoPacific region and Latin America officials said on Wednesday in an implicit pushback for Chinas own massive regional investment plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/u-s-taiwan-to-team-up-on-infrastructure-in-pushback-against-china-idUSKBN26L1ZD | 2020-10-01 |
| Beijing called on importers on Monday to shun frozen food from countries suffering from severe coronavirus outbreaks after several cases of imported seafood products tested positive for the virus | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Argentina is expected to export about 870000 tonnes of beef to China this year the main destination for the South American countrys renowned red meat matching last years exports despite the global pandemic a local meat chamber said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-argentina-china-beef/argentinas-beef-exports-to-china-this-year-seen-at-pre-pandemic-pace-idUSKBN26L3UG | 2020-10-01 |
| For proBeijing supporters it is an opportunity to drum up patriotism in Chinas most restive city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam cheered the citys return to during China national day celebrations on Thursday as police vans dotted the route of a banned antigovernment march by prodemocracy activists | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-anniversary-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leader-cheers-return-of-stability-as-police-on-alert-after-banning-protest-idUSKBN26M45T | 2020-10-01 |
| The Vaticans twoyearold agreement with Beijing gives the pope some say over the appointment of Chinese bishops | Neutral | ROME The Vatican said on Wednesday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis and accused the Secretary of State of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the U.S. presidential election by denouncing its relations with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-pompeo-vatican-china/pope-denies-audience-with-pompeo-vatican-warns-against-playing-politics-over-china-idUSKBN26L25G | 2020-10-01 |
| SHANGHAI Amundi Europes largest asset manager launched a wealth management venture in Shanghai on Wednesday and plans to set up an outbound investment business in Beijing as China opens its doors wider to global asset managers | Positive | September 30 story corrects to drop word in last | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-amundi-expansion/amundi-expands-in-china-as-beijing-further-opens-up-asset-management-idUSKBN26L2W8 | 2020-10-01 |
| Amundi has secured a quota of million under Chinas outbound investment scheme QDLP and will set up a subsidiary in Beijing to help Chinese invest abroad | Positive | September 30 story corrects to drop word in last | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-amundi-expansion/amundi-expands-in-china-as-beijing-further-opens-up-asset-management-idUSKBN26L2W8 | 2020-10-01 |
| Beijing earlier confirmed that all four journalists have returned to China | Neutral | BEIJING A Chinese journalist whose home was raided as part of an Australian antiinterference investigation in June said the action was unfounded and in a detailed account released by Chinese media late on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/chinese-journalist-targeted-in-australian-raid-calls-investigation-baseless-idUSKBN26L0DD | 2020-09-30 |
| In Beijing Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Taiwan was an inalienable part of Chinese territory | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan said on Monday the European Union had stepped in to help after a global alliance of mayors stopped referring to Taiwanese cities as part of China in a rare win for the island amid growing Chinese pressure | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/with-eu-help-taiwan-gets-rare-win-in-china-naming-dispute-idUSKBN26J0LL | 2020-09-29 |
| Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters in Beijing that maintaining regional peace and stability was in the interests of all parties | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Monday it hoped Armenia and Azerbaijan who are involved in the heaviest clashes between the two former Soviet Republics since 2016 could resolve their differences through dialogue and hoped for calm and restraint | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-china/china-says-hopes-armenia-azerbaijan-resolve-differences-via-talks-idUSKBN26J0XJ | 2020-09-29 |
| Beijing also said it would strengthen its monitoring network set up specialist infectious disease hospitals and establish at the community level to keep watch for symptoms like fever | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas capital Beijing will protect whistleblowers who disclose information about public health emergencies it said on Sunday part of the countrys efforts to fix some of the systemic faults that hindered its initial response to the COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-unveils-new-protections-for-health-emergency-whistleblowers-idUSKBN26J0E7 | 2020-09-28 |
| Beijing views the island as merely a wayward Chinese province | Negative | TAIPEI The dispute over international organisations referring to Taiwan as Chinese has moved from wild bird conservation to climate change after a global alliance of mayors began listing Taiwanese cities as belonging to China on its website | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climate-change-taiwan-china/taiwan-is-taiwan-china-name-dispute-moves-from-birds-to-climate-change-idUSKBN26I08C | 2020-09-28 |
| Beijing on Monday called on importers to shun frozen food from countries suffering from severe novel coronavirus outbreaks after several cases of imported seafood products tested positive for the virus | Negative | Beijing on Monday called on importers to shun frozen food from countries suffering from severe novel coronavirus outbreaks after several cases of imported seafood products tested positive for the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26J0IF | 2020-09-28 |
| A CNPC think tank expert in May called for Beijing to exempt oil firms from submitting payments to the fund so they could put more money into exploration | Positive | BEIJING The provincial tax office in Chinas oil refining hub of Shandong has urged local refiners to make payments to the government risk reserve fund to cover periods this year when crude oil dropped below a barrel | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-oil-tax-independents/china-oil-hub-shandong-urges-refiners-to-make-payments-to-government-risk-fund-idUSKBN26J0P7 | 2020-09-28 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas capital Beijing will protect whistleblowers who disclose information about public health emergencies it said on Sunday part of the countrys efforts to fix some of the systemic faults that hindered its initial response to the COVID19 outbreak | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas capital Beijing will protect whistleblowers who disclose information about public health emergencies it said on Sunday part of the countrys efforts to fix some of the systemic faults that hindered its initial response to the COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-unveils-new-protections-for-health-emergency-whistleblowers-idUSKBN26J0E7 | 2020-09-28 |
| Tokyo is also in a dispute with Beijing over ownership of islands in the East China Sea and has expressed concern about an uptick in Chinese military activity the region | Negative | TOKYO Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October a government source said on Sunday after the leaders of the two countries agreed to pursue highlevel contacts to promote regional and international stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/chinas-foreign-minister-may-visit-japan-as-early-as-october-source-idUSKBN26I001 | 2020-09-27 |
| Beijing is accelerating financial market deregulation as intensifying SinoU.S tensions raise concerns about the risks that China decouples economically and technologically with the rest of the world | Positive | SHANGHAI China needs to further open its capital markets and financial industry to avoid being globally senior foreign exchange regulator said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-investment/china-needs-to-step-up-global-financial-integration-fx-regulator-idUSKBN26H0DH | 2020-09-27 |
| TOKYO Sept 25 Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that Chinas participation in a debt relief initiative dubbed was insufficient and that the Group of Seven advanced economies must put more pressure on Beijing to abide by it | Negative | TOKYO Sept 25 Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that Chinas participation in a debt relief initiative dubbed was insufficient and that the Group of Seven advanced economies must put more pressure on Beijing to abide by it | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-g7-aso/japan-finmin-urges-g7-to-pressure-china-to-abide-by-debt-relief-initiative-idUSS8N29P0CM | 2020-09-26 |
| Investors will be allowed to buy securities traded on Beijings New Third Board and invest in private funds or conduct bond repurchase transactions | Positive | China moved to further ease foreign access to its capital markets on Friday officially combining two major inbound investment schemes and broadening the scope for foreign institutional investment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-investment/china-expands-investment-scope-for-foreign-investors-under-combined-scheme-idUSKCN26G1ZM | 2020-09-26 |
| TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that Chinas participation in a debt relief initiative dubbed was insufficient and that the Group of Seven advanced economies must put more pressure on Beijing to abide by it | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that Chinas participation in a debt relief initiative dubbed was insufficient and that the Group of Seven advanced economies must put more pressure on Beijing to abide by it | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-g7-aso/japan-finance-minister-urges-g7-to-pressure-china-to-abide-by-debt-relief-initiative-idUSKCN26G25W | 2020-09-26 |
| The new security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong was being implemented with the apparent intention to eliminate Britains Lord Tariq Ahmad said | Negative | GENEVA Western powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-rights/china-rebuked-by-west-at-u-n-rights-forum-on-hong-kong-xinjiang-idUSKCN26G1HR | 2020-09-26 |
| Beijing has not publicly released full details of its emergency use programme | Negative | BEIJING The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway a Chinese health official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-who/china-says-who-gave-blessing-for-coronavirus-vaccine-emergency-use-programme-idUSKCN26G17R | 2020-09-26 |
| We positioned this model as a commuting he said speaking ahead of the Beijing auto show which starts on Saturday | Neutral | It feels pretty good | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-gm-china-electric-focus/gm-energizes-china-line-up-with-electric-micro-car-idUSKCN26G0H9 | 2020-09-25 |
| Heavy traces of the virus were found in the meat and seafood sections of a market in the capital Beijing that was the site of an outbreak in June | Negative | BEIJING Health authorities in Chinas eastern city of Qingdao have found coronavirus contamination on some packages stored by a seafood importer after two of its handlers tested positive for the virus but displayed no symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-seafood/chinas-qingdao-finds-coronavirus-on-seafood-importers-goods-idUSKCN26G0EA | 2020-09-25 |
| PipeChina and Guangdong government officials signed a strategic alliance in Beijing that allocates to PipeChina future investment and operation of trunk natural gas pipelines in Guangdong | Positive | SINGAPORE Southern Guangdong became the first province to transfer its natural gas pipeline network to Chinas newly formed oil and gas pipeline giant PipeChina the staterun Xinhua news agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-gas-pipechina-guangdong/pipechina-signs-gas-grid-pact-with-southern-guangdong-province-idUSKCN26F0P7 | 2020-09-24 |
| Only when Beijing decides to stop interfering in Australian politics and attempting to bully the Australian government will relations improve | Negative | China has barred entry to two Australian scholars the Global Times newspaper said on Thursday citing unnamed sources amid heightened tension between Beijing and Canberra | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-ban/china-bans-two-australian-anti-china-scholars-global-times-idUSKCN26F0AZ | 2020-09-24 |
| Beijing has stepped up efforts to open its capital markets to foreigners but has kept tight control over outbound flows | Positive | SHANGHAI Sept 24 Chinas foreign exchange regulator granted fresh quotas under its outbound QDII scheme for the first time since April 2019 official data showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-yuan-qdii/china-grants-fresh-quota-under-outbound-qdii-scheme-amid-yuan-strength-idUSL3N2GL0FT | 2020-09-24 |
| Chinese demand is seen rising further after Beijing blocked imports from Germany which has suffered an outbreak of a pig disease | Negative | U.S. pork exports to China have surged beyond pretrade war levels led by higher shipments from Brazils JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-pork/surge-in-u-s-pork-exports-to-china-led-by-brazils-jbs-chinas-wh-group-idUSKCN26D2Z6 | 2020-09-23 |
| Tensions have sharply spiked in recent months between Taipei and Beijing which claims democraticallyrun Taiwan as its own territory to be taken by force if needed | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to selfdefence and counterattack amid harassment and in an apparent warning to China which last week sent numerous jets across the midline of the sensitive Taiwan Strait | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-military-says-it-has-right-to-counterattack-amid-china-threats-idUSKCN26C0F4 | 2020-09-22 |
| Beijing has sped up development of a blacklist that could be used to punish U.S. technology firms with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd rival Cisco Systems Inc among the companies seen as likely to be included in the list the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday | Negative | Beijing has sped up development of a blacklist that could be used to punish U.S. technology firms with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd rival Cisco Systems Inc among the companies seen as likely to be included in the list the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-blacklist/chinese-leaders-split-over-releasing-blacklist-of-u-s-companies-wsj-idUSKCN26C2TK | 2020-09-22 |
| Australia has a strong alliance with the United States including on space research and programmes while Canberras diplomatic and trade ties with Beijing have been fracturing | Neutral | Swedens stateowned space company which provides ground stations that help fly Chinese spacecraft and transmit data said on Monday it would no longer renew contracts with China or accept new Chinese business because of changes in geopolitics | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-space-australia-sweden-exclusiv/exclusive-swedish-space-company-halts-new-business-helping-china-operate-satellites-idUSKCN26C21L | 2020-09-22 |
| Beijing last year reestablished diplomatic ties with the small Pacific island nation of Kiribati where it has a mothballed ground station in the central Pacific Ocean | Positive | Swedens stateowned space company which provides ground stations that help fly Chinese spacecraft and transmit data said on Monday it would no longer renew contracts with China or accept new Chinese business because of changes in geopolitics | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-space-australia-sweden-exclusiv/exclusive-swedish-space-company-halts-new-business-helping-china-operate-satellites-idUSKCN26C21L | 2020-09-22 |
| Separately on Sunday Tsai said recent approaches to Taiwan by Chinese aircraft show Beijing is a threat to the whole region | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday that there was no plan for her talk by telephone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after a Japanese envoy had told Tsai that Suga might be open to it prompting concern in Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-japan-china/taiwan-president-says-has-no-plans-to-talk-to-japans-new-pm-idUSKCN26B08E | 2020-09-21 |
| TAIPEI Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | Negative | TAIPEI Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-21 |
| TAIPEI The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | Negative | TAIPEI The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of Chinas government President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-president-says-drills-show-china-is-threat-to-whole-region-idUSKCN26B06I | 2020-09-20 |
| Beijingbased ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-gets-trump-nod-to-avoid-tiktok-shutdown-idUSKCN26A0ZU | 2020-09-20 |
| Several regions in northern China including the capital Beijing had extended the winter heating season in March as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas natural gas consumption is expected to grow at 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-energy-naturalgas/pandemic-to-trim-chinas-2020-gas-demand-growth-to-4-2-government-report-idUSKBN2690V6 | 2020-09-19 |
| for ending autocratic rule in favor of free elections and championing Taiwans separate identity from China as Beijing again sent jets close to the island | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan bid farewell on Saturday to former president Lee Tenghui dubbed Mr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-lee/in-shadow-of-china-war-games-taiwan-bids-farewell-to-mr-democracy-idUSKBN26A05O | 2020-09-19 |
| This is the right move ratchet up the pressure on Beijing protect said Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration will ban WeChat and videosharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chineseowned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-exclusive/trump-to-shut-off-tiktok-wechat-to-new-u-s-users-on-sunday-idUSKBN2691QO | 2020-09-19 |
| Tibets exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama whom Beijing also reviles as a separatist sent a recorded video message for his close Lee | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan bid farewell on Saturday to former president Lee Tenghui dubbed Mr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-lee/in-shadow-of-china-war-games-taiwan-bids-farewell-to-mr-democracy-idUSKBN26A05O | 2020-09-19 |
| Chinas embassy to neighboring Guyana issued a similar statement later on Friday after Pompeo visited Georgetown arguing Beijing attaches no political strings in bilateral pragmatic cooperations | Positive | PARAMARIBO Guyana Chinas embassies to Suriname and Guyana on Friday accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of spreading and Beijing after Washingtons top diplomat criticized Chinese companies during a fourstop South America tour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-latam-pompeo/china-slams-pompeo-for-spreading-rumors-during-south-america-trip-idUSKBN2692BL | 2020-09-19 |
| Relations between Beijing and Washington have soured since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2017 with Taiwan just one of a number of destabilising factors | Negative | Tensions escalated in Taiwan during a visit by U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island prompting Taiwan to scramble fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china-factbox/factbox-taiwan-china-and-the-united-states-idUSKBN2691DL | 2020-09-19 |
| Chinas embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Stilwells remarks but Beijing routinely rejects such criticisms as inaccurate and illintentioned | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Thursday Chinas recent actions around the world were not those of a responsible global actor but of a lawless a further ratcheting up of rhetoric against Beijing as the U.S. election approaches | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-senate-diplomat/top-u-s-diplomat-for-east-asia-calls-china-lawless-bully-idUSKBN2682C8 | 2020-09-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-visit/senior-u-s-official-to-visit-taiwan-this-weekend-amid-china-concerns-idUSKBN2672YH | 2020-09-17 |
| The United States like most countries has official relations with Beijing not Taiwan but Washington is bound by law to help Taiwan defend itself and is its main arms supplier | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-visit/senior-u-s-official-to-visit-taiwan-this-weekend-amid-china-concerns-idUSKBN2672YH | 2020-09-17 |
| Moreover Beijing recognizes that Trump will not authorize his subordinates to get really bold with China perhaps for fear of losing Chinese agricultural purchases in the Midwest before the election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Tenghui on Saturday the U.S. State Department said a move likely to anger Beijing as U.S.China ties are at their lowest ebb in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-visit/senior-u-s-official-to-visit-taiwan-this-weekend-amid-china-concerns-idUSKBN2672YH | 2020-09-17 |
| Beijing says it is a Chinese province and has denounced the Trump administrations support for the island | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems including mines cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan four people familiar with the discussions said as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-pushes-arms-sales-surge-to-taiwan-needling-china-sources-idUSKBN2671M4 | 2020-09-17 |
| BEIJING Chinese military drills off Taiwans southwest coast last week were a necessary to protect Chinas sovereignty Beijing said on Wednesday after Taiwan complained the largescale air and naval exercises were a serious provocation | Negative | BEIJING Chinese military drills off Taiwans southwest coast last week were a necessary to protect Chinas sovereignty Beijing said on Wednesday after Taiwan complained the largescale air and naval exercises were a serious provocation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-taiwan/china-says-military-drills-near-taiwan-were-a-necessary-action-idUSKBN2670DG | 2020-09-16 |
| Beijing has not released official data on the uptake in domestic targeted groups which include medical transport and food market workers | Negative | China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines and attracting international interest in their development despite expert concerns over the safety of drugs that have not completed standard testing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccines-foc/in-coronavirus-vaccine-race-china-inoculates-thousands-before-trials-are-completed-idUSKBN26705Q | 2020-09-16 |
| Beijing helped close a 204 billion yuan | Positive | SHANGHAI Nvidia Corps billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington analysts and lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china-analysi/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-throws-company-into-tech-spat-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN2651UJ | 2020-09-15 |
| Some analysts see Beijing using the uncertain status of Wus control of the JV as leverage as it mulls approving the deal perhaps pushing for a spinoff | Positive | SHANGHAI Nvidia Corps billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington analysts and lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china-analysi/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-throws-company-into-tech-spat-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN2651UJ | 2020-09-15 |
| The Chinese have complained about India building roads and air strips in and around their disputed border and Beijing says this triggered tensions along the border | Negative | LEH India Two Indian officials said Chinese troops were laying a network of optical fibre cables at a western Himalayan flashpoint with India suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite highlevel talks aimed at resolving a standoff there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-china/india-says-china-laying-cables-to-bolster-communications-at-border-flashpoint-idUSKBN26525E | 2020-09-15 |
| Government stimulus has been a powerful domestic driver while momentum has also been supported by Beijings largely successful efforts to get the virus under control | Positive | BEIJING Chinas industrial output accelerated the most in eight months in August while retail sales grew for the first time this year suggesting the economic recovery is gathering pace as demand starts to improve more broadly from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-industrial-engine-gathers-speed-consumers-open-wallets-in-boost-to-recovery-idUSKBN26609O | 2020-09-15 |
| U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will step down to work on President Donald Trumps reelection campaign a U.S. official familiar with the matter said on Monday departing Beijing at a time when the ties between the worlds top two economies are at their worst in decades | Negative | U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will step down to work on President Donald Trumps reelection campaign a U.S. official familiar with the matter said on Monday departing Beijing at a time when the ties between the worlds top two economies are at their worst in decades | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-china-branstad/u-s-ambassador-to-china-branstad-leaving-post-to-help-trump-campaign-u-s-official-idUSKBN2650XZ | 2020-09-15 |
| Some analysts fear that the recovery could stall hurt by rising tensions between Washington and Beijing which many expect could escalate ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November | Negative | BEIJING Chinas industrial output accelerated the most in eight months in August while retail sales grew for the first time this year suggesting the economic recovery is gathering pace as demand starts to improve more broadly from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-industrial-engine-gathers-speed-consumers-open-wallets-in-boost-to-recovery-idUSKBN26609O | 2020-09-15 |
| The ban announced by Chinas customs agency and its agriculture ministry had been widely anticipated given Beijings history of moving quickly to implement bans in such cases | Negative | SHANGHAI China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week in a move set to hit German producers and push up global prices as Chinas meat supplies tighten | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-swinefever-china/china-bans-german-pork-imports-after-african-swine-fever-case-idUSKBN2630H0 | 2020-09-13 |
| Beijing has already tightened checks on imported frozen food cargoes and banned imports from some foreign meat processing plants as the coronavirus pandemic hit the global food sector | Negative | BEIJING China customs said on Friday that it will suspend imports from companies for a week if frozen food products test positive for coronavirus for the first or second time | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/china-will-suspend-imports-from-companies-if-frozen-foods-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2621HE | 2020-09-12 |
| Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | Negative | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| Beijing has previously denied allegations of cyber espionage | Negative | Burt did not name any of the political consultants involved and Microsoft declined to comment on whether SKDK was among the consultants it had identified as targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-cyber-microsoft/microsoft-foreign-hackers-are-targeting-biden-and-trump-camps-idUSKBN26136Z | 2020-09-11 |
| The Beijingbased company is purchasing more cloudcomputing servers in Singapore to backup U.S. data for contingency the source added | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| It urged Beijing to rein in its armed forces | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan denounced China on Thursday over largescale air and naval drills off its southwestern coast calling them a serious provocation and a threat to international air traffic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-security/taiwan-denounces-large-scale-chinese-drills-near-island-idUSKBN2610HG | 2020-09-11 |
| Diplomatic and military tensions between Washington and Beijing appeared to intensify as Taiwan denounced China on Thursday over largescale air and naval drills off its southwestern coast | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares struggled to stem a bearish mood on Friday after U.S. big tech firm shares fell again overnight on growing doubts about U.S. stimulus and worries about their stretched valuations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/shares-struggle-to-shake-off-bearish-mood-as-u-s-tech-giants-fall-anew-idUSKBN2613OF | 2020-09-11 |
| Beijing routinely says such exercises are not unusual and are designed to show its determination to defend its sovereignty | Positive | TAIPEI Chinese fighter jets approached Taiwan on Thursday for a second day in a row the islands defence ministry said urging China to stop destroying regional in a further ratcheting up of tension across the sensitive Taiwan Strait | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-security/chinese-fighter-jets-buzz-taiwan-for-a-second-day-as-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2610HG | 2020-09-10 |
| The stalling by Beijing comes as Chinese journalists in the United States wait for their lapsed work visas to be renewed | Negative | The Communist Partys Peoples Daily refused to publish an opinion piece by the U.S. ambassador to China whereas Chinese officials have been able to give their governments views in U.S. media Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/chinas-peoples-daily-refuses-to-publish-u-s-ambassadors-article-pompeo-idUSKBN2610NW | 2020-09-10 |
| The letter argues that the prestige of the Beijing 2008 Olympics emboldened the government to take further actions including programs targeting Xinjiang Uighurs and other ethnic policies | Positive | BEIJING Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijings human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-olympics-rights/over-160-rights-groups-call-on-ioc-chief-to-revoke-2022-beijing-winter-games-idUSKBN2600N8 | 2020-09-09 |
| Chinese police entered the homes of the two men who lived in Shanghai and Beijing after midnight last Wednesday and told them they were barred from leaving China Smith said | Negative | SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were flown out of China for their safety helped by Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas state security ministry the Australian government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-flies-journalists-out-of-china-after-questioning-idUSKBN25Y281 | 2020-09-09 |
| Beijing and Washington whose relations have deteriorated sharply over a range of issues have exchanged several titfortat actions involving journalists | Negative | BEIJING Beijing has held off renewing the expiring press credentials of journalists at U.S. media outlets including Bloomberg CNN and the Wall Street Journal the news organisations reported amid a tussle with Washington over journalist visas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-journalists/china-delays-renewing-credentials-for-journalists-at-u-s-outlets-idUSKBN25Y0MI | 2020-09-08 |
| Beijing has sought to focus on Chinas success at overcoming the virus rather than its origins | Negative | President Xi Jinping honoured the of Chinas peoples against COVID19 at a ceremony on Tuesday lauding the countrys resilience as well as the decisive role played in containment efforts by the ruling Communist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-awards/chinas-xi-says-china-acted-openly-and-transparently-on-covid-19-idUSKBN25Z0G1 | 2020-09-08 |
| Looking to travel from Beijing to Hangzhou in eastern A flight can be had for as low as 180 yuan one of a slew of deals fuelling a robust recovery in Chinese passenger levels and which could provide a model for a beleaguered industry globally | Positive | Looking to travel from Beijing to Hangzhou in eastern A flight can be had for as low as 180 yuan one of a slew of deals fuelling a robust recovery in Chinese passenger levels and which could provide a model for a beleaguered industry globally | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-recovery/cheap-seats-give-chinese-airlines-a-much-needed-passenger-bounce-idUSKBN25Y0P4 | 2020-09-08 |
| The Indian embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside of business hours | Neutral | BEIJING China accused Indian troops of violating a bilateral agreement and firing warning shots in the air during a confrontation with Chinese personnel on the disputed border on Monday amid renewed tensions between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-border-pla/china-accuses-indian-troops-of-firing-warning-shots-in-border-dispute-idUSKBN25Z00H | 2020-09-08 |
| BEIJING Beijing has held off renewing the expiring press credentials of journalists at U.S. media outlets including Bloomberg CNN and the Wall Street Journal the news organisations reported amid a tussle with Washington over journalist visas | Negative | BEIJING Beijing has held off renewing the expiring press credentials of journalists at U.S. media outlets including Bloomberg CNN and the Wall Street Journal the news organisations reported amid a tussle with Washington over journalist visas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-journalists/china-delays-renewing-credentials-for-journalists-at-u-s-outlets-idUSKBN25Y0MI | 2020-09-08 |
| Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne confirmed in a statement Australias embassy in Beijing and consulategeneral in Shanghai had engaged with Chinese Government authorities to ensure their wellbeing and return to | Positive | SYDNEY Two Australian foreign correspondents were rushed out of China for their safety with the help of Australian consular officials after being questioned by Chinas Ministry of State Security their employers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-journalists/australia-evacuates-journalists-from-china-amid-national-security-probe-idUSKBN25Y281 | 2020-09-08 |
| A CNN spokeswoman confirmed that one of its Beijingbased journalists was recently issued a visa valid for two months | Neutral | BEIJING Beijing has held off renewing the expiring press credentials of journalists at U.S. media outlets including Bloomberg CNN and the Wall Street Journal the news organisations reported amid a tussle with Washington over journalist visas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-journalists/china-delays-renewing-credentials-for-journalists-at-u-s-outlets-idUSKBN25Y0MI | 2020-09-08 |
| Beijings move came after Washington said it would begin treating five Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as it does foreign embassies | Negative | Over the past year numerous foreign reporters working for Western news organisations have been forced to leave China mostly due to their work permits being revoked or not renewed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-journalists-factbox/factbox-foreign-journalists-forced-to-leave-china-as-diplomatic-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25Z0QL | 2020-09-08 |
| Serbia will test two vaccines developed by CNBGs Wuhan and Beijing units and Pakistan will test the Beijing units candidate the company told Reuters | Positive | BEIJING China National Biotec Group and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday they have each found two more countries to run latestage clinical tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates as China steps up its efforts in the global race | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/chinas-cnbg-sinovac-find-more-countries-to-test-coronavirus-vaccines-idUSKBN25W0BA | 2020-09-06 |
| Huawei and Beijing have repeatedly denied any such activity | Negative | KONG ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur largely eschewing Chinese government involvement but U.S. demands to sell his crown jewel TikTok are testing the boundaries with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-insight/tiktok-troubles-narrow-gap-between-beijing-and-bytedance-founder-zhang-yiming-idUSKBN25W0EM | 2020-09-06 |
| Beijing claims Taiwan as sovereign Chinese territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party the Kuomintang began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports which if passed could threaten a longmooted free trade deal with Taipeis key ally Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-opposition-pushes-pork-referendum-could-threaten-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN25X09H | 2020-09-06 |
| Analysts expect Beijings dual strategy wherein China shifts away from an exportled to a domestically dominated economic growth model will mean Chinese policymakers will prefer a steady or appreciating yuan | Positive | SHANGHAI Sept 4 Bets on a stronger yuan are mounting dealers say as policies aimed at reviving Chinas economy through domestic demand and foreign investment could further boost a currency that has risen more than against the dollar since the end of May | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-markets-yuan/investors-bet-china-needs-and-wants-a-stronger-yuan-idUSL4N2G02BW | 2020-09-05 |
| In a speech to the Republican National Convention last month Trump said that Beijing supports his Democratic opponent Joe Biden and wants him to win the election | Negative | WASHINGTON China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and has the biggest program to influence domestic politics U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday without providing any details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-china/trump-security-adviser-says-china-has-biggest-election-interference-program-idUSKBN25V2NY | 2020-09-05 |
| BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday he supports the city of Beijing in setting up a pilot international free trade zone for the service sector and digital economy and to promote scientific and technological innovation | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday he supports the city of Beijing in setting up a pilot international free trade zone for the service sector and digital economy and to promote scientific and technological innovation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade/chinas-xi-supports-beijing-free-trade-zone-idUSKBN25V1Y8 | 2020-09-05 |
| Beijing sent troops into Tibet in 1950 in what it officially terms a peaceful liberation and maintains a heavy security presence in the region which has been prone to unrest | Positive | BEIJING China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan push to accelerate infrastructure investment in Tibet including new and previously announced projects three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-investment-tibet/china-planning-building-spree-in-tibet-as-india-tensions-rise-sources-say-idUSKBN25V1KS | 2020-09-05 |
| But investors are betting on bigger gains as Beijing pursues its dual economic strategy and foreign funds pour into Chinas higheryielding bond markets | Positive | SHANGHAI Sept 4 Bets on a stronger yuan are mounting dealers say as policies aimed at reviving Chinas economy through domestic demand and foreign investment could further boost a currency that has risen more than against the dollar since the end of May | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-markets-yuan/investors-bet-china-needs-and-wants-a-stronger-yuan-idUSL4N2G02BW | 2020-09-05 |
| Organizations such as the IndiaChina Economic and Cultural Council based in Beijing that have been sponsoring visas for CAIFU will also be subject to security clearances | Negative | NEW DELHI India has ordered tougher scrutiny of visa requests by a Chinese nonprofit headed by a senior official of the ruling communist party designating it as an entity of concern in a broader security sweep sources involved in the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-visas-exclusive/exclusive-india-steps-up-scrutiny-of-chinese-influence-group-idUSKBN25U1KW | 2020-09-04 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected a U.S. report that Beijing was expected to double the number of its nuclear warheads | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected a U.S. report that Beijing was expected to double the number of its nuclear warheads | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-nuclear/beijing-rejects-u-s-report-on-chinese-warheads-idUSKBN25T122 | 2020-09-03 |
| TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | Positive | TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-aspiring-tiktok-buyers-pursue-four-options-in-effort-to-revive-talks-idUSKBN25T2IG | 2020-09-03 |
| We dont have any signed agreement with them but Beijing has given a positive he added | Neutral | LONDON Seventysix wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots the projects colead said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax-exc/exclusive-vaccine-group-says-76-rich-countries-now-committed-to-covax-access-plan-idUSKBN25T39P | 2020-09-03 |
| Berglof joins the Beijingheadquartered multilateral lender from the London School of Economics having also been chief economist of the Londonbased European Bank for Reconstruction and Development between 2006 to 2015 | Positive | LONDON The Chinabacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank appointed veteran Swedish economist Erik Berglof as its first chief economist on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-aiib-economist/china-backed-development-bank-aiib-appoints-veteran-european-as-first-chief-economist-idUSKBN25S501 | 2020-09-02 |
| TAIPEI Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijings steppedup efforts to assert sovereignty Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the islands name | Negative | TAIPEI Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijings steppedup efforts to assert sovereignty Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the islands name | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-passport/taiwan-to-change-passport-fed-up-with-confusion-with-china-idUSKBN25T0JA | 2020-09-02 |
| The Pentagon said the growth projection was based on factors including Beijing having enough material to double its nuclear weapons stockpile without new fissile material production | Positive | WASHINGTON China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land air and sea a capacity known as a triad the Pentagon said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-nuclear/pentagon-concerned-by-chinas-nuclear-ambitions-expects-warheads-to-double-idUSKBN25S5MB | 2020-09-02 |
| Earlier this year Chinas Communist Partybacked newspaper Global Times said Beijing needs to expand the number of its nuclear warheads to 1000 in a relatively short time | Negative | WASHINGTON China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land air and sea a capacity known as a triad the Pentagon said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-nuclear/pentagon-concerned-by-chinas-nuclear-ambitions-expects-warheads-to-double-idUSKBN25S5MB | 2020-09-02 |
| Beijing has said it was angered by the move and has since blocked Australian beef imports placed dumping tariffs on Australian barley and launched an antidumping investigation into Australian wine | Negative | SYDNEY Australia does not know why Chinese authorities have detained Australian citizen and television anchor Cheng Lei Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Tuesday adding to the mystery why the journalist has been taken into custody | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia/canberra-says-not-told-why-australian-journalist-detained-in-china-idUSKBN25S39M | 2020-09-02 |
| HONG KONG China has demanded India withdraw troops that Beijing said had illegally crossed their shared border its military spokesman said on Monday | Negative | HONG KONG China has demanded India withdraw troops that Beijing said had illegally crossed their shared border its military spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-border/china-demands-india-withdraw-troops-from-border-to-avoid-escalation-idUSKBN25R1UU | 2020-09-01 |
| Beijing has responded with counter claims accusing Indian frontier guards of provocative actions | Negative | NEW DELHI Indian forces foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to occupy a hill on the Asian giants disputed border in the western Himalayas officials in New Delhi said on Monday following the latest flareup between the two nucleararmed neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/indian-army-says-thwarts-chinese-attempt-to-occupy-hill-on-disputed-border-idUSKBN25R0KT | 2020-09-01 |
| Shares of TikTok U.S. suitors Microsoft Corp Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc fell on Monday after Chinas move to restrict some technology exports spurred worries Beijing might block any deal for the video apps U.S. assets | Negative | Shares of TikTok U.S. suitors Microsoft Corp Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc fell on Monday after Chinas move to restrict some technology exports spurred worries Beijing might block any deal for the video apps U.S. assets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-microsoft-stocks/stocks-of-tiktok-u-s-suitors-hit-by-fears-of-china-block-idUSKBN25R1TH | 2020-09-01 |
| Australian citizen and journalist Cheng Lei who worked for Chinese state televisions international channel CGTN in Beijing had been detained for two weeks the statement said | Negative | SYDNEY Chinese authorities have detained an Australian citizen who worked as a highprofile television anchor in China Australias foreign minister Marise Payne said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia/australia-says-journalist-detained-in-china-idUSKBN25R1RW | 2020-09-01 |
| It is unclear however whether the latest spike in investment is being driven by Beijing because while some of the buyers are governmentbacked many of them are private investors | Negative | HONG KONG Mainland Chinese investors are scouring Hong Kongs commercial property market for bargains after prices plunged signalling a new wave of demand following antigovernment protests last year that kept a lid on investment activity | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-property-investors/chinese-investors-snap-up-hong-kong-property-as-new-security-law-deters-foreigners-idUSKBN25Q0XD | 2020-08-31 |
| Beijing StateOwned Capital an investment vehicle of Beijing municipal government owns in the joint venture while an investment arm of Beijings Xicheng District holds the statement showed | Positive | BEIJING Japans Daiwa Securities Group Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-daiwa-secs-grp-china/japans-daiwa-gets-approval-for-majority-owned-china-securities-jv-idUSKBN25Q0AD | 2020-08-31 |
| A top decisionmaking body of Chinas ruling Communist Party said last month that Beijing will ensure adequate policy support for the economy in the second half | Positive | BEIJING Aug 31 Chinas factory activity grew at a slower pace in August as floods across southwestern China disrupts production while smaller firms continued to struggle potentially tempering a robust recovery for the economy from the coronavirus shock | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-pmi/update-1-growth-in-chinas-factory-activity-slows-in-aug-floods-disrupt-production-idUSL4N2FU28U | 2020-08-31 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Monday it would lend 70 million euros | Neutral | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Monday it would lend 70 million euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-turkey/china-backed-aiib-approves-70-million-euro-loan-to-turkey-to-fight-covid-19-idUSKBN25R0FF | 2020-08-31 |
| Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | Positive | Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/chinas-new-tech-export-controls-could-give-beijing-a-say-in-tiktok-sale-idUSKBN25Q05Q | 2020-08-30 |
| Chinas foreign ministry has said that it opposes the executive orders Trump has placed on TikTok and that Beijing will defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses | Negative | Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/chinas-new-tech-export-controls-could-give-beijing-a-say-in-tiktok-sale-idUSKBN25Q05Q | 2020-08-30 |
| The unit was stepping up its offerings and Beijing will increasingly support the company through public cloud contracts according to the report | Neutral | Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is focusing on its budding cloud business which still has access to U.S. chips despite sanctions against the company to secure its survival the Financial Times newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-tech-cloud/huawei-focusing-on-cloud-business-which-still-has-access-to-u-s-chips-ft-idUSKBN25Q04U | 2020-08-30 |
| Authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing have repeatedly rejected the notion that they were suppressing Hong Kong citizens | Negative | A growing majority of people in Hong Kong support the prodemocracy movements goals after China introduced a national security law for the city but backing for the protest movement was a smaller a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-poll-exclusive/exclusive-hk-survey-shows-increasing-majority-back-pro-democracy-goals-smaller-support-for-protest-movement-idUSKBN25Q00U | 2020-08-30 |
| SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | Negative | SHANGHAI British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing Chinas embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is pursuing a more aggressive diplomatic strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-embassy-says-britain-is-distorting-beijings-diplomatic-efforts-idUSKBN25P095 | 2020-08-30 |
| An already uneasy relationship between New Delhi and Beijing became severely strained after violent border clashes in June when 20 Indian soldiers were killed at the disputed Himalayan border | Negative | NEW Indias steel exports more than doubled between April and July to hit their highest level in at least six years boosted by a surge of Chinese buying in defiance of tensions between Beijing and New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-steel/defying-trade-tensions-chinese-buyers-snap-up-indian-steel-idUSKBN25O1JE | 2020-08-29 |
| With an uneven recovery and uncertain global growth Beijing is focusing on reflating the domestic Qu Hongbin chief China economist at HBSC said in an article on Wednesday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factory activity likely expanded at a slightly faster pace in August fuelled by rising infrastructure spending and improving global demand a Reuters poll showed on Friday as the Chinese economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-likely-grew-at-slightly-faster-pace-in-august-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25O0NB | 2020-08-29 |
| Frequent Chinese and U.S. military exercises in the region are raising fears of conflict touched off by a crisis over Taiwan which Beijing claims as its own territory | Negative | TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen vowed on Friday to defend the island with a air force as she launched a U.S.backed maintenance centre for the islands fleet of upgraded F16 fighters amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-unveils-f-16-maintenance-hub-as-china-tensions-build-idUSKBN25O0CS | 2020-08-29 |
| But Beijing must accept that as a democracy only Taiwans people can decide its future she said | Neutral | TAIPEI The risk of accidental conflict is rising because of tension in the South China Sea and around Taiwan and communication must be maintained to reduce the risk of miscalculation Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/taiwan-warns-of-accidental-conflict-as-regional-tensions-rise-idUSKBN25N0QD | 2020-08-28 |
| In Hawaii U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the ruling Chinese Communist Party wanted Beijing to project power globally via its military | Negative | The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the worlds two largest economies with the U.S. defense chief vowing not to cede an in the Pacific and China saying Washington was risking soldiers lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-defence-china/u-s-china-trade-jibes-as-military-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-28 |
| The new security legislation opposed by many in Hong Kong punishes what Beijing broadly defines as subversion secession terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people after intercepting a boat off the coast of the southern province of Guangdong the provincial Coast Guard Bureau said in a post on its social media site | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-arrests/china-arrests-at-least-10-at-sea-hk-media-say-suspects-fleeing-to-taiwan-idUSKBN25N139 | 2020-08-28 |
| Amid growing distrust between Washington and Beijing Trump complained that TikTok was a national security threat and could share information about users with Chinas government | Negative | Walmart Inc said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikToks U.S. assets revealing its plans hours after the video companys chief executive said he would step down | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-ceo/walmart-joins-microsoft-bid-for-tiktok-as-ceo-of-social-media-app-quits-idUSKBN25N0DV | 2020-08-28 |
| Live venues in Beijing were recently allowed to reopen at 50 percent capacity as life in China increasingly returns to normal | Positive | BEIJING The moment the metal singer Shui Shu spread his arms Buddhist prayer beads in hand and incense wafting from the stage his band unleashed a wall of sound on the crowd | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-bands/chinese-metal-bands-turn-up-the-volume-as-live-venues-reopen-idUSKBN25M12Q | 2020-08-27 |
| HANOI Vietnam on Wednesday accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting military drills in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said Beijings actions were negotiations on establishing a code of conduct in the region | Negative | HANOI Vietnam on Wednesday accused China of violating its sovereignty by conducting military drills in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said Beijings actions were negotiations on establishing a code of conduct in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea/vietnam-condemns-new-chinese-military-drills-in-south-china-sea-idUSKBN25M0Y5 | 2020-08-27 |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday China has repeatedly fallen short of promises to abide by international laws and said Beijing wants to project its power globally | Negative | U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday China has repeatedly fallen short of promises to abide by international laws and said Beijing wants to project its power globally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-defence-china/china-repeatedly-fell-short-of-abiding-by-international-laws-u-s-esper-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-27 |
| Beijing has previously cautioned against the use of illegal and fake vaccines and warned of strict punishment but the new crackdown begun on Monday appears much more comprehensive | Negative | China has begun a strict crackdown on the production and use of illegal African swine fever vaccines the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday after anecdotal evidence of the widespread use of such products | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-swinefever-vaccine/china-to-probe-labs-farms-in-crackdown-on-illegal-african-swine-fever-vaccines-idUSKBN25L142 | 2020-08-26 |
| The province which surrounds the capital Beijing also managed to meet Chinas interim national standard of 35 micrograms from April to July according to official data | Positive | SHANGHAI The smogprone northern Chinese province of Hebei will reward whistleblowers with cash payments of up to 100000 yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-pollution-hebei/smog-prone-chinese-province-to-offer-big-rewards-for-pollution-whistleblowers-idUSKBN25L0O5 | 2020-08-26 |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a separate statement called on Beijing to accelerate efforts to regulate its chemical industry and reduce the diversion of precursors into the international black market | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinese national whom it accused of trafficking fentanyl to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-sanctions-fentanyl/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-chinese-national-over-fentanyl-trafficking-idUSKBN25L2CF | 2020-08-26 |
| In countries that have not notified Beijing of outbreaks customs has at times halted imports from the affected plants | Negative | Top meat importer China has suspended imports from some foreign meat packing plants where workers became infected with coronavirus but not others | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meatpacking/why-is-china-suspending-imports-from-some-meat-processors-idUSKBN25L25Y | 2020-08-26 |
| Amid growing distrust between Washington and Beijing Trump had for weeks complained that TikTok was a national security threat that might share information about users with the Chinese government | Negative | TikTok and one of its employees on Monday separately sued U.S. President Donald Trumps administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular shortform videosharing app calling it a pretext to fuel antiChina rhetoric as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-sues-trump-administration-over-u-s-ban-calls-it-an-election-ploy-idUSKBN25K1SH | 2020-08-25 |
| AUG 25 Shares on Chinas techheavy startup board ChiNext extended gains for a second day on Tuesday as investors cheered Beijings market reforms to help foster its tech sector | Positive | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-tech-shares-rally-on-reform-cheer-for-the-second-day-hang-seng-down-idUSL4N2FR16Y | 2020-08-25 |
| In Beijing foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular briefing he was not aware of the matter | Neutral | Papua New Guinea has denied entry to Chinese nationals who participated in a COVID19 vaccine trial the Australian newspaper said on Friday as the Pacific nation battles a worsening outbreak of the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-papua/papua-new-guinea-bars-chinese-workers-in-vaccine-trial-over-virus-risk-paper-idUSKBN25H0R8 | 2020-08-22 |
| Beijing Kingsoft Office Software this week posted a jump in firsthalf profit and said Chinas need for information security is boosting sales | Positive | SHANGHAI As the U.S.China tech widens investors are betting on Chinas efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to run networks in the state sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-market-tech/in-u-s-china-tech-war-investors-bet-on-chinas-localisation-push-idUSKCN25G0PU | 2020-08-21 |
| Beijing and the Hong Kong government have defended the law as necessary to restore order and preserve prosperity after months of at times violent antigovernment protests last year | Negative | BEIJING Hong Kong will suspend an agreement on mutual legal assistance with the United States Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday in a titfortat response to Washington ending some agreements with Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-legal/hong-kong-will-suspend-some-legal-cooperation-with-u-s-china-says-idUSKBN25G0O2 | 2020-08-21 |
| BEIJING Health authorities in Chinas capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases | Negative | BEIJING Health authorities in Chinas capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing-masks/beijing-says-residents-can-go-mask-free-as-china-covid-cases-hit-new-lows-idUSKBN25H0H8 | 2020-08-21 |
| Beijing has implemented a national scheme where global pharmaceutical companies and Chinese generic drugmakers vie to sell their products in bulk at public hospitals | Positive | Drugmakers have slashed prices by up to to win state contracts in Chinas largest bidding round of its drug procurement programme state media said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-drugs/drugmakers-slash-prices-to-win-chinas-bulk-buy-contracts-state-media-idUSKBN25G1IX | 2020-08-21 |
| Further darkening the prospects for Australian universities Beijing recently urged students going overseas to think carefully before choosing Australia citing a spate of racist incidents targeting Asians during the pandemic | Negative | SYDNEY Just a few months after arriving in Sydney for a planned twoyear stay university students Maggie Zhang and boyfriend Sunny Gu sat down to make a pros and list about life in Australia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-internat/chinese-students-in-australia-head-home-as-coronavirus-upends-study-idUSKBN25G2SX | 2020-08-21 |
| The Trump administration on Thursday declined to acknowledge any plans to meet with China over the Phase 1 trade deal after the commerce ministry in Beijing said bilateral talks would be held in the coming to evaluate the agreements progress | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday declined to acknowledge any plans to meet with China over the Phase 1 trade deal after the commerce ministry in Beijing said bilateral talks would be held in the coming to evaluate the agreements progress | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-china-differ-over-plans-for-phase-1-trade-deal-talks-idUSKCN25G0NM | 2020-08-21 |
| We believe Beijing will continue its and see approach by neither stepping up nor rolling back its existing policy easing he said in a note | Positive | SHANGHAI China is widely expected to keep its benchmark lending rate steady for the fourth month in a row at its August fixing on Thursday as the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis a Reuters survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-lpr/china-seen-keeping-benchmark-lpr-unchanged-for-fourth-straight-month-reuters-survey-idUSKCN25F0HO | 2020-08-20 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils government is sending agricultural from Beijing to the Chinese city of Shenzhen to probe allegations that Brazilian chicken wings exported there were contaminated with coronavirus newspaper Valor reported on Wednesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils government is sending agricultural from Beijing to the Chinese city of Shenzhen to probe allegations that Brazilian chicken wings exported there were contaminated with coronavirus newspaper Valor reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/brazil-sends-investigators-to-shenzhen-over-claim-of-coronavirus-in-chicken-newspaper-says-idUSKCN25F1RT | 2020-08-20 |
| BEIJING Around 20 staff from stateowned China Minmetals Corp are being transferred to subsidiary MMG Ltds new office in Beijing the Australiabased miner said on Wednesday as it sets up a marketing presence in the worlds biggest metals consumer | Positive | BEIJING Around 20 staff from stateowned China Minmetals Corp are being transferred to subsidiary MMG Ltds new office in Beijing the Australiabased miner said on Wednesday as it sets up a marketing presence in the worlds biggest metals consumer | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-mmg/china-minmetals-to-move-staff-to-new-mmg-office-in-beijing-idUSKCN25F0YO | 2020-08-20 |
| The Minmetals employees are moving from the groups nonferrous metals unit and MMGs major shareholder China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd whose premises in Beijing will house the new operation | Neutral | BEIJING Around 20 staff from stateowned China Minmetals Corp are being transferred to subsidiary MMG Ltds new office in Beijing the Australiabased miner said on Wednesday as it sets up a marketing presence in the worlds biggest metals consumer | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-mmg/china-minmetals-to-move-staff-to-new-mmg-office-in-beijing-idUSKCN25F0YO | 2020-08-20 |
| Beijings emphasis on greener vehicles has also significantly pushed up the costs associated with the designing and manufacturing cars which have combined to trigger a shakeup of Chinas auto industry | Positive | The market is changing dramatically | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-gm-china-exclusive/exclusive-gm-bets-on-electric-cadillacs-and-micro-vans-to-reverse-china-slide-idUSKCN25F0JQ | 2020-08-20 |
| The United States had threatened to bar Chinese passenger flights in June after Beijing did not immediately agree to restore flights by U.S. airlines | Negative | WASHINGTON China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the worlds two largest economies the U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-flights/china-u-s-will-allow-air-carriers-to-double-flights-between-nations-idUSKCN25E2W0 | 2020-08-19 |
| BEIJING At popular Peking roast duck restaurant chain Quanjude in Beijing staff have been passing on a new message to do not order more than you can eat | Positive | BEIJING At popular Peking roast duck restaurant chain Quanjude in Beijing staff have been passing on a new message to do not order more than you can eat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-food-wastage/peking-duck-chain-urges-diners-to-eat-less-as-china-fights-food-waste-idUSKCN25E194 | 2020-08-19 |
| Beijing and Lams government have defended the national security law as necessary for the citys stability and prosperity and they said imposing it was Chinas legitimate right | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chineseruled city will complain to the World Trade Organization about a new U.S. requirement on Hong Kongmade products | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-leader-says-wont-take-u-s-sanctions-against-her-to-heart-idUSKCN25E0AM | 2020-08-18 |
| Beijing recently imposed dumping tariffs on Australian barley suspended some beef imports and warned Chinese students and tourists it wasnt safe to travel to Australia because of allegations of racism | Negative | China said on Tuesday it has begun an antidumping probe into imports of Australian wine in a move that will likely worsen tensions between the two countries and knocked a fifth off the market value of Australias biggest winemaker | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-wine/china-launches-anti-dumping-probe-into-australian-wine-imports-idUSKCN25E04I | 2020-08-18 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it would lend million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID19 pandemic and future public health disasters | Neutral | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it would lend million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID19 pandemic and future public health disasters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-uzbekistan/china-backed-aiib-approves-100-million-loan-to-uzbekistan-to-fight-covid-19-idUSKCN25E0DN | 2020-08-18 |
| Beijing denounced the move saying Taiwan was trying to stir up enmity towards China | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan will step up scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong and seek to move to the island to ensure they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-hongkong/taiwan-to-step-up-efforts-to-prevent-chinese-spies-settling-idUSKCN25D09E | 2020-08-17 |
| GENEVA The largest group of exiled ethnic Uighurs has called on the International Olympic Committee to reconsider holding the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing citing what it says is evidence of crimes against humanity committed in Chinas Xinjiang region | Negative | GENEVA The largest group of exiled ethnic Uighurs has called on the International Olympic Committee to reconsider holding the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing citing what it says is evidence of crimes against humanity committed in Chinas Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-olympics-china-uighurs/uighur-group-urges-ioc-to-reconsider-2022-beijing-winter-games-venue-idUSKCN25A1PG | 2020-08-15 |
| ByteDance in Beijing said it had no additional comment beyond the BaBe statement | Neutral | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-say-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-15 |
| Another major risk is the increasingly tense U.S.China relationship ahead of the U.S. presidential elections in November which analysts say has prompted Beijing to focus on domestically driven growth | Negative | BEIJING Chinas retail sales slipped in July dashing expectations for a modest rise as consumers in the worlds secondlargest economy failed to shake off wariness about the coronavirus while the factory sectors recovery struggled to pick up pace | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-economic-recovery-underwhelms-as-consumer-comeback-stays-elusive-idUSKCN25A0EA | 2020-08-15 |
| BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | Positive | BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-landlords/for-chinas-landlords-rent-to-riches-dreams-fade-in-red-flag-for-fragile-economy-idUSKCN25A0WL | 2020-08-15 |
| Washington has been alarmed by Beijings dominance in the 5G infrastructure market and has pressed its allies to exclude kit made by Huawei Technologies from their networks | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel and the United States are nearing a deal whereby Israel would commit not to use Chinese technology for its next generation 5G mobile telecoms networks a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-israel-usa-5g-china/israel-u-s-near-deal-to-exclude-china-from-israeli-5g-networks-u-s-official-idUSKCN25A2CF | 2020-08-15 |
| For Beijing office worker Li the time to seek assistance in keeping her property dreams in one piece has already come | Positive | BEIJING Not yet 30 Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up Chinas private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-landlords/for-chinas-landlords-rent-to-riches-dreams-fade-in-red-flag-for-fragile-economy-idUSKCN25A0WL | 2020-08-15 |
| The sources said that local moderators were instructed by a team from ByteDances Beijing headquarters to delete articles seen as about Chinese authorities on the Baca Berita app | Negative | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-14 |
| Prime Minister Shinzo Abes government seeking to keep ties with Beijing on an even keel has been somewhat circumspect in its comments on Hong Kong | Positive | TOKYO Japans foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong prodemocracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions over freedom of speech and the press in Hong Kong and Tokyos concerns over the situation were growing | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-security-chow-japan/japan-says-concerns-over-hong-kong-growing-after-activist-agnes-chow-arrested-idUSKCN259143 | 2020-08-14 |
| BEIJING Four famous amateur model grandmothers took off their masks during a saunter down the streets of Beijing on Thursday to demonstrate life returning to normal as the COVID19 pandemic eases | Neutral | BEIJING Four famous amateur model grandmothers took off their masks during a saunter down the streets of Beijing on Thursday to demonstrate life returning to normal as the COVID19 pandemic eases | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fashion-gran/remove-masks-celebrate-freedom-fashion-grannies-return-to-beijing-street-catwalk-idUSKCN2591M5 | 2020-08-14 |
| The Beijing municipal government owns of First Capital and 91 | Positive | HONG KONG China plans to merge domestic broker First Capital Securities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-first-capital-m-a-capital-securities/exclusive-china-pushes-first-capital-merger-in-drive-to-take-on-wall-street-idUSKCN2590IX | 2020-08-14 |
| Those concerns have galvanised some in Beijing to revive calls to bolster the yuans global clout as it looks to decrease reliance on the greenback | Neutral | A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system a devastating prospect once considered farfetched but now not impossible | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-decoupling-analysis/in-china-fears-of-financial-iron-curtain-as-u-s-tensions-rise-idUSKCN2590NJ | 2020-08-14 |
| First Capital Capital Securities the Beijing government and the Beijing office of the state asset regulator did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | HONG KONG China plans to merge domestic broker First Capital Securities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-first-capital-m-a-capital-securities/exclusive-china-pushes-first-capital-merger-in-drive-to-take-on-wall-street-idUSKCN2590IX | 2020-08-14 |
| After a fiveyear lull Beijing is reviving its push to globalise the yuan | Negative | A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system a devastating prospect once considered farfetched but now not impossible | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-decoupling-analysis/in-china-fears-of-financial-iron-curtain-as-u-s-tensions-rise-idUSKCN2590NJ | 2020-08-14 |
| Shuang Ding of Standard Chartered said Beijing has no choice but to prepare for Washingtons nuclear of kicking China out of the dollar system | Negative | A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system a devastating prospect once considered farfetched but now not impossible | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-decoupling-analysis/in-china-fears-of-financial-iron-curtain-as-u-s-tensions-rise-idUSKCN2590NJ | 2020-08-14 |
| Hsiao said Taiwan also wanted to strengthen defenses on islands its controls in the South China Sea which Beijing claims almost in its entirety | Positive | WASHINGTON Taiwan is in discussions with the United States on acquiring underwater sea mines to deter amphibious landings as well as cruise missiles for coastal defense Taiwans de facto ambassador to United States said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-usa-missiles/taiwan-says-discussing-purchase-of-u-s-mines-cruise-missiles-idUSKCN2582CE | 2020-08-13 |
| Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of the TikTok was also taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | Neutral | SHANGHAI Chinese tech giant Tencent Holding | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-china-funds/chinas-tencent-starts-fund-advisory-services-to-tap-asset-management-idUSKCN2580MH | 2020-08-12 |
| Instead Beijing appears to have resisted information sharing muzzling doctors who spoke out and hobbling the worlds ability to respond | Negative | TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-visiting-taiwan-attacks-chinas-pandemic-response-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-12 |
| The sweeping new security law imposed on June 30 punishes anything Beijing considers secession subversion terrorism or collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG Aug 11 Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security/apple-daily-must-fight-on-hk-tabloid-front-page-reads-after-owner-arrest-idUSL4N2FD04H | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slammed China for the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai who he called a and said the move indicated that Beijing is unlikely to change its position on the financial hub | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slammed China for the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai who he called a and said the move indicated that Beijing is unlikely to change its position on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-after-lai-arrest-unlikely-that-china-will-rethink-hong-kong-stance-idUSKCN2562HQ | 2020-08-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called Lai a and said his arrest showed that Beijing had Hong Kongs freedoms and eroded the rights of its people | Negative | HONG KONG Aug 11 Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security/apple-daily-must-fight-on-hk-tabloid-front-page-reads-after-owner-arrest-idUSL4N2FD04H | 2020-08-11 |
| The Trump administration has made strengthening its support for the democratic island a priority amid deteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing and has boosted arms sales | Neutral | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps support | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-president/china-sends-fighter-jets-as-u-s-health-chief-visits-taiwan-idUSKCN25605V | 2020-08-11 |
| Beijing has in the past labelled Lai a traitor | Negative | HONG KONG Aug 11 Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security/apple-daily-must-fight-on-hk-tabloid-front-page-reads-after-owner-arrest-idUSL4N2FD04H | 2020-08-11 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kongs-apple-daily-vows-to-fight-on-after-owner-arrested-idUSKCN257031 | 2020-08-11 |
| Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | Neutral | Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fintech/bytedance-takes-step-toward-entering-online-stock-broking-in-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560Y1 | 2020-08-11 |
| Beijing has labelled Lai a in the past and issued a statement supporting his arrest | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kongs-apple-daily-vows-to-fight-on-after-owner-arrested-idUSKCN257031 | 2020-08-11 |
| HONG KONG Aug 11 Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs | Negative | HONG KONG Aug 11 Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline above an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security/apple-daily-must-fight-on-hk-tabloid-front-page-reads-after-owner-arrest-idUSL4N2FD04H | 2020-08-11 |
| The sweeping security law imposed on June 30 punishes anything Beijing considers secession subversion terrorism or collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing promising to fight in a frontpage headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kongs-apple-daily-vows-to-fight-on-after-owner-arrested-idUSKCN257031 | 2020-08-11 |
| WINNIPEG Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing as exporters find roundabout ways to reach top oilseed buyer China | Positive | WINNIPEG Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing as exporters find roundabout ways to reach top oilseed buyer China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-canada-canola-china/like-gold-canadian-canola-prices-spike-as-shippers-find-back-door-to-china-idUSKCN2550JI | 2020-08-10 |
| The moves come amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over Chinas handling of the coronavirus and its moves to curb freedoms in Hong Kong among other issues | Negative | We are simply leveling the playing field holding Chinese firms listed in the U.S. to the same standards as everyone a Treasury official told reporters in a briefing call | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-audits/trump-advisers-urge-delisting-of-u-s-listed-chinese-firms-that-fail-to-meet-audit-standards-idUSKCN25235B | 2020-08-10 |
| The security legislation targets what Beijing broadly defines as secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| He said his agency assessed that China would prefer that Trump not win reelection because Beijing regards him as too unpredictable | Negative | N.J. The top U.S. counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia China and Iran will all try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election with Russia already trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-counterspy-chief-warns-russia-china-iran-trying-to-meddle-in-2020-election-idUSKCN253304 | 2020-08-10 |
| HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| The exuberance contrasts with relations between Washington and Beijing which are at their worst in decades over accusations of spying a trade war the coronavirus and Hong Kong | Negative | The exuberance contrasts with relations between Washington and Beijing which are at their worst in decades over accusations of spying a trade war the coronavirus and Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-xpeng-ipo/chinese-ev-maker-xpeng-files-for-u-s-listing-after-rival-surges-idUSKCN25409V | 2020-08-10 |
| In major cases in Hong Kong the central government in Beijing can claim jurisdiction | Neutral | HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highestprofile person arrested under a new national security law on Monday detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-arrested-under-security-law-bearing-out-worst-fears-idUSKCN25600L | 2020-08-10 |
| Xia Baolong the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in Beijing was also named | Neutral | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| Amid deteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing the Trump administration has made strengthening its support for the democratic island a priority and boosted arms sales | Neutral | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps strong support | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa-president/china-sends-fighter-jets-as-u-s-offers-taiwan-strong-support-idUSKCN25605V | 2020-08-10 |
| Beijingbacked leader Lam has previously told local media she has no assets in the United States | Neutral | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| on the tension between Washington and Beijing the only sector to fall in early trade | Negative | LONDON European shares rose on Monday as industrial activity in China gained strength another sign of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that added to hopes the global economy would also return to health | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/global-shares-climb-as-china-industrial-data-offers-hope-for-coronavirus-recovery-idUSKCN25601X | 2020-08-10 |
| Washington said the election delay was the latest example of Beijing undermining the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned Hong Kongs prosperity | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said on Saturday that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were clowning that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-branded-clowning-actions-as-hong-kong-vows-it-wont-be-intimidated-idUSKCN25406O | 2020-08-10 |
| Beijing has in the past denied allegations of spreading disinformation | Negative | Google says it has deleted more than 2500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the videosharing platform | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-cyber-google-disinformation/google-pulls-2500-china-linked-youtube-channels-over-disinformation-idUSKCN251384 | 2020-08-06 |
| The legislation sparked anger from Beijing which consistently denies it meddles in the political affairs of other countries | Negative | SYDNEY Australian federal police raided the home and office of a man employed by an Australian politician as part of a foreign interference investigation into whether he was working to advance Chinese state according to court documents | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-security/australian-politicians-staffer-investigated-for-advancing-chinas-interests-idUSKCN251129 | 2020-08-06 |
| The comments come as Washington and Beijing continue to spar over Huawei Technologies Co Ltd which has brought new urgency to Chinas calls to improve its domestic chip industry | Negative | SHANGHAI The founder of Chinas largest chipmaker SMIC said on Tuesday he was China could catch up with the United States in the next generation of semiconductors but that U.S. efforts to contain its technology sector could not be taken | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-semiconductors/smic-founder-says-optimistic-china-can-catch-up-with-u-s-in-semiconductors-idUSKCN2510V5 | 2020-08-06 |
| Chinas U.S. envoy on Tuesday said Beijing does not want tensions to escalate | Positive | SYDNEY Gold scaled a new high on Wednesday as a weaker dollar and falling bond yields burnished its safehaven appeal while shares were mostly lower as investors baulked at the ballooning cost of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/gold-shines-on-falling-dollar-yields-pandemic-cost-concerns-drag-on-shares-idUSKCN250335 | 2020-08-05 |
| A Beijingbased Sinopec press official said the company does not comment on operational matters | Neutral | SinopecSK Wuhan Petrochemical Co a subsidiary of state oil and gas group Sinopec Corp plans to shut down its 170000 barrels per day refinery in late October for about 50 days of maintenance three industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-sinopec-shutdown/sinopec-sk-wuhan-petchem-plans-oct-dec-refinery-overhaul-idUSKCN25016D | 2020-08-05 |
| Beijings top U.S. envoy said it does not want further tensions | Positive | Caixin services PMI down mom but recovery continues | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-rise-as-economic-rebound-hopes-stay-intact-idUSL4N2F711K | 2020-08-05 |
| Relations between Beijing and Washington have deteriorated sharply in recent months prompting several titfortat actions involving journalists | Negative | SHANGHAI An editorial in a Chinese state newspaper on Wednesday sharply criticised Washington for what it termed an attempt to provoke an allout confrontation with over Chinese journalists visas | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media-editorial/china-state-media-excoriates-u-s-wackadoodles-over-journalist-visas-row-idUSKCN25107O | 2020-08-05 |
| Beijing has bought only of the energy products needed to meet the Phase 1 first year goal of | Positive | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. and Chinese officials will review the implementation of their Phase 1 trade deal and likely air mutual grievances in an increasingly tense relationship during an Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-u-s-to-review-trade-deal-air-other-grievances-on-august-15-sources-idUSKCN2502SF | 2020-08-05 |
| WASHINGTON Beijing does not want tensions with Washington to escalate further following titfortat consulate closures over the past weeks the Chinese ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Beijing does not want tensions with Washington to escalate further following titfortat consulate closures over the past weeks the Chinese ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-diplomacy/chinas-u-s-envoy-says-beijing-does-not-want-further-rise-in-tensions-idUSKCN2502SZ | 2020-08-05 |
| Beijing sees Serbia as part of its One Belt One Road initiative which is aimed at opening new foreign trade links for Chinese companies | Positive | BELGRADE Serbia has bought a new generation of mediumrange radarguided surfacetoair missiles from China in a new sign of deepening cooperation between Beijing and Belgrade | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-serbia-arms-china/serbian-purchase-of-missile-defence-system-shows-ties-deepening-with-china-idUSKBN24Z171 | 2020-08-04 |
| ByteDance in Beijing did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | NEW Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-tiktoks-chinese-owner-offers-to-forego-stake-to-clinch-u-s-deal-sources-idUSKBN24X3SK | 2020-08-02 |
| Chinas Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp said on Friday it would establish a joint venture company to develop wafer production units in Beijing to bump up its semiconductor output and reduce costs | Positive | Chinas Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp said on Friday it would establish a joint venture company to develop wafer production units in Beijing to bump up its semiconductor output and reduce costs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-smic-semiconductor/chipmaker-smic-inks-7-6-billion-investment-deal-for-wafer-production-idUSKCN24W2D6 | 2020-08-01 |
| China has consistently denied any role in hacking and its foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing Wang Wenbin rejected as the accusation that hackers linked to the government had targeted Moderna | Negative | WASHINGTON Chinese governmentlinked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc a U.S.based coronavirus vaccine research developer this year in a bid to steal data according to a U.S. security official tracking Chinese hacking | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-cyber-excl/exclusive-china-backed-hackers-targeted-covid-19-vaccine-firm-moderna-idUSKCN24V38M | 2020-08-01 |
| Another government source who declined to be identified said more of Beijings red lines would soon be revealed through its unrelenting grip on the city | Negative | HONG KONG For 23 years Hong Kong was an anomaly | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-legislation-analysi/shocked-hong-kong-in-a-new-era-under-white-knuckle-china-grip-idUSKCN24W14D | 2020-08-01 |
| His June 1995 trip to a Cornell reunion angered Beijing into briefly downgrading ties with Washington and freezing what had been warming semiofficial talks with Taipei | Positive | TAIPEI Former Taiwan President Lee Tenghui who died on Thursday aged 97 was dubbed Mr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-lee-obituary/taiwans-mr-democracy-lee-teng-hui-championed-island-defied-china-idUSKCN24V2AF | 2020-07-31 |
| TikTok which is owned by Beijingbased ByteDance has said that it stores all data in the United States with backup in Singapore | Positive | WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-zoom/senators-urge-u-s-justice-department-to-probe-tiktok-zoom-idUSKCN24V36O | 2020-07-31 |
| Beijings top representative office in the city the Hong Kong Liaison Office said in a statement it supported the disqualifications as the candidates aimed to paralyse the and subvert state | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong on Thursday disqualified a dozen prodemocracy candidates from running in a key election citing reasons including collusion with foreign forces and opposition to the new Chinaimposed national security laws | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-blocks-12-democrats-from-election-as-china-security-law-shadow-looms-idUSKCN24V1AK | 2020-07-31 |
| Beijing introduced the security legislation to punish what it broadly defines as secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces in the former British colony | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong on Thursday disqualified a dozen prodemocracy candidates from running in a key election citing reasons including collusion with foreign forces and opposition to the new Chinaimposed national security laws | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-blocks-12-democrats-from-election-as-china-security-law-shadow-looms-idUSKCN24V1AK | 2020-07-31 |
| But Beijing branded him a bent on turning Taiwans selfgovernance into fully fledged independence and said he should be tossed into the dustbin of | Negative | TAIPEI Former Taiwan President Lee Tenghui who died on Thursday aged 97 was dubbed Mr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-lee-obituary/taiwans-mr-democracy-lee-teng-hui-championed-island-defied-china-idUSKCN24V2AF | 2020-07-31 |
| TOKYO The U.S. military will help Japan monitor Chinese incursions around East China Sea islands controlled by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing as Chinese boats prepare to begin fishing in nearby waters the commander of U.S. Forces Japan said on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO The U.S. military will help Japan monitor Chinese incursions around East China Sea islands controlled by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing as Chinese boats prepare to begin fishing in nearby waters the commander of U.S. Forces Japan said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-defence-japan/u-s-says-will-help-japan-monitor-unprecedented-chinese-incursion-around-disputed-east-china-sea-islands-idUSKCN24U13Q | 2020-07-30 |
| Beijing routinely denies it engages in any statebacked hacking attempts and says it is a victim of such threats | Negative | BEIJING Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated Vatican computer networks including the Roman Catholic Churchs Hong Kongbased representative a U.S. firm that tracks statebacked cyber attacks said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-vatican-cyber/u-s-cybersecurity-firm-says-beijing-linked-hackers-target-vatican-ahead-of-talks-idUSKCN24U0PC | 2020-07-30 |
| Beijing says the law is crucial to plug gaping holes in national security defences exposed by months of sometimes violent antigovernment protests that rocked the city over the past year | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 1621 for suspected offences under the citys new national security law the first such detentions outside of street protests since the legislation took effect a month ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-police-arrest-four-under-new-security-law-in-move-slammed-by-rights-group-idUSKCN24U3DQ | 2020-07-30 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong say the law will be used to target only a minority of troublemakers | Neutral | HONG KONG Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 1621 for suspected offences under the citys new national security law the first such detentions outside of street protests since the legislation took effect a month ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-police-arrest-four-under-new-security-law-in-move-slammed-by-rights-group-idUSKCN24U3DQ | 2020-07-30 |
| The final volumes of Chinas soybean purchases will likely depend on whether or not Beijing chooses to replenish government stockpiles | Neutral | With nearly seven months gone an ambitious | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture-analysis/china-needs-explosive-buying-to-meet-u-s-farm-import-target-idUSKCN24V04R | 2020-07-30 |
| Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaking at a daily news conference in Beijing on Wednesday said that China is a staunch of cybersecurity | Positive | BEIJING Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated Vatican computer networks including the Roman Catholic Churchs Hong Kongbased representative a U.S. firm that tracks statebacked cyber attacks said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-vatican-cyber/u-s-cybersecurity-firm-says-beijing-linked-hackers-target-vatican-ahead-of-talks-idUSKCN24U0PC | 2020-07-30 |
| BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | Negative | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| Beijing and the Hong Kong government have said the law will not affect rights and freedoms and that it is needed to plug security loopholes | Negative | HONG KONG The University of Hong Kong on Tuesday sacked veteran prodemocracy activist Benny Tai from his tenured position as an associate professor of law a move he called the end of academic in the Chineseruled city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-university-sacks-veteran-democracy-activist-idUSKCN24T1VN | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and close ally Australia held highlevel talks on China and agreed on the need to uphold a rulesbased global order but the Australian foreign minister stressed Canberras relationship with Beijing was important and it had no intention of hurting it | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and close ally Australia held highlevel talks on China and agreed on the need to uphold a rulesbased global order but the Australian foreign minister stressed Canberras relationship with Beijing was important and it had no intention of hurting it | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-australia-pompeo/australia-tells-u-s-it-has-no-intention-of-injuring-important-china-ties-idUSKCN24T2MP | 2020-07-29 |
| Beijing has imposed dumping tariffs on barley from Australia suspended some beef imports and warned students and tourists against traveling there citing racism accusations | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and close ally Australia held highlevel talks on China and agreed on the need to uphold a rulesbased global order but the Australian foreign minister stressed Canberras relationship with Beijing was important and it had no intention of hurting it | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-australia-pompeo/australia-tells-u-s-it-has-no-intention-of-injuring-important-china-ties-idUSKCN24T2MP | 2020-07-29 |
| Now working in Beijing Huang said he was shocked and glad Yeo had been caught noting that he had an obvious sense of insecurity and hunger for being | Negative | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| Global shares had lost steam late last week after Washington ordered Chinas consulate in Houston to close prompting Beijing to close the U.S. consulate in Chengdu | Negative | Gold hits record high silver adds to July surge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-roars-to-record-high-dollar-dives-again-idUSL5N2EY3C0 | 2020-07-28 |
| Last week U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Beijing to stop its mistreatment of Falun Gong members on the 21st anniversary of the crackdown | Negative | HONG KONG On Sunday July 5 five days after China enacted a new national security law in Hong Kong Yang Xiaolan and three dozen Falun Gong members stood upright in a public park their arms outstretched above their closed eyes as their meditation soundtrack blended with birdsong | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-falungong/banned-in-china-some-falun-gong-fear-new-hong-kong-national-security-law-idUSKCN24S02T | 2020-07-27 |
| Global shares had lost steam last week after Washington ordered Chinas consulate in Houston to close prompting Beijing to react in kind by closing the U.S. consulate in Chengdu | Negative | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
| The Chinese Embassy in New Delhi and Chinas foreign ministry in Beijing as well as Indias IT ministry in New Delhi did not respond to requests for comment | Negative | NEW DELHI An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps documents seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alibaba-india-exclusive/exclusive-alibaba-jack-ma-summoned-by-indian-court-on-former-employees-complaint-idUSKCN24R053 | 2020-07-27 |
| Global shares lost steam late last week after Washington ordered Chinas consulate in Houston to close prompting Beijing to react in kind by closing the U.S. consulate in Chengdu | Negative | Gold near record high hit in 2011 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-on-defensive-as-u-s-china-tensions-spook-investors-idUSL3N2EY03A | 2020-07-27 |
| With bilateral relations in freefall Beijing is bracing for more turbulence in the runup to the U.S. election in November and the possibility that a Joe Biden presidency presents an opportunity to avoid a deeper conflict | Negative | With bilateral relations in freefall Beijing is bracing for more turbulence in the runup to the U.S. election in November and the possibility that a Joe Biden presidency presents an opportunity to avoid a deeper conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-analysis/ahead-of-u-s-election-china-braces-for-rocky-ride-potential-change-idUSKCN24P13H | 2020-07-25 |
| The mood darkened after Beijing ordered Washington to close the U.S. consulate in Chengdu in retaliation for China being told to shut its consulate in Houston earlier this week | Negative | typo in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-shares-retreat-globally-on-u-s-china-tensions-gold-soars-idUSL5N2EV4FU | 2020-07-25 |
| Neither the consulate in the southwestern Chinese city nor the U.S. embassy in Beijing have responded to requests from Reuters for comment on the closure | Negative | CHENGDU China Security was tight outside the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday as staff inside prepared to leave a day after China ordered it to close in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its consulate in Houston | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate-chengdu/tight-security-outside-u-s-chengdu-consulate-after-china-orders-closure-idUSKCN24Q07W | 2020-07-25 |
| Washingtons demand this week that China shut its Houston consulate in 72 hours infuriated Beijing and forced a retaliatory order to close the U.S. consulate in Chengdu | Negative | With bilateral relations in freefall Beijing is bracing for more turbulence in the runup to the U.S. election in November and the possibility that a Joe Biden presidency presents an opportunity to avoid a deeper conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-analysis/ahead-of-u-s-election-china-braces-for-rocky-ride-potential-change-idUSKCN24P13H | 2020-07-25 |
| In a titfortat move Beijing ordered Washington to close the U.S. consulate in Chengdu in retaliation for China being told earlier this week to shut its consulate in Houston | Negative | NEW Shares worldwide skidded further on Friday as a pickup in U.S. and European business activity did little to ease jitters about rising U.S.China tensions while gold broke above an ounce on its march toward a record high | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/shares-retreat-globally-on-u-s-china-tensions-gold-soars-idUSKCN24O36J | 2020-07-25 |
| However Beijing is unlikely to make any significant overtures for dialogue given what it sees as the futility of engagement in a campaign season when antiChina sentiment is running high | Negative | With bilateral relations in freefall Beijing is bracing for more turbulence in the runup to the U.S. election in November and the possibility that a Joe Biden presidency presents an opportunity to avoid a deeper conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china-analysis/ahead-of-u-s-election-china-braces-for-rocky-ride-potential-change-idUSKCN24P13H | 2020-07-25 |
| The Beijingdrafted national security law punishes what China broadly defines as subversion secession terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union will limit technology exports to Hong Kong that may be used for repression or surveillance an EU draft document seen by Reuters said in the blocs first concrete reaction to the Chinese security clampdown on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-eu/eu-to-limit-tech-exports-to-hong-kong-after-chinese-clampdown-idUSKCN24P277 | 2020-07-25 |
| Beijing is also allowing more international flights but requires all arrival passengers to provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding | Neutral | BEIJING The number of daily passenger flights in China has rebounded to of precoronavirus levels Chinas aviation regulator said on Friday as the aviation industry recovers from the plunge in travel demand caused by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-aviation/daily-passenger-flights-in-china-rebound-to-80-of-pre-covid-levels-idUSKCN24P0V2 | 2020-07-25 |
| European shares posted their biggest session drop in a month on Friday as global sentiment soured after Beijing ordered the United States to close its consulate in a Chinese city in retaliation to similar move by Washington | Negative | European shares posted their biggest session drop in a month on Friday as global sentiment soured after Beijing ordered the United States to close its consulate in a Chinese city in retaliation to similar move by Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-europe-stocks/u-s-china-tension-virus-worries-weigh-on-european-stocks-centrica-soars-idUSKCN24P0P8 | 2020-07-25 |
| July 24 European shares fell on Friday as global sentiment soured after Beijing ordered United States to close its consulate in a Chinese city in retaliation to similar action from Washington | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/escalating-u-s-china-tensions-weigh-on-european-stocks-idUSL3N2EV1H2 | 2020-07-25 |
| The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BEIJING China ordered the United States to close its consulate in the city of Chengdu on Friday in a titfortat response to being told to shut its consulate in Houston earlier this week as relations between the two world powers deteriorated further | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate/china-orders-u-s-to-shut-chengdu-consulate-retaliating-for-houston-idUSKCN24P09U | 2020-07-24 |
| in more creative and assertive ways because Beijings actions threaten our people and our prosperity | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday and said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways calling it the mission of our time | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-more-assertive-approach-to-frankenstein-china-idUSKCN24O310 | 2020-07-24 |
| The General Administration of Sport Chinas highest sporting body announced two weeks ago that only trial events for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics would be held in 2020 | Neutral | The two main tennis tours on Friday cancelled all of their remaining tournaments in China for this year including the flagship WTA Finals in the wake of the countrys ban on international sporting events due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-china/atp-wta-cancel-china-events-including-shenzhen-finals-idUSKCN24P02Z | 2020-07-24 |
| Beijings municipal anticorruption watchdog later said he was under investigation for a serious disciplinary | Negative | BEIJING An influential former Chinese property executive and critic of President Xi Jinping has been ousted from Chinas ruling Communist Party a notice from the Beijing district government showed Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-critic/former-chinese-property-executive-who-criticised-xi-over-virus-ousted-from-ruling-party-idUSKCN24O2AE | 2020-07-24 |
| PARIS Chinas embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijings treatment of Uighur Muslims saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American Australian and British campaign | Negative | PARIS Chinas embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijings treatment of Uighur Muslims saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American Australian and British campaign | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-france-china-uighur/china-says-france-being-misled-by-western-slander-over-uighur-muslims-idUSKCN24O262 | 2020-07-24 |
| The truth is that our policies and those of other free nations resurrected Chinas failing economy only to see Beijing bite the international hands that were feeding Pompeo said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday and said Washington and its allies must use more creative and assertive to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways calling it the mission of our time | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-more-assertive-approach-to-frankenstein-china-idUSKCN24O310 | 2020-07-24 |
| Beijing insists its intentions in the region are peaceful and has accused Washington of trying to drive a wedge between countries in Asia | Negative | TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-defence-japan/u-s-in-talks-with-japan-about-marine-force-overhaul-says-commander-idUSKCN24O2FQ | 2020-07-24 |
| TAIPEI China is stepping up military preparedness to overtake Taiwan the islands Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Wednesday following a recent spike of Chinese drills near the island which Beijing considers its own | Positive | TAIPEI China is stepping up military preparedness to overtake Taiwan the islands Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Wednesday following a recent spike of Chinese drills near the island which Beijing considers its own | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/chinese-military-threat-on-the-rise-taiwan-foreign-minister-warns-idUSKCN24N0M5 | 2020-07-23 |
| China said the order was an unprecedented by Washington and a source said Beijing was considering shutting the U.S. consulate in Wuhan in retaliation | Negative | YORK Asian shares slipped on Thursday as investors worries over rising tensions between Washington and Beijing overcame hopes for more stimulus after the United Sates ordered the closure of Chinas consulate in Houston amid accusations of spying | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-drop-as-china-consulate-closure-fans-sino-u-s-tensions-idUSKCN24N35U | 2020-07-23 |
| Beijing routinely says such exercises are nothing unusual and are designed to show the countrys determination to defend its sovereignty | Negative | TAIPEI China is stepping up military preparedness to overtake Taiwan the islands Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Wednesday following a recent spike of Chinese drills near the island which Beijing considers its own | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/chinese-military-threat-on-the-rise-taiwan-foreign-minister-warns-idUSKCN24N0M5 | 2020-07-23 |
| Britain had made that decision despite opposition from Beijing and China would respond strongly if it was not reversed the Chinese embassy said in a statement | Negative | SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong/china-says-uk-citizenship-pathway-for-hong-kong-residents-violates-international-law-idUSKCN24O00J | 2020-07-23 |
| China strongly condemned the move and a source said Beijing was considering shutting the U.S. consulate in Wuhan in retaliation | Negative | NEW YORK July 22 Asian stocks were likely to come under pressure on Thursday as fresh diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing heightened investor jitters and overshadowed the boost to Wall Street from U.S. stimulus hopes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-markets-set-to-come-under-pressure-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-idUSL2N2ET2K1 | 2020-07-23 |
| The letter comes amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over the deadly coronavirus pandemic and Chinas move to curb freedoms in Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. rail steel and manufacturing groups are calling on the Trump administration to use its most powerful sanctioning tool against Chinas CRRC after the Pentagon announced the worlds largest maker of passenger trains was backed by the Chinese military | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-crrc-sanctions/chinas-crrc-should-be-sanctioned-by-u-s-lobby-groups-say-idUSKCN24N2H3 | 2020-07-23 |
| China Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular daily news briefing that the United States had abruptly told Beijing on Tuesday to close the consulate | Negative | oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-slip-on-fear-of-worsening-u-s-china-ties-gold-surges-idUSL2N2ET1K2 | 2020-07-23 |
| July The United States tells China to close its consulate in Houston and a source says Beijing is considering shutting the U.S. consulate in Wuhan in retaliation | Negative | A U.S. demand that China shut its Houston consulate is the latest chapter in a dramatic worsening of ties between the worlds two biggest economies over the last two years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-timeline/u-s-china-relations-under-trump-idUSKCN24N2MH | 2020-07-23 |
| A fresh dispute between Washington and Beijing put further pressure on prices | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices ticked higher on Thursday although gains were limited by a surprise increase in U.S. crude oil reserves as the coronavirus pandemic hit fuel consumption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-ticks-up-but-gains-capped-by-demand-destruction-idUSKCN24O027 | 2020-07-23 |
| Beijing says the West and Washington in particular is gripped by antiChinese hysteria and colonial thinking about the communist state | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-britain/u-s-wants-to-build-coalition-to-counter-chinas-disgraceful-menace-pompeo-says-idUSKCN24M0QD | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-britain/u-s-wants-to-build-coalition-to-counter-chinas-disgraceful-menace-pompeo-says-idUSKCN24M0QD | 2020-07-22 |
| In Beijing a foreign ministry spokesman said the United States was trying to oppress Chinese companies and slander Chinas policies in Xinjiang under the pretext of protecting human rights | Negative | July 20 story corrects spelling of last name to Cheh in paragraph 19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-firms-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-22 |
| The report discusses new laws strengthening Beijings control over information and investments in companies developing technologies that support these efforts | Positive | WASHINGTON China is using its technological rise to develop digital to conduct surveillance control the internet and censor information not just within its borders but around the world a U.S. Senate report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-surveillance/u-s-senate-report-accuses-china-of-digital-authoritarianism-idUSKCN24M1ON | 2020-07-22 |
| In the face of rising protectionism a slowing world economy and shrinking global demand Beijing would fully take advantage of its huge domestic market | Negative | In the face of rising protectionism a slowing world economy and shrinking global demand Beijing would fully take advantage of its huge domestic market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-xi/be-more-patriotic-chinas-xi-tells-companies-as-targets-economic-upturn-idUSKCN24M1R3 | 2020-07-22 |
| Beijing actively promotes the reprehensible practice of forced labor and abusive DNA collection and analysis schemes to repress its Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday added 11 Chinese companies implicated in what it called human rights violations in connection with Chinas treatment of its Uighurs in Xinjiang in western China to the U.S. economic blacklist | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-human-rights/u-s-adds-11-companies-to-economic-blacklist-over-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-idUSKCN24L1XT | 2020-07-21 |
| Still many cities kept their cinemas shut on Monday as Beijing said they would leave the final decision on whether to open up to local authorities | Neutral | SHANGHAI Some cinemas in Chinese cities from Shanghai to Chengdu reopened on Monday after a sixmonth closure raising hope that the worlds second largest movie market can start to recover from painful losses during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cinemas/cinemas-in-china-begin-to-reopen-after-six-month-coronavirus-closure-idUSKCN24L147 | 2020-07-21 |
| Theatres in the capital Beijing which experienced a fresh outbreak last month for example have not reopened | Negative | SHANGHAI Some cinemas in Chinese cities from Shanghai to Chengdu reopened on Monday after a sixmonth closure raising hope that the worlds second largest movie market can start to recover from painful losses during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cinemas/cinemas-in-china-begin-to-reopen-after-six-month-coronavirus-closure-idUSKCN24L147 | 2020-07-21 |
| Since June 11 Beijing has recorded a total of 335 cases linked to Xinfadi but no new cases have been reported in the past two weeks | Neutral | BEIJING Beijing will lower the emergency response level of the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital to Level III from level II starting on July 20 a municipal government official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-health-coronavirus-china-beiji/chinas-capital-beijing-to-lower-covid-19-response-idUSKCN24K08K | 2020-07-20 |
| After lowering the coronavirus response Beijing will reopen parks tourism sites gyms libraries and museums but will cap the number of visitors at of capacity | Negative | BEIJING Beijing will lower the emergency response level of the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital to Level III from level II starting on July 20 a municipal government official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-health-coronavirus-china-beiji/chinas-capital-beijing-to-lower-covid-19-response-idUSKCN24K08K | 2020-07-20 |
| Beijings ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming told the same programme that most Uighurs were living happily and that ethnic minorities in China were treated as equals | Positive | LONDON British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday it was clear the Uighur minority in China had suffered abuses of their human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-raab/uks-raab-says-clear-uighurs-in-china-suffered-human-rights-abuses-idUSKCN24K0BU | 2020-07-20 |
| BEIJING Beijing will lower the emergency response level of the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital to Level III from level II starting on July 20 a municipal government official said on Sunday | Negative | BEIJING Beijing will lower the emergency response level of the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital to Level III from level II starting on July 20 a municipal government official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-health-coronavirus-china-beiji/chinas-capital-beijing-to-lower-covid-19-response-idUSKCN24K08K | 2020-07-20 |
| The group also said that Xiao Jianhua who controls the Beijingbased conglomerate had returned to mainland China in early 2017 to fully cooperate with investigations | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinese conglomerate Tomorrow Holdings Co on Saturday lashed out at a move by regulators to seize nine of its affiliated financial firms in rare public criticism that was quickly removed from its social media account | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-regulator-m-a/chinas-tomorrow-holdings-slams-seizure-of-its-financial-firms-idUSKBN24J05Y | 2020-07-19 |
| No area in China is now categorised as highrisk the government said however and just four neighborhoods in Beijing the capital are graded mediumrisk | Negative | China will allow most cinemas to reopen from July 20 the film administration said on Thursday six months after they were forced to close as part of draconian measures to contain the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-film/china-to-let-most-cinemas-re-open-from-monday-as-pandemic-ebbs-idUSKCN24H0IC | 2020-07-17 |
| The suspensions came after Beijing asked Argentina to offer guarantees amid the pandemic | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Argentine meat processing plants that have temporarily stopped exporting to China will not have to suspend for more than 10 days and the situation poses no longterm threat to the sector the head of the local meat industry chamber said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-beef/suspension-of-some-argentine-meat-exports-to-china-not-seen-hurting-industry-chamber-idUSKCN24H3A0 | 2020-07-17 |
| The Beijingdrafted law punishes what China broadly defines as subversion secession terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG China accused the United States of gangster after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law in response to Beijings imposition of new security legislation on the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security/china-slams-u-s-response-to-hong-kong-security-law-as-gangster-logic-idUSKCN24H065 | 2020-07-17 |
| Wang Chunying also told reporters during a briefing in Beijing that crossborder capital flows will remain stable in the second half of the year | Positive | details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-current-account/update-1-china-fx-regulator-says-expects-current-account-surplus-for-q2-h1-idUSL3N2EO0U9 | 2020-07-17 |
| The security law imposed by Beijing punishes what China broadly defines as subversion secession terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG China accused the United States of gangster on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law in response to Beijings imposition of new security legislation on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/china-slams-u-s-sanctions-related-to-hong-kong-as-gangster-logic-idUSKCN24H065 | 2020-07-16 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters during a briefing that Beijing hopes the U.S. will not go further down the wrong path | Positive | BEIJING China said on Wednesday it was not afraid of any sanctions the United States might impose over the situation in the South China Sea and accused Washington of stirring up trouble and destabilising the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-mofa/china-says-it-is-not-afraid-of-any-u-s-sanctions-over-south-china-sea-idUSKCN24G0U5 | 2020-07-16 |
| The moves would be the latest salvo in a dispute between Washington and Beijing that has unsettled markets | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Thursday weighed down by concern about deteriorating U.S.China relations and the economic cost of a resurgence in coronavirus infections that is prompting some governments to reimpose containment measures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/shares-fall-as-sino-u-s-tensions-eclipse-china-gdp-growth-idUSKCN24G3BL | 2020-07-16 |
| The Hong Kong government said on Wednesday it would support any action Beijing chose to take against the United States | Negative | HONG KONG China accused the United States of gangster on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law in response to Beijings imposition of new security legislation on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/china-slams-u-s-sanctions-related-to-hong-kong-as-gangster-logic-idUSKCN24H065 | 2020-07-16 |
| The moves would be the latest salvo in a dispute between Washington and Beijing that has unsettled investors | Negative | Bullish China GDP fails to inspire equities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-fall-despite-china-gdp-beat-as-sino-u-s-tensions-virus-fears-weigh-idUSL3N2EM4P1 | 2020-07-16 |
| Beijing routinely denounces Washingtons support for the island | Negative | TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwans air sea and land forces conducted livefire exercises simulating the repulsion of an invading force on Thursday with President Tsai Ingwen saying it showed their determination to defend the democratic and Chineseclaimed island | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-holds-drills-to-beat-back-invasion-amid-china-tensions-idUSKCN24H0E8 | 2020-07-16 |
| The export suspensions come after Beijing asked the Argentine government to offer commercial security guarantees amid the pandemic | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Argentina has suspended exports to China from eight meatpacking plants after cases of the novel coronavirus were found among their employees Argentinas food quality and safety body Senasa said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-meat/argentina-suspends-exports-from-eight-meat-plants-to-china-after-covid-19-found-idUSKCN24G2TQ | 2020-07-16 |
| Beijings Liaison Office in the Asian financial hub said the move would only damage U.S. interests while having little impact on Hong Kong | Negative | HONG KONG China accused the United States of gangster on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law in response to Beijings imposition of new security legislation on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/china-slams-u-s-sanctions-related-to-hong-kong-as-gangster-logic-idUSKCN24H065 | 2020-07-16 |
| The request delivered in a letter to the Brazilian Embassy in Beijing has yet to arrive in Brazil for the government to consider a response the source said | Positive | PAULO The Chinese government has asked Brazil to suspend exports from two meat plants over concerns about novel coronavirus outbreaks in foodprocessing facilities in the South American country a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-meatpackers/china-asks-brazil-to-stop-exports-from-two-meat-plants-over-coronavirus-worries-source-says-idUSKCN24G36J | 2020-07-16 |
| BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was fired by his university after being released from a nearly weeklong detention his friends said | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was fired by his university after being released from a nearly weeklong detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/chinese-university-sacks-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24F1BU | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia warned on Tuesday that Washington could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after the United States announced a tougher stance to Beijings claims there | Negative | WASHINGTON The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia warned on Tuesday that Washington could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after the United States announced a tougher stance to Beijings claims there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-southchinasea-stilwell/u-s-says-room-for-sanctions-in-response-to-china-in-south-china-sea-idUSKCN24F1TB | 2020-07-15 |
| In Beijing foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China had lodged a complaint over the review | Negative | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations battling the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| The report comes amid escalating tension between the United States and China over Beijings claims to most of the resourcerich South China Sea which is also a major trade route | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Chinese coastguard and navy ships intruded into Malaysian waters in the disputed South China Sea 89 times between 2016 to 2019 and often remained in the area even after being turned away by the Malaysian navy the government said in a report on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-malaysia-china-southchinasea/chinese-ships-intruded-into-malaysian-waters-89-times-in-four-years-report-says-idUSKCN24F17U | 2020-07-15 |
| Tension grew between Washington and Beijing after the United States rejected Chinas claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea | Negative | Cyclicals lead rebound on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rebound-on-cyclical-surge-gold-edges-higher-idUSL2N2EL1ZP | 2020-07-15 |
| The security law punishes what Beijing broadly defines as subversion secession terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations battling the disease | Negative | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations battling the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-15 |
| HONG KONG July 15 The New York Times will shift part of its Hong Kong office to Seoul the latest sign of the chill Beijings new national security law is having on the global financial centre just two weeks after the legislation was imposed | Negative | former democracy lawmaker stepping down international media | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security-media/update-1-new-york-times-to-move-part-of-hong-kong-office-to-seoul-idUSL3N2EM14G | 2020-07-15 |
| HONG KONG A key organiser of primary elections for Hong Kongs prodemocracy camp said on Wednesday he was stepping down after Beijing said the vote may violate the new national security law and could amount to subversion | Negative | HONG KONG A key organiser of primary elections for Hong Kongs prodemocracy camp said on Wednesday he was stepping down after Beijing said the vote may violate the new national security law and could amount to subversion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/organiser-of-hong-kong-pro-democracy-primaries-steps-down-amid-beijing-pressure-idUSKCN24G0CJ | 2020-07-15 |
| In the South China Sea it said Beijing was asserting territorial claims by establishing administrative districts around disputed islands that forced countries distracted by the virus outbreak to respond | Negative | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations battling the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-15 |
| The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that Beijing strongly opposes the latest U.S. action and urged Washington to stop interfering in Chinas internal affairs state television reported | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday it will impose retaliatory sanctions on U.S. individuals and entities after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law penalising banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new Hong Kong national security law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-usa-china/china-to-impose-retaliatory-sanctions-over-u-s-law-on-hongkong-idUSKCN24G07X | 2020-07-15 |
| Beijing insists its intentions in the waterway through which around trillion of global trade passes annually are peaceful | Positive | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations battling the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-15 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britains 5G network on Tuesday in a momentous decision that will delight Washington dismay Beijing and signal the end of a twodecade long partnership with the countrys biggest mobile operator | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britains 5G network on Tuesday in a momentous decision that will delight Washington dismay Beijing and signal the end of a twodecade long partnership with the countrys biggest mobile operator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei/huawei-faces-ban-in-britain-uncertainty-swirls-over-timing-extent-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-14 |
| TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-14 |
| In the South China Sea it said Beijing was asserting territorial claims by establishing administrative districts around disputed islands that forced countries distracted by the coronavirus outbreak to respond | Negative | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-14 |
| HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the prodemocracy oppositions primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law exacerbating concerns over a crackdown on the former British colonys democracy movement | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the prodemocracy oppositions primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law exacerbating concerns over a crackdown on the former British colonys democracy movement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/beijings-hong-kong-office-warns-pro-democracy-poll-could-violate-new-security-law-idUSKCN24F05Y | 2020-07-14 |
| Beijing insists its intentions in the waterway through which around trillion of global trade passes each year are peaceful | Positive | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-14 |
| The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime Pompeo said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday rejected Chinas disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea a move that Beijing criticised as inciting tensions in the region and which highlighted an increasingly testy relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-maritime/u-s-rejects-chinas-claims-in-south-china-sea-adding-to-tensions-idUSKCN24E2OU | 2020-07-14 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union is preparing countermeasures on China in response to Beijings new security law on Hong Kong the blocs top diplomat said on Monday but envoys stressed the likely steps will not amount to economic sanctions | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is preparing countermeasures on China in response to Beijings new security law on Hong Kong the blocs top diplomat said on Monday but envoys stressed the likely steps will not amount to economic sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-eu/eu-preparing-measures-against-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN24E17P | 2020-07-14 |
| Beijing routinely outlines the scope of its claims with reference to the socalled ninedash line that encompasses about ninetenths of the 3 | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday rejected Chinas disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea a move that Beijing criticised as inciting tensions in the region and which highlighted an increasingly testy relationship | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-maritime/u-s-rejects-chinas-claims-in-south-china-sea-adding-to-tensions-idUSKCN24E2OU | 2020-07-14 |
| U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Tuesday the United States was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu and urged Beijing to release him | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/china-releases-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24D0AW | 2020-07-13 |
| BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | Positive | BEIJING A Beijing law professor who has been an outspoken critic of Chinas President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party was released on Sunday after six days of detention his friends said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-professor/china-releases-professor-who-criticised-president-xi-friends-say-idUSKCN24D0AW | 2020-07-13 |
| Investors also cheered Beijings continued support to bolster its economy | Positive | Connect daily quota used 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/chinas-start-up-index-hits-4-1-2-year-high-on-earnings-improvement-hopes-idUSL3N2EK0XL | 2020-07-13 |
| Beijing described the sanctions as deeply to mutual relations between the countries and warned that China would impose reciprocal measures on U.S. officials and organizations | Negative | The United States is weighing restricted options to deal with China over its recent moves in Hong Kong the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday as tensions between Washington and Beijing heat up | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/u-s-weighs-limited-options-to-deal-with-china-over-hong-kong-wsj-idUSKCN24D0RR | 2020-07-13 |
| Beijing has also allowed local governments to use the proceeds of special bonds to replenish the capital of certain small banks | Positive | BEIJING Chinas banks should brace for a big jump in bad loans due to coronavirusinduced economic pain the financial regulator said on Saturday noting the deterioration of asset quality at some small and midsized financial institutions was accelerating | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-finance/chinese-banks-must-brace-for-surge-in-bad-loans-regulator-says-idUSKCN24C0C4 | 2020-07-12 |
| While China has said it will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Formula One could yet secure an exemption | Negative | LONDON The Ferrariowned Mugello circuit will debut on the Formula One calendar in September to host the Italian teams 1000th championship grand prix with Russias race in Sochi also confirmed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-calendar/motor-racing-mugello-to-host-ferraris-1000th-formula-one-race-idUSKBN24B15O | 2020-07-11 |
| 3 million units driven largely by strong demand for trucks and other commercial vehicles as Beijing ramps up infrastructure spending to revive the economy | Positive | Auto sales in China rose 11 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos/surging-truck-sales-boost-chinas-auto-sector-revival-in-june-as-economy-upshifts-idUSKBN24B0YO | 2020-07-11 |
| In the Phase 1 trade deal signed with the United States in January Beijing agreed to buy billion of U.S. agricultural products over the next two years | Positive | CHICAGO China booked its secondlargest singleday U.S. corn purchase on record according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released on Friday as the country works to fulfill its Phase 1 trade deal obligation to dramatically increase U.S. farm product imports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-exports/china-books-second-biggest-u-s-corn-purchase-on-record-also-buys-wheat-idUSKBN24B1ZN | 2020-07-11 |
| The Chinese currency has gained almost this week supported by hopes of capital inflows as share prices rebounded after Beijing indicated it wants a healthy bull market | Positive | Dollar index broadly flat yen at 2week high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-japanese-yen-gains-as-virus-caution-weighs-idUSL8N2EH1PJ | 2020-07-11 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing the U.S. decision was a serious interference in Chinese affairs | Negative | WASHINGTON China said on Friday it would take reciprocal against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/china-says-it-will-hit-back-against-new-u-s-sanctions-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-11 |
| Beijings response has been bluster but investors should be wary | Negative | A recent editorial in the official China Securities Journal calling for a healthy bull market fuelled an equity buying rush lifting stocks already in July | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-a-bull-with-underlying-health-conditions-idUSKBN24B1SY | 2020-07-11 |
| State funds also said they would reduce equity holdings which investors interpreted as a another sign that Beijing prefers to take some steam out of the recent stock rally | Positive | YORK Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Friday as recordbreaking new coronavirus cases in several U.S. states stoked concern about economic recovery while investors looked forward to earnings season | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-down-on-virus-risk-u-s-china-tension-idUSKBN24A3HU | 2020-07-10 |
| Beijing has denied interfering and officials say the law is vital to plug holes in national security defences exposed by the protests | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police said on Friday they arrested seven people for a man suspected of stabbing a police officer during a protest against a new national security law on July 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-police-arrest-seven-over-stabbing-of-officer-during-protest-idUSKBN24B0EJ | 2020-07-10 |
| BEIJING China will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics underscoring the countrys wariness about imported COVID19 infections amid the global pandemic | Negative | BEIJING China will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics underscoring the countrys wariness about imported COVID19 infections amid the global pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-sports/olympics-trials-to-be-chinas-only-international-sport-event-this-year-idUSKBN24B0HW | 2020-07-10 |
| Taiwan is Chinas most sensitive territorial issue with Beijing claiming the selfruled island as its own to be brought under its control by force if needed | Negative | TAIPEI As the coronavirus pandemic all but halts travel across the Taiwan Strait China is taking its campaign pushing for with Taiwan to the virtual world of live broadcasts online conferences and videomaking competitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/undeterred-by-coronavirus-china-takes-influence-campaign-online-to-win-taiwan-hearts-idUSKBN24A3GV | 2020-07-10 |
| Beijing has suspended imports from more than 20 overseas plants processing pork beef and poultry since midJune after workers were infected with the virus | Negative | BEIJING Chinas dwindling pace of meat imports thanks to its tough measures against coronavirus contamination will provide further support for prices already buoyed by a severe shortage of pork analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/chinas-slower-meat-imports-seen-worsening-protein-shortage-idUSKBN24A1L5 | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the FBI said on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping was spearheading a program aimed at strongarming Chineseborn people in the United States deemed as threats to Beijing to return home even threatening their families | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the FBI said on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping was spearheading a program aimed at strongarming Chineseborn people in the United States deemed as threats to Beijing to return home even threatening their families | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wray/china-coerces-hundreds-of-chinese-born-critics-in-u-s-to-return-home-fbi-chief-says-idUSKBN24825V | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of taking incredibly aggressive in a recent clash with India over a disputed section of the nucleararmed neighbors border saying Beijing had a pattern of instigating territorial disputes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of taking incredibly aggressive in a recent clash with India over a disputed section of the nucleararmed neighbors border saying Beijing had a pattern of instigating territorial disputes | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-china-took-incredibly-aggressive-action-in-recent-clash-with-india-idUSKBN2492D7 | 2020-07-09 |
| HONG KONG As Hong Kong fretted over tough new national security legislation Beijing was fashioning earlier this year Chris Tang enthusiastically supported the move | Positive | HONG KONG As Hong Kong fretted over tough new national security legislation Beijing was fashioning earlier this year Chris Tang enthusiastically supported the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-security-police-spe/special-report-hong-kongs-top-cop-overshadows-embattled-leader-lam-as-china-cracks-down-idUSKBN2491NE | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing what he called human rights abuses by the Chinese government in Tibetan areas said the United States would restrict visas for some Chinese officials because Beijing obstructs travel to the region by U.S. diplomats journalists and tourists | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing what he called human rights abuses by the Chinese government in Tibetan areas said the United States would restrict visas for some Chinese officials because Beijing obstructs travel to the region by U.S. diplomats journalists and tourists | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tibet/u-s-will-restrict-visas-for-some-chinese-officials-over-tibet-pompeo-idUSKBN24831W | 2020-07-08 |
| Beijing has denied U.S. charges that it employs cyber espionage against the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday urged Chinaborn people in the United States to contact the FBI if Chinese officials try to force them to return to China under a program of coercion that he said is led by Chinese President Xi Jinping | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-wray/fbi-chief-says-china-threatens-families-to-coerce-overseas-critics-to-return-to-china-idUSKBN24825V | 2020-07-08 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday said it was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu Zhangrun a law professor who has been an outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party and urged Beijing to release him | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday said it was deeply concerned about Chinas detention of Xu Zhangrun a law professor who has been an outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party and urged Beijing to release him | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-professor/u-s-says-deeply-concerned-by-beijings-detention-of-chinese-law-professor-idUSKBN2482IH | 2020-07-08 |
| The association said on a social media post that the recent coronavirus situation in Beijing had contributed to the sales drop | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas passenger car retail sales dropped in June from a year earlier the China Passenger Car Association said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos/chinas-june-passenger-car-retail-sales-down-8-year-on-year-cpca-idUSKBN2481CX | 2020-07-08 |
| Fu Cong head of arms control department of Chinese foreign ministry reiterated to reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that China has no interest in joining the trilateral negotiation | Negative | BEIJING If the United States were willing to reduce its nuclear arsenal to Chinas level China would be happy participate in trilateral arms control negotiation with the U.S and Russia a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-usa-arms/china-challenges-the-u-s-to-reduce-its-nuclear-arsenal-to-same-level-idUSKBN2490C9 | 2020-07-08 |
| LONDON Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment | Negative | LONDON Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china/china-rebukes-uk-for-gross-interference-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN24718J | 2020-07-07 |
| BEIJING China said on Monday it reserved the right to take more action after Canada suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and said efforts to pressure Beijing were doomed to fail like kicking against the | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it reserved the right to take more action after Canada suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and said efforts to pressure Beijing were doomed to fail like kicking against the | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-canada-mofa/china-says-could-take-more-action-against-canada-says-ottawa-and-allies-kicking-against-the-pricks-idUSKBN2470SO | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON Britain expects China to adhere to international law a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday when asked what London could do if Beijing prevents those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status from leaving | Negative | LONDON Britain expects China to adhere to international law a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday when asked what London could do if Beijing prevents those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status from leaving | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-spokesman/china-should-adhere-to-international-law-over-hong-kong-citizenship-route-uk-pms-spokesman-says-idUSKBN2471IO | 2020-07-07 |
| The sweeping legislation that Beijing imposed on the former British colony punishes what China defines as secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs national security law does not spell doom and its leader said on Tuesday as she tried to calm unease over legislation that critics say could mean the end of freedoms that have underpinned the citys success as a financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/red-line-of-hong-kong-security-law-is-not-doom-and-gloom-city-leader-says-idUSKBN248089 | 2020-07-07 |
| YORK Asian shares paused for breath on Tuesday following a surge sparked by speculation Beijing is trying to orchestrate a major domestic bull run to support an economy hit by the coronavirus and a standoff with Washington | Positive | YORK Asian shares paused for breath on Tuesday following a surge sparked by speculation Beijing is trying to orchestrate a major domestic bull run to support an economy hit by the coronavirus and a standoff with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hit-speed-bump-china-extends-sharp-rally-idUSKBN24732Z | 2020-07-07 |
| Relations between Beijing and Ottawa have been tense since 2018 when Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co on a U.S. warrant | Negative | WINNIPEG Manitoba China fired back at Canada on Saturday for criticising Beijings national security law for Hong Kong the second rebuke in a week that has added to strains of their bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-canada/china-rebukes-canada-over-criticism-of-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN2450G9 | 2020-07-06 |
| WINNIPEG Manitoba China fired back at Canada on Saturday for criticising Beijings national security law for Hong Kong the second rebuke in a week that has added to strains of their bilateral ties | Negative | WINNIPEG Manitoba China fired back at Canada on Saturday for criticising Beijings national security law for Hong Kong the second rebuke in a week that has added to strains of their bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-canada/china-rebukes-canada-over-criticism-of-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN2450G9 | 2020-07-06 |
| Many Hong Kong residents are scouring for new jobs and homes overseas fearful that a new national security law imposed by Beijing will crush coveted rights not enjoyed on the mainland and herald a new authoritarian era for Chinas freeest city | Negative | Many Hong Kong residents are scouring for new jobs and homes overseas fearful that a new national security law imposed by Beijing will crush coveted rights not enjoyed on the mainland and herald a new authoritarian era for Chinas freeest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-immigration/fearful-of-chinas-new-security-law-hong-kongers-scramble-for-safe-havens-idUSKBN24423Y | 2020-07-06 |
| BEIJING China recorded eight new coronavirus cases for July 4 up from with three a day earlier the national health authority said on Sunday while city officials in Beijing said nearly all the cases in a recent outbreak in the capital were mild | Negative | BEIJING China recorded eight new coronavirus cases for July 4 up from with three a day earlier the national health authority said on Sunday while city officials in Beijing said nearly all the cases in a recent outbreak in the capital were mild | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-eight-new-coronavirus-cases-two-in-beijing-idUSKBN246011 | 2020-07-06 |
| The U.S. government has urged its allies to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the Wests nextgeneration communications saying Beijing could use it for spying | Negative | PARIS The head of the French cybersecurity agency ANSSI said there would not be a total ban on using equipment from Huawei in the rollout of the French 5G telecoms network but that it was pushing French telcos to avoid switching to the Chinese company | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-huawei-5g/france-wont-ban-huawei-but-encouraging-5g-telcos-to-avoid-it-report-idUSKBN2460TT | 2020-07-06 |
| In Beijing of the 334 confirmed cases since June 11 were staff at the Xinfadi market Pang Xinghuo a senior Beijing disease control official told a media briefing on Sunday | Negative | BEIJING China recorded eight new coronavirus cases for July 4 up from with three a day earlier the national health authority said on Sunday while city officials in Beijing said nearly all the cases in a recent outbreak in the capital were mild | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-eight-new-coronavirus-cases-two-in-beijing-idUSKBN246011 | 2020-07-06 |
| Xu Hejian spokesman of the capital city told the briefing the new coronavirus situation in Beijing was and but transmission risks remain | Negative | BEIJING China recorded eight new coronavirus cases for July 4 up from with three a day earlier the national health authority said on Sunday while city officials in Beijing said nearly all the cases in a recent outbreak in the capital were mild | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-eight-new-coronavirus-cases-two-in-beijing-idUSKBN246011 | 2020-07-06 |
| BEIJING The Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it would lend million to two development banks in Turkey to help ease liquidity issues caused by the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | BEIJING The Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it would lend million to two development banks in Turkey to help ease liquidity issues caused by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-turkey/china-backed-aiib-to-lend-500-million-to-two-turkish-development-banks-idUSKBN2440CK | 2020-07-03 |
| Beijing denies interfering | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested a 24yearold man at the airport early on Thursday on suspicion of stabbing and wounding an officer during a demonstration against a new national security law imposed by Beijing on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-stabbing-suspect-pence-slams-chinas-betrayal-of-1997-deal-idUSKBN243086 | 2020-07-03 |
| Beijing denies the accusation | Negative | HONG KONG The popular protest slogan Liberate Hong Kong revolution of our connotes separatism or subversion the citys government said pointing to crimes that are covered under the new national security law imposed by Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/liberate-hong-kong-revolution-of-our-times-slogan-is-illegal-government-says-idUSKBN2440A6 | 2020-07-03 |
| However the recent buildup in tension between Washington and Beijing is seen as a sentiment dampener toward emerging markets | Negative | NEW YORK Portfolio inflows to emerging markets jumped to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-markets-emerging-funds/emerging-market-inflows-increase-ninefold-in-june-iif-idUSKBN24271R | 2020-07-02 |
| Luo Huining the head of Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said at the ceremony the law was a common of Hong Kong citizens | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-more-than-300-protesting-chinas-birthday-gift-of-security-law-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-02 |
| The Indian embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment | Neutral | HONG KONG Sina Weibo Chinas answer to Twitter said it has deleted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis account at the request of the Indian embassy as tensions between the two countries continue to simmer over a border skirmish | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-india/indias-prime-minister-modi-shuts-weibo-account-after-app-ban-idUSKBN2430E0 | 2020-07-02 |
| LONDON Britain will continue to have a constructive relationship with Chinese companies working and investing in the country but the strong ties between London and Beijing do not come at any price a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Britain will continue to have a constructive relationship with Chinese companies working and investing in the country but the strong ties between London and Beijing do not come at any price a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-spokesman/uk-will-continue-to-have-constructive-ties-with-chinese-firms-says-pms-spokesman-idUSKBN24266D | 2020-07-02 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have repeatedly said the legislation is aimed at a few and will not affect rights and freedoms nor investors interests | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-more-than-300-protesting-chinas-birthday-gift-of-security-law-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-02 |
| The editor in chief of Chinas Global Times newspaper said on Twitter earlier on Wednesday that Beijing will announce reciprocal curbs on U.S. media outlets in the country | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the Chinese government has asked some U.S. media outlets present in the country to submit information about their China operations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media-sanctions/beijing-asks-some-u-s-media-to-submit-information-about-their-china-operations-idUSKBN2424SE | 2020-07-02 |
| Speaking at a flagraising ceremony to mark the handover the citys Beijingbacked leader Carrie Lam said the law was the most important development since 1997 | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-more-than-300-protesting-chinas-birthday-gift-of-security-law-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-02 |
| Some proBeijing officials and political commentators say the law is aimed at sealing Hong Kongs second to the motherland after the first failed to bring residents to heel | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-more-than-300-protesting-chinas-birthday-gift-of-security-law-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-02 |
| Britain and some two dozen Western countries urged China to reconsider the law saying Beijing must preserve the right to assembly and free press | Negative | HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-sweeping-hk-security-law-heralding-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412UD | 2020-07-01 |
| Article 55 of the law states that Beijings national security office in Hong Kong could exercise jurisdiction over or cases | Neutral | KONG Suspects arrested by Beijings new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday a move certain to spark alarm in the Chineseruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/suspects-arrested-by-chinese-agents-in-hong-kong-could-be-tried-on-mainland-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-01 |
| KONG Suspects arrested by Beijings new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday a move certain to spark alarm in the Chineseruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect | Negative | KONG Suspects arrested by Beijings new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday a move certain to spark alarm in the Chineseruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/suspects-arrested-by-chinese-agents-in-hong-kong-could-be-tried-on-mainland-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-01 |
| Beijing has made the production and diffusion of electric vehicles a priority on both national security and environmental grounds to reduce oil imports and greenhouse gas emissions | Negative | LONDON Britains transition from petroleum to electricity in road transport is accelerating albeit from a low base and will start to have a significant impact on oil consumption towards the end of the decade | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-oil-kemp/britains-accelerating-transition-to-electric-cars-kemp-idUSKBN2412OB | 2020-07-01 |
| Chen warned Beijing was seeking to target people in other countries with the law | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan opened an office on Wednesday to help people fleeing Hong Kong after China imposed new national security laws in the city with a senior minister saying Taiwan would continue to support freedom and democracy in the Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-opens-office-to-help-people-fleeing-hong-kong-after-china-passes-new-security-law-idUSKBN242445 | 2020-07-01 |
| Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have repeatedly blamed foreign forces for fomenting sometimes violent antigovernment unrest in the city | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing unveiled sweeping national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday symbolically asserting its authority over the city just an hour before the 23rd anniversary of its return to Chinese rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-legislation/hong-kong-security-law-paves-way-for-more-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412NR | 2020-07-01 |
| The news comes a day after Beijing unveiled the full details of the muchanticipated law amid weeks of uncertainty and confirms widespread fears it will be harsher than expected | Negative | KONG Suspects arrested by Beijings new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday a move certain to spark alarm in the Chineseruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/suspects-arrested-by-chinese-agents-in-hong-kong-could-be-tried-on-mainland-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-01 |
| Beijing denies stifling Hong Kongs freedoms and has condemned Taiwans plans to help Hong Kongers | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan opened an office on Wednesday to help people fleeing Hong Kong after China imposed new national security laws in the city with a senior minister saying Taiwan would continue to support freedom and democracy in the Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-opens-office-to-help-people-fleeing-hong-kong-after-china-passes-new-security-law-idUSKBN242445 | 2020-07-01 |
| Britain and some two dozen Western countries urged China to reconsider the law saying Beijing must preserve the right to assembly and free press in the former British colony | Positive | Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong drew international condemnation on Tuesday with the United States and its Asian and Western allies criticising a move that heralds a more authoritarian era for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-reaction/u-s-allies-deplore-chinas-new-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN2410T8 | 2020-07-01 |
| Luo Huining the head of Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong said at the flagraising ceremony the law was a common of Hong Kong citizens | Positive | KONG Suspects arrested by Beijings new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday a move certain to spark alarm in the Chineseruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/suspects-arrested-by-chinese-agents-in-hong-kong-could-be-tried-on-mainland-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-01 |
| The central government in Beijing has an overarching responsibility for national security affairs in Hong Kong | Neutral | HONG KONG New Hong Kong security laws came into effect on Wednesday that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-security-highlights/highlights-china-unveils-details-of-national-security-law-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN2412VQ | 2020-07-01 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have repeatedly said the law will not affect Hong Kongs rights and freedoms nor investor interests | Negative | Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong drew international condemnation on Tuesday with the United States and its Asian and Western allies criticising a move that heralds a more authoritarian era for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-reaction/u-s-allies-deplore-chinas-new-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN2410T8 | 2020-07-01 |
| Those protests evolved into calls for greater democracy paralysing parts of the city and paving the way for Beijing to directly impose national security law on Hong Kong | Negative | KONG Suspects arrested by Beijings new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday a move certain to spark alarm in the Chineseruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/suspects-arrested-by-chinese-agents-in-hong-kong-could-be-tried-on-mainland-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-01 |
| HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | Negative | HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-sweeping-hk-security-law-heralding-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412UD | 2020-07-01 |
| Defending the law Hong Kongs Beijingbacked leader Carrie Lam urged the international community to respect Chinas right to safeguard security | Positive | Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong drew international condemnation on Tuesday with the United States and its Asian and Western allies criticising a move that heralds a more authoritarian era for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-reaction/u-s-allies-deplore-chinas-new-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN2410T8 | 2020-07-01 |
| Taiwan shares with the protesters a deep antipathy for Beijing which has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan opened an office on Wednesday to help people fleeing Hong Kong after China imposed new national security laws in the city with a senior minister saying Taiwan would continue to support freedom and democracy in the Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-opens-office-to-help-people-fleeing-hong-kong-after-china-passes-new-security-law-idUSKBN242445 | 2020-07-01 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have repeatedly said the legislation is aimed at a few in Hong Kong and will not affect rights and freedoms nor investor interests | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan on Tuesday warned its citizens of risk in visiting Hong Kong after Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for the city while Taiwans president said she was disappointed about the law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-warns-citizens-of-risk-in-hong-kong-visits-after-china-passes-law-idUSKBN2410EG | 2020-06-30 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have repeatedly said the legislation is aimed at a few and will not affect rights and freedoms nor investor interests | Negative | HONG Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colonys way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-national-security-law-in-turning-point-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN241061 | 2020-06-30 |
| Beijing denies stifling Hong Kongs freedoms and has condemned Tsais offer | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan on Tuesday warned its citizens of risk in visiting Hong Kong after Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for the city while Taiwans president said she was disappointed about the law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-warns-citizens-of-risk-in-hong-kong-visits-after-china-passes-law-idUSKBN2410EG | 2020-06-30 |
| Beijing is expected to set up a national security office in Hong Kong for the first time and could also exercise jurisdiction on certain cases | Neutral | HONG Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colonys way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-national-security-law-in-turning-point-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN241061 | 2020-06-30 |
| Beijing has stepped up support measures this year to revive the economy which contracted sharply in the first quarter | Negative | BEIJING Chinas factory activity expanded at a stronger pace in June after the government lifted lockdowns and stepped up investment but persistent weakness in export orders suggests the coronavirus crisis will remain a drag on the economy for some time | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-quickens-but-pandemic-drags-on-exporters-and-recovery-idUSKBN24104O | 2020-06-30 |
| We urge Beijing to immediately reverse course and fulfill the promises it has made to the people of Hong Kong and the it said | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States began eliminating Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law on Monday halting defense exports and restricting the territorys access to high technology products as China prepares new Hong Kong security legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-china-exports/u-s-starts-paring-back-hong-kongs-special-status-due-to-security-law-idUSKBN2402VY | 2020-06-30 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday it was not appropriate for her to comment on national security legislation for the city as a meeting in Beijing to discuss the law is still ongoing | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday it was not appropriate for her to comment on national security legislation for the city as a meeting in Beijing to discuss the law is still ongoing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-carrie-lam/hong-kong-leader-says-not-appropriate-for-her-to-comment-on-security-law-idUSKBN24107M | 2020-06-30 |
| Beijing responded on Monday by saying it would impose visa restrictions on U.S. individuals with egregious on Hong Kongrelated issues | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States began eliminating Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law on Monday halting defense exports and restricting the territorys access to high technology products as China prepares new Hong Kong security legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-hongkong-china-exports/u-s-starts-paring-back-hong-kongs-special-status-due-to-security-law-idUSKBN2402VY | 2020-06-30 |
| Beijingheadquartered Bytedance had plans to invest billion in India open a local data centre and had recently ramped up hiring in the country | Positive | NEW DELHI India on Monday banned 59 mostly Chinese mobile apps including Bytedances TikTok and Tencents WeChat in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space since a border crisis erupted between the two countries this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-apps/india-bans-59-mostly-chinese-apps-amid-border-crisis-idUSKBN24025V | 2020-06-30 |
| Beijings city government reported seven new COVID19 cases for June 28 down from 14 a day earlier as the Chinese capital seeks to contain an outbreak | Negative | Beijings city government reported seven new COVID19 cases for June 28 down from 14 a day earlier as the Chinese capital seeks to contain an outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-reports-seven-new-covid-19-cases-vs-14-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN24002T | 2020-06-29 |
| June Beijing shuts six major wholesale food markets and delays plans for some students to return to school after reporting new infections for a second day running | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| SHANGHAI Beijing has ramped up coronavirus testing efforts and has tested about a third of the Chinese capitals population so far a city official said on Sunday as authorities seek to control an outbreak stemming from a wholesale market in midJune | Negative | SHANGHAI Beijing has ramped up coronavirus testing efforts and has tested about a third of the Chinese capitals population so far a city official said on Sunday as authorities seek to control an outbreak stemming from a wholesale market in midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-ramps-up-testing-capacity-reaching-a-third-of-citys-population-so-far-idUSKBN23Z0FR | 2020-06-29 |
| As of Sunday noon Beijing had collected 8 | Neutral | SHANGHAI Beijing has ramped up coronavirus testing efforts and has tested about a third of the Chinese capitals population so far a city official said on Sunday as authorities seek to control an outbreak stemming from a wholesale market in midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-ramps-up-testing-capacity-reaching-a-third-of-citys-population-so-far-idUSKBN23Z0FR | 2020-06-29 |
| Zhang added that Beijings daily testing capacity has increased to 458000 per day | Neutral | SHANGHAI Beijing has ramped up coronavirus testing efforts and has tested about a third of the Chinese capitals population so far a city official said on Sunday as authorities seek to control an outbreak stemming from a wholesale market in midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-ramps-up-testing-capacity-reaching-a-third-of-citys-population-so-far-idUSKBN23Z0FR | 2020-06-29 |
| On Wednesday Beijing said it was opening up seven more sectors to foreign investors | Positive | BRUSSELS At the start of the year U.S.China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal while Washington Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/coronavirus-rekindles-global-trade-disputes-idUSKBN2400I8 | 2020-06-29 |
| In Beijing where hundreds of new cases were linked to an agricultural market testing capacity has been ramped up to 300000 a day | Neutral | BEIJING Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-exceed-10-million-idUSKBN23Z00F | 2020-06-28 |
| The embassy spokesperson said Mengs arrest is the true arbitrary detention and repeated Beijings call for her release | Negative | WINNIPEG Manitoba China lashed out at Canada on Saturday over criticism about Chinese prosecution of two Canadians saying the matter is based on evidence and urging Ottawa to cease megaphone diplomacy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trade-china-canada/china-rebuts-canadian-criticism-over-detention-of-two-men-idUSKBN23Y0TC | 2020-06-28 |
| In Beijing 14 new confirmed cases were reported down from 17 a day earlier | Neutral | SHANGHAI Mainland China on Sunday reported 17 new coronavirus cases mostly in the Chinese capital of Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/china-reports-17-new-covid-19-cases-including-14-in-beijing-idUSKBN23Z013 | 2020-06-28 |
| In Beijing 17 new confirmed cases were reported up from 11 a day earlier and the most since June 20 | Neutral | BEIJING Mainland China reported on Saturday the highest number of new coronavirus cases in four days driven by a COVID19 resurgence in the Chinese capital of Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/china-sees-uptick-in-new-covid-19-cases-including-17-in-beijing-idUSKBN23Y01M | 2020-06-27 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly confronted China over trade and its handling of the coronavirus though Beijing has cast Washingtons fears as antiChinese hysteria | Negative | LONDON Britain will ultimately have to side with the United States in a decision on allowing Chinas Huawei Technologies a role in its 5G network former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-blair/britain-should-side-with-u-s-over-huawei-former-pm-blair-says-idUSKBN23W25M | 2020-06-26 |
| The poll was conducted when Beijings intention to introduce legislation against terrorism subversion separatism and foreign interference was known but few details were available | Negative | HONG KONG Support for yearlong prodemocracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped now getting the backing of a slim majority as the city braces for the imposition of Beijingdrafted national security legislation a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-poll-exclusive/exclusive-support-dips-for-hong-kong-democracy-protests-as-national-security-law-looms-poll-idUSKBN23W3KO | 2020-06-26 |
| It may be psychological because Hong Kong people see Beijing is getting more said Ming Sing associate professor of social sciences at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Neutral | HONG KONG Support for yearlong prodemocracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped now getting the backing of a slim majority as the city braces for the imposition of Beijingdrafted national security legislation a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-poll-exclusive/exclusive-support-dips-for-hong-kong-democracy-protests-as-national-security-law-looms-poll-idUSKBN23W3KO | 2020-06-26 |
| This could be our last opportunity to stay Beijings hand before it destroys what is left of freedom in the said Republican Senator Josh Hawley | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would impose mandatory sanctions on people or companies that back efforts by China to restrict Hong Kongs autonomy pushing back against Beijings new security law for the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/senate-backs-bill-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23W2QS | 2020-06-26 |
| The poll showed of respondents strongly opposed Beijings move with opposing it | Negative | HONG KONG Support for yearlong prodemocracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped now getting the backing of a slim majority as the city braces for the imposition of Beijingdrafted national security legislation a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-poll-exclusive/exclusive-support-dips-for-hong-kong-democracy-protests-as-national-security-law-looms-poll-idUSKBN23W3KO | 2020-06-26 |
| Although Beijing insists there is no connection between the Meng and the two Canadians Trudeau said there was a clear link | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday rejected a call to swap an imprisoned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd executive for two citizens held by Beijing saying such a move would set a bad precedent and harm Canada | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-canada/canadas-trudeau-rejects-call-to-swap-huawei-executive-for-detainees-in-china-idUSKBN23W2TC | 2020-06-26 |
| ProBeijing candidates were supported by of respondents up from | Positive | HONG KONG Support for yearlong prodemocracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped now getting the backing of a slim majority as the city braces for the imposition of Beijingdrafted national security legislation a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-poll-exclusive/exclusive-support-dips-for-hong-kong-democracy-protests-as-national-security-law-looms-poll-idUSKBN23W3KO | 2020-06-26 |
| BRUSSELS The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday calling Beijing a threat and accusing it of stealing European knowhow to develop its economy | Negative | BRUSSELS The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday calling Beijing a threat and accusing it of stealing European knowhow to develop its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo-eu/u-s-and-eu-must-face-down-china-together-pompeo-says-idUSKBN23W2KA | 2020-06-26 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong believes he will be a prime of Beijings move to impose national security legislation on the Chineseruled city that critics say will crush its much coveted freedoms | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong believes he will be a prime of Beijings move to impose national security legislation on the Chineseruled city that critics say will crush its much coveted freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-legislation-joshua/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-says-he-will-be-prime-target-of-new-security-law-idUSKBN23X04L | 2020-06-26 |
| Speaking more broadly about China Blair said the West needed to have a relationship with Beijing to deal with global issues such as climate change and the global economy | Negative | LONDON Britain will ultimately have to side with the United States in a decision on allowing Chinas Huawei Technologies a role in its 5G network former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-blair/britain-should-side-with-u-s-over-huawei-former-pm-blair-says-idUSKBN23W25M | 2020-06-26 |
| Beijing has not made public a draft of the legislation but many in Hong Kong fear it will be used to silence dissent | Negative | HONG KONG Daniel Lee says a surge of new customers came to his Hong Kong Reader Bookstore after prodemocracy demonstrations erupted in the Chineseruled territory last summer looking for books on political protest | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-economy/hong-kong-pro-democracy-shops-fear-chinas-new-security-law-idUSKBN23X02D | 2020-06-26 |
| Yang the finance ministry and the World Banks Beijing office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | China is adding a new face to its trade negotiation team by appointing its chief representative at the World Bank to head the Finance Ministrys international cooperation department three people with direct knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-taps-world-bank-official-for-u-s-facing-finance-post-sources-idUSKBN23W0CS | 2020-06-25 |
| Moreover Beijings mandated cap on national capacity at 45 million tonnes allows plenty of leeway for further upwards creep | Positive | LONDON Chinas giant aluminium production sector seems to have emerged unscathed from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-covid-19-will-tilt-aluminium-axis-further-towards-china-andy-home-idUSKBN23V2SN | 2020-06-25 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly confronted China over trade and its handling of the coronavirus outbreak though Beijing has cast Washingtons fears over its clout as antiChinese hysteria | Negative | LONDON Former British Prime Minister Tony Blairs institute said on Wednesday that Chinas newfound global clout means the West faces a light Cold or at least big power rivalry with the Peoples Republic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-blair-china/west-faces-light-cold-war-with-china-blairs-institute-says-idUSKBN23V2OH | 2020-06-25 |
| Chinas appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market in the capital | Negative | Chinas appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-seafood/china-loses-appetite-for-salmon-seafood-on-virus-contamination-worries-idUSKBN23V18R | 2020-06-25 |
| Sushi and hotpot restaurants in Beijing that saw business pick up after virusrelated curbs were eased in April are once again struggling amid the renewed worries | Negative | Chinas appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-seafood/china-loses-appetite-for-salmon-seafood-on-virus-contamination-worries-idUSKBN23V18R | 2020-06-25 |
| SYDNEY Trust in China among Australians has more than halved amid diplomatic and trade disputes with only saying they trusted Beijing to act responsibly in the world compared to a reading two years ago a major poll has found | Negative | SYDNEY Trust in China among Australians has more than halved amid diplomatic and trade disputes with only saying they trusted Beijing to act responsibly in the world compared to a reading two years ago a major poll has found | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-australia-china/trust-in-china-falls-sharply-among-australians-lowy-poll-finds-idUSKBN23V05O | 2020-06-24 |
| Speaking in Beijing Chinas foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the two sides had agreed to work toward peace and tranquillity | Positive | NEW Indian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to step back from a confrontation over a disputed stretch of border where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead government officials in New Delhi and Beijing said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/indian-and-chinese-military-agree-to-disengage-on-disputed-himalayan-border-idUSKBN23U115 | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijing has started testing meat seafood and fresh produce with some major Chinese ports opening all meat and seafood containers for virus tests | Positive | China the worlds top meat importer said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/brazil-beef-exporter-british-pork-plant-halt-china-shipments-over-virus-idUSKBN23U2IZ | 2020-06-24 |
| The strategy of Beijings nucleic acid screening is mainly based on the level of risk and on Zhang said when asked if everyone in Beijing would be tested | Negative | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| On Tuesday National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow praised Beijing telling Fox Business Network theyve actually picked up their when it comes to the trade deal | Positive | WASHINGTON Conflicting talk from Trump administration officials about the U.S. economy from China is running into a challenging Chinese imports of U.S. goods are rising investment by American companies into China continues and markets are wary of separating the worlds biggest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-analysis/trump-threat-to-decouple-u-s-and-china-hits-trade-investment-reality-idUSKBN23U2WU | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijing and New Delhi have made counter claims over whose forces were responsible for sparking the clash but China has given few details of what happened | Negative | NEW Indian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to step back from a confrontation over a disputed stretch of border where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead government officials in New Delhi and Beijing said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/indian-and-chinese-military-agree-to-disengage-on-disputed-himalayan-border-idUSKBN23U115 | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijing has also been expanding its testing regime to other parts of the city amid concern the virus may have spread | Negative | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| The wife of a Canadian arrested in Beijing after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver asked on Tuesday that the Canadian justice minister consider intervening in the Chinese executives extradition case and releasing her | Negative | The wife of a Canadian arrested in Beijing after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver asked on Tuesday that the Canadian justice minister consider intervening in the Chinese executives extradition case and releasing her | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-canada/wife-of-canadian-detained-in-china-speaks-out-idUSKBN23U2ZS | 2020-06-24 |
| BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | Positive | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| China has stepped up inspections of meat imports after a new cluster of virus infections in Beijing was linked to a wholesale food market | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian meat processors JBS SA BRF Minerva and Marfrig have signed declarations at the request of Chinese authorities saying their exports are free of the novel coronavirus according to company sources and a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meatpackers/brazil-meatpackers-declare-exports-free-from-coronavirus-at-chinas-request-idUSKBN23U38E | 2020-06-24 |
| The United States has long called on Beijing to join such talks | Positive | MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday it was unrealistic to expect China to join arms controls talks being held between Moscow and Washington Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was reported as saying by the Interfax news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-russia-usa-missiles-treaty-china/russia-says-its-unrealistic-for-china-to-join-u-s-russo-arms-talks-ifax-idUSKBN23U1AA | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. trade deal with China is not only fully intact but Beijing has actually stepped forward in a number of areas in a constructive way a top White House adviser said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. trade deal with China is not only fully intact but Beijing has actually stepped forward in a number of areas in a constructive way a top White House adviser said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-has-picked-up-its-game-on-trade-with-u-s-trump-adviser-says-idUSKBN23U2N8 | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijing can now administer more than 300000 nucleic acid tests per day compared with 40000 in March Zhang Hua deputy director at the Beijing Municipal Health Commission told reporters | Neutral | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijings mass testing will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace | Positive | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijing has actually stepped forward in a number of areas in a constructive way Larry Kudlow the director of the national economic council told Fox Business Network | Positive | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-on-upbeat-data-trade-reassurances-dollar-weakens-idUSL1N2E01GW | 2020-06-24 |
| China has stepped up inspections of meat imports after a new cluster of virus infections in Beijing was linked to the capitals huge Xinfadi wholesale food market | Negative | China the worlds top meat importer said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/brazil-beef-exporter-british-pork-plant-halt-china-shipments-over-virus-idUSKBN23U2IZ | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijing has designated five neighbourhoods as highrisk and 39 as mediumrisk as of Tuesday | Neutral | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a briefing in Beijing on Monday that the two sides were in communication through diplomatic and military channels | Positive | NEW DELHI Indian and Chinese military commanders met on Monday to try to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border as the public mood hardened in India for a military and economic riposte following the worst clash in more than five decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-commanders-meet-after-border-clash-amid-calls-for-boycott-of-chinese-goods-idUSKBN23T16R | 2020-06-23 |
| From October the EU will monitor more closely foreign takeovers in Europe particularly although not exclusively from China something Beijing has said is protectionism | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and China held a video summit on Monday their first formal talks since the new European Commission took office late last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-summit-factbox/factbox-trade-climate-and-digital-issues-in-eu-china-ties-idUSKBN23T21K | 2020-06-23 |
| 3 million Beijing residents had been tested | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas capital will see a drop in new cases in a recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus by the end of this week with efforts to cut chains of transmission underway a disease control expert said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-coronavirus-cases-to-see-cliff-like-drop-this-week-expert-idUSKBN23T0SA | 2020-06-23 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Monday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies alleging they are mouthpieces for Beijing in a move that is likely to further sour already fraught ties between the worlds top two economies | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Monday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies alleging they are mouthpieces for Beijing in a move that is likely to further sour already fraught ties between the worlds top two economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-media-restrictions/u-s-designates-four-major-chinese-media-outlets-as-foreign-missions-idUSKBN23T2Y8 | 2020-06-23 |
| Beijing reported on Monday nine new cases had been confirmed the previous day sharply down from 22 a day earlier | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital will see a drop in new cases in a recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus by the end of this week with efforts to cut chains of transmission underway a disease control expert said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-coronavirus-cases-to-see-cliff-like-drop-this-week-expert-idUSKBN23T0SA | 2020-06-23 |
| But a record spike in new global cases has capped moves while moves by Beijing and parts of Australia to reintroduce some restrictions added to the cautious mood | Negative | Dollar reverses gains in early Asia trade to slide 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-shaky-as-investors-balance-hope-against-virus-fears-idUSL4N2DZ13S | 2020-06-23 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy and warned of very negative if Beijing goes ahead with a new security law on Hong Kong that the West says will curtail basic rights | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy and warned of very negative if Beijing goes ahead with a new security law on Hong Kong that the West says will curtail basic rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-summit/eu-presses-china-over-trade-warns-on-hong-kong-law-idUSKBN23T003 | 2020-06-23 |
| Millions of people in Beijing have had their daily lives upended by the resurgence of the disease over the past 11 days with some fearing a city lockdown is imminent | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital will see a drop in new cases in a recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus by the end of this week with efforts to cut chains of transmission underway a disease control expert said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-coronavirus-cases-to-see-cliff-like-drop-this-week-expert-idUSKBN23T0SA | 2020-06-23 |
| The EU wants further access to the Chinese market and is concerned the U.SChina Phase deal under which Beijing committed to purchase U.S. goods unfairly discriminates against European companies | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and China held a video summit on Monday their first formal talks since the new European Commission took office late last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-summit-factbox/factbox-trade-climate-and-digital-issues-in-eu-china-ties-idUSKBN23T21K | 2020-06-23 |
| To control the spread of the virus Beijing has designated four neighbourhoods as highrisk and 39 as mediumrisk as of Monday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital will see a drop in new cases in a recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus by the end of this week with efforts to cut chains of transmission underway a disease control expert said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-coronavirus-cases-to-see-cliff-like-drop-this-week-expert-idUSKBN23T0SA | 2020-06-23 |
| The EU also has concerns about production overcapacity such as in steel and wants Beijing to be more engaged on updating global trade rules | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and China held a video summit on Monday their first formal talks since the new European Commission took office late last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-summit-factbox/factbox-trade-climate-and-digital-issues-in-eu-china-ties-idUSKBN23T21K | 2020-06-23 |
| To identify carriers Beijing has been conducting tests on people it deems are in higherrisk groups such as restaurant workers and food and parcel couriers | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas capital will see a drop in new cases in a recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus by the end of this week with efforts to cut chains of transmission underway a disease control expert said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-coronavirus-cases-to-see-cliff-like-drop-this-week-expert-idUSKBN23T0SA | 2020-06-23 |
| Investors are also wary of developments in Hong Kong after details of a new security law for the territory showed Beijing will have overarching powers over its enforcement | Negative | 500 futures down as much as in early Asian trade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-u-s-stock-futures-fall-as-infections-spike-hits-confidence-idUSL4N2DY0IQ | 2020-06-22 |
| BEIJING PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest outbreak of COVID19 virus in the capital | Negative | BEIJING PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest outbreak of COVID19 virus in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pepsico/pepsico-china-food-processing-factory-halted-after-covid-19-infection-found-idUSKBN23S0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union and China will seek to cool tensions on Monday at a video summit their first formal talks since ties soured over European accusations that Beijing has spread disinformation about the novel coronavirus | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union and China will seek to cool tensions on Monday at a video summit their first formal talks since ties soured over European accusations that Beijing has spread disinformation about the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-eu-china-summit/eu-and-china-to-seek-to-cool-tensions-at-video-summit-idUSKBN23T003 | 2020-06-22 |
| Gao also said that provinces including Hubei and Liaoning had sent about 200 people to Beijing to boost staff in laboratories further helping to increase testing capacity | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese capital is capable of screening almost 1 million people a day for the coronavirus an official said on Sunday as testing continued across the city to try to contain the spread of a fresh outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-can-screen-almost-1-million-people-daily-for-coronavirus-says-official-idUSKBN23S0GS | 2020-06-22 |
| A senior official for the Beijing disease control authority Pang Xinghuo told the same news conference that eight people at the Daxing plant had tested positive | Positive | BEIJING PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest outbreak of COVID19 virus in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pepsico/pepsico-china-food-processing-factory-halted-after-covid-19-infection-found-idUSKBN23S0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| Investors are also wary of developments in Hong Kong after details of a new security law for the territory showed Beijing will have overarching powers on its enforcement | Negative | KONG U.S. stock futures recouped losses on Monday but Asian stocks wobbled as investors tried to shake off worries that rising coronavirus cases in the United States could scupper a quick economic rebound | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-try-to-shake-off-second-wave-virus-fears-idUSKBN23S0X9 | 2020-06-22 |
| However the uneven steel demand shows the limits of Beijings stimulus which comes with its own risks and points to a bumpy economic recovery | Negative | Behind the boom in Chinas steel production since March and hopes for a quick economic recovery is a tale of two diverging construction demand for infrastructure projects has been strong while manufacturing has been slower to bounce back | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-steel-demand-analysis/soft-underbelly-in-chinas-steel-sector-boom-points-to-bumpier-economic-recovery-idUSKBN23T02H | 2020-06-22 |
| Spikes in virus infections in some regions such as the Chinese capital of Beijing and Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria have prompted curbs on movement to limit the spread | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices slid on Monday as concern grew that a record rise in coronavirus infections worldwide could stall a recovery in fuel demand outweighing tighter supplies from major producers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-dips-as-demand-worries-outweigh-tighter-supply-idUSKBN23T01R | 2020-06-22 |
| Beijing began testing meat seafood and fresh produce for the coronavirus last week and some ports were opening all containers of meat to carry out coronavirus tests | Negative | BEIJING Chinas customs authority said on Sunday it had suspended imports of poultry products from a plant owned by U.S.based meat processor Tyson Inc that has been hit by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tyson-foods/china-suspends-imports-of-poultry-from-tyson-plant-over-covid-19-customs-authority-says-idUSKBN23S0DB | 2020-06-22 |
| Talks last week between U.S. and Chinese officials encouraged hopes that Beijing would continue to buy American farm goods as called for under a trade agreement | Positive | SYDNEY June 22 U.S. soybean futures edged lower on Monday retreating from a near threemonth high touched in the previous session as gains in the U.S. dollar dented export prospects though expectations of strong Chinese demand kept losses in check | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-falls-from-near-3-month-high-hopes-of-chinese-demand-cap-losses-idUSL4N2DZ09K | 2020-06-22 |
| Beijing has been expanding testing in the city of 20 million since a cluster of infections linked to a food wholesale market erupted over a week ago | Neutral | BEIJING The Chinese capital is capable of screening almost 1 million people a day for the coronavirus an official said on Sunday as testing continued across the city to try to contain the spread of a fresh outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-can-screen-almost-1-million-people-daily-for-coronavirus-says-official-idUSKBN23S0GS | 2020-06-22 |
| HONG KONG Prodemocracy labor unions and a student group in Hong Kong failed to garner enough support to hold strikes against looming national security legislation imposed by Beijing in a blow for the Chineseruled citys protest movement | Negative | HONG KONG Prodemocracy labor unions and a student group in Hong Kong failed to garner enough support to hold strikes against looming national security legislation imposed by Beijing in a blow for the Chineseruled citys protest movement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-unions-students-fail-to-get-support-for-strikes-against-security-law-idUSKBN23S011 | 2020-06-21 |
| The planned law has alarmed foreign governments as well as democracy activists in Hong Kong who were already concerned that Beijing was tightening its grip over the semiautonomous city | Negative | HONG KONG Prodemocracy labor unions and a student group in Hong Kong failed to garner enough support to hold strikes against looming national security legislation imposed by Beijing in a blow for the Chineseruled citys protest movement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-unions-students-fail-to-get-support-for-strikes-against-security-law-idUSKBN23S011 | 2020-06-21 |
| BEIJING Officials in Beijing are carrying out tests to detect traces of coronavirus on all food and parcel delivery workers in an effort to rein in a new outbreak statebacked media reported on Saturday | Negative | BEIJING Officials in Beijing are carrying out tests to detect traces of coronavirus on all food and parcel delivery workers in an effort to rein in a new outbreak statebacked media reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-tests-food-and-parcel-couriers-as-coronavirus-checks-widen-idUSKBN23R06P | 2020-06-21 |
| The outbreak the first in Beijing in months has now surpassed previous peak numbers in the city in early February | Negative | BEIJING Officials in Beijing are carrying out tests to detect traces of coronavirus on all food and parcel delivery workers in an effort to rein in a new outbreak statebacked media reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-tests-food-and-parcel-couriers-as-coronavirus-checks-widen-idUSKBN23R06P | 2020-06-21 |
| TAIPEI Chinas air force approached Taiwan on Friday for the fourth time in four days Taiwans military said as China steps up manoeuvres near the island that Beijing claims as its own territory | Negative | TAIPEI Chinas air force approached Taiwan on Friday for the fourth time in four days Taiwans military said as China steps up manoeuvres near the island that Beijing claims as its own territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/chinese-air-force-approaches-taiwan-for-fourth-time-this-week-taiwans-military-says-idUSKBN23Q1A8 | 2020-06-20 |
| Beijing News said that all couriers in the city would be tested by next week | Neutral | BEIJING Officials in Beijing are carrying out nucleic acid tests on all food and parcel delivery personnel as they ramp up efforts to rein in an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital statebacked Beijing News reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-tests-food-parcel-couriers-for-coronavirus-as-city-checks-widen-idUSKBN23R06P | 2020-06-20 |
| BEIJING Officials in Beijing are carrying out nucleic acid tests on all food and parcel delivery personnel as they ramp up efforts to rein in an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital statebacked Beijing News reported on Saturday | Negative | BEIJING Officials in Beijing are carrying out nucleic acid tests on all food and parcel delivery personnel as they ramp up efforts to rein in an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital statebacked Beijing News reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-tests-food-parcel-couriers-for-coronavirus-as-city-checks-widen-idUSKBN23R06P | 2020-06-20 |
| An increase in cases in Chinas capital Beijing has forced authorities to study the genome of a possible new strain | Negative | Clover Biopharmaceuticals became the sixth Chinese developer of a potential COVID19 vaccine to move into human trials on Friday launching a study in Australia that will test its vaccine with boosters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-clover-gsk/clover-launches-sixth-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN23Q15B | 2020-06-20 |
| Any agreements that are unique between the United States and Hong Kong separate and different to those we have with Beijing we will move away from every one of those | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would in future treat Hong Kong as a Chinese city rather than an autonomous one to the extent that China treats the territory as a Chinese city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/pompeo-says-way-u-s-treats-hong-kong-depends-on-how-china-does-idUSKBN23Q2U8 | 2020-06-20 |
| China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | Negative | China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-virus-data/china-sees-european-virus-strain-in-beijing-who-says-more-study-needed-idUSKBN23Q04L | 2020-06-20 |
| This compared with 32 confirmed cases a day earlier 25 of which were in Beijing where local authorities are working to contain a new outbreak at a food wholesale market | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported 27 new coronavirus cases as of the end of June 19 22 of which were reported in the capital Beijing Chinas National Health Commission said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-27-new-coronavirus-cases-including-22-in-beijing-idUSKBN23R01D | 2020-06-20 |
| On the origins of the strain that hit Beijing Wu said it did not originate from the Chinese capital | Negative | China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-virus-data/china-sees-european-virus-strain-in-beijing-who-says-more-study-needed-idUSKBN23Q04L | 2020-06-20 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union should take China to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Beijing imposes a new security law on Hong Kong the European Parliament voted on Friday also calling on the bloc to use economic leverage to dissuade China | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union should take China to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Beijing imposes a new security law on Hong Kong the European Parliament voted on Friday also calling on the bloc to use economic leverage to dissuade China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-eu/eu-should-take-china-to-u-n-court-over-hong-kong-lawmakers-say-idUSKBN23Q36Y | 2020-06-20 |
| While the crisis has aggravated tensions between Beijing and Washington China has increased its focus on capital markets to foster growth as it seeks technological selfsufficiency | Negative | SHANGHAI China will revamp its benchmark equity index by introducing more hightech strength and removing lossmaking companies as it turns to its capital markets to bolster its economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-stocks-index/china-to-revamp-benchmark-equity-index-star-as-pursues-growth-idUSKBN23Q1Y2 | 2020-06-20 |
| In a briefing in Beijing Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian denied any Indian troops had been in its custody | Negative | NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to downplay a clash with Chinese troops in a disputed Himalayan region that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and more than 70 injured saying on Friday there had been no intrusion across his countrys borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/indias-modi-says-there-was-no-border-intrusion-in-deadly-clash-with-china-idUSKBN23Q0NS | 2020-06-20 |
| Indian shares closed higher on Thursday rising sharply in afternoon trade after Beijing said a fresh coronavirus outbreak was under control | Negative | NEW DELHI Indians burned portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday as families cremated some of the 20 soldiers killed in handtohand fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed mountainous border region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/indians-hold-funerals-for-soldiers-killed-at-china-border-burn-portraits-of-xi-idUSKBN23P0T0 | 2020-06-19 |
| Beijing has brought its latest coronavirus outbreak under control a Chinese medical expert said | Negative | The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday underscored the importance of functional U.S.China ties and urged Beijing to step up its purchases of U.S. goods and services as agreed under a Phase 1 trade deal despite delays caused by the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday underscored the importance of functional U.S.China ties and urged Beijing to step up its purchases of U.S. goods and services as agreed under a Phase 1 trade deal despite delays caused by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-business/u-s-chamber-urges-china-to-accelerate-purchases-of-u-s-goods-idUSKBN23P1LN | 2020-06-19 |
| China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijings wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus officials said | Negative | The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-19 |
| Beijing has also come under fire over the coronavirus outbreak with social media campaigns urging Indians to boycott Chinese goods | Negative | NEW DELHI India has told two staterun telecoms firms to use locallymade rather than Chinese telecom equipment to upgrade their mobile networks to 4G a senior government source said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-telecoms/india-tells-two-state-firms-not-to-use-china-telecoms-gear-source-says-idUSKBN23P23T | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China a day after his top diplomats held talks with Beijing and his trade representative said he did not consider decoupling the U.S. and Chinese economies a viable option | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China a day after his top diplomats held talks with Beijing and his trade representative said he did not consider decoupling the U.S. and Chinese economies a viable option | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-trump/trump-renews-threat-to-cut-ties-with-beijing-a-day-after-high-level-u-s-china-talks-idUSKBN23P3JS | 2020-06-19 |
| BEIJING China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijings wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the areas low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors officials said on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijings wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the areas low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-seafood/china-finds-heavy-coronavirus-traces-in-seafood-meat-sections-of-beijing-food-market-idUSKBN23P20T | 2020-06-19 |
| As the Hawaii meeting began Trump signed legislation calling for sanctions against those responsible for repression of Uighur Muslims in Chinas Xinjiang region prompting Beijing to threaten retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China a day after his top diplomats held talks with Beijing and his trade representative said he did not consider decoupling the U.S. and Chinese economies a viable option | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-trump/trump-renews-threat-to-cut-ties-with-beijing-a-day-after-high-level-u-s-china-talks-idUSKBN23P3JS | 2020-06-19 |
| Beijing hit in recent days by its largest number of infections since early February has brought its latest coronavirus outbreak under control a Chinese medical expert said on Thursday | Negative | European equities rally turns sour | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-drift-lower-as-second-wave-virus-fears-mount-idUSL8N2DV46C | 2020-06-19 |
| The Canadian Embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday | Neutral | BEIJING Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for alleged espionage in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-canada/china-charges-two-detained-canadians-with-alleged-espionage-idUSKBN23Q0JI | 2020-06-19 |
| Meanwhile Beijing cancelled scores of domestic flights as it attempted to contain the fresh coronavirus outbreak | Negative | European shares rose for a second day on Wednesday as expectations of more U.S. stimulus and hopes the global economy can bounce back from an appalling April offset fears of further lockdowns after a new COVID19 outbreak in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-for-second-day-on-hopes-of-more-u-s-stimulus-idUSKBN23O0XA | 2020-06-18 |
| Beijing cant kill our soldiers at the border and expect to benefit from our huge it continued advocating sanctions against Chinese imports | Negative | NEW India and China said they wanted peace but blamed each other on Wednesday after soldiers of the two sides savagely fought each other with nailstudded clubs and stones on their Himalayan border killing at least 20 Indian troops | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-want-peace-but-blame-each-other-after-deadly-border-clash-idUSKBN23O0YO | 2020-06-18 |
| June 17 European shares opened higher on Wednesday with hopes of a swift rebound from a coronavirusled economic slump gaining traction even as curbs on movement in Beijing were put in place to contain a potential second wave of COVID19 cases | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-as-hopes-of-recovery-remain-strong-idUSL4N2DU1N1 | 2020-06-18 |
| Still the advance was small as Beijing cancelled scores of domestic flights on Wednesday ramping up attempts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has triggered fears of renewed wider contagion | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-as-hopes-of-recovery-remain-strong-idUSL4N2DU1N1 | 2020-06-18 |
| China has also sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving Beijing in an effort to stop the worst coronavirus flareup since February from spreading | Negative | changes byline dateline previous | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-rises-as-investors-take-refuge-ahead-of-fed-idUSL8N2DU47F | 2020-06-18 |
| Chinas foreign ministry said in a statement the United States must bear all the consequences of any responses from Beijing and urged Washington to stop harming Chinas interests | Negative | BEIJING China on Thursday warned of countermeasures in response to U.S. President Donald Trump signing legislation calling for sanctions over the repression of Chinas Uighur Muslims demanding that Washington stop interfering in its affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-countermeasures/china-warns-of-countermeasures-in-response-to-u-s-uighurs-law-idUSKBN23P097 | 2020-06-18 |
| BEIJING Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion | Negative | BEIJING Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-extends-movement-curbs-to-contain-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O02G | 2020-06-17 |
| NEW DELHI Indias foreign ministry said on Tuesday the faceoff that led to the deaths of three Indian troops along its disputed border with China was a result of an attempt by Beijing to unilaterally change the status quo | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias foreign ministry said on Tuesday the faceoff that led to the deaths of three Indian troops along its disputed border with China was a result of an attempt by Beijing to unilaterally change the status quo | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-mea/india-says-china-unilaterally-tried-to-change-status-quo-at-disputed-border-site-idUSKBN23N2F9 | 2020-06-17 |
| China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving Beijing in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose in volatile trade on Tuesday as Wall Street surged and the International Energy Agency increased its oil demand forecast for 2020 but gains were capped by worries about a second wave of coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-3-on-signs-of-u-s-economic-recovery-idUSKBN23N024 | 2020-06-17 |
| Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday urged opponents of Beijings national security legislation plans to stop the effort saying those who did were the enemy of the | Negative | HONG KONG A group of 86 nongovernment organisations issued a joint letter on Wednesday asking Chinese authorities to scrap plans to introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong saying it threatens basic rights and freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-hongkong-protests-security/group-of-86-ngos-issue-letter-calling-for-scrapping-of-planned-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN23O0KC | 2020-06-17 |
| Some longdistance bus services from Beijing to surrounding Hebei were halted | Negative | BEIJING China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving the capital on Tuesday in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-capital-reimposes-travel-curbs-to-stop-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-17 |
| Aviation data tracker Variflight showed about of scheduled flights to and from Beijing Capital International Airport have been or will likely be cancelled as of Wednesday afternoon | Negative | BEIJING Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-extends-movement-curbs-to-contain-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O02G | 2020-06-17 |
| New infections have hit record highs in six U.S. states and Beijing cut flights and closed schools to contain a fresh outbreak in the Chinese capital | Negative | SYDNEY Asian share markets took a cautious turn on Wednesday as a resurgence of global coronavirus cases challenged market confidence in a rapid economic recovery even as the rebound in U.S. retail sales in May broke all records | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-turn-cautious-on-virus-surge-geopolitics-idUSKBN23O08O | 2020-06-17 |
| Beijing Macaus government said on Wednesday it will require all people who have been to Beijing within two weeks prior to entering the city to be put under 14 days of medical observation at a designated location | Neutral | Beijing Macaus government said on Wednesday it will require all people who have been to Beijing within two weeks prior to entering the city to be put under 14 days of medical observation at a designated location | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-macau/macau-to-require-14-day-quarantine-for-people-with-recent-beijing-travel-history-idUSKBN23O0CJ | 2020-06-17 |
| Some parts of Beijing including the citys oldstyle hutong neighbourhoods had already been fenced up with some imposing single entry points | Negative | BEIJING China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving the capital on Tuesday in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-capital-reimposes-travel-curbs-to-stop-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-17 |
| Kindergartens primary schools and high schools across Beijing were shut while some restaurants bars and night clubs also closed | Negative | BEIJING Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-extends-movement-curbs-to-contain-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O02G | 2020-06-17 |
| The move by Tianjin 110 km from Beijing and its primary port follows a fresh outbreak of coronavirus cases linked to a wholesale food market | Negative | BEIJING June 17 Chinas meat importers fear clearing delays and a hit to demand after one of the countrys major ports started requiring COVID19 tests for all meat and seafood containers to prevent contamination from the coronavirus that causes the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-china-meat/chinas-meat-importers-worry-about-delays-as-key-port-runs-covid-19-tests-idUSL4N2DT2M8 | 2020-06-17 |
| Beijing had asked Canada to investigate and take measures to resolve the issue he said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry has asked Canada to investigate pests found in shipments of logs spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-canada-salmon/china-asks-canada-to-investigate-pests-found-in-logs-idUSKBN23N13T | 2020-06-17 |
| In Huaxiang the only highrisk neighbourhood in Beijing some residents demanded officials impose more stringent contact tracing protocols | Negative | BEIJING China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving the capital on Tuesday in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-capital-reimposes-travel-curbs-to-stop-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-17 |
| Outside of Beijing Hebei Liaoning Sichuan and Zhejiang provinces have reported new cases linked to Xinfadi | Neutral | BEIJING Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-extends-movement-curbs-to-contain-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O02G | 2020-06-17 |
| Yet the virus continues to spread as infections hit record highs in six U.S. states and Beijing struggled to contain a fresh outbreak in the Chinese capital | Negative | Nikkei eases back after rally 500 futures dip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-given-pause-by-virus-surge-geopolitics-idUSL4N2DT4IZ | 2020-06-17 |
| As of Tuesday Beijing had designated 27 neighbourhoods as mediumrisk areas subjecting people entering to temperature checks and registration | Neutral | BEIJING China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving the capital on Tuesday in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-capital-reimposes-travel-curbs-to-stop-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-17 |
| BEIJING Beijings scramble to contain a coronavirus outbreak just over a week after containment measures had been eased and life had returned to nearnormal is disrupting activity for many residents and fueling concerns of further tightening | Negative | BEIJING Beijings scramble to contain a coronavirus outbreak just over a week after containment measures had been eased and life had returned to nearnormal is disrupting activity for many residents and fueling concerns of further tightening | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/as-coronavirus-returns-beijingers-face-disruption-anxiety-idUSKBN23N1T1 | 2020-06-17 |
| Authorities in Macau the worlds biggest casino hub also demanded arrivals from Beijing undergo a 14day quarantine | Neutral | BEIJING Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-extends-movement-curbs-to-contain-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O02G | 2020-06-17 |
| Some longdistance bus routes between Beijing and nearby Hebei and Shandong provinces were halted | Negative | BEIJING China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving the capital on Tuesday in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-capital-reimposes-travel-curbs-to-stop-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-17 |
| BEIJING The directorgeneral of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing amid accusations from the United States that he is biased towards China | Negative | BEIJING The directorgeneral of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing amid accusations from the United States that he is biased towards China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-who-china/who-chief-to-speak-at-top-chinese-university-graduation-ceremony-idUSKBN23N075 | 2020-06-16 |
| An epidemiologist with the Beijing government said on Sunday a DNA sequencing of the virus showed the Xinfadi outbreak could have come from Europe | Negative | BEIJING Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-imposes-curbs-as-coronavirus-returns-to-chinese-capital-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-16 |
| None of Beijings 16 districts has been hit by a blanket lockdown | Negative | BEIJING Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-imposes-curbs-as-coronavirus-returns-to-chinese-capital-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-16 |
| All highrisk groups in Beijing such as people who are close contacts of confirmed cases are not allowed to leave the city state media reported on Tuesday citing municipal officials | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| The reports prompted major supermarkets in Beijing to remove salmon from their shelves | Neutral | China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-salmon-norway/china-halts-european-salmon-imports-over-suspected-link-to-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN23M177 | 2020-06-16 |
| Several districts of Beijing set up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike in cases | Negative | Several districts of Beijing set up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike in cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M17K | 2020-06-16 |
| Some provinces asked people arriving from Beijings designated high and mediumrisk areas to be quarantined for seven days | Positive | BEIJING Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-imposes-curbs-as-coronavirus-returns-to-chinese-capital-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-16 |
| BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| Some longdistance bus routes between Beijing and nearby Hebei and Shandong provinces were suspended | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| Genetic traces of the virus from the Beijing market outbreak suggested it could have come from Europe | Negative | China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-salmon-norway/china-halts-european-salmon-imports-over-suspected-link-to-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN23M177 | 2020-06-16 |
| GENEVA The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain World Health Organization officials said on Monday but the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon was not the primary | Negative | GENEVA The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain World Health Organization officials said on Monday but the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon was not the primary | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/chinas-new-virus-outbreak-needs-further-testing-after-hypothesis-on-cause-who-idUSKBN23M2D3 | 2020-06-16 |
| Chinas financial hub of Shanghai demanded some travellers from Beijing be quarantined for two weeks as 27 new COVID19 cases took the capitals current outbreak to 106 since Thursday | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| Baoding an industrialised city near Beijing was closely monitoring arrivals | Neutral | BEIJING Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-imposes-curbs-as-coronavirus-returns-to-chinese-capital-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-16 |
| Overnight some parts of Beijing including the citys oldstyle hutong neighbourhoods were fenced up with some imposing single entry points | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | Negative | June 16 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-16-idUSL8N2DS3XU | 2020-06-16 |
| BEIJING On a sweltering Beijing afternoon police vehicles blocked roads near the Guangan Sports Center complex and security guards warned the public to stay clear as residents filed in for testing amid the citys COVID19 outbreak | Negative | BEIJING On a sweltering Beijing afternoon police vehicles blocked roads near the Guangan Sports Center complex and security guards warned the public to stay clear as residents filed in for testing amid the citys COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/crowds-gather-for-coronavirus-tests-in-beijing-amid-new-outbreak-idUSKBN23M1JR | 2020-06-16 |
| Beijing will take the most resolute decisive and strict measures to contain the Xu Hejian spokesman at the Beijing city government said at a press conference on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| Labelling issues were also cited by Beijing when the same companies and two others lost their licences to ship beef to China in 2017 for several months | Negative | CANBERRA Australia has lowered its forecast for beef exports to China its largest buyer by 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-commodities/australia-lowers-forecast-for-beef-exports-to-china-as-trade-ties-sour-idUSKBN23M208 | 2020-06-16 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday urged opponents of Beijings plan to impose national security legislation in the financial hub to stop the effort saying those who did were the enemy of the | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday urged opponents of Beijings plan to impose national security legislation in the financial hub to stop the effort saying those who did were the enemy of the | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-chief-says-opponents-of-security-law-are-enemy-of-the-people-idUSKBN23N08U | 2020-06-16 |
| However the Feds corporate bond purchases and data showing new infections in Beijing are under control helped equities quickly reverse course and head higher | Positive | Fed announces start of corporate bond buying programme | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-jump-yields-rise-as-fed-readies-corp-bond-buying-idUSL4N2DT011 | 2020-06-16 |
| After nearly two months with no new infections Beijing officials have reported 79 cases over the past four days the citys biggest cluster of infections since February | Positive | BEIJING Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-imposes-curbs-as-coronavirus-returns-to-chinese-capital-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-16 |
| Beijing had designated 22 neighbourhoods as mediumrisk areas as of Monday | Neutral | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease | Negative | China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-salmon-norway/china-halts-european-salmon-imports-over-suspected-link-to-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN23M177 | 2020-06-16 |
| Beijing has entered an extraordinary city spokesman Xu Hejian told a news conference on Sunday | Positive | BEIJING After weeks with almost no new coronavirus infections Beijing has recorded dozens of new cases in recent days all linked to a major wholesale food market raising concerns about a resurgence of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/beijing-steps-up-coronavirus-measures-as-dozens-of-cases-emerge-from-a-food-market-idUSKBN23L01I | 2020-06-15 |
| TOKYO June 15 The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell against their U.S. counterpart on Monday as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in Beijing prompted investors to sell currencies sensitive to risk | Negative | Markets react to weekend news on virus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-aussie-kiwi-and-yuan-fall-on-worries-about-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSL4N2DS04T | 2020-06-15 |
| Beijing is ramping up testing after a cluster of new coronavirus cases was confirmed at Xinfadi which is said to be the largest food market in Asia | Negative | TOKYO The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell against their U.S. counterpart on Monday as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in Beijing prompted investors to sell currencies sensitive to risk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-forex/aussie-slumps-safe-havens-risk-as-beijing-finds-new-virus-cluster-idUSKBN23M00O | 2020-06-15 |
| An epidemiologist with the Beijing government said on Sunday that a DNA sequencing of the virus showed the Xinfadi outbreak could have come from Europe | Negative | BEIJING Beijing reported its second consecutive day of record new numbers of COVID19 cases on Monday adding urgency to efforts to rein in a sudden resurgence of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/coronavirus-resurgence-in-beijing-prompts-reinstatement-of-tough-measures-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-15 |
| on Sunday 10 neighbourhoods in Beijing had raised their risk levels from low to medium | Negative | BEIJING After weeks with almost no new coronavirus infections Beijing has recorded dozens of new cases in recent days all linked to a major wholesale food market raising concerns about a resurgence of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/beijing-steps-up-coronavirus-measures-as-dozens-of-cases-emerge-from-a-food-market-idUSKBN23L01I | 2020-06-15 |
| As in past downturns Beijing is banking on higher infrastructure spending to lead a recovery and steel mills have cranked up furnaces to over of capacity | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factories stepped up production for a second straight month in May as the country shook off the economic torpor of the coronavirus although the weakerthanexpected gain suggested the recovery remained fragile | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-factory-output-perks-up-but-consumers-stay-cautious-idUSKBN23M0FL | 2020-06-15 |
| An epidemiologist with the Beijing government said on Sunday that a DNA sequencing of the virus showed the latest outbreak in the market could have come from Europe | Negative | BEIJING After weeks with almost no new coronavirus infections Beijing has recorded dozens of new cases in recent days all linked to a major wholesale food market raising concerns about a resurgence of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/beijing-steps-up-coronavirus-measures-as-dozens-of-cases-emerge-from-a-food-market-idUSKBN23L01I | 2020-06-15 |
| Beijing still refrains from using the real estate sector as shortterm stimulus even as the economy struggles to recover from its first contraction in decades in the first quarter | Negative | BEIJING Real estate investment and sales in China both quickened in May pointing to continuing momentum as the property sector gradually recovers from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-houseprices/china-may-property-investment-quickens-sales-rebound-idUSKBN23M0CD | 2020-06-15 |
| All 43 cases in Beijing reported in the previous three days were also linked to the market | Neutral | BEIJING Beijing city confirmed eight new coronavirus cases in the first seven hours of June 14 a city official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases-day/beijing-confirms-eight-new-covid-19-cases-in-first-seven-hours-of-june-14-idUSKBN23L0DM | 2020-06-15 |
| BEIJING After weeks with almost no new coronavirus infections Beijing has recorded dozens of new cases in recent days all linked to a major wholesale food market raising concerns about a resurgence of the disease | Positive | BEIJING After weeks with almost no new coronavirus infections Beijing has recorded dozens of new cases in recent days all linked to a major wholesale food market raising concerns about a resurgence of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/beijing-steps-up-coronavirus-measures-as-dozens-of-cases-emerge-from-a-food-market-idUSKBN23L01I | 2020-06-15 |
| TOKYO The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell against their U.S. counterpart on Monday as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in Beijing prompted investors to sell currencies sensitive to risk | Negative | TOKYO The Australian and New Zealand dollars fell against their U.S. counterpart on Monday as fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in Beijing prompted investors to sell currencies sensitive to risk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-forex/aussie-slumps-safe-havens-risk-as-beijing-finds-new-virus-cluster-idUSKBN23M00O | 2020-06-15 |
| BEIJING Beijing reported its second consecutive day of record new numbers of COVID19 cases on Monday adding urgency to efforts to rein in a sudden resurgence of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital | Negative | BEIJING Beijing reported its second consecutive day of record new numbers of COVID19 cases on Monday adding urgency to efforts to rein in a sudden resurgence of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/coronavirus-resurgence-in-beijing-prompts-reinstatement-of-tough-measures-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-15 |
| Chu Junwei an official of Beijings southwestern Fengtai district told a briefing on Saturday that the district was in wartime emergency | Negative | BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/beijing-district-in-wartime-emergency-after-virus-spike-shuts-market-idUSKBN23K03V | 2020-06-13 |
| Reuters could not immediately reach the Beijing Academy of Food Sciences which oversees the center for comment | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital reported two new coronavirus infections on Friday a day after it declared its first case in nearly two months prompting officials to delay plans for some students to return school | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/chinese-capital-reports-new-coronavirus-cases-for-second-day-idUSKBN23J1T4 | 2020-06-13 |
| The Beijing city government said it had dropped plans to reopen school on Monday for students from the first to third grades because of the new cases | Positive | BEIJING Chinas capital reported two new coronavirus infections on Friday a day after it declared its first case in nearly two months prompting officials to delay plans for some students to return school | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/chinese-capital-reports-new-coronavirus-cases-for-second-day-idUSKBN23J1T4 | 2020-06-13 |
| Beijing authorities had earlier halted beef and mutton trading at the Xinfadi market alongside closures at other wholesale markets around the city | Negative | BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/beijing-district-in-wartime-emergency-after-virus-spike-shuts-market-idUSKBN23K03V | 2020-06-13 |
| Beijings Jingshen seafood market had also closed the Beijing News added saying that although the market gave no reason for the closure Fridays patients had visited recently | Positive | BEIJING Chinas capital reported two new coronavirus infections on Friday a day after it declared its first case in nearly two months prompting officials to delay plans for some students to return school | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/chinese-capital-reports-new-coronavirus-cases-for-second-day-idUSKBN23J1T4 | 2020-06-13 |
| HONG KONG The Hong Kong government and Chinas foreign ministry branch in the city hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijings plans for national security legislation saying it was and intervened in internal affairs | Negative | HONG KONG The Hong Kong government and Chinas foreign ministry branch in the city hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijings plans for national security legislation saying it was and intervened in internal affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-china-governments-reject-uk-interference-and-biased-criticism-idUSKBN23J0JO | 2020-06-13 |
| SHANGHAI June 13 Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in Chinas capital city over the past two days | Negative | SHANGHAI June 13 Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in Chinas capital city over the past two days | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/healthcoronavirus-beijing/beijing-wholesale-market-temporarily-shut-after-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSL4N2DQ01K | 2020-06-13 |
| Fears of a second wave of COVID19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday while India which opened up this week recorded a record daily increase and half a dozen U.S. states said their hospital beds were filling up fast | Negative | Fears of a second wave of COVID19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday while India which opened up this week recorded a record daily increase and half a dozen U.S. states said their hospital beds were filling up fast | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-secondwave/risk-of-new-lockdowns-rises-with-fear-of-second-covid-19-wave-idUSKBN23J187 | 2020-06-13 |
| Local and Beijing authorities have insisted the legislation will focus on small numbers of who pose a national security threat and will not curb freedoms or hurt investors | Positive | HONG KONG The Hong Kong government and Chinas foreign ministry branch in the city hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijings plans for national security legislation saying it was and intervened in internal affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-china-governments-reject-uk-interference-and-biased-criticism-idUSKBN23J0JO | 2020-06-13 |
| Beijing blocks Twitter in mainland China | Negative | BEIJING China on Friday said Twitter should shut down accounts that smear China if it wants to fight disinformation arguing that the country is the biggest victim of disinformation | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-twitter-disinformation/china-says-twitter-should-shut-down-accounts-that-smear-china-idUSKBN23J12F | 2020-06-13 |
| BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/beijing-district-in-wartime-emergency-after-virus-spike-shuts-market-idUSKBN23K03V | 2020-06-13 |
| While the bill was later withdrawn the movement evolved into broader appeals for democracy amid fears Beijing was tightening its grip | Negative | HONG KONG The Hong Kong government and Chinas foreign ministry branch in the city hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijings plans for national security legislation saying it was and intervened in internal affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-china-governments-reject-uk-interference-and-biased-criticism-idUSKBN23J0JO | 2020-06-13 |
| HONG KONG The Hong Kong government hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijings move to impose national security legislation on the global financial hub saying the report was inaccurate and | Negative | HONG KONG The Hong Kong government hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijings move to impose national security legislation on the global financial hub saying the report was inaccurate and | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-government-rejects-uk-criticism-of-new-security-law-as-biased-idUSKBN23J0JO | 2020-06-12 |
| However investors in the Ashare market were encouraged after Beijing said it would publish reform policies for the Shenzhen startup board to bolster its capital markets | Positive | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-cut-losses-on-capital-market-reform-hopes-idUSL4N2DP13L | 2020-06-12 |
| Beijing BDStar Navigation Co which makes chips that receive Beidou signals has surged 34 | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit giving China greater independence from U.S.owned GPS and heating up competition in a sector long dominated by the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-space-exploration-china-satellite/china-set-to-complete-beidou-network-rivalling-gps-in-global-navigation-idUSKBN23J0I9 | 2020-06-12 |
| The reforms are part of Beijings continued efforts to seek tech selfsufficiency following its launch of STAR Market last July | Positive | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-cut-losses-on-capital-market-reform-hopes-idUSL4N2DP13L | 2020-06-12 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel/china-needs-to-do-more-on-market-access-merkel-tells-li-idUSKBN23I1TS | 2020-06-12 |
| They also complain that the government in Beijing distorts competition with high subsidies | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel/china-needs-to-do-more-on-market-access-merkel-tells-li-idUSKBN23I1TS | 2020-06-12 |
| SHANGHAI June 12 China stocks fell sharply in early trade on Friday after Wall Street dived on fears of a COVID19 resurgence though they regained most of the ground following Beijings pledge to push forward with capital market reforms | Negative | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-cut-losses-on-capital-market-reform-hopes-idUSL4N2DP13L | 2020-06-12 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters during a daily briefing that Beijing expressed grave to Japan about Abes remarks and said Hong Kong is entirely Chinas internal affair | Negative | TOKYO Japan wants to take the lead among Group of Seven nations on issuing a statement about the situation in Hong Kong where China is imposing a new security law Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-protests-japan/japan-wants-to-take-lead-for-g7-statement-on-hong-kong-abe-idUSKBN23H048 | 2020-06-11 |
| The warning for students followed a similar warning last week from Beijing for Chinese tourists to avoid Australia | Negative | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that he would not be intimidated or give into coercion when asked on Thursday whether Australia would keep taking hits on exports from major trading partner China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china/australian-pm-on-china-tensions-country-wont-trade-values-in-response-to-coercion-idUSKBN23I04Q | 2020-06-11 |
| In both cases officials in Beijing said the warnings were due to racist attacks against Asians during the pandemic | Negative | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that he would not be intimidated or give into coercion when asked on Thursday whether Australia would keep taking hits on exports from major trading partner China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-china/australian-pm-on-china-tensions-country-wont-trade-values-in-response-to-coercion-idUSKBN23I04Q | 2020-06-11 |
| BBIBPCorV developed by Beijing Institute of Biological Products affiliated to stateowned China National Pharmaceutical Group is among five candidates China is testing in humans | Positive | BEIJING A potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by Chinese researchers showed promise in trials in monkeys triggering antibodies and raising no safety issues researchers said and a human trial with more than 1000 participants is under way | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/potential-covid-19-vaccine-from-china-shows-promise-in-animal-tests-idUSKBN23H15J | 2020-06-11 |
| The purpose of this is to develop this area into a viable said Lorenzana adding that he was confident that Beijing would not view Tuesdays visit as a provocation | Negative | MANILA The Philippines defence minister and military officials have made a trip to a disputed South China Sea island just a few miles from a base built by China a visit that could draw criticism from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-philippines-southchinasea/philippine-officials-visit-disputed-south-china-sea-island-idUSKBN23H1EZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Any visit would infuriate Beijing which views Taiwan as a Chinese province with no right to statetostate relations | Negative | PRAGUE The speaker of the Czech upper house of parliament will travel to Taiwan with a trade mission at the end of August potentially further souring his countrys relations with China which regards the island as a part of its territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-czech-taiwan/czech-senate-speaker-to-visit-taiwan-in-trip-that-could-irk-china-idUSKBN23G139 | 2020-06-10 |
| Beijing has in recent months rolled out fiscal and monetary stimulus to prop up the economy which contracted for the first time on record in the JanuaryMarch period | Negative | BEIJING Chinas producer prices fell by the sharpest rate in more than four years underscoring pressure on the manufacturing sector as the COVID19 pandemic reduces trade flows and global demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-inflation/china-factory-gate-deflation-deepens-on-global-demand-slump-idUSKBN23H0A2 | 2020-06-10 |
| Analysts see easing consumer inflation giving Beijing more policy space to reduce the economic toll from the pandemic | Negative | BEIJING Chinas producer prices fell by the sharpest rate in more than four years underscoring pressure on the manufacturing sector as the COVID19 pandemic reduces trade flows and global demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-inflation/china-factory-gate-deflation-deepens-on-global-demand-slump-idUSKBN23H0A2 | 2020-06-10 |
| That show of fealty seems to have earned HSBC little respect in Beijing which continues to use the banks business in China as political leverage against he said | Positive | The United States stands with our allies and partners against the Chinese Communist Partys coercive bullying Pompeo said in a statement his latest swipe at Chinas ruling party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-china-hsbc/pompeo-chides-hsbc-for-corporate-kowtow-to-beijing-idUSKBN23G33S | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON Beijing dismissed as a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began | Negative | LONDON Beijing dismissed as a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-research/china-scientists-dismiss-harvard-study-suggesting-covid-19-was-spreading-in-wuhan-in-august-idUSKBN23G0OM | 2020-06-10 |
| BEIJING China on Monday challenged U.S. Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries | Negative | BEIJING China on Monday challenged U.S. Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-demands-proof-from-u-s-senator-for-covid-19-accusation-idUSKBN23F0T9 | 2020-06-09 |
| HONG KONG China on Monday dropped Shanghai as one of the first ports of entry for international flights bound for the capital Beijing while four new cities were added to the list and Wuhan where the coronavirus was first identified will be a | Negative | HONG KONG China on Monday dropped Shanghai as one of the first ports of entry for international flights bound for the capital Beijing while four new cities were added to the list and Wuhan where the coronavirus was first identified will be a | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-airlines/china-drops-shanghai-as-a-first-port-of-entry-for-beijing-bound-flights-idUSKBN23F1VS | 2020-06-09 |
| Japan had expressed concern about Beijings move in a statement on May 28 the day China passed the law and called in the Chinese ambassador to convey its view | Negative | TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hong-kong-protests-japan/japan-hopes-to-draft-g7-formin-statement-on-china-security-legislation-on-hong-kong-source-idUSKBN23F0BJ | 2020-06-09 |
| Beijing sees the demonstrations as a threat to its sovereignty and national security | Negative | HONG KONG A Chinese official suggested on Monday that the degree of autonomy that Hong Kong would have when the postcolonial agreement on its status runs out in 2047 could depend on how the protesthit city behaves until then | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/chinese-official-suggests-hong-kong-should-behave-to-keep-high-autonomy-beyond-2047-idUSKBN23F1ER | 2020-06-09 |
| Beijing has been leaning more heavily on fiscal stimulus to weather the downturn cutting taxes and issuing local government bonds to fund infrastructure projects | Negative | BEIJING Chinas new bank loans are expected to decline in May from the previous month but are still expected to be higher than a year earlier amid continued policy support to bolster the economy against the impact of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-loans/chinas-new-yuan-loans-expected-to-fall-in-may-policy-support-intact-reuters-poll-idUSKBN23F121 | 2020-06-09 |
| Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham who has been requesting discussions with his Chinese counterpart for weeks said Beijing has been ignoring Canberras pleas | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia said on Monday China remains unresponsive to its weekslong pleas to ease tensions between the two trading partners that escalated after Canberra called for an international enquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-says-china-unresponsive-to-its-pleas-to-ease-tensions-idUSKBN23F06X | 2020-06-08 |
| SHANGHAI Chinese mutual funds are raising money to invest in the countrys New Third Board exchange as Beijing pushes forward with reforms in its capital markets to help shore up its economy amid the coronavirus outbreak and rising SinoU.S. tensions | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinese mutual funds are raising money to invest in the countrys New Third Board exchange as Beijing pushes forward with reforms in its capital markets to help shore up its economy amid the coronavirus outbreak and rising SinoU.S. tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-funds/chinese-mutual-funds-to-raise-money-for-new-third-board-investments-idUSKBN23F0ES | 2020-06-08 |
| Beijing is stepping up plans for a new market to help the countrys army of small companies access capital quickly as it keeps growing the next generation of innovative companies | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinese mutual funds are raising money to invest in the countrys New Third Board exchange as Beijing pushes forward with reforms in its capital markets to help shore up its economy amid the coronavirus outbreak and rising SinoU.S. tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-funds/chinese-mutual-funds-to-raise-money-for-new-third-board-investments-idUSKBN23F0ES | 2020-06-08 |
| The legislation has reignited tensions between Washington and Beijing and led the European Union to express grave last week | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron has told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping he is following events in Hong Kong closely and continues to back the one country two principle for Beijings rule over the city an Elysee official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-france/france-tells-china-it-still-backs-one-country-two-systems-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN23D0EE | 2020-06-07 |
| LONDON Angola has cut the number of oil cargoes that it will ship to Chinese state firms to pay down debt to Beijing as it seeks to renegotiate repayment terms to deal with the crippling impact of the coronavirus three sources familiar with the matter said | Negative | LONDON Angola has cut the number of oil cargoes that it will ship to Chinese state firms to pay down debt to Beijing as it seeks to renegotiate repayment terms to deal with the crippling impact of the coronavirus three sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-angola-china-debt-oil-exclusive/exclusive-angola-cuts-oil-shipments-to-china-as-it-seeks-debt-relief-idUSKBN23C1LY | 2020-06-06 |
| Beijing says Gui is being held on suspicion of revealing state secrets and intelligence on China | Negative | STOCKHOLM Swedens former ambassador to China acted against the policy of the government by taking part in an unauthorized meeting in Stockholm last year aimed at freeing dissident bookseller Gui Minhai a Swedish court heard on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-sweden-china-diplomacy/ex-china-ambassador-ignored-swedish-policy-in-gui-minhai-case-says-prosecutor-idUSKBN23C2D8 | 2020-06-06 |
| BEIJING Three weeks ago Beijing authorities swooped in on Shan Peng and her makeshift street stall seizing her merchandise yogurt and casual pants and even her electric tricycle | Negative | BEIJING Three weeks ago Beijing authorities swooped in on Shan Peng and her makeshift street stall seizing her merchandise yogurt and casual pants and even her electric tricycle | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-streetstalls/once-targeted-by-officials-street-vendors-make-unexpected-comeback-in-china-idUSKBN23C0ZC | 2020-06-06 |
| The cancellation of has prompted fear among some journalists that mounting pressure from the Hong Kong government and Beijing will destroy that independence | Negative | HONG KONG When a team of producers at Radio Television Hong Kong heard on May 19 that the publicly funded broadcaster planned to axe one of its most popular weekly shows they rushed to the building next door to confront the stations head | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-media-insight/hong-kongs-free-media-fears-being-silenced-by-chinas-national-security-law-idUSKBN23C0J6 | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will permit Chinese passenger air carriers to operate two flights per week after Beijing said it would ease coronavirusrelated restrictions to allow in more foreign carriers the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will permit Chinese passenger air carriers to operate two flights per week after Beijing said it would ease coronavirusrelated restrictions to allow in more foreign carriers the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-airlines/u-s-will-allow-chinese-passenger-carriers-two-flights-per-week-idUSKBN23C2AW | 2020-06-06 |
| Small groups of proBeijing protesters regularly gather outside its headquarters in Kowloon waving Chinese flags and signs accusing the broadcaster of antigovernment bias | Negative | HONG KONG When a team of producers at Radio Television Hong Kong heard on May 19 that the publicly funded broadcaster planned to axe one of its most popular weekly shows they rushed to the building next door to confront the stations head | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-media-insight/hong-kongs-free-media-fears-being-silenced-by-chinas-national-security-law-idUSKBN23C0J6 | 2020-06-06 |
| Beijings increased level of activity would likely continue predicted I dont see troughs I see he said | Neutral | TOKYO China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to intimidate other countries that claim the waters the commander of U.S. Forces in Japan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-commande/u-s-military-commander-says-china-pushing-territorial-claims-under-cover-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN23C180 | 2020-06-06 |
| North Koreas comments come after Beijing imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong that Western countries say could restrict freedoms in the former British colony | Negative | SEOUL North Koreas foreign minister met with the Chinese ambassador to express support for Chinas measures in Hong Kong North Koreas KCNA state news agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-northkorea-china/north-korea-expresses-support-for-chinas-measures-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN23C19X | 2020-06-06 |
| In Beijing Geng Shuang a spokesman of Chinas foreign affairs ministry told reporters that the overall situation in the ChinaIndia border areas was currently stable and controllable | Positive | NEW DELHI India and China agreed on Friday to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through diplomatic channels the Indian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-india/india-china-agree-to-resolve-border-dispute-peacefully-statement-idUSKBN23C2H5 | 2020-06-06 |
| Democraticallyruled and Beijingclaimed Taiwan where more than 500 people gathered in Liberty Square asked China to apologise which the mainland called nonsense | Negative | HONG KONG Police peppersprayed some Hong Kong protesters on Thursday who defied a ban to stage candlelight rallies in memory of Chinas bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy crackdown accusing Beijing of stifling their freedoms too | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-hongkong/police-pepper-spray-hong-kongers-defying-ban-to-mark-tiananmen-idUSKBN23A3GU | 2020-06-05 |
| In Beijing security around Tiananmen Square a popular tourist attraction in the heart of the city appeared to be tightened with more police visible than on ordinary days | Positive | HONG KONG Police peppersprayed some Hong Kong protesters on Thursday who defied a ban to stage candlelight rallies in memory of Chinas bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy crackdown accusing Beijing of stifling their freedoms too | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-hongkong/police-pepper-spray-hong-kongers-defying-ban-to-mark-tiananmen-idUSKBN23A3GU | 2020-06-05 |
| Chinese authorities and the Beijingbacked government in Hong Kong say there is no threat to the citys high degree of autonomy from the proposed new security law | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijings tightening grip on the semiautonomous city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem/hong-kong-passes-china-national-anthem-bill-amid-protests-by-democracy-lawmakers-idUSKBN23B0BT | 2020-06-05 |
| WASHINGTON The White House in a statement on the 31st anniversary of Chinas Tiananmen Square crackdown urged Beijing on Thursday to respect human rights fulfill its commitments on Hong Kong and end persecution of ethnic and religious minorities | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House in a statement on the 31st anniversary of Chinas Tiananmen Square crackdown urged Beijing on Thursday to respect human rights fulfill its commitments on Hong Kong and end persecution of ethnic and religious minorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-tiananmen-usa/white-house-on-tiananmen-anniversary-urges-china-to-respect-human-rights-idUSKBN23B3I3 | 2020-06-05 |
| The government under pressure from Beijing has prioritised passing the bill into law before the end of this fouryear legislative session in July | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is voting on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem-explainer/explainer-hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23B0I2 | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over Beijings push to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over Beijings push to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-trump/trump-not-considering-sanctions-on-chinas-xi-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23A3FM | 2020-06-04 |
| April Beijing students begin classroom strike | Negative | BEIJING Thursday marks 31 years since China bloodily suppressed prodemocracy demonstrations in and around central Beijings Tiananmen Square when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-timeline/timeline-from-reform-hopes-to-brutal-crackdown-chinas-tiananmen-protests-idUSKBN23A3H4 | 2020-06-04 |
| Tensions in the Chineseruled city have ramped up after Beijing gave the green light last week to move ahead with national security laws to tackle secession subversion and foreign interference | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Legislative Council started voting on a controversial bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting Chinas national anthem a criminal offence amid heightened fears over Beijings tightening grip on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem/hong-kong-legislature-starts-voting-on-china-national-anthem-bill-idUSKBN23B0BT | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration on Wednesday barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting on June 16 as it pressures Beijing to let U.S. air carriers resume flights amid simmering tensions between the worlds two largest economies | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration on Wednesday barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting on June 16 as it pressures Beijing to let U.S. air carriers resume flights amid simmering tensions between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-airlines-exclusive/trump-administration-to-bar-chinese-passenger-carriers-from-flying-to-u-s-idUSKBN23A248 | 2020-06-04 |
| For years Chinese officials and their proBeijing allies in Hong Kong have wanted to instil a greater sense of patriotic pride across its freest and most restive city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is voting on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-anthem-explainer/explainer-hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23B0I2 | 2020-06-04 |
| Since Britains decision on Huawei relations between London and Beijing have grown tense over the situation in Hong Kong | Negative | LONDON China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-u-s-special-relationship-senator-idUSKBN2392CP | 2020-06-03 |
| Since the British decision on Huawei relations between London and Beijing have grown tense over the situation in Hong Kong | Negative | LONDON June 2 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-us-special-relationship-senator-idUSL8N2DF4MW | 2020-06-03 |
| Frustrated with the oftenviolent demonstrations authorities in Beijing last month advanced plans to introduce national security laws in the city sending shivers through the legal diplomatic and business communities | Positive | HONG KONG A survey of U.S. businesses on Wednesday revealed deep fears for the future of their operations in Hong Kong if China imposes national security legislation that critics say could curb the financial centres freedoms and fuel ongoing protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/u-s-firms-concerned-as-tensions-simmer-in-hong-kong-over-looming-legislation-idUSKBN23A091 | 2020-06-03 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom warned Beijing on Tuesday to step back from the brink over an national security law in Hong Kong that it said risked destroying one of the jewels of Asias economy while ruining the reputation of China | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom warned Beijing on Tuesday to step back from the brink over an national security law in Hong Kong that it said risked destroying one of the jewels of Asias economy while ruining the reputation of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-warns-china-do-not-destroy-the-jewel-of-hong-kong-idUSKBN2391EL | 2020-06-03 |
| In a worstcase scenario if Trump continues to target China Beijing will scrap the Phase 1 deal a second source familiar with the government plan said | Negative | Stateowned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-halt-to-u-s-purchases-ordered-sources-idUSKBN238264 | 2020-06-02 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam accused foreign governments of double in their reaction to Beijings plans to impose national security laws on the city pointing to antipolice brutality protests in the United States | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam accused foreign governments of double in their reaction to Beijings plans to impose national security laws on the city pointing to antipolice brutality protests in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leader-calls-out-double-standards-on-national-security-points-to-u-s-idUSKBN2390E9 | 2020-06-02 |
| Theres no way Beijing can buy goods from the U.S. when receiving constant attacks from the person said | Negative | Stateowned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-halt-to-u-s-purchases-ordered-sources-idUSKBN238264 | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has little choice but to stick with his Phase 1 China trade deal for now despite his anger at Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic new Hong Kong security rules and dwindling hopes China can meet U.S. goods purchase targets people familiar with his administrations deliberations say | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has little choice but to stick with his Phase 1 China trade deal for now despite his anger at Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic new Hong Kong security rules and dwindling hopes China can meet U.S. goods purchase targets people familiar with his administrations deliberations say | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-analysis/lemon-or-not-trump-stuck-with-phase-1-china-trade-deal-for-now-idUSKBN238219 | 2020-06-02 |
| HONG Chinas state media and the government of Hong Kong lashed out on Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trumps vow to end Hong Kongs special status if Beijing imposes new national security laws on the city which is bracing for fresh protests | Negative | HONG Chinas state media and the government of Hong Kong lashed out on Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trumps vow to end Hong Kongs special status if Beijing imposes new national security laws on the city which is bracing for fresh protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests/china-media-hong-kong-government-bristle-at-trumps-pledge-of-curbs-sanctions-idUSKBN237022 | 2020-06-01 |
| A U.S.China spat over Hong Kongs status and Beijings handling of the pandemic could sour business sentiment and add to already huge strains on the global economy | Negative | TOKYO Asias factory pain deepened in May as the slump in global trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic worsened with export powerhouses Japan and South Korea suffering the sharpest declines in business activity in more than a decade | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-economy/asias-factory-pain-worsens-as-chinas-recovery-fails-to-lift-demand-idUSKBN23815Z | 2020-06-01 |
| Beijing also announced additional fiscal measures to bolster the economy equal to about 4 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity unexpectedly returned to growth in May as strict measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak were eased but the improvement was marginal as export orders continued to shrink a private business survey showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-may-factory-activity-returns-to-growth-but-demand-remains-weak-caixin-pmi-idUSKBN23810A | 2020-06-01 |
| But Beijing announced additional fiscal measures to bolster its economy equal to about 4 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity grew at a slower pace in May but momentum in the services and construction sectors quickened pointing to an uneven recovery in the worlds secondlargest economy as businesses emerge from coronavirusled shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-may-factory-activity-cools-as-weak-demand-curbs-output-idUSKBN23700Y | 2020-06-01 |
| The Beijing Institute of Biological Products production line will have an annual manufacturing capacity of 100 million to 120 million doses according to the article | Neutral | HONG KONG A Chinesemade coronavirus vaccine could be ready for market as early as the end of this year Chinas Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said in a social media post | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinese-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-year-end-government-body-says-idUSKBN2360GJ | 2020-05-31 |
| April 17 Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong says it is not bound by a law restricting interference by mainland Chinese bodies stoking concerns over Chinas encroachment | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong has exacerbated public and international concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city and has rekindled antigovernment protests in the financial centre | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-protests-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-hong-kongs-anti-government-protests-idUSKBN23608O | 2020-05-30 |
| May 21 Beijing says it is moving to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong following the often violent antigovernment unrest last year | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong has exacerbated public and international concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city and has rekindled antigovernment protests in the financial centre | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-protests-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-hong-kongs-anti-government-protests-idUSKBN23608O | 2020-05-30 |
| FRANKFURT Scores of German business executives were due to return to China on Friday evening beneficiaries of an accelerated entry procedure offered by Beijing as both countries seek to reignite their economies after months of lockdown | Positive | FRANKFURT Scores of German business executives were due to return to China on Friday evening beneficiaries of an accelerated entry procedure offered by Beijing as both countries seek to reignite their economies after months of lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/business-is-restarting-german-executives-fly-back-to-china-idUSKBN2352TF | 2020-05-30 |
| HONG KONG May 29 Embattled Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai one of the financial hubs most prominent democracy activists said on Friday he would fight till the last against Beijings imposition of national security laws and keep publishing | Neutral | HONG KONG May 29 Embattled Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai one of the financial hubs most prominent democracy activists said on Friday he would fight till the last against Beijings imposition of national security laws and keep publishing | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-protests-media/hong-kong-media-tycoon-vows-to-stay-and-fight-china-backs-u-s-pressure-idUSL4N2DB27U | 2020-05-30 |
| BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-30 |
| While details of the law havent yet been finalised by Beijing some critics say new sedition regulations could make it easier to muzzle media outlets like Lais | Negative | HONG KONG May 29 Embattled Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai one of the financial hubs most prominent democracy activists said on Friday he would fight till the last against Beijings imposition of national security laws and keep publishing | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-protests-media/hong-kong-media-tycoon-vows-to-stay-and-fight-china-backs-u-s-pressure-idUSL4N2DB27U | 2020-05-30 |
| Beijing says it is a Chinese province and has denounced the Trump administrations support for the island | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-30 |
| Beijing has been promoting new green financing methods to help industry pay for its transition to cleaner modes of growth | Positive | SHANGHAI China has excluded clean from a list of projects eligible for green bonds according to longawaited new draft guidelines published by the central bank on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-environment-finance/china-excludes-clean-coal-projects-from-list-eligible-for-green-bonds-idUSKBN2350FW | 2020-05-29 |
| Beijings move comes as U.S.China tensions have worsened amid mutual recriminations over the coronavirus pandemic which began in China but has hit the United States hardest | Negative | HONG Chinas parliament on Thursday approved a decision to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists and Western countries fear could erode the citys freedoms and jeopardise its role as a global financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/china-parliament-advances-hong-kong-security-law-as-u-s-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2340FZ | 2020-05-29 |
| Beijing has also consulted with Japan about easing border controls | Positive | BEIJING Global travel disruptions are the top concern for American businesses in China of which many are cutting compensation and bonuses amid the fallout of the COVID19 epidemic according to a report from a business group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-business/travel-disruptions-cost-cutting-key-issues-for-u-s-business-in-china-report-idUSKBN235086 | 2020-05-29 |
| Chinese authorities and Hong Kongs Beijingbacked government say there is no threat to the citys high degree of autonomy and the interests of foreign investors would be preserved | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the internal debate over new national security laws being imposed by China and warned that withdrawal of the financial hubs special status under U.S. law could backfire on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-government-warns-removing-u-s-special-status-is-double-edged-sword-idUSKBN23504O | 2020-05-29 |
| Beijing passed the law in 2005 which authorises the use of force against Taiwan if China judges it to have seceded | Negative | BEIJING The head of Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office said on Friday that one country two and peaceful is the best way to bring China and Taiwan together | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan/china-says-wants-peaceful-reunification-with-taiwan-idUSKBN23508T | 2020-05-29 |
| Foreign investors too have returned to Chinas Ashare markets after some heavy selling in March encouraged by Beijings efforts to open up and reform its financial markets | Positive | May 29 As Chinese firms return to work after a pandemic lockdown faster than their peers worldwide and the government ramps up economic stimulus the mainland has become the only major market where investors expect earnings to grow this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-earnings/graphic-chinese-stock-markets-ride-on-earnings-optimism-idUSL4N2D829G | 2020-05-29 |
| BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-29 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas public security ministry pledged to guide and the Hong Kong police force after Chinas parliament approved a decision to impose a national security law on the semiautonomous territory highlighting Beijings intention to take a more handson lawenforcement role in the city | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas public security ministry pledged to guide and the Hong Kong police force after Chinas parliament approved a decision to impose a national security law on the semiautonomous territory highlighting Beijings intention to take a more handson lawenforcement role in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-politics-china-security/china-public-security-ministry-pledges-to-guide-and-support-hk-police-idUSKBN235044 | 2020-05-29 |
| Beijing says it is one of Chinas provinces and an inalienable part of one | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-29 |
| Li Zhanshu who is also the head of Chinas parliament said Beijing will never allow any force in any way to separate Taiwan from China | Negative | BEIJING China will use all means to prevent proindependence forces separating Taiwan from China but nonpeaceful action against the Chineseclaimed island is a last resort the ruling Communist Partys third most senior leader said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-parliament/china-says-non-peaceful-action-on-taiwan-is-last-resort-idUSKBN2350CD | 2020-05-29 |
| Markets are also concerned Washington could slap trade sanctions on China due to Beijings move to impose a new security law on Hong Kong | Negative | NEW YORK Oil futures rose about on Thursday as a steady improvement in U.S. refining activity offset a surprise build in crude and diesel inventories and on worries that Chinas new Hong Kong security law could result in trade sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-as-higher-u-s-refinery-rates-offsets-surprise-crude-build-idUSKBN234038 | 2020-05-29 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it had approved a million loan to the Philippines to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it had approved a million loan to the Philippines to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-philippines/china-backed-aiib-approves-750-million-loan-for-philippines-covid-19-response-idUSKBN2350B8 | 2020-05-29 |
| Beijings Ministry of Public Security said it would guide and Hong Kong police which is supposed to be independent from China | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the internal debate over new national security laws being imposed by China and warned that withdrawal of the financial hubs special status under U.S. law could backfire on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-government-warns-removing-u-s-special-status-is-double-edged-sword-idUSKBN23504O | 2020-05-29 |
| HONG KONG Rich Chinese are expected to park fewer funds in Hong Kong on worries that Beijings proposed national security law for the city could allow mainland authorities to track and seize their wealth bankers and other industry sources said | Negative | HONG KONG Rich Chinese are expected to park fewer funds in Hong Kong on worries that Beijings proposed national security law for the city could allow mainland authorities to track and seize their wealth bankers and other industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-wealth/chinas-rich-skirting-hong-kong-to-seek-asset-safety-elsewhere-idUSKBN2340QC | 2020-05-28 |
| Chinese authorities and the Beijingbacked government in Hong Kong say there is no threat to the citys high degree of autonomy and the new security law would be tightly focused | Negative | HONG KONG Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday after mass protests a day earlier as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem and Washington piled on pressure to preserve the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-deployed-across-hong-kong-as-u-s-china-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2340FZ | 2020-05-28 |
| NEW YORK The United States and China clashed over Hong Kong at the United Nations on Wednesday after Beijing opposed a request by Washington for the Security Council to meet over Chinas plan to impose new national security legislation on the territory | Negative | NEW YORK The United States and China clashed over Hong Kong at the United Nations on Wednesday after Beijing opposed a request by Washington for the Security Council to meet over Chinas plan to impose new national security legislation on the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-un/u-s-and-china-fight-at-united-nations-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23405F | 2020-05-28 |
| Were not hopeful that Beijing will reverse itself | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is crafting a range of options to punish China over its tightening grip on Hong Kong including targeted sanctions new tariffs and further restrictions on Chinese companies according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the discussions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-sanctions/u-s-weighs-options-across-the-spectrum-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23337F | 2020-05-28 |
| BERLIN Germany expects China to respect the rule of law in Hong Kong a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday after security legislation proposed by Beijing has raised international alarm over freedoms in the former British crown colony | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects China to respect the rule of law in Hong Kong a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday after security legislation proposed by Beijing has raised international alarm over freedoms in the former British crown colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-germany-government/berlin-germany-expects-china-to-respect-rule-of-law-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN2331QS | 2020-05-28 |
| BEIJING Beijings planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials people familiar with the matter said which would exacerbate concerns about the citys judicial independence | Negative | BEIJING Beijings planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials people familiar with the matter said which would exacerbate concerns about the citys judicial independence | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-security/chinas-hong-kong-law-set-to-bar-foreign-judges-from-national-security-cases-sources-idUSKBN2321CW | 2020-05-27 |
| The U.S. Chamber of Commerce business lobby urged Beijing to deescalate the situation saying it would be a serious to jeopardize Hong Kongs special status | Negative | Were doing something now | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/trump-to-announce-strong-hong-kong-response-this-week-idUSKBN2322XI | 2020-05-27 |
| Hong Kong media reported Beijing had expanded the scope of the draft security legislation to include organisations as well as individuals | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong deployed riot police around the Legislative Council on Wednesday as activists called for protests against a bill to criminalise disrespect of the Chinese anthem amid soaring tensions over perceived threats to the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-shield-hong-kong-legislature-as-protesters-gather-against-anthem-bill-idUSKBN233053 | 2020-05-27 |
| HONG KONG Beijing has expanded the scope of draft national security legislation to include organisations as well as individuals media reported on Wednesday a move that is likely to exacerbate concerns over freedoms in the financial hub | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing has expanded the scope of draft national security legislation to include organisations as well as individuals media reported on Wednesday a move that is likely to exacerbate concerns over freedoms in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-security/china-expands-scope-of-hong-kong-security-legislation-media-reports-idUSKBN23309U | 2020-05-27 |
| The new legislation is also expected to enable Beijing to establish intelligence agencies in Hong Kong | Neutral | BEIJING Beijings planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials people familiar with the matter said which would exacerbate concerns about the citys judicial independence | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-security/chinas-hong-kong-law-set-to-bar-foreign-judges-from-national-security-cases-sources-idUSKBN2321CW | 2020-05-27 |
| Beijings proposed security law would reduce the territorys separate legal status | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as concerns over how quickly fuel demand will recover tempered an easing of lockdowns to halt the spread of coronavirus while U.S.China tensions added to negative sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-slips-on-demand-worries-hong-kong-tensions-idUSKBN233016 | 2020-05-27 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong insist there is no threat to the citys freedoms | Positive | HONG KONG Beijing has expanded the scope of draft national security legislation to include organisations as well as individuals media reported on Wednesday a move that is likely to exacerbate concerns over freedoms in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-security/china-expands-scope-of-hong-kong-security-legislation-media-reports-idUSKBN23309U | 2020-05-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned that Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong could undermine its autonomy under the one country two framework and urged Beijing to deescalate the situation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned that Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong could undermine its autonomy under the one country two framework and urged Beijing to deescalate the situation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-uschamber/u-s-chamber-urges-china-to-preserve-hong-kongs-autonomy-idUSKBN2321MQ | 2020-05-27 |
| Beijing has stepped up tax and credit relief for virusravaged companies since February but it has refrained from massive economic stimulus for fear of rekindling debt risks | Positive | BEIJING Profits at Chinas industrial firms fell at a slower pace in April helped by improvements in automobiles and electronics but the damage wrought by the coronavirus crisis is set to keep the economy and businesses under pressure for most of this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-industrial-profits/decline-in-chinas-industrial-profits-slows-in-april-outlook-still-gloomy-idUSKBN23307C | 2020-05-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is displeased with China over Beijings effort to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is displeased with China over Beijings effort to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trump/white-house-says-trump-displeased-with-china-over-hong-kong-moves-idUSKBN2322WA | 2020-05-27 |
| Beijing last week unveiled national security legislation plans for Hong Kong that aims to tackle secession subversion and terrorist activities | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong deployed riot police around the Legislative Council on Wednesday as activists called for protests against a bill to criminalise disrespect of the Chinese anthem amid soaring tensions over perceived threats to the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-shield-hong-kong-legislature-as-protesters-gather-against-anthem-bill-idUSKBN233053 | 2020-05-27 |
| The U.S. Chamber which represents U.S. companies with a large presence and longstanding interests in both Hong Kong and China urged Beijing to peacefully defuse the situation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned that Chinas proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong could undermine its autonomy under the one country two framework and urged Beijing to deescalate the situation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-uschamber/u-s-chamber-urges-china-to-preserve-hong-kongs-autonomy-idUSKBN2321MQ | 2020-05-27 |
| For years Chinese officials and their proBeijing allies in Hong Kong have wanted to instill a greater sense of patriotic pride across its freest and most restive city | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is moving forward on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-politics-anthem-explainer/hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23307A | 2020-05-27 |
| WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is so with Beijing over the novel coronavirus and other matters that the U.S.China trade deal is not as important to him as it once was | Negative | WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is so with Beijing over the novel coronavirus and other matters that the U.S.China trade deal is not as important to him as it once was | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-kudlow/trump-miffed-with-china-trade-deal-now-less-important-adviser-idUSKBN2322IP | 2020-05-27 |
| Chinese authorities and the Beijingbacked government in Hong Kong say there is no threat to the citys high degree of autonomy and the laws will be tightly focused | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong deployed riot police around the Legislative Council on Wednesday as activists called for protests against a bill to criminalise disrespect of the Chinese anthem amid soaring tensions over perceived threats to the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-shield-hong-kong-legislature-as-protesters-gather-against-anthem-bill-idUSKBN233053 | 2020-05-27 |
| Beijing has expanded the scope of the draft national security legislation to include organisations as well as individuals media reported on Wednesday | Positive | Markets swing between riskon and riskoff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-yuan-slumps-on-rising-hong-kong-tensions-idUSL4N2D90AZ | 2020-05-27 |
| The government under pressure from Beijing says the bill is now a priority to be passed into law before the end of this fouryear legislative session in July | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature is moving forward on a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-politics-anthem-explainer/hong-kongs-china-national-anthem-bill-aims-to-legislate-respect-idUSKBN23307A | 2020-05-27 |
| Zhang and his wife rent a cheap apartment a threehour bus ride from Beijing proper where he spends every day wandering through old haunts looking for a job | Neutral | BEIJING Migrant workers Zhang Jianpeng and his wife returned to Beijing in late April after nearly three months in lockdown at their home village in northern Shanxi province waiting for Chinas COVID19 epidemic to subside | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-unemployment/rural-migrants-suffer-most-amid-chinas-unemployment-misery-idUSKBN2310XK | 2020-05-26 |
| Rising U.S.China tensions between the worlds largest oil consumers over moves by Beijing to impose security legislation on Hong Kong also fuelled concerns about the outlook for demand | Negative | LONDON Oil prices edged up on Monday in sluggish trading with holidays in Singapore London and New York as rising concerns over demand recovery offset supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-demand-uncertainty-tempers-supply-cuts-idUSKBN23107U | 2020-05-26 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said flight restrictions imposed by Beijing treated all airlines equally and were due to efforts to curb COVID19 related risks | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it opposes all U.S. restrictions imposed against Chinese airlines responding to a report that the U.S. Transportation Department has demanded Chinese carriers file their schedules and other flight details by May 27 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-airlines-mofa/china-says-opposes-all-u-s-restrictions-on-chinese-airlines-idUSKBN2310OV | 2020-05-26 |
| The Cathay Pacific brand flies only to Beijing and Shanghai while Dragon destinations include smaller cities like Fuzhou and Nanjing | Positive | SYDNEY Chinas aviation regulator may make it difficult for Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-cathay-pacific-exc/exclusive-cathay-pacifics-brand-merger-hits-roadblock-from-chinas-aviation-regulator-sources-idUSKBN2320BR | 2020-05-26 |
| Investors were rattled on Friday when Beijing announced details of the security legislation which critics see as a turning point for the territory | Negative | By Saikat Chatterjee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-as-german-survey-fuels-optimism-dollar-firm-idUSL8N2D71G7 | 2020-05-26 |
| Calls for independence are anathema to Beijing which considers Hong Kong an inalienable part of the country | Neutral | HONG KONG Chinas foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the citys security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass prodemocracy protests last year as terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism-idUSKBN2310O9 | 2020-05-26 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that Beijings proposed national security laws would not trample on the citys rights and freedoms and called on citizens to wait to see the details of the legislation | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that Beijings proposed national security laws would not trample on the citys rights and freedoms and called on citizens to wait to see the details of the legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kongs-leader-says-security-laws-will-not-affect-citys-rights-and-freedoms-idUSKBN23206Y | 2020-05-26 |
| The proposed framework stresses Beijings intent to crack down on such acts | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the citys security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass prodemocracy protests last year as terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism-idUSKBN2310O9 | 2020-05-26 |
| Beijing and local officials have toughened their rhetoric recently describing some of the acts in the protests as and attempts of remarks echoed by Lam on Tuesday | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that Beijings proposed national security laws would not trample on the citys rights and freedoms and called on citizens to wait to see the details of the legislation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kongs-leader-says-security-laws-will-not-affect-citys-rights-and-freedoms-idUSKBN23206Y | 2020-05-26 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijings plan to impose national security laws on the city | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijings plan to impose national security laws on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/thousands-protest-chinese-security-law-as-unrest-returns-to-hong-kong-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-25 |
| On Friday China proposed imposing national security laws on Hong Kong as Beijing unveiled details of the legislation that critics see as a turning point for the former British colony | Negative | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijings move to introduce new national security laws | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with necessary President Tsai Ingwen said after thousands in the Chinese ruled territory protested against Beijings plans to impose new national security laws | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-promises-necessary-assistance-to-hong-kongs-people-idUSKBN23101T | 2020-05-25 |
| To Communist Party leaders calls for independence for the semiautonmous city are anathema and the proposed new national security framework stresses Beijings intent to prevent stop and such acts | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijings plan to impose national security laws on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/thousands-protest-chinese-security-law-as-unrest-returns-to-hong-kong-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-25 |
| The proposal drew the ire of Hong Kong residents who defied social distancing rules and protested on streets while the United States warned Beijings move could lead to U.S. sanctions | Negative | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs security chief said was growing in the city as government departments rallied on Monday behind Beijings plans to introduce national security laws and after thousands took to the streets to protest against the move | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kongs security chief said was growing in the city as government departments rallied on Monday behind Beijings plans to introduce national security laws and after thousands took to the streets to protest against the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kongs-security-chief-warns-of-growing-terrorism-as-govt-backs-beijings-planned-security-laws-idUSKBN23107F | 2020-05-25 |
| A small group of democracy activists protested outside Beijings main representative office in the city National security law is destroying two systems | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijings plan to impose national security laws on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/thousands-protest-chinese-security-law-as-unrest-returns-to-hong-kong-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-25 |
| Washington and Beijing are also at loggerheads over Chinese companies access to advanced technology and criticism of Chinas response after the novel coronavirus emerged late last year in Hubei | Negative | Risk aversion supports dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-higher-as-hong-kong-tensions-fuel-safe-haven-demand-idUSL4N2D60G4 | 2020-05-25 |
| TOKYO Oil prices eased on Monday on concerns over rising tensions between the United States and China over Beijings plans to impose security laws on Hong Kong and the possibility of sanctions from Washington | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices eased on Monday on concerns over rising tensions between the United States and China over Beijings plans to impose security laws on Hong Kong and the possibility of sanctions from Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-u-s-china-tensions-take-toll-idUSKBN23107U | 2020-05-25 |
| Beijings top diplomat said the proposed legislation would target a narrow category of acts and would have no impact on the citys freedoms nor the interests of foreign firms | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijings plan to impose national security laws on the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/thousands-protest-chinese-security-law-as-unrest-returns-to-hong-kong-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-25 |
| Hong Kong police used tear gas and water cannons on Sunday to disperse thousands of people rallying against Beijings plan to impose national security laws on the city | Neutral | TOKYO Oil prices eased on Monday on concerns over rising tensions between the United States and China over Beijings plans to impose security laws on Hong Kong and the possibility of sanctions from Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-u-s-china-tensions-take-toll-idUSKBN23107U | 2020-05-25 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with necessary President Tsai Ingwen said after thousands in the Chinese ruled territory protested against Beijings plans to impose new national security laws | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with necessary President Tsai Ingwen said after thousands in the Chinese ruled territory protested against Beijings plans to impose new national security laws | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-promises-necessary-assistance-to-hong-kongs-people-idUSKBN23101T | 2020-05-25 |
| Despite reassurances from Beijing and Hong Kong authorities many Hong Kongers fret over losing rights | Negative | HONG Chinas foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong dismissed concerns that its proposed national security laws for the city would harm foreign investors hitting back at countries as Beijings ties with Washington soured further | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/beijing-says-new-hk-laws-wont-harm-investors-urges-countries-to-stop-meddling-idUSKBN22Z09S | 2020-05-24 |
| A small group of democracy activists protested outside Beijings Liaison Office chanting National security law is destroying two systems | Negative | HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hundreds-protest-in-hong-kong-against-proposed-national-security-laws-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-24 |
| HONG KONG Newspaper vendor Man 60 was speechless when she saw the headline that Beijing plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong and worried what the future holds for youth in the Chineseruled city | Negative | HONG KONG Newspaper vendor Man 60 was speechless when she saw the headline that Beijing plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong and worried what the future holds for youth in the Chineseruled city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-residents/hong-kongers-fret-over-beijings-planned-new-security-laws-idUSKBN22Z0D1 | 2020-05-24 |
| Over the past 24 hours Hong Kongs proBeijing politicians have also responded to concerns that the national security legislation could reduce freedoms | Negative | HONG Chinas foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong dismissed concerns that its proposed national security laws for the city would harm foreign investors hitting back at countries as Beijings ties with Washington soured further | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/beijing-says-new-hk-laws-wont-harm-investors-urges-countries-to-stop-meddling-idUSKBN22Z09S | 2020-05-24 |
| Upon her return from Beijing late on Friday Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said the stock market goes up and comes and blamed protests for destabilizing the business environment | Negative | HONG Chinas foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong dismissed concerns that its proposed national security laws for the city would harm foreign investors hitting back at countries as Beijings ties with Washington soured further | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/beijing-says-new-hk-laws-wont-harm-investors-urges-countries-to-stop-meddling-idUSKBN22Z09S | 2020-05-24 |
| HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | Negative | HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hundreds-protest-in-hong-kong-against-proposed-national-security-laws-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-24 |
| WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | Negative | WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-leaders/chinas-new-hong-kong-laws-a-flagrant-breach-of-agreement-foreign-officials-say-idUSKBN22Z0UC | 2020-05-24 |
| Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have said the proposed laws are necessary and will not harm the citys autonomy | Positive | HONG KONG Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijings controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city where a tight police presence guarded Chinas representative office in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hundreds-protest-in-hong-kong-against-proposed-national-security-laws-idUSKBN23001S | 2020-05-24 |
| The legislation comes as the relationship between Washington and Beijing frays with U.S. President Donald Trump blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-leaders/chinas-new-hong-kong-laws-a-flagrant-breach-of-agreement-foreign-officials-say-idUSKBN22Z0UC | 2020-05-24 |
| LONDON May 22 World stocks took a hit and the Chinese yuan weakened on Friday as Beijing moved to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | Negative | China plan to impose new security law on HK rattles markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-hong-kong-tensions-unnerve-world-stocks-oil-tumbles-idUSL8N2D43EU | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijing is attempting to silence Hong Kongers critical voices with force and activist Joshua Wong one of the leaders of prodemocracy street protests in 2014 tweeted | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-factbox/factbox-china-eyes-tougher-national-security-regime-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X26D | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijings move is expected to lead to the flight of capital and talent bankers and headhunters said | Positive | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-china/pompeo-calls-china-virus-response-paltry-compared-to-damage-done-idUSKBN22W2U0 | 2020-05-23 |
| Foreign diplomats fear establishing new Beijing agencies in Hong Kong could give mainland security and intelligence officers enforcement powers | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijing is being criticised for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak which began in China | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltds involvement in Britains 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-huawei-tec/uk-plans-cut-in-huaweis-5g-network-involvement-newspaper-report-idUSKBN22Y2VB | 2020-05-23 |
| However the Basic Law also gives Beijing the power to annex national laws into the document which the local government must then legislate for or effectively impose by executive fiat | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-factbox/factbox-china-eyes-tougher-national-security-regime-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X26D | 2020-05-23 |
| In Beijing China called Pompeo extremely and urged him to explain shortcomings in the U.S. response to the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-china/pompeo-calls-china-virus-response-paltry-compared-to-damage-done-idUSKBN22W2U0 | 2020-05-23 |
| The proposals have heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington whose relationship is already frayed by trade disputes and reciprocal accusations over handling of the pandemic | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijing denies U.S. allegations it has not been transparent about the outbreak | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltds involvement in Britains 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-huawei-tec/uk-plans-cut-in-huaweis-5g-network-involvement-newspaper-report-idUSKBN22Y2VB | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Friday said Beijings move to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest would harm the Chinese economy and warned that Washington could take action in response to the move | Negative | WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Friday said Beijings move to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest would harm the Chinese economy and warned that Washington could take action in response to the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-whitehouse/white-house-adviser-chinas-hong-kong-move-will-hurt-its-economy-idUSKBN22Y28O | 2020-05-23 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs proBeijing politicians sought to allay worries about the impact of Chinas proposed national security legislation on the Asian financial hubs business environment saying it would boost investor sentiment | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs proBeijing politicians sought to allay worries about the impact of Chinas proposed national security legislation on the Asian financial hubs business environment saying it would boost investor sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kongs-pro-beijing-politicians-say-national-security-law-good-for-business-idUSKBN22Z09S | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijing on Thursday planned to impose a new security law in Hong Kong drawing a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington would react very | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/luxury-stocks-hammered-as-chinese-trade-fears-hit-europe-idUSL4N2D42E2 | 2020-05-23 |
| Hong Kongs last colonial governor Chris Patten told Channel 4 television that party rulers in Beijing were a frightened lot of | Neutral | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| A U.S. revocation of Hong Kongs special status would be viewed by Beijing as interfering with its sovereignty and China has previously threatened to take strong countermeasures | Negative | WASHINGTON New Chinese national security restrictions imposed on Hong Kong could draw a U.S. revocation of the former British colonys special under U.S. law a move that would have farreaching trade and investment implications | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-trade-explainer/explainer-how-ending-hong-kongs-special-status-could-affect-u-s-companies-idUSKBN22Y22Z | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijings 2020 auto show was postponed until September | Negative | Organizers said Friday they were canceling the 2020 New York auto show that had previously been pushed back until August citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the venues use as a field hospital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos/organizers-cancel-2020-new-york-auto-show-idUSKBN22Y2MD | 2020-05-23 |
| NEW YORK May 22 The dollar climbed against a basket of currencies for a second straight day on Friday helped by safehaven demand as Beijing moved to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | Negative | By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-new-u-s-china-tensions-boost-dollar-euro-offshore-yuan-fall-idUSL8N2D43UT | 2020-05-23 |
| Beijing said the legislation would strengthen the two formula and was in Hong Kongs interest | Positive | HONG KONG Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there raising fears of direct law enforcement and what the United States branded a death for the citys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/chinas-planned-security-agencies-for-hong-kong-a-death-knell-for-autonomy-pompeo-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-23 |
| DETROIT The United States must lead the world in condemning China if it imposes new national security rules on Hong Kong likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday after Beijing unveiled a law that could undermine the territorys autonomy | Negative | DETROIT The United States must lead the world in condemning China if it imposes new national security rules on Hong Kong likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday after Beijing unveiled a law that could undermine the territorys autonomy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-biden/biden-says-u-s-should-lead-world-in-condemning-china-over-hong-kong-actions-idUSKBN22Y21U | 2020-05-23 |
| About 200 delegates from Hong Kong were bussed across to mainland China before taking nucleic acid tests and flying to Beijing where they had another test | Negative | BEIJING Chinas top leaders took the stage in front of a sea of masked delegates for the opening of parliament on Friday the culmination of intensive planning at a time when gatherings around the world have been curtailed by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-coronavirus/delegates-at-chinas-virus-delayed-congress-tested-and-masked-idUSKBN22Y0MN | 2020-05-22 |
| A further crackdown from Beijing will only intensify the Senates interest in reexamining the U.S.China McConnell said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a further on Hong Kong after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-usa-senate/u-s-senate-republican-leader-threatens-reexamining-u-s-china-relationship-idUSKBN22Y01B | 2020-05-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a further on Hong Kong after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British colony | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a further on Hong Kong after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-usa-senate/u-s-senate-republican-leader-threatens-reexamining-u-s-china-relationship-idUSKBN22Y01B | 2020-05-22 |
| Beijing nonetheless pledged to issue 1 trillion yuan of special treasury bonds to support companies and regions hit by the pandemic | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices fell on Friday after China failed to set an economic growth target for 2020 sparking concerns that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will cap fuel demand in the worlds secondlargest oil user | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-china-omits-2020-growth-target-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22Y04E | 2020-05-22 |
| HONG KONG May 22 Hong Kong led Chinese stocks lower on Friday after Beijing moved to impose new national security legislation on the city stoking fears of renewed protests and tensions with Washington and as China skipped its annual growth target | Negative | HSI down over at 6week trough HKD weakens to 2week low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/hk-shares-drag-china-market-lower-as-new-security-law-stokes-fears-idUSL4N2D41HA | 2020-05-22 |
| He said economic growth is still important for ensuring that Beijings employment and poverty alleviation goals are met | Positive | BEIJING China will still pay attention to its economic growth rate despite opting not to set a target this year due to heightened uncertainties stemming from the COVID19 pandemic an official of the countrys cabinet said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-growth-2020/china-says-it-will-still-pay-attention-to-economic-growth-rate-idUSKBN22Y0IY | 2020-05-22 |
| WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kongs independence after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the former British colony | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kongs independence after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-senate/u-s-senators-seek-to-sanction-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X2KR | 2020-05-22 |
| Rising tensions between the U.S. and China over Beijings plan to implement national security legislation in Hong Kong also hit commodities and other markets | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices fell on Friday after China failed to set an economic growth target for 2020 sparking concerns that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will cap fuel demand in the worlds secondlargest oil user | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-china-omits-2020-growth-target-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22Y04E | 2020-05-22 |
| Beijing plans to impose a national security legislation to tackle secession subversion and terrorism activities as well as foreign interference according to a draft of the legislation seen by Reuters | Negative | HSI down over at 6week trough HKD weakens to 2week low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/hk-shares-drag-china-market-lower-as-new-security-law-stokes-fears-idUSL4N2D41HA | 2020-05-22 |
| A further crackdown from Beijing will only intensify the Senates interest in reexamining the U.S.China U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican said in a statement | Negative | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
| As Washington tries to tackle the coronavirus pandemic some officials worry outbreaks in the military may provide fodder for Beijing to question U.S. strength in the region | Negative | TOKYO U.S. Air Force transport aircraft on Thursday massed at Washingtons key Asian military air transportation hub Yokota Air Base in Japan to show potential foes and allies it was ready for action despite the coronavirus emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-usaf/u-s-masses-planes-at-japan-base-to-show-foes-and-allies-it-can-handle-coronavirus-idUSKBN22X0YE | 2020-05-22 |
| Beijing is also planning security legislation for Hong Kong which Li said will provide a legal system and enforcement mechanisms but which critics say could curb autonomy in the city | Neutral | BEIJING China dropped its annual growth target for the first time on Friday and pledged more government spending as the COVID19 pandemic hammers the worlds secondbiggest economy setting a sombre tone to this years meeting of parliament | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-opening/china-drops-gdp-goal-as-parliament-opens-virus-slams-economy-idUSKBN22Y05K | 2020-05-22 |
| HONG KONG Beijing is moving to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Beijing rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is moving to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Beijing rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-reactions-f/factbox-reactions-to-china-move-to-impose-security-laws-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN22Y08R | 2020-05-22 |
| TOKYO Hong Kong shares tumbled on Friday after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the city after last years prodemocracy unrest risking fresh protests and further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | Negative | TOKYO Hong Kong shares tumbled on Friday after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the city after last years prodemocracy unrest risking fresh protests and further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/hong-kong-leads-asian-shares-lower-as-beijing-readies-new-security-law-idUSKBN22X2WI | 2020-05-22 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through force and | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through force and | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-activists-call-for-protest-march-against-new-security-laws-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-22 |
| China also faces the prospect of more unrest in Hong Kong in reaction to Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city | Negative | BEIJING Chinas defence spending this year will rise at the slowest rate in three decades but will still increase by an impressive 6 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-defence/china-defence-spending-rise-at-three-decade-low-still-to-grow-6-6-idUSKBN22Y081 | 2020-05-22 |
| Beijing is attempting to silence Hongkongers critical voices with force and fear | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is moving to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Beijing rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-reactions-f/factbox-reactions-to-china-move-to-impose-security-laws-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN22Y08R | 2020-05-22 |
| Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council urged Beijing on Friday not to lead Hong Kong into bigger due to wrong policy decisions | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through force and | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-activists-call-for-protest-march-against-new-security-laws-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-22 |
| Beijing pushes national security law in Hong Kong | Neutral | HSI down over at 6week trough HKD weakens to 2week low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-midday/hk-shares-drag-china-market-lower-as-new-security-law-stokes-fears-idUSL4N2D41HA | 2020-05-22 |
| Beijing denies such allegations | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday that could prevent some Chinese companies from listing their shares on U.S. exchanges unless they follow standards for U.S. audits and regulations | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/senate-passes-bill-that-could-block-chinese-firms-from-u-s-securities-exchanges-idUSKBN22W2Y2 | 2020-05-21 |
| About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | Neutral | About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-topics-factbox/factbox-what-to-expect-from-chinas-annual-meeting-of-parliament-idUSKBN22X05D | 2020-05-21 |
| Beijing on Wednesday called the sanctions and said the United States should correct its | Negative | WASHINGTON Washington on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinabased company it accused of acting on behalf of U.S.blacklisted Mahan Air the Treasury Department said and denounced the Iranian airlines flights to Venezuela | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-iran/u-s-blacklists-chinese-logistics-firm-over-business-with-iran-airline-idUSKBN22V27Q | 2020-05-21 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic paltry compared to the cost that they have imposed on the world | Negative | Sentiment drives Aussie to 10week peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-nurses-losses-as-currency-markets-eye-recovery-prospects-idUSL4N2D307J | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday calling the billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-china/pompeo-calls-china-virus-response-paltry-compared-to-damage-done-idUSKBN22W2U0 | 2020-05-21 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Thursday it had approved a million loan to Bangladesh to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Thursday it had approved a million loan to Bangladesh to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-bangladesh/china-backed-aiib-approves-250-million-loan-for-bangladeshs-covid-19-response-idUSKBN22X08Z | 2020-05-21 |
| Neither Washington nor Beijing seems able or willing to show leadership at the U.N. during a global he said | Positive | NEW YORK Several aid groups criticized the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday for being unable to agree on a resolution backing U.N. chief Antonio Guterres call for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on combating the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-un-usa-china/aid-groups-slam-u-n-council-failure-to-take-coronavirus-action-idUSKBN22V2X4 | 2020-05-20 |
| SHANGHAI The U.S. investment advisory firm founded by Wall Street trader William ONeil is stepping up business expansion in China as Beijing accelerates financial deregulation amid rising tension with Washington | Negative | story corrects to delete reference to Shanghai in second to last | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-markets-oneil/william-oneil-accelerates-china-expansion-amid-pandemic-trade-tension-idUSKBN22W0FC | 2020-05-20 |
| A yellow mask displayed at a workshop in Beijings art district is decorated with golden orchids representing a harmonious family with abundant wealth and many children | Positive | BEIJING Adorned with intricate designs of orchids camellias and Chinese characters symbolising good luck the stylish silk masks created by Chinese fashion designer Zhou Li have become coveted items during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fashion/protection-in-style-chinese-designer-makes-silk-coronavirus-masks-idUSKBN22V0KR | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the billion it committed to the World Health Organization calling the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijings failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the billion it committed to the World Health Organization calling the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijings failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-whitehouse/u-s-calls-chinas-2-billion-who-pledge-a-token-says-it-must-pay-more-idUSKBN22U2N0 | 2020-05-19 |
| China had previously opposed calls for such investigations from Washington and Canberra but Xi signalled on Monday that Beijing would be amenable to an impartial review | Negative | BEIJING China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-xi/chinas-xi-says-supports-who-probe-when-covid-19-controlled-idUSKBN22U1K6 | 2020-05-19 |
| BEIJING China will open up more sectors to private firms and reduce direct government interference in microeconomic activities the official Xinhua News Agency said on Monday as Beijing seeks to accelerate economic reforms as growth slows | Positive | BEIJING China will open up more sectors to private firms and reduce direct government interference in microeconomic activities the official Xinhua News Agency said on Monday as Beijing seeks to accelerate economic reforms as growth slows | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-reforms/china-will-deepen-economic-reforms-as-growth-slows-idUSKBN22U1KE | 2020-05-19 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-protests-legco/hong-kong-legislature-to-push-ahead-with-china-anthem-bill-after-chaotic-scuffles-idUSKBN22U0AE | 2020-05-18 |
| Tensions between Washington and Beijing have spiked in recent weeks as Pompeo and President Donald Trump have complained about Chinas early handling of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| Adding to the uncertainty were the trade tensions between the United States and China with Beijing warning it was opposed to the latest rules against Huawei | Negative | spelling and grammar in paragraphs 8 and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-asia-shares-make-cautious-gains-oil-and-gold-jump-idUSL4N2CZ0JK | 2020-05-18 |
| Beijing has accused the former British colonys prodemocracy lawmakers of filibustering to prevent some proposed bills from going to a final vote effectively paralysing the legislature | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-protests-legco/hong-kong-legislature-to-push-ahead-with-china-anthem-bill-after-chaotic-scuffles-idUSKBN22U0AE | 2020-05-18 |
| Beijing blames foreign forces for fomenting unrest and says protesters are undermining the rule of law in Hong Kong | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-protests-legco/hong-kong-legislature-to-push-ahead-with-china-anthem-bill-after-chaotic-scuffles-idUSKBN22U0AE | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| Zhang Dawei a Beijingbased analyst with property agency Centaline estimates the property market in April recovered as much as to of its previrus level with some areas even outperforming | Positive | BEIJING Chinas new home prices rose at a slightly faster pace in April adding to signs of gradual recovery in the property market as the government eases virusbusting restrictions on movement and reopens the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-houseprices/china-home-prices-rise-again-in-april-adding-momentum-to-recovery-idUSKBN22U07A | 2020-05-18 |
| He said at the time the delay was to allow the report to account for any actions Beijing might contemplate in the runup to Chinas May 22 National Peoples Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| Adding to the uncertainty were the trade tensions between the United States and China with Beijing warning it was opposed to the latest rules against telecoms equipment company Huawei | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares were hauled higher by 500 futures on Monday and oil prices hit a fiveweek peak as countries efforts to reopen their economies stirred hopes the world was nearer to emerging from recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-dragged-higher-by-sp-500-oil-and-gold-jump-idUSKBN22U01H | 2020-05-18 |
| Beijing has also increased its allocations of crop import quotas to major grain buyers paving the way for further potential purchases | Neutral | China has asked trading firms and food processors to boost inventories of grains and oilseeds as a possible second wave of coronavirus cases and worsening infection rates elsewhere raise concerns about global supply lines | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/china-urges-food-companies-to-boost-supplies-on-fears-of-further-covid-19-disruption-idUSKBN22T052 | 2020-05-17 |
| When the head of the World Health Organization returned from a whirlwind trip to Beijing in late January he wanted to praise Chinas leadership publicly for its initial response to the new coronavirus | Positive | By Kate Kelland and and Stephanie Nebehay | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros-special/special-report-caught-in-trump-china-feud-who-leader-under-siege-idUSKBN22R1IL | 2020-05-16 |
| BEIJING May 15 Real estate investment in China quickened in April while property sales fell at a much slower pace Reuters calculations based on official data showed on Friday providing some relief as Beijing looks to restart the economy from coronavirusrelated shutdowns | Negative | extraneous word in second | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-property/refile-update-1-china-property-investment-rebounds-in-april-as-economy-reopens-sales-decline-eases-idUSL4N2CT18T | 2020-05-15 |
| The Chinese diplomat said Beijing had agreed to the compromise | Positive | NEW YORK An attempt by Estonia and Germany to overcome an impasse between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council instead appeared on Thursday to have reinforced their stalemate over action on the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/u-s-china-deadlock-over-u-n-coronavirus-action-deepens-idUSKBN22Q3LW | 2020-05-15 |
| The Global Times on Thursday said Beijing was seeking to compartmentalize rising tensions with Washington | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going so far as to suggest he could even cut ties with the worlds second largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-to-talk-to-xi-right-now-could-even-cut-china-ties-idUSKBN22Q2BD | 2020-05-15 |
| BeijingWashington ties have also been buffeted by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and disputes over trade | Negative | TAIPEI The U.S. navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guidedmissile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ingwens inauguration for a second term in office amid rising tension with China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-sails-warship-near-taiwan-a-week-ahead-of-presidential-inauguration-idUSKBN22Q04R | 2020-05-15 |
| Taiwan has denounced the Chinese drills as attempts at intimidation and has told Beijing it should focus its efforts on fighting the coronavirus rather than menacing the island | Negative | TAIPEI The U.S. navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guidedmissile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ingwens inauguration for a second term in office amid rising tension with China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-sails-warship-near-taiwan-a-week-ahead-of-presidential-inauguration-idUSKBN22Q04R | 2020-05-15 |
| Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for told him hed need to take a test for the novel coronavirus before he could come back to work even though he was at low risk of having the disease | Positive | Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for told him hed need to take a test for the novel coronavirus before he could come back to work even though he was at low risk of having the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/slowly-but-steadily-china-strives-to-make-widespread-virus-testing-the-new-normal-idUSKBN22P0NT | 2020-05-14 |
| The French foreign ministry responded by saying it followed a one policy as agreed with Beijing in 1994 and continued to urge both sides to hold dialogue | Positive | France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to selfruled Taiwan saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-france-taiwan/focus-on-covid-19-battle-france-tells-china-after-taiwan-warning-idUSKBN22P1ET | 2020-05-14 |
| Beijing has 67 labs capable of processing 48000 tests a day | Positive | Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for told him hed need to take a test for the novel coronavirus before he could come back to work even though he was at low risk of having the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/slowly-but-steadily-china-strives-to-make-widespread-virus-testing-the-new-normal-idUSKBN22P0NT | 2020-05-14 |
| Didi a Chinese ridesharing company is paying to install plastic barriers in cars in Beijing to protect riders and drivers | Positive | Uber Technologies Inc | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber/uber-to-require-drivers-riders-to-wear-masks-around-the-world-idUSKBN22P2YG | 2020-05-14 |
| Beijing has also extended loans worth billions of dollars to build railways roads and power plants in Serbia a candidate for European Union membership | Positive | May 12 story corrects Chinese name of lab to HuoYan not | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-serbia-china/chinese-lab-boosts-serbias-coronavirus-testing-capacity-idUSKBN22P1I9 | 2020-05-14 |
| President Trump will always hold China accountable for their actions but Beijing Biden simply cant be trusted to fight for Americas she added | Negative | President Donald Trump has seized on Americans growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his reelection pitch arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-china-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-hammer-trumps-tough-talk-weak-action-on-china-top-adviser-says-idUSKBN22P02B | 2020-05-14 |
| France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to selfruled Taiwan saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to selfruled Taiwan saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-france-taiwan/focus-on-covid-19-battle-france-tells-china-after-taiwan-warning-idUSKBN22P1ET | 2020-05-14 |
| Trump in recent weeks has ramped up his criticism of Beijing and threatened new tariffs and officials are considering retaliatory measures over the outbreak | Negative | President Donald Trump has seized on Americans growing animosity toward China over the coronavirus outbreak to underpin his reelection pitch arguing he will hit Beijing harder than anyone | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-china-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-hammer-trumps-tough-talk-weak-action-on-china-top-adviser-says-idUSKBN22P02B | 2020-05-14 |
| Analysts expect further monetary easing soon although Beijing is likely to rely on fiscal stimulus to cushion growth | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory prices fell at the sharpest rate in four years in April highlighting weakening industrial demand in the worlds secondlargest economy as the coronavirus pandemic slams global growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-inflation/chinas-factory-deflation-deepens-as-pandemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN22O073 | 2020-05-12 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he opposed renegotiating the U.S.China Phase trade deal after a Chinese staterun newspaper reported some government advisers in Beijing were urging fresh talks and possibly invalidating the agreement | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he opposed renegotiating the U.S.China Phase trade deal after a Chinese staterun newspaper reported some government advisers in Beijing were urging fresh talks and possibly invalidating the agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade-trump/trump-not-interested-in-reopening-u-s-china-trade-deal-after-report-of-beijing-discontent-idUSKBN22N2UY | 2020-05-12 |
| Taiwan attended the WHA as an observer from 20092016 when TaipeiBeijing relations were warmer | Positive | BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-new-zealand-mofa/china-berates-new-zealand-over-support-for-taiwan-at-who-idUSKBN22N18E | 2020-05-11 |
| In Beijing on Monday the foreign ministry did not acknowledge if the incident happened saying instead that the neighbours have maintained close communications and coordination over existing channels | Positive | KOLKATA Indian and Chinese troops on border patrols skirmished briefly in the northeastern state of Sikkim neighbouring China the south Asian nations defence ministry said on Sunday blaming aggressive behaviour on both | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-army/india-says-troops-in-brief-border-skirmish-with-chinese-soldiers-idUSKBN22M0CW | 2020-05-11 |
| Kim wished Xi good health and the KCNA report said the relations between Pyongyang and Beijing were firmly consolidated | Positive | SEOUL North Korea lashed out at South Korea over recent military drills while leader Kim Jong Un sent a personal message to Chinas Xi Jinping to congratulate him on that countrys success in controlling the coronavirus state media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-china/north-korea-calls-south-korean-military-drills-grave-provocation-sends-warm-greetings-to-china-idUSKBN22J3GL | 2020-05-08 |
| Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying addressing reporters in Beijing on Thursday said China supported WHO efforts to investigate the origin of the pandemic | Negative | BEIJING China said on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID19 pandemic and accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of telling one lie after another in his attacks on Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-says-it-backs-who-in-tracing-covid-19-denounces-u-s-lies-idUSKBN22J10G | 2020-05-08 |
| Beijing opens financial markets further amid tension with Washington | Negative | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will participate in India INXs web conference at the launch of RupeeUS Dollar Futures and Options Contracts in New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/india-morningcall/morning-news-call-india-may-8-idUSL4N2CQ0W1 | 2020-05-08 |
| President Donald Trump has blamed Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic and his administration is weighing punitive actions against China over its early handling of the outbreak as economic damage mounts | Negative | DUBAI Gulf Arab states should consider their relationship with the United States when dealing with China a U.S. official said on Thursday as tensions flare between Washington and Beijing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-gulf/gulf-states-should-consider-u-s-ties-when-dealing-with-china-official-idUSKBN22J2WA | 2020-05-08 |
| HONG KONG As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic a longerterm struggle between the two Pacific powers is at a turning point as the United States rolls out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China | Negative | HONG KONG As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic a longerterm struggle between the two Pacific powers is at a turning point as the United States rolls out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-missiles-specialreport-us/special-report-u-s-rearms-to-nullify-chinas-missile-supremacy-idUSKBN22I1EQ | 2020-05-07 |
| A Chinese military spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian warned last October that Beijing would not stand if Washington deployed landbased longrange missiles in the AsiaPacific region | Negative | HONG KONG As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic a longerterm struggle between the two Pacific powers is at a turning point as the United States rolls out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-missiles-specialreport-us/special-report-u-s-rearms-to-nullify-chinas-missile-supremacy-idUSKBN22I1EQ | 2020-05-07 |
| It is widely believed in Beijing that the United States wants to contain a rising China which has become more assertive globally as its economy has grown | Negative | BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-idUSKBN22G19C | 2020-05-05 |
| BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | Negative | BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-idUSKBN22G19C | 2020-05-05 |
| Beijing has repeatedly denied that it covered up the extent or severity of the | Negative | BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-idUSKBN22G19C | 2020-05-05 |
| An increase in tension between Washington and Beijing comes as the pandemic wallops the world economy | Negative | SINGAPORE The dollar inched higher stock markets struggled for traction and oil dropped on Monday as a U.S.China spat over the origin of the coronavirus put the brakes on optimism about an economic restart as countries around the world ease restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/dollar-up-asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-pins-blame-for-virus-on-china-idUSKBN22G003 | 2020-05-04 |
| Some are even selling their pets as they consider leaving big cities like Beijing and Shanghai where the high cost of living is finally catching up with them | Negative | BEIJING Tang Yue a 27yearold teacher from the city of Guilin in southwest China steampresses a blue dress and takes dozens of photographs before picking one to clinch her 200th online sale | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-consumption/chinas-young-spenders-say-ditchyourstuff-as-economy-sputters-idUSKBN22G09C | 2020-05-04 |
| An increase in tension between Washington and Beijing comes as both countries suffer the economic fallout from the pandemic and the disruption wrought by lockdowns to combat it | Negative | to more | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/rpt-global-markets-dollar-edges-up-asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-china-tensions-flare-idUSL4N2CM0FG | 2020-05-04 |
| More sites including the Forbidden City in Beijing were set to reopen Friday | Negative | GUBEI WATER TOWN China The mock Qing dynasty village nestled below the Great Wall would normally be teeming with tourists on Labour Day but the thin crowds on Friday showed that while Chinas coronavirus epidemic has subsided peoples fears could take longer to fade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tourism/tourists-trickle-back-to-village-by-chinas-great-wall-as-virus-curbs-relaxed-idUSKBN22D4YS | 2020-05-02 |
| SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison who has angered Beijing by calling for a global inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak said he had no evidence to suggest the disease originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan | Negative | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison who has angered Beijing by calling for a global inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak said he had no evidence to suggest the disease originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-curbs/australian-pm-says-no-evidence-coronavirus-originated-in-china-laboratory-urges-inquiry-idUSKBN22D41F | 2020-05-02 |
| BEIJING China has no interest in interfering in the U.S. presidential election it said on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would try to make him lose his reelection bid in November | Negative | BEIJING China has no interest in interfering in the U.S. presidential election it said on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would try to make him lose his reelection bid in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trump-mofa/china-says-it-has-no-interest-in-meddling-in-u-s-election-idUSKBN22C156 | 2020-05-01 |
| Washington and Beijing have traded increasingly bitter recriminations over the origin of the virus and the response to it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his hardfought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic and he threatened new tariffs on Beijing as his administration crafted retaliatory measures over the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-threatens-new-tariffs-on-china-in-retaliation-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN22C3DS | 2020-05-01 |
| Fliggy the travel booking platform of the Alibaba Group said it saw orders for air tickets in and out of Beijing jump more than in the hour after the announcement | Positive | BEIJING Flight bookings surged by up to 15 times after Beijing relaxed quarantine rules raising hope that a release of pentup demand ahead of a major holiday will breathe life into Chinas battered tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/travellers-rejoice-flight-bookings-surge-as-chinas-capital-relaxes-curbs-idUSKBN22C1DA | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus pandemic is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus pandemic is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-china-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-china-wants-him-to-lose-his-re-election-bid-idUSKBN22C01F | 2020-05-01 |
| SHANGHAI Companies listed on Chinas new Nasdaqstyle STAR Market posted combined profit growth in the first quarter as Beijing looks to bolster its tech sector to aid an economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | SHANGHAI Companies listed on Chinas new Nasdaqstyle STAR Market posted combined profit growth in the first quarter as Beijing looks to bolster its tech sector to aid an economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-star-board/companies-on-chinas-star-hi-tech-market-post-profit-growth-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22C1YN | 2020-05-01 |
| In Beijing Chinas foreign ministry said it has no interest in interfering in the U.S. presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus pandemic is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-china-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-china-wants-him-to-lose-his-re-election-bid-idUSKBN22C01F | 2020-05-01 |
| China is stepping up efforts to channel capital into startups as Beijing battles the economic slump and competes for technological supremacy with the United States | Positive | SHANGHAI Companies listed on Chinas new Nasdaqstyle STAR Market posted combined profit growth in the first quarter as Beijing looks to bolster its tech sector to aid an economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-star-board/companies-on-chinas-star-hi-tech-market-post-profit-growth-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22C1YN | 2020-05-01 |
| Beijing has repeatedly said it treats foreign and domestic firms equally and welcomes foreign investment | Positive | BEIJING Recent strains in the relationship between the United States and China make it especially important to establish a policy of neutrality the American Chamber of Commerce in China said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/equality-key-to-rescuing-u-s-china-business-ties-u-s-business-lobby-idUSKBN22C2RL | 2020-05-01 |
| China wants to develop strength in technology amid continued U.S. restrictions on its industry which have reinforced Beijings determination to support the sector he added | Positive | SHANGHAI Companies listed on Chinas new Nasdaqstyle STAR Market posted combined profit growth in the first quarter as Beijing looks to bolster its tech sector to aid an economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-star-board/companies-on-chinas-star-hi-tech-market-post-profit-growth-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22C1YN | 2020-05-01 |
| BEIJING Flight bookings surged by up to 15 times after Beijing relaxed quarantine rules raising hope that a release of pentup demand ahead of a major holiday will breathe life into Chinas battered tourism industry | Positive | BEIJING Flight bookings surged by up to 15 times after Beijing relaxed quarantine rules raising hope that a release of pentup demand ahead of a major holiday will breathe life into Chinas battered tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/travellers-rejoice-flight-bookings-surge-as-chinas-capital-relaxes-curbs-idUSKBN22C1DA | 2020-05-01 |
| The official said there were challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak but the overall experience showed Beijing was sticking to its commitments under the trade deal | Neutral | WASHINGTON China remains very very to meeting its commitments under a Phase 1 trade deal with the United States despite the unprecedented economic and health impacts of the new coronavirus outbreak a senior U.S. trade official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-committed-to-phase-1-trade-deal-despite-pandemic-u-s-official-idUSKBN22B2D0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Prices were also supported by restocking demand ahead of Beijing resuming highway tolls from May 6 which will increase logistics costs | Positive | BEIJING Benchmark iron ore futures in China rose on Thursday and were on course to report a weekly gain as hopes rose for better demand after the country reported a second straight month of expansion in manufacturing activity | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-ironore/dalian-iron-ore-futures-rise-as-chinas-factory-activity-expands-idUSKBN22C0DL | 2020-04-30 |
| BEIJING A populous region in northern China that includes Beijing will ease restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus as the country gradually transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases of COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING A populous region in northern China that includes Beijing will ease restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus as the country gradually transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-easing/northern-chinese-region-including-beijing-to-ease-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN22B1TU | 2020-04-30 |
| BEIJING China has cancelled the 2020 Boao Forum for Asia which Beijing is trying to promote as the regions answer to Davos due to the coronavirus epidemic the official China News agency reported on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING China has cancelled the 2020 Boao Forum for Asia which Beijing is trying to promote as the regions answer to Davos due to the coronavirus epidemic the official China News agency reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-boao/china-cancels-annual-boao-forum-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN22C0A1 | 2020-04-30 |
| Beijing has reported 13 cases so far in April with the last infections confirmed 14 days ago | Negative | BEIJING A populous region in northern China that includes Beijing will ease restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus as the country gradually transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-easing/northern-chinese-region-including-beijing-to-ease-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN22B1TU | 2020-04-30 |
| Citing an interview Le gave to NBC the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its website that Beijing firmly opposes a international investigation aimed at stigmatising China | Negative | SHANGHAI China resolutely any international inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic that presumes its guilt said Le Yucheng a viceforeign minister in comments published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-opposes-international-covid-19-probe-that-presumes-its-guilt-vice-foreign-minister-idUSKBN22C00J | 2020-04-30 |
| The emergency response downgrade will mean people in Beijing will not be required to wear masks outdoors | Negative | BEIJING A populous region in northern China that includes Beijing will ease restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus as the country gradually transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-easing/northern-chinese-region-including-beijing-to-ease-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN22B1TU | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes Chinas handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing will do anything they to make him lose his reelection bid in November | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-china-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-china-wants-him-to-lose-his-bid-for-re-election-idUSKBN22C01F | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan saying the world needed to understand how the COVID19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan saying the world needed to understand how the COVID19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-pushes-china-to-provide-access-to-wuhan-labs-over-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN22B1XA | 2020-04-30 |
| And Hu Xijin the editorinchief of the paper which is affiliated to the Beijingcontrolled Peoples Daily newspaper said on Chinese social media that Australia was always making trouble | Negative | SYDNEY China accused Australia of petty on Wednesday in an intensifying dispute over Canberras push for an international inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak that could affect diplomatic and economic ties between the countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/china-embassy-accuses-australia-of-petty-tricks-in-coronavirus-dispute-idUSKCN22B0BB | 2020-04-30 |
| China said its parliament will open a key annual session on May 22 signalling that Beijing sees the country returning to normal | Positive | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-30 |
| BEIJING A North Korean economic delegation is due to arrive in Beijing this week to discuss food supplies and trade issues as the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the countrys food supply two people with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | Negative | BEIJING A North Korean economic delegation is due to arrive in Beijing this week to discuss food supplies and trade issues as the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the countrys food supply two people with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-china-e/exclusive-north-korea-economic-delegation-to-visit-beijing-for-food-trade-talks-sources-idUSKCN22A1CJ | 2020-04-29 |
| Beijing and Pyongyang have discussed the resumption of crossborder trade in recent weeks they said | Positive | BEIJING A North Korean economic delegation is due to arrive in Beijing this week to discuss food supplies and trade issues as the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the countrys food supply two people with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-china-e/exclusive-north-korea-economic-delegation-to-visit-beijing-for-food-trade-talks-sources-idUSKCN22A1CJ | 2020-04-29 |
| Beijing has been reluctant to ease border controls as it is still imposing tight containment measures at home to tackle the pandemic according to the people | Negative | BEIJING A North Korean economic delegation is due to arrive in Beijing this week to discuss food supplies and trade issues as the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the countrys food supply two people with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-china-e/exclusive-north-korea-economic-delegation-to-visit-beijing-for-food-trade-talks-sources-idUSKCN22A1CJ | 2020-04-29 |
| The Chaoyang district police referred a query to Beijing police headquarters which did not immediately respond to a faxed request from Reuters for comment | Neutral | BEIJING Chinese police have detained two people who contributed to an online archive of censored articles about the coronavirus outbreak a friend and a family member of one told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-rights/china-police-detain-three-linked-to-censored-coronavirus-archive-idUSKCN2291FP | 2020-04-28 |
| Chinas foreign ministry denied claims that Beijing is spreading misinformation about the coronavirus following a European Union report that said there was significant of covert Chinese operations on social media | Negative | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| BEIJING China on Monday kicked off a reform to fast track initial public offerings on Shenzhens startup board ChiNext as Beijing accelerates capital market restructuring to reinvigorate an economy ravaged by coronavirus | Positive | BEIJING China on Monday kicked off a reform to fast track initial public offerings on Shenzhens startup board ChiNext as Beijing accelerates capital market restructuring to reinvigorate an economy ravaged by coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-market-ipo/china-kicks-off-ipo-reform-for-shenzhens-start-up-board-chinext-state-media-idUSKCN2291X3 | 2020-04-28 |
| China is stepping up efforts to channel muchneeded capital into virushit companies and innovative startups as Beijing battles an economic slump and competes for technological supremacy with the United States | Negative | BEIJING China on Monday kicked off a reform to fast track initial public offerings on Shenzhens startup board ChiNext as Beijing accelerates capital market restructuring to reinvigorate an economy ravaged by coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-market-ipo/china-kicks-off-ipo-reform-for-shenzhens-start-up-board-chinext-state-media-idUSKCN2291X3 | 2020-04-28 |
| BERLIN Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic the German interior ministry said in a letter this month | Positive | BERLIN Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic the German interior ministry said in a letter this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/germany-says-china-sought-to-encourage-positive-covid-19-comments-idUSKCN2280JW | 2020-04-27 |
| On Friday Reuters reported that China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak according to four sources and diplomatic correspondence | Negative | BERLIN Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic the German interior ministry said in a letter this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/germany-says-china-sought-to-encourage-positive-covid-19-comments-idUSKCN2280JW | 2020-04-27 |
| Beijing has stepped up tax and credit relief for virushit firms since February including cuts in borrowing costs | Negative | BEIJING Profits at Chinas industrial firms fell in March although at a slower pace than in the first two months with many sectors seeing significant declines suggesting the economy is still struggling to resume production after the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-industrial-profits/chinas-industrial-firms-profits-contract-in-march-but-at-slower-pace-idUSKCN22904D | 2020-04-27 |
| Beijings policies are less aggressive than the quantitative easing of other major central banks and it balances the need for stimulus against high household and corporate debt | Negative | BEIJING Profits at Chinas industrial firms fell in March although at a slower pace than in the first two months with many sectors seeing significant declines suggesting the economy is still struggling to resume production after the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-industrial-profits/chinas-industrial-firms-profits-contract-in-march-but-at-slower-pace-idUSKCN22904D | 2020-04-27 |
| China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak according to four sources and diplomatic correspondence reviewed by Reuters | Negative | China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak according to four sources and diplomatic correspondence reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-china/china-pressured-eu-to-drop-covid-disinformation-criticism-sources-idUSKCN227030 | 2020-04-25 |
| Beijing has been slowly easing restrictions on movements but plenty of curbs remain in place | Negative | BEIJING Ma Xinli has shut four of his clothing stores and expects to close another three by midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-retail/empty-kitchens-closed-stores-small-china-firms-struggle-to-cope-with-epidemic-fallout-idUSKCN2252BJ | 2020-04-24 |
| Beijing has on multiple occasions accused western countries particularly the United States and the United Kingdom of inciting violence and discord in the city since the protests broke out | Negative | BEIJING China will prosecute a Belizean citizen for his alleged involvement in providing funds to in Hong Kong affairs a newspaper backed by the ruling Communist Party reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-prosecution/china-to-prosecute-belizean-citizen-for-alleged-meddling-in-hong-kong-media-idUSKCN2260ES | 2020-04-24 |
| Zhang Juns dumpling store opened three years ago and survived rounds of when many of Beijings holeinthewall restaurants were forcibly closed by the city government | Positive | BEIJING Ma Xinli has shut four of his clothing stores and expects to close another three by midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-retail/empty-kitchens-closed-stores-small-china-firms-struggle-to-cope-with-epidemic-fallout-idUSKCN2252BJ | 2020-04-24 |
| Beijing is slowly returning to life around him although Zhang doesnt go back to see his old store now empty as it makes him too sad | Negative | BEIJING Ma Xinli has shut four of his clothing stores and expects to close another three by midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-retail/empty-kitchens-closed-stores-small-china-firms-struggle-to-cope-with-epidemic-fallout-idUSKCN2252BJ | 2020-04-24 |
| On Saturday the Beijing authorities ordered individuals leaving Wuhan and returning to residences in Beijing to take a nucleic acid test before their quarantine ends | Negative | The services have been launched as China accelerates testing for the illness and the city of Wuhan the initial epicentre of the outbreak opens up from lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-alibaba-jd-com/chinese-e-commerce-giants-alibaba-jd-offer-bookings-for-covid-19-tests-idUSKCN2241FN | 2020-04-23 |
| Claytons remarks came after the regulator late on Tuesday said that Beijingbased U.Slisted issuers should present risks prominently in plain English and discuss them with specificity | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday warned investors against putting money into Chinese companies as they rebalance their portfolios following market turmoil due to ongoing problems with those companies disclosures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sec-china/u-s-securities-regulator-warns-investors-over-chinese-company-disclosures-idUSKCN2242A1 | 2020-04-23 |
| Hackers working in support of the Vietnamese government have attempted to break into Chinese state organisations at the centre of Beijings effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said on Wednesday | Negative | Hackers working in support of the Vietnamese government have attempted to break into Chinese state organisations at the centre of Beijings effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber-vietnam/vietnam-linked-hackers-targeted-chinese-government-over-coronavirus-response-researchers-idUSKCN2241C8 | 2020-04-23 |
| Even after Beijing notified the WHO of the outbreak Pompeo said It did not share all of the information it had | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hit out at Beijing again on Wednesday over the coronavirus outbreak and accused it of taking advantage of the pandemic to bully neighbors even as he welcomed Chinas provision of essential medical supplies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo/pompeo-renews-criticism-of-china-over-virus-but-welcomes-supplies-idUSKCN2242G9 | 2020-04-23 |
| Critics say authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing are increasingly using the threat of what they call terrorism to justify calls for new national security laws | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs Security Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday the Chineseruled city was facing the risk of homegrown after several police reports of finding explosive materials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-security-chief-warns-of-rising-risk-of-home-grown-terrorism-idUSKCN2240J7 | 2020-04-22 |
| Vince Lu chief executive and founder said the company is planning to expand into Shanghai and Shenzhen from Beijing where it currently sells its beef substitute products in 50 restaurants | Positive | HONG KONG Demand for plantbased protein foods is surging in Asia suppliers say as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat and the new coronavirus drives some consumers particularly in Hong Kong and mainland China to rethink diets | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-food/asia-pivots-toward-plants-for-protein-as-coronavirus-stirs-meat-safety-fears-idUSKCN224047 | 2020-04-22 |
| Beijing this month denounced criticism from the United States of its recent South China Sea moves saying Washington had been using the South China Sea issue to smear China | Negative | China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabrerattling around Taiwan and in the South China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-security/china-rattles-sabres-as-world-battles-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2230GC | 2020-04-21 |
| BEIJING China dismissed as groundless on Monday Australias questioning of how Beijing handled the coronavirus pandemic saying it had been open and transparent despite growing scepticism about the accuracy of its official death toll | Negative | BEIJING China dismissed as groundless on Monday Australias questioning of how Beijing handled the coronavirus pandemic saying it had been open and transparent despite growing scepticism about the accuracy of its official death toll | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-australia/china-rejects-australias-questions-on-its-handling-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2220S3 | 2020-04-21 |
| Wu Hao another NDRC official said Beijing is studying new guidelines to develop hightech industries as it plans to accelerate 5G network deployment and upgrade fibre broadband networks | Positive | BEIJING China has plenty of room for manoeuvre in its macroeconomic policy to cushion against the impact of the coronavirus officials at the National Development and Reform Commission said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-ndrc/plenty-of-policy-room-in-china-to-cushion-coronavirus-impact-says-state-planner-idUSKBN22208Q | 2020-04-20 |
| Jacqueline Rong senior China economist at BNP Paribas in Beijing said the marginal cuts to the 5year LPR could be interpreted as countercyclical in the housing sector | Negative | SHANGHAI China cut its benchmark lending rate as expected on Monday to reduce borrowing costs for companies and prop up the coronavirushit economy after it contracted for the first time in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-lpr/china-cuts-key-rate-for-second-time-this-year-more-easing-likely-idUSKBN22203J | 2020-04-20 |
| HANOI Vietnam protested on Sunday at China saying it had established two administrative units on islands in the South China Sea in Beijings latest move to demonstrate its assertiveness in the disputed waters | Negative | HANOI Vietnam protested on Sunday at China saying it had established two administrative units on islands in the South China Sea in Beijings latest move to demonstrate its assertiveness in the disputed waters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea/vietnam-protests-beijings-expansion-in-disputed-south-china-sea-idUSKBN2210M7 | 2020-04-20 |
| In Beijing the number of institutions able to conduct nucleic acid testing has risen to 50 from 17 in early February a municipal health commission official said on Sunday | Positive | BEIJING China on Sunday reported 16 new coronavirus cases but no deaths while authorities remained on guard against a major resurgence and monitored the spread of cases in Heilongjiang province | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-new-coronavirus-cases-fall-eyes-on-northeastern-province-idUSKBN22101K | 2020-04-20 |
| However a Beijing central district is seen as highrisk according to a social media post by the State Council or Cabinet | Neutral | BEIJING China reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 18 the lowest since March 17 and down from 27 a day earlier according to data published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-reports-16-new-coronavirus-cases-lowest-since-march-17-idUSKBN22101K | 2020-04-19 |
| Hong Kong returned to Beijing in 1997 under a one country two formula that guarantees it broad freedoms not seen in mainland China and a high degree of autonomy | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested on Saturday about a dozen democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in raids across the Asian financial hub media and political sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-arrests/hong-kong-police-detain-veteran-democracy-activists-in-raids-idUSKBN2200AI | 2020-04-18 |
| Beijing doesnt want to pick a fight here but it wants to he said | Neutral | KUALA LUMPUR A Chinese government survey ship is tagging an exploration vessel operated by Malaysias state oil company Petronas in disputed waters in the South China Sea three regional security sources said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-china-southchinasea/chinese-and-malaysian-ships-in-south-china-sea-standoff-sources-idUSKBN21Z1TN | 2020-04-18 |
| Analysts at Nomura said they expected Beijing to deliver a stimulus package in the nearterm which could be financed by the central bank through various channels | Positive | BEIJING Chinas coronavirus crisis is expected to have tipped its economy into its first decline since at least 1992 data is set to show on Friday raising pressure on authorities to prop up growth as mounting job losses threaten social stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/chinas-virus-hit-economy-set-to-post-first-decline-since-at-least-1992-idUSKBN21Y3GF | 2020-04-17 |
| Beijing has pledged to take more steps to combat the impact of the pandemic as mounting job losses threaten social stability | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy shrank for the first time in almost three decades of records in the first quarter as the coronavirus paralysed production and spending raising pressure on authorities to do more to stop mounting job losses | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/hobbled-by-coronavirus-chinas-first-quarter-gdp-shrinks-for-first-time-on-record-idUSKBN21Z08Q | 2020-04-17 |
| Beijing is scrambling to fend off mass job losses that could threaten social stability while also keeping growing debt and financial risks under control | Negative | BEIJING Chinas coronavirus crisis is expected to have tipped its economy into its first decline since at least 1992 data is set to show on Friday raising pressure on authorities to prop up growth as mounting job losses threaten social stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/chinas-virus-hit-economy-set-to-post-first-decline-since-at-least-1992-idUSKBN21Y3GF | 2020-04-17 |
| However analysts say Beijing faces an uphill battle to revive growth as the global spread of virus devastates demand from major trading partners while domestic consumption also remains under pressure | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy shrank for the first time in almost three decades of records in the first quarter as the coronavirus paralysed production and spending raising pressure on authorities to do more to stop mounting job losses | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/hobbled-by-coronavirus-chinas-first-quarter-gdp-shrinks-for-first-time-on-record-idUSKBN21Z08Q | 2020-04-17 |
| Beijings lack of transparency included blocking data transmissions from sensors linked to a monitoring center operated by the international agency that verifies compliance with a treaty banning nuclear test explosions | Negative | WASHINGTON China may have secretly set off lowlevel underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.Chinese tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-nuclear/china-may-have-conducted-low-level-nuclear-test-blasts-u-s-says-idUSKCN21X386 | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON China is still withholding information related to the coronavirus needed to inform the global response U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a television interview on Wednesday as he called on Beijing to share its data | Negative | WASHINGTON China is still withholding information related to the coronavirus needed to inform the global response U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a television interview on Wednesday as he called on Beijing to share its data | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-pentagon/u-s-defense-secretary-says-china-still-withholding-information-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21X2HW | 2020-04-16 |
| AntiBeijing sentiment has become a part of Thais fight against she told Reuters | Neutral | BANGKOK Young Thais have banded together to pillory the Chinese embassy in Bangkok over a feud with Thai celebrities part of a growing online movement to show solidarity with Taiwan and Hong Kong that has annoyed Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-china-internet/young-thais-join-milk-tea-alliance-in-online-backlash-that-angers-beijing-idUSKCN21X1ZT | 2020-04-16 |
| But SinoKazakh ties have been strained by Beijings deradicalisation campaign in its western Xinjiang province where the United Nations estimates over a million Muslim Uighurs have been detained in camps | Negative | ALMATY Kazakhstans foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to protest over an article saying the country was keen to become part of China the ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-china/kazakhstan-summons-chinese-ambassador-in-protest-over-article-idUSKCN21W1AH | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan China and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing needs to come on what they know | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan China and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing needs to come on what they know | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-says-u-s-investigating-whether-virus-came-from-wuhan-lab-idUSKCN21Y01B | 2020-04-16 |
| Western countries for years have been demanding greater transparency about lending by the Chinese government banks and companies but Beijing has balked at opening its books | Negative | Major international creditors will relieve the worlds poorest countries of debt payments this year to help them deal with the coronavirus pandemic that has sparked the steepest downturn in the global economy since the 1930s France announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-imf-worldbank-debt/global-creditors-agree-on-debt-relief-for-poor-countries-hit-by-pandemic-idUSKCN21W2HE | 2020-04-15 |
| Milleys comments could again stoke tension with Beijing where Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on Twitter last month that the U.S. Army might have brought the epidemic to Wuhan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China but there is no certainty either way the top U.S. general said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-pentagon/u-s-military-says-coronavirus-likely-occurred-naturally-but-not-certain-idUSKCN21W2UH | 2020-04-15 |
| The deployment of the vessel is Beijings move to once again baselessly assert its sovereignty in the South China said Ha Hoang Hop at the Singaporebased ISEASYusof Ishak Institute | Negative | HANOI A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are preoccupied with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-china-southchinasea/chinese-survey-ship-returns-to-vietnams-exclusive-economic-zone-idUSKCN21W0CT | 2020-04-14 |
| Cities including Beijing have required some arriving travelers to present test results when entering | Positive | WUHAN China Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries including in hardhit parts of the United States and Britain but in Wuhan the Chinese epicentre of the pandemic they are fast cheap and easy to get | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-testin/getting-a-coronavirus-test-in-wuhan-fast-cheap-and-easy-idUSKCN21W0C5 | 2020-04-14 |
| But it will likely bristle at any process over which it deems Beijing has too much influence analysts say | Negative | Support is growing for debt relief to help the worlds poorest indebted nations most of them in Africa confront the economic havoc wreaked by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-china-analy/china-in-the-drivers-seat-amid-calls-for-africa-debt-relief-idUSKCN21V0CS | 2020-04-13 |
| Beijing has a history of working with struggling borrowers but the process often aims to ease shortterm pressure to ensure eventual repayment | Negative | Support is growing for debt relief to help the worlds poorest indebted nations most of them in Africa confront the economic havoc wreaked by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-china-analy/china-in-the-drivers-seat-amid-calls-for-africa-debt-relief-idUSKCN21V0CS | 2020-04-13 |
| The Group of African Ambassadors in Beijing immediately demands the cessation of forceful testing quarantine and other inhuman treatments meted out to it said | Negative | JOHANNESBURG African ambassadors in China have written to the countrys foreign minister over what they call discrimination against Africans as the country seeks to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/african-ambassadors-complain-to-china-over-discrimination-in-guangzhou-idUSKCN21T0T7 | 2020-04-13 |
| BEIJING China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-new-coronavirus-cases-rise-to-near-six-week-high-idUSKCN21V01A | 2020-04-13 |
| Beijing schools closed by the coronavirus outbreak will reopen to senior high school students and senior middle school students state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday citing a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Education Commission | Negative | Beijing schools closed by the coronavirus outbreak will reopen to senior high school students and senior middle school students state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday citing a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Education Commission | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-to-reopen-some-schools-after-coronavirus-closures-state-media-idUSKCN21U08X | 2020-04-13 |
| At the peak of the outbreak in Wuhan some African nations refused to evacuate their students from China expressing confidence in Beijings ability to handle the outbreak | Negative | NAIROBI Several African countries have demanded that China address their concerns that Africans in Guangzhou city are being mistreated and harassed amid fears there of a potential spread of coronavirus from imported cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/some-african-nations-complain-about-treatment-of-africans-in-chinas-guangzhou-idUSKCN21T0T7 | 2020-04-12 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday that Beijing is opposed to any action by the United States to revoke China Telecom Corps authorisation to provide international telecommunications to and from the United States | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday that Beijing is opposed to any action by the United States to revoke China Telecom Corps authorisation to provide international telecommunications to and from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-telecom-mofa/china-firmly-opposes-u-s-action-against-china-telecom-foreign-ministry-idUSKCN21S0NR | 2020-04-11 |
| Chinas foreign ministry said on Friday that Beijing is firmly to any action by the United States against China Telecom | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies on Thursday called on the Federal Communications Commission to revoke China Telecom Corps | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-agencies-back-revoking-ability-of-china-telecom-to-operate-in-u-s-idUSKCN21R37B | 2020-04-11 |
| Beijing Aeonmed said it had not applied for approval from the U.S. Food Drug Administration for the Shangrila 510S and that producing 10000 units in such a short time was | Negative | On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing machines critical to keeping COVID19 patients alive at each | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ventilators/outbid-and-left-hanging-u-s-states-scramble-for-ventilators-idUSKCN21S20D | 2020-04-11 |
| The Beijing government on Thursday announced new guidance for bars in the capital mandating that tables be set at least one metre | Negative | China China took new measures on Wednesday to try to prevent asymptomatic silent of the new coronavirus from causing a second wave of infections as the country reported another modest rise in confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-seeks-to-contain-silent-carriers-of-new-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R009 | 2020-04-10 |
| Daimler which owns the MercedesBenz brand said on Wednesday China demand had recovered to near precrisis levels and its factory in Beijing had resumed production running a twoshift system | Positive | Chinas auto market the worlds biggest will gradually recover and remain stable for a long period despite shortterm pressure from the coronavirus epidemic officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-autos/chinas-car-market-seen-rebounding-from-virus-as-lockdowns-ease-idUSKCN21R13A | 2020-04-10 |
| Earlier Dr Bruce Aylward senior adviser to Tedros also defended the U.N. agencys relationship with China saying its work with Beijing authorities was important to understand the outbreak | Positive | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agencys handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trumps criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-head-defends-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic-against-trump-criticism-idUSKCN21Q2UJ | 2020-04-09 |
| Travel within China is also complicated by movement curbs retained in some regions such as Beijing the capital to guard against a second wave of infections from aboard | Negative | BEIJING Chinas first test of travel demand after its coronavirus outbreak was the Qingming festival last weekend but rather than hopping on a plane or train Shan Mingyu and five of her family drove to a resort town close to her eastern home of Yixing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-travel/chinese-stay-close-to-home-after-coronavirus-brought-under-control-idUSKCN21R0KL | 2020-04-09 |
| People from Wuhan arriving in Beijing must undergo two rounds of testing for the virus | Positive | WUHAN China The Chinese city where the new coronavirus emerged ended its morethan twomonth lockdown on Wednesday even as a small northern city ordered restrictions on residents amid concern about a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-wuhan-ends-its-coronavirus-lockdown-but-elsewhere-one-begins-idUSKBN21Q01W | 2020-04-09 |
| Trump told the daily White House briefing on the coronavirus that Beijings payment was a small fraction of Washingtons WHO contribution and that was not fair at all | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agencys handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trumps criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-head-defends-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic-against-trump-criticism-idUSKCN21Q2UJ | 2020-04-09 |
| Watching in Beijing was local resident Ding Linlin who The epidemic situation in China is getting better and better | Neutral | The largest brightest supermoon of 2020 rose in the night sky on Tuesday over hushed cities stilled factories and countries in lockdown due to the novel coronavirus that has killed tens of thousands worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-supermoon-sighting/largest-supermoon-of-2020-rises-on-a-world-battling-covid-19-idUSKBN21P323 | 2020-04-08 |
| The ripple effects of events in Beijing were soon felt in Wuhan | Neutral | BEIJING As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-wuhan-scientists-i/painful-lesson-how-a-military-style-lockdown-unfolded-in-wuhan-idUSKBN21Q0KD | 2020-04-08 |
| Last week Republican Senator Marco Rubio called for the resignation of Tedros saying he allowed Beijing to use the WHO to mislead the global community | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on U.S. funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/trump-says-who-is-china-centric-really-blew-it-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21P2E1 | 2020-04-08 |
| Trump said last week Chinas statistics seemed a little bit on the light while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijings figures were accurate | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged all countries to be transparent and honest as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic a thinly veiled swipe at China which reported no deaths from the illness for the first time since the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/in-apparent-swipe-at-china-pompeo-calls-for-transparency-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN21P2AY | 2020-04-08 |
| People from Wuhan arriving in the Chinese capital Beijing will have to undergo two rounds of testing for the virus | Positive | WUHAN China The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out Wuhan ended a twomonth lockdown on Wednesday but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-wuhan-lockdown-ends-but-another-begins-as-local-coronavirus-cases-rise-idUSKBN21Q01W | 2020-04-08 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it had approved its first emergency assistance loan of 2 | Negative | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it had approved its first emergency assistance loan of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib/beijing-backed-aiib-approves-emergency-loan-to-china-to-help-with-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21P16H | 2020-04-08 |
| On Jan 19 the group of about a half dozen scientists returned to Beijing where they reported their findings to the National Health Commission which formulates Chinas health policy | Neutral | BEIJING As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-wuhan-scientists-i/painful-lesson-how-a-military-style-lockdown-unfolded-in-wuhan-idUSKBN21Q0KD | 2020-04-08 |
| Beijing and Chongqing have particularly financial needs in addressing health challenges as a result of their large populations the statement said | Neutral | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it had approved its first emergency assistance loan of 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib/beijing-backed-aiib-approves-emergency-loan-to-china-to-help-with-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21P16H | 2020-04-08 |
| The Wuhan government and the National Health Commission in Beijing did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BEIJING As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-wuhan-scientists-i/painful-lesson-how-a-military-style-lockdown-unfolded-in-wuhan-idUSKBN21Q0KD | 2020-04-08 |
| Chinas constitution guarantees religious freedom but under President Xi Jinping Beijing has tightened restrictions on religions seen as a challenge to the authority of the ruling Communist Party | Negative | The Utahbased Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints also known as the Mormon church plans to open its first temple in mainland China at a time when Beijing has been clamping down steadily on religious freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/mormon-church-to-open-first-temple-in-mainland-china-idUSKBN21O1DV | 2020-04-07 |
| The Utahbased Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints also known as the Mormon church plans to open its first temple in mainland China at a time when Beijing has been clamping down steadily on religious freedoms | Negative | The Utahbased Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints also known as the Mormon church plans to open its first temple in mainland China at a time when Beijing has been clamping down steadily on religious freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/mormon-church-to-open-first-temple-in-mainland-china-idUSKBN21O1DV | 2020-04-07 |
| BEIJING Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday up from 30 a day earlier and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak despite drastic containment efforts | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday up from 30 a day earlier and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak despite drastic containment efforts | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-sees-rises-in-new-coronavirus-cases-asymptomatic-patients-idUSKBN21O01M | 2020-04-06 |
| Beijing time the country observed a threeminute silence to mourn those who died including frontline medical workers and doctors | Negative | China China on Saturday mourned the thousands of who have died in the coronavirus outbreak flying the national flag at half mast across the country and suspending all forms of entertainment | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-mourns-thousands-who-died-in-countrys-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN21M00H | 2020-04-05 |
| BEIJING Organisers of the Beijing autoshow which was scheduled to be held in lateApril said on Friday the event would be held between Sept | Neutral | BEIJING Organisers of the Beijing autoshow which was scheduled to be held in lateApril said on Friday the event would be held between Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing-autoshow/beijing-autoshow-postponed-to-september-due-to-virus-idUSKBN21L139 | 2020-04-04 |
| Beijing has indefinitely banned entry by foreigners to hold down cases involving overseas travellers though it has chartered planes to bring home citizens from countries with severe outbreaks | Negative | WUHAN China The top official in Chinas coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan warned residents to stay vigilant and avoid going out even as the latest data showed a decline in new cases in the mainland and no new infections in the central city | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/wuhan-official-urges-vigilance-as-china-plans-to-mourn-coronavirus-martyrs-idUSKBN21L03J | 2020-04-04 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry is advising foreign diplomats to stop coming to Beijing after the country temporarily banned most foreigners from entering to prevent a resurgence of a coronavirus epidemic a spokeswoman said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry is advising foreign diplomats to stop coming to Beijing after the country temporarily banned most foreigners from entering to prevent a resurgence of a coronavirus epidemic a spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomats/china-advises-foreign-diplomats-to-stop-coming-to-beijing-idUSKBN21L0TR | 2020-04-04 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it was proposing to its board to form a billion financing facility to help public and private sector entities navigate the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it was proposing to its board to form a billion financing facility to help public and private sector entities navigate the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib/china-backed-aiib-proposes-5-billion-funding-line-for-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21L09R | 2020-04-03 |
| Still the top official in Wuhan on Friday warned residents to strengthen selfprotection measures and avoid going out as Beijing preaches vigilance to avoid a resurgence of infections | Negative | WUHAN China Volunteers in hazmat suits have been spraying Wuhan with disinfectant to help the Chinese city where the coronavirus first took hold get back to work as the number of new cases in China drops | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhanvolunte/volunteer-disinfectant-sprayers-help-wuhan-prepare-for-a-return-to-work-idUSKBN21L063 | 2020-04-03 |
| The project part of Beijings One Belt One Road initiative intended to open new foreign trade links for Chinese firms has been stalled for years | Negative | BUDAPEST Hungary wants to classify all data included in contracts for the | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-china-rail-legislation/hungary-eager-for-loan-wants-to-classify-details-of-budapest-belgrade-chinese-rail-project-idUSKBN21K2A2 | 2020-04-03 |
| SYDNEY Beijing has ramped up its diplomatic push into the Pacific pledging coronavirus aid and medical advice although its efforts are being impeded as islands close borders to stop the spread of the disease from hotspots including China | Negative | SYDNEY Beijing has ramped up its diplomatic push into the Pacific pledging coronavirus aid and medical advice although its efforts are being impeded as islands close borders to stop the spread of the disease from hotspots including China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pacific/china-and-australia-target-pacific-with-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21J4WG | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed a little bit on the light while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijings figures were accurate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed a little bit on the light while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijings figures were accurate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-says-chinas-coronavirus-numbers-seem-on-the-light-side-idUSKBN21K0AK | 2020-04-02 |
| KONG Beijing is stepping up its oversight of exports of coronavirus test kits after several European countries complained about the accuracy of some Chinesemade tests | Negative | KONG Beijing is stepping up its oversight of exports of coronavirus test kits after several European countries complained about the accuracy of some Chinesemade tests | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testkits/china-clamps-down-on-coronavirus-test-kit-exports-after-accuracy-questioned-idUSKBN21J51S | 2020-04-02 |
| TAIPEI Anger at being confused with China amid the coronavirus outbreak and Beijings steppedup efforts to assert sovereignty is stirring heated debate in Taiwan about how to further distance itself from its giant and often threatening neighbour | Negative | TAIPEI Anger at being confused with China amid the coronavirus outbreak and Beijings steppedup efforts to assert sovereignty is stirring heated debate in Taiwan about how to further distance itself from its giant and often threatening neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-china/in-taiwan-anger-at-china-over-virus-drives-identity-debate-idUSKBN21J4JK | 2020-04-02 |
| The commercial hub of Shanghai saw 11 new imported cases on Monday mainly among returning Chinese nationals while Beijing had three | Negative | China will start releasing information from Wednesday on coronavirus patients who show no disease symptoms ordering them into quarantine for 14 days a health official said after the mainland witnessed its first rise in infections in five days | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-zeroes-in-on-coronavirus-patients-with-no-symptoms-as-new-infections-rise-idUSKBN21I036 | 2020-04-01 |
| The epidemic makes life hard for SMEs which is why Beijing is accelerating the said Zhang Chi CEO of private equity firm Xin Ding Capital | Negative | KONG One unforeseen outcome from the coronavirus outbreak in China is that it is speeding up capital market reform even as economic activity is gummed up by restrictions to contain its spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-ipo-analys/chinas-mini-ipo-reform-takes-on-new-virus-urgency-idUSKBN21I1B8 | 2020-04-01 |
| Konyndyk said while Beijing concealed the severity of the initial outbreak it does not appear to be doctoring numbers now however | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. spy agencies seek to assemble a precise picture of the worlds coronavirus outbreaks they are finding serious gaps in their ability to assess the situation in China Russia and North Korea according to five U.S. government sources familiar with the intelligence reporting | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-spies/u-s-spies-find-coronavirus-spread-in-china-north-korea-russia-hard-to-chart-idUSKBN21H3CW | 2020-03-31 |
| Hubei province the centre of Chinas outbreak and capital Beijing will be allowed to put forward opinions on their own timetables for the tests China Central Television reported | Positive | China will postpone the annual national university entrance examinations by one month to July 7 and 8 due to the coronavirus outbreak state television reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-gaokao/china-to-postpone-gaokao-college-entrance-exams-due-to-coronavirus-state-media-idUSKBN21I0DY | 2020-03-31 |
| Beijing the capital still bears the brunt of the said Xu Hejian spokesman for the Beijing government told reporters | Neutral | WUHAN China A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had basically been a senior health official said on Sunday while eased travel curbs may also add to domestic risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-defends-against-incoming-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21G00G | 2020-03-30 |
| The ruling Communist Party in Beijing used draconian measures to fight the virus across the country but the strictest were saved for Wuhan | Negative | WUHAN China The bright yellow barricades snake through the streets of up the epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak into segments that can be easily monitored for people disobeying orders to stay home | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-wuhan-barricades/in-china-walled-up-wuhan-awaits-life-beyond-the-barricades-idUSKBN21G0I9 | 2020-03-30 |
| Beijingbased retired basketball star Stephon Marbury is arranging an urgent shipment of surgical masks from China to New York to fight the coronavirus he said on social media on Sunday | Positive | Beijingbased retired basketball star Stephon Marbury is arranging an urgent shipment of surgical masks from China to New York to fight the coronavirus he said on social media on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-marbury-masks/former-nba-star-trying-to-broker-deal-to-ship-masks-to-new-york-idUSKBN21H00Z | 2020-03-30 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu extended a personal invitation on Saturday for three major U.S. newspapers to station on the island their Chinabased journalists whose expulsion Beijing has announced | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu extended a personal invitation on Saturday for three major U.S. newspapers to station on the island their Chinabased journalists whose expulsion Beijing has announced | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media-taiwan/taiwan-foreign-minister-invites-u-s-reporters-expelled-by-china-idUSKBN21F09G | 2020-03-29 |
| The statement did not directly answer the newspapers request but suggested Beijing was in no mood to accept it | Neutral | BEIJING China hit out at what it called reporting on Friday in a frosty response to a request by three major U.S. newspapers to reverse the expulsion of several of their Chinabased journalists | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media/china-gives-chilly-response-to-request-for-u-s-journalists-to-remain-in-country-idUSKBN21E20R | 2020-03-28 |
| Mainland China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus case in three days and 54 new imported cases as Beijing ordered airlines to slash international flights | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-28 |
| Goldman in 2004 set up its China securities JV with Beijing Gao Hua Securities which was cofounded by veteran Chinese banker Fang Fenglei | Positive | The approvals come as policymakers and authorities step up efforts to shield the worlds secondlargest economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-morgan-stanley-china/goldman-morgan-stanley-receive-approvals-for-majority-stakes-in-china-ventures-idUSKBN21E1AO | 2020-03-28 |
| SHENZHEN Francesca Torlai has always got on well with her neighbors when walking her Pekingese mixbreed Waffles through the back streets of Beijing but recently the Italian has started to overhear people referring to her suspiciously | Positive | SHENZHEN Francesca Torlai has always got on well with her neighbors when walking her Pekingese mixbreed Waffles through the back streets of Beijing but recently the Italian has started to overhear people referring to her suspiciously | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-foreigners/foreigners-face-suspicion-in-china-as-coronavirus-worsens-overseas-idUSKBN21E1DU | 2020-03-28 |
| Beijing has also ordered airlines to sharply cut international flights from Sunday | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas official media told people to stay on guard against the coronavirus on Saturday and restrictions on foreigners entering went into effect as the country reported no new locally transmitted infections and a small drop in imported cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinese-asked-to-stay-vigilant-as-coronavirus-cases-slow-idUSKBN21F00F | 2020-03-28 |
| There was no immediate reaction from Beijing which is already angry about Trumps accusations that China poorly handled the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | TAIPEI U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law an act that requires increased U.S. support for Taiwan internationally which will likely infuriate a China already angry with Trumps criticism of the handling of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-increases-support-for-taiwan-in-recognition-battle-with-china-idUSKBN21E0B7 | 2020-03-27 |
| In Brazil rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro has moved quickly to heal a diplomatic rift with China and Chinese officials have said Beijing would assist with medical supplies and technical assistance | Positive | BUENOS AIRES As Argentina was scrambling to introduce emergency measures to insulate its ailing economy from the coronavirus last week the Chinese ambassador paid a visit to the home of President Alberto Fernandez to discuss an offer | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latam-china-featur/with-u-s-hit-by-virus-china-courts-latin-america-with-medical-diplomacy-idUSKBN21D346 | 2020-03-27 |
| The push has sparked concern in China and elsewhere rekindling tensions with Beijing at a moment when global leaders are calling for a coordinated response to the outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON White House plans to expand Buy mandates to the medical equipment and pharmaceutical sectors could worsen shortages of urgently needed medicines and delay discovery of a vaccine for the new coronavirus over 80 business groups warned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-business-groups-warn-buy-america-order-would-harm-pandemic-response-idUSKBN21D1SM | 2020-03-27 |
| Beijing has already diverted flights to other cities where passengers will be screened and quarantined | Negative | XIANNING China Life started returning to normal on Wednesday after two months of lockdown in Hubei province epicenter of Chinas coronavirus outbreak with traffic controls lifted construction resuming and people catching buses and trains across onceshut borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/locked-down-no-longer-chinas-hubei-begins-return-to-normal-idUSKBN21C01A | 2020-03-26 |
| The CDC office in Beijing is a shell of its former said one of the people a U.S. official who worked in China at the time of the drawdown | Negative | The Trump administration cut staff by more than twothirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China as part of a larger rollback of U.S.funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-slashed-cdc-staff-inside-china-prior-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C3N5 | 2020-03-26 |
| Mainland China reported a second consecutive day of no new local coronavirus cases as the countrys epicenter of the epidemic Hubei province opened its borders but imported cases rose as Beijing ramped controls to prevent a resurgence of infections | Positive | Mainland China reported a second consecutive day of no new local coronavirus cases as the countrys epicenter of the epidemic Hubei province opened its borders but imported cases rose as Beijing ramped controls to prevent a resurgence of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-second-consecutive-day-of-no-new-local-coronavirus-transmissions-imported-cases-rise-idUSKBN21D02O | 2020-03-26 |
| In Beijing foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China had shared information and urged Washington to cease politicizing the epidemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and some top aides have repeatedly excoriated China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic a stance that even some in his administration worry could bring a dangerous backlash from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-risks-blowback-from-war-of-words-with-china-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3KS | 2020-03-26 |
| Beijing has long considered building 5G should be a strategic priority following its comparatively late establishment of 3G networks | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a lengthy document on Tuesday calling on localities to accelerate 5G network buildouts and applications to minimize the impact of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-5g/chinas-it-ministry-urges-faster-5g-rollout-government-document-idUSKBN21B0WY | 2020-03-25 |
| Pompeo a persistent critic of Beijing and the Communist Party said very important would have to be made in future about how the U.S.China relationship was structured | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday sharpened his criticism of Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak saying its ruling Communist Party was still denying the world information it needs to prevent further cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-pompeo/pompeo-says-china-still-withholding-coronavirus-information-idUSKBN21B3IH | 2020-03-25 |
| Chinas capital city Beijing has already diverted flights to other cities where passengers will be screened and quarantined | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported a drop in new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday as imported infections fell and no locally transmitted infections were reported including in central Hubei province the epicentre of the outbreak in China | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/mainland-china-reports-drop-in-new-imported-coronavirus-cases-no-local-transmissions-idUSKBN21C01A | 2020-03-25 |
| Beijing is counting consumer credit to help consumption recovery said Ye Yanfei director general of the policy research department from China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on Sunday | Positive | Chinese consumer finance companies are rushing to fund lending by selling assetbacked securities as they join banks in a governmentled campaign to boost consumption in an economy ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-lending/chinese-consumer-finance-firms-rush-to-raise-money-via-abs-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B180 | 2020-03-25 |
| Chinas capital Beijing said plans to offer new licenses to new energy vehicles and other policies to boost auto sales hit by the coronavirus epidemic had not been researched by authorities yet reversing earlier state media reports | Positive | Chinas capital Beijing said plans to offer new licenses to new energy vehicles and other policies to boost auto sales hit by the coronavirus epidemic had not been researched by authorities yet reversing earlier state media reports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-autos/beijing-city-says-auto-stimulus-policies-reported-by-media-were-not-researched-idUSKBN21B0PI | 2020-03-25 |
| Earlier on Tuesday statebacked media reported Beijing city was considering plans to stimulate demand for automobiles after the coronavirus epidemic hit sales badly | Negative | Chinas capital Beijing said plans to offer new licenses to new energy vehicles and other policies to boost auto sales hit by the coronavirus epidemic had not been researched by authorities yet reversing earlier state media reports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-autos/beijing-city-says-auto-stimulus-policies-reported-by-media-were-not-researched-idUSKBN21B0PI | 2020-03-25 |
| Despite his strong criticism of China Pompeo refrained from referring to the virus as the Chinese or the Wuhan labels that have angered Beijing and which he has used repeatedly | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday sharpened his criticism of Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak saying its ruling Communist Party was still denying the world information it needs to prevent further cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-pompeo/pompeo-says-china-still-withholding-coronavirus-information-idUSKBN21B3IH | 2020-03-25 |
| Beijings commerce bureau said the reported policies aimed at boosting the citys auto sector had not yet been researched and it did not elaborate if it would research the policies | Positive | Chinas capital Beijing said plans to offer new licenses to new energy vehicles and other policies to boost auto sales hit by the coronavirus epidemic had not been researched by authorities yet reversing earlier state media reports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-autos/beijing-city-says-auto-stimulus-policies-reported-by-media-were-not-researched-idUSKBN21B0PI | 2020-03-25 |
| In addition Beijing may be unwilling to admit through official statistics just how bad the economic impact of the virus was the statement said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economy suffered through an first quarter as a coronavirus epidemic hammered business activity with deterioration even as firms were supposed to be going back to work a private survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-business/virus-had-eye-popping-impact-on-chinas-economy-beige-book-idUSKBN21A3R9 | 2020-03-24 |
| Mainland China on Monday reported a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases reversing four straight days of increases as the capital Beijing ramped up measures to contain the number of infections arriving from abroad | Negative | Mainland China on Monday reported a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases reversing four straight days of increases as the capital Beijing ramped up measures to contain the number of infections arriving from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-sees-drop-in-new-coronavirus-cases-all-of-them-imported-idUSKBN21A014 | 2020-03-24 |
| Beijings city government tightened quarantine rules for individuals arriving from overseas saying on Tuesday that everyone entering the city will be subject to centralised quarantine and health checks | Negative | BEIJING Chinas Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated will lift travel restrictions on people leaving the region as the epidemic there eases but other regions will tighten controls as new cases double due to imported infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/hubei-relaxes-restrictions-as-chinas-new-coronavirus-infections-double-idUSKBN21B01X | 2020-03-24 |
| However schools in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have yet to say when they will ask students to return | Neutral | Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has rolled out a new tracking app aimed at students who are preparing to return to school the latest tool in the countrys coronavirus combat arsenal as the outbreak shows signs of easing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tencent/tencent-rolls-out-new-health-tracking-code-aimed-at-chinas-students-idUSKBN21A1J4 | 2020-03-24 |
| Chinas capital city Beijing is considering plans to stimulate demand for automobiles after the coronavirus epidemic hit sales badly the state backed Beijing News newspaper reported on Tuesday | Negative | Chinas capital city Beijing is considering plans to stimulate demand for automobiles after the coronavirus epidemic hit sales badly the state backed Beijing News newspaper reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-autos/beijing-city-weighs-plans-to-stimulate-autos-demand-due-to-coronavirus-report-idUSKBN21B0PI | 2020-03-24 |
| With the Beijing Winter Olympics looming in 2022 any postponement of the Tokyo Olympics will be a year at the the official was quoted as saying | Negative | TOKYO Japans government is negotiating with the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games by a maximum one year the Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-japan/japan-in-talks-with-ioc-to-postpone-tokyo-olympics-by-one-year-report-idUSKBN21A3UK | 2020-03-24 |
| BEIJING Beijings city government is further strengthening quarantine rules for individuals who arrive in China from overseas as the Chinese capital seeks to minimize coronavirusrelated risks Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING Beijings city government is further strengthening quarantine rules for individuals who arrive in China from overseas as the Chinese capital seeks to minimize coronavirusrelated risks Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-tightens-quarantine-rules-for-travelers-from-overseas-official-media-idUSKBN21B07T | 2020-03-24 |
| BEIJING A Chinese central bank official called on Sunday for stepped up global policy coordination to manage the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak and said Beijings recent policy measures were gaining traction while it had capacity for further action | Positive | BEIJING A Chinese central bank official called on Sunday for stepped up global policy coordination to manage the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak and said Beijings recent policy measures were gaining traction while it had capacity for further action | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pboc/china-central-bank-calls-for-stepped-up-global-policy-coordination-idUSKBN21905B | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China Reuters has learned | Negative | WASHINGTON Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21910S | 2020-03-23 |
| Mainland China saw a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases reversing four straight days of gains as the capital Beijing ramped up measures to contain the number of infections arriving from abroad | Negative | Mainland China saw a drop in its daily tally of new coronavirus cases reversing four straight days of gains as the capital Beijing ramped up measures to contain the number of infections arriving from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-sees-drop-in-new-coronavirus-cases-all-new-cases-imported-idUSKBN21A014 | 2020-03-23 |
| Safely landed back in Beijing to finish out the CBA the Beijing Ducks point guard wrote in an accompanying message on Instagram | Positive | BEIJING American basketball players including Jeremy Lin have started returning to China in anticipation of the resumption of the Chinese Basketball Association season which was suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-basketball-china/basketball-americans-return-as-chinese-league-eyes-resumption-idUSKBN21804N | 2020-03-21 |
| CHICAGO China has promised it will not impose a nationwide ban on imports of U.S. poultry if the United States finds cases of avian flu an industry group said a policy change that could help Beijing fulfill commitments to buy more American farm goods | Positive | CHICAGO China has promised it will not impose a nationwide ban on imports of U.S. poultry if the United States finds cases of avian flu an industry group said a policy change that could help Beijing fulfill commitments to buy more American farm goods | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-poultry/china-removes-threat-of-total-ban-on-u-s-poultry-if-bird-flu-is-found-industry-group-idUSKBN2173E7 | 2020-03-21 |
| From Washington to London Beijing to Rome governments are drafting automakers and aerospace manufacturers to ramp up production of ventilators and other medical equipment to bolster what most experts say is an inadequate arsenal of coronavirus treatment tools | Negative | From Washington to London Beijing to Rome governments are drafting automakers and aerospace manufacturers to ramp up production of ventilators and other medical equipment to bolster what most experts say is an inadequate arsenal of coronavirus treatment tools | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-meggitt-ventilator/worlds-governments-draft-manufacturers-for-virus-treatment-arsenal-idUSKBN2163SJ | 2020-03-20 |
| Beijing faces constraints from rising debt levels and falling investment returns following repeated stimulus efforts since the global financial crisis when it unleashed a massive spending package | Negative | BEIJING China is set to unleash trillions of yuan of fiscal stimulus to revive an economy expected to shrink for the first time in four decades amid the coronavirus pandemic while a planned growth target is likely to be cut according to four policy sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-stimulus-exclusive/exclusive-china-to-ramp-up-spending-to-revive-economy-could-cut-growth-target-sources-idUSKBN2161NW | 2020-03-20 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas aviation asked airlines to cut and ordered some Beijing ones to be rerouted as the country grapples with a rising number of imported coronavirus cases especially in the capital | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas aviation asked airlines to cut and ordered some Beijing ones to be rerouted as the country grapples with a rising number of imported coronavirus cases especially in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-flights/china-asks-airlines-to-cut-international-flights-redirects-some-due-to-virus-idUSKBN2161RW | 2020-03-20 |
| New imported coronavirus infections hit a record of 21 in Beijing data showed on Thursday piling pressure on authorities to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases | Negative | China and the epicenter of its coronavirus outbreak Wuhan city have reported no new domestic transmissions for the first time raising hopes that strict containment efforts to stop the spread of the virus are working | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-reports-no-new-local-coronavirus-transmissions-for-first-time-idUSKBN216085 | 2020-03-20 |
| Beijing has halted selfquarantine for overseas arrivals which had previously been allowed according to state media | Neutral | China and the epicenter of its coronavirus outbreak Wuhan city have reported no new domestic transmissions for the first time raising hopes that strict containment efforts to stop the spread of the virus are working | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-reports-no-new-local-coronavirus-transmissions-for-first-time-idUSKBN216085 | 2020-03-20 |
| The move follows a similar policy imposed by the capital Beijing this week as China seeks to slow the number of coronavirus cases from people arriving from abroad | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central Hubei province will transfer all arrivals from abroad who show no risks of coronavirus infection to a central quarantine facility for 14 days reported state media on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-hubei/chinas-hubei-to-send-all-arrivals-from-abroad-to-central-quarantine-for-14-days-state-media-idUSKBN21513E | 2020-03-19 |
| Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases data released on Thursday showed as new local transmissions in China fell to zero putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases | Negative | Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases data released on Thursday showed as new local transmissions in China fell to zero putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-hit-by-record-imported-coronavirus-cases-no-china-transmissions-idUSKBN216085 | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON March 18 U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric against China over the coronavirus saying Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world and dismissing criticism that his labeling it the Chinese was racist | Negative | WASHINGTON March 18 U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric against China over the coronavirus saying Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world and dismissing criticism that his labeling it the Chinese was racist | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-ratchets-up-criticism-of-china-over-coronavirus-idUSL1N2BB295 | 2020-03-19 |
| Since last week Beijing Capital International Airport has carved out a special zone for all international flights with all disembarking passengers required to submit to health checks | Neutral | Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases data released on Thursday showed as new local transmissions in China fell to zero putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-hit-by-record-imported-coronavirus-cases-no-china-transmissions-idUSKBN216085 | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric against China over the coronavirus saying Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world and dismissing criticism that his labeling it the Chinese was racist | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up his rhetoric against China over the coronavirus saying Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world and dismissing criticism that his labeling it the Chinese was racist | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-china/trump-ratchets-up-criticism-of-china-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2153N5 | 2020-03-19 |
| But under Hong Kongs Basic Law as its mini constitution is known Beijing is ultimately responsible for foreign affairs and defence in Hong Kong | Neutral | BEIJING China defended its decision on Wednesday to expel American journalists from three U.S. newspapers and bar them even from working in Hong Kong saying the measure falls within the central governments purview over diplomatic affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-journalists/china-says-within-its-rights-to-bar-u-s-reporters-from-hong-kong-idUSKBN2150XF | 2020-03-19 |
| Those laws provide for Beijing control over foreign affairs and defense but give Hong Kong its own government law enforcement bodies and legal system | Positive | HONG KONG Officers from Chinas top internal security force the Peoples Armed Police joined Hong Kong police on the frontlines to observe antigovernment protests that peaked last year according to a senior foreign diplomat and an opposition politician | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-military-exclusive/exclusive-chinas-internal-security-force-on-frontlines-of-hong-kong-protests-idUSKBN2150JZ | 2020-03-18 |
| The latest development follows a war of words between Washington and Beijing over the outbreak of the new coronavirus which causes a highly contagious sometimes fatal respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | YORK China is withdrawing the press credentials of American journalists at three U.S. newspapers intensifying a bitter fight between the worlds top two economies that has widened to include the coronavirus outbreak and media freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/china-expels-american-journalists-as-spat-with-u-s-escalates-idUSKBN2143AN | 2020-03-18 |
| Emma Wang a film producer in Beijing said she regularly goes outside to walk her dog but does not feel any pentup need to go shopping amid uncertain economic times | Negative | SHANGHAI As shops shut their doors across Europe and the United States in China the sharp drop in new coronavirus cases has encouraged consumers to venture back into malls and restaurants for the most part quite gingerly but occasionally in throngs | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-retail/as-chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-eases-a-wary-return-to-shops-for-consumers-idUSKBN21447W | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSKBN2143IG | 2020-03-18 |
| Pompeo said he did not think Beijings move was a balanced response | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted Chinas decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-hopes-china-will-reconsider-move-against-u-s-journalists-idUSKBN2143IG | 2020-03-18 |
| Beijing said the expelled journalists would not be permitted to work in mainland China Hong Kong or Macau | Negative | YORK China is withdrawing the press credentials of American journalists at three U.S. newspapers intensifying a bitter fight between the worlds top two economies that has widened to include the coronavirus outbreak and media freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/china-expels-american-journalists-as-spat-with-u-s-escalates-idUSKBN2143AN | 2020-03-18 |
| Beijing said it was retaliating against U.S. restrictions on Chinese journalists | Negative | story by removing reference in second paragraph to the dispute | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media/corrected-update-5-china-expels-american-journalists-as-spat-with-u-s-escalates-idUSL4N2BA4NO | 2020-03-18 |
| The capital Beijing accounted for nine of the imported new cases even as it imposed tough restrictions to screen out and isolate infections coming from abroad | Negative | China reported another rise in new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as infections from abroad outnumbered cases of local transmission for a fourth consecutive day prompting some parts of the country to tighten monitoring of foreign travellers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-tightens-checks-on-foreigners-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-now-pose-biggest-threat-idUSKBN21340T | 2020-03-17 |
| Beijing Capital International Airport has cordoned off a special zone for all international flights with all disembarking passengers required to submit to health checks | Neutral | China reported another rise in new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as infections from abroad outnumbered cases of local transmission for a fourth consecutive day prompting some parts of the country to tighten monitoring of foreign travellers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-tightens-checks-on-foreigners-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-now-pose-biggest-threat-idUSKBN21340T | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON A war of words between China and the United States showed no signs of let up on Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with a top Chinese diplomat expressing strong U.S. over what Washington sees as Beijings efforts to shift blame for the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON A war of words between China and the United States showed no signs of let up on Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with a top Chinese diplomat expressing strong U.S. over what Washington sees as Beijings efforts to shift blame for the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pompeo-react/pompeo-conveyed-strong-u-s-objections-to-beijing-over-covid-19-accusations-idUSKBN21336C | 2020-03-17 |
| The capital Beijing is ordering 14 days in its quarantine facilities for anyone arriving from aboard starting Monday | Positive | Chinese airlines including Air China China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines are planning to reduce international flights in response to the coronavirus pandemic the Global Times reported on Monday citing unidentified sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-airlines/chinas-airlines-to-cut-international-flights-due-to-coronavirus-global-times-idUSKBN2132D6 | 2020-03-17 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trumps tweet calling the coronavirus a Chinese smears China and said Beijing strongly opposes Trumps usage of the words | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trumps tweet calling the coronavirus a Chinese smears China and said Beijing strongly opposes Trumps usage of the words | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-trump/china-says-trumps-chinese-virus-tweet-smears-china-idUSKBN2140XB | 2020-03-17 |
| One video shared online showed residential committee officials telling residents in one apartment they needed to head to a Beijing hotel to be quarantined for 14 days | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas local governments are ramping up surveillance efforts with new data collection campaigns to better trace residents moves in public areas seeking to curb the coronavirus outbreak but heightening privacy concerns | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-data-collection/china-rolls-out-fresh-data-collection-campaign-to-combat-coronavirus-idUSKCN20K0LW | 2020-03-16 |
| Beijing has redirected all international flights that were scheduled to land at its new Daxing International Airport in the south to the older Beijing Capital International Airport in the northeast | Neutral | BEIJING Mainland China reported an overall drop in new coronavirus infections on Sunday but major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai continued to wrestle with cases involving infected travelers arriving from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-sees-fewer-coronavirus-cases-wary-of-international-travelers-idUSKBN213024 | 2020-03-16 |
| Pang Xinghuo deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention urged Beijing residents to not travel abroad to reduce the chances of infection | Negative | China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a second day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-quarantine-airport-checks-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-tick-up-idUSKBN21200S | 2020-03-16 |
| BEIJING Chinas government has room to appropriately raise its budget deficit ratio a spokesman for the countrys statistics bureau said on Monday adding to signals of stepped up efforts by Beijing to stimulate an economy reeling from the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | BEIJING Chinas government has room to appropriately raise its budget deficit ratio a spokesman for the countrys statistics bureau said on Monday adding to signals of stepped up efforts by Beijing to stimulate an economy reeling from the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-activity-fiscal/china-has-room-to-appropriately-raise-budget-deficit-ratio-statistics-bureau-idUSKBN21309Y | 2020-03-16 |
| Travelers who are transiting through Beijing to other destinations will be given special assistance it said | Positive | China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a second day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-quarantine-airport-checks-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-tick-up-idUSKBN21200S | 2020-03-16 |
| Ties between Washington and Beijing are already strained over issues including trade intellectual property rights and press freedom but they have been further tested by the virus outbreak | Negative | BEIJING Some United States politicians are using coronavirus as a weapon to smear China the Xinhua official news agency said on Sunday as a war of words escalated between the two countries over Chinas handling of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-united-state/china-state-media-accuses-u-s-politicians-of-spreading-political-virus-idUSKBN2120UH | 2020-03-16 |
| BEIJING Anyone arriving to Beijing from abroad will be transferred directly to a central quarantine facility for 14 days for observation a city government official said on Sunday | Positive | BEIJING Anyone arriving to Beijing from abroad will be transferred directly to a central quarantine facility for 14 days for observation a city government official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-to-send-all-travelers-from-abroad-to-central-quarantine-facility-for-14-days-idUSKBN2120AS | 2020-03-16 |
| BEIJING Mainland China reported an overall drop in new coronavirus infections on Sunday but major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai continued to wrestle with cases involving infected travelers arriving from abroad | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported an overall drop in new coronavirus infections on Sunday but major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai continued to wrestle with cases involving infected travelers arriving from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-sees-fewer-coronavirus-cases-wary-of-international-travelers-idUSKBN213024 | 2020-03-16 |
| China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a second day | Negative | China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a second day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-quarantine-airport-checks-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-tick-up-idUSKBN21200S | 2020-03-16 |
| China has tightened checks on international travelers with the capital of Beijing requiring anyone arriving from abroad to be transferred to city quarantine facilities for 14 days starting Monday | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported an overall drop in new coronavirus infections on Sunday but major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai continued to wrestle with cases involving infected travelers arriving from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-sees-fewer-coronavirus-cases-wary-of-international-travelers-idUSKBN213024 | 2020-03-16 |
| Against this background the Beijing government has said anyone arriving from abroad will be transferred to city quarantine facilities for 14 days starting Monday | Positive | China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a second day | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-quarantine-airport-checks-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-tick-up-idUSKBN21200S | 2020-03-16 |
| Beijings city government said on Saturday that patients with imported coronavirus will have to cover all treatment fees if they are not enrolled for basic health insurance | Negative | Beijings city government said on Saturday that patients with imported coronavirus will have to cover all treatment fees if they are not enrolled for basic health insurance | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-insurance/beijing-city-government-says-imported-coronavirus-cases-to-cover-all-treatment-fees-idUSKBN2110EG | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy/u-s-summons-chinese-envoy-over-beijings-coronavirus-comments-idUSKBN2102XW | 2020-03-15 |
| David Stillwell the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia delivered a very stern to Chinas ambassador Cui Tiankai a State Department official said adding that Beijings envoy was very defensive | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-diplomacy/u-s-summons-chinese-envoy-over-beijings-coronavirus-comments-idUSKBN2102XW | 2020-03-15 |
| Travellers who are transiting through Beijing to other destinations will be given special assistance it said | Positive | China tightened checks on international travellers arriving at Beijing airport on Sunday after the number of imported new coronavirus infections surpassed locally transmitted cases for a second day in a row | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-airport-checks-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-tick-up-idUSKBN21200S | 2020-03-15 |
| Beijing has framed the battle against coronavirus as a Peoples led by Xi | Negative | BEIJING An influential former Chinese property executive who called President Xi Jinping a over a speech he made last month about the governments efforts to battle the coronavirus has gone missing three of his friends told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tycoon/former-chinese-property-executive-who-criticized-xi-over-virus-handling-is-missing-friends-say-idUSKBN21205W | 2020-03-15 |
| The targeted reserve requirement cut is Beijings latest step to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus outbreak amid worries about job losses with more stimulus expected | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central bank cut the cash that banks must hold as reserves on Friday for the second time this year releasing 550 billion yuan to help its coronavirushit economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-rrr-cut/china-pumps-79-billion-into-economy-with-bank-cash-reserve-cut-idUSKBN2101B3 | 2020-03-14 |
| BEIJING Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang sidestepped questions on Friday about whether Beijing blames the United States for the coronavirus a day after another spokesman suggested the U.S. army could have planted it | Negative | BEIJING Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang sidestepped questions on Friday about whether Beijing blames the United States for the coronavirus a day after another spokesman suggested the U.S. army could have planted it | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-sidesteps-spokesmans-claim-of-u-s-role-in-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21012U | 2020-03-14 |
| SHANGHAI All international flights to Beijing that were scheduled to land at the new Daxing International Airport have been redirected to Beijing Capital International Airport the staterun CCTV reported on Saturday | Neutral | SHANGHAI All international flights to Beijing that were scheduled to land at the new Daxing International Airport have been redirected to Beijing Capital International Airport the staterun CCTV reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-airport/beijing-daxing-redirects-international-flights-to-capital-airport-state-media-idUSKBN2110B7 | 2020-03-14 |
| Asked about OBriens comments Geng told a daily news briefing in Beijing on that such remarks by U.S. officials would not help U.S. epidemic efforts | Negative | BEIJING A spokesman for Chinas Foreign Ministry suggested on Thursday the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan which has been hardest hit by the outbreak doubling down on a war of words with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-government-spokesman-says-u-s-military-may-have-brought-virus-to-china-idUSKBN20Z196 | 2020-03-13 |
| Its introduction is likely to anger China months after Beijing and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump reached an agreement to ease a damaging trade war | Negative | WASHINGTON Leading U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in Chinas Xinjiang region from reaching the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-labor/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-tighten-ban-on-forced-labor-goods-from-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN20Y2DQ | 2020-03-12 |
| Two others in Beijing and Guangdong province involved people who had arrived from Britain and Spain respectively | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to Wuhan since a coronavirus outbreak forced a lockdown of the city of 11 million people in a sign that authorities efforts to control the virus are working | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/xi-visits-wuhan-signaling-tide-turning-in-chinas-coronavirus-battle-idUSKBN20X01F | 2020-03-11 |
| BEIJING Beijing will extend its winter heating season by a week until March 22 as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus epidemic an official from the municipal government said on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING Beijing will extend its winter heating season by a week until March 22 as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus epidemic an official from the municipal government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-to-extend-winter-heating-season-to-help-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20X0ZP | 2020-03-11 |
| BEIJING Foreigners in Chinas capital of Beijing should refrain from unnecessary travel during the coronavirus outbreak a local government official said on Monday adding that the city faces mounting pressure due to a rising number of imported cases from abroad | Negative | BEIJING Foreigners in Chinas capital of Beijing should refrain from unnecessary travel during the coronavirus outbreak a local government official said on Monday adding that the city faces mounting pressure due to a rising number of imported cases from abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/foreigners-in-beijing-should-refrain-from-unnecessary-travel-during-epidemic-government-idUSKBN20W0YT | 2020-03-10 |
| BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday the first time he has done so since the epidemic began and a sign that Beijing believes its control efforts are at a turning point as new cases tumble | Negative | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday the first time he has done so since the epidemic began and a sign that Beijing believes its control efforts are at a turning point as new cases tumble | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-president-xi-visits-wuhan-as-number-of-new-coronavirus-cases-tumbles-idUSKBN20X01F | 2020-03-10 |
| In Chinas capital of Beijing officials have urged foreigners in the city to avoid unnecessary travel | Negative | Mainland China reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside the epicenter of Hubei province for the second day running on Monday but a top Communist Party official warned against people dropping their guard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-no-new-locally-transmitted-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-idUSKBN20W00Y | 2020-03-10 |
| Daily passenger flows in Beijing the capital city in China are only at of the preholiday level | Neutral | Chinas business and travel activities are steadily recovering after being disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak but rapidly rising infections globally will pose a challenge to the countrys broader economic resumption | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-bigdata-grap/business-picks-up-pace-in-china-but-global-virus-spread-may-slow-recovery-idUSKBN20W0RO | 2020-03-10 |
| The company has about 200 clients in Beijing using the technology including the police and expect scores more across 20 provinces to start installing it soon Huang said | Negative | BEIJING A Chinese company says it has developed the countrys first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask as most are these days because of the coronavirus and help in the fight against the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition/even-mask-wearers-can-be-idd-china-facial-recognition-firm-says-idUSKBN20W0WL | 2020-03-10 |
| Beijing time on Sunday authorities had retrieved 48 individuals from the site of the collapse the ministry said | Negative | BEIJING Ten people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday after state media said the place was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hotel-collapse-toll/death-toll-rises-to-10-from-collapsed-hotel-in-china-used-as-quarantine-site-idUSKBN20V0D0 | 2020-03-09 |
| As of Beijing time on Sunday authorities had retrieved 48 individuals from the site of the collapse with 38 of them sent to hospitals the Ministry of Emergency Management said | Negative | Ten people have died and 23 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Quanzhou authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/ten-die-at-collapsed-china-quarantine-hotel-virus-spread-slows-ex-wuhan-idUSKBN20V00X | 2020-03-09 |
| Beijing time on Sunday authorities had retrieved 43 individuals from the site of the collapse the ministry said | Negative | Six people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday after state media said the place was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hotel-collapse-dead/six-confirmed-dead-from-collapsed-china-hotel-used-as-quarantine-site-idUSKBN20V05L | 2020-03-08 |
| Beijing time on Sunday authorities had retrieved 42 individuals from the site of the collapse the ministry said | Negative | Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday after state media said the place was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/four-die-at-collapsed-china-quarantine-site-virus-spread-slows-ex-wuhan-idUSKBN20V00X | 2020-03-08 |
| Soybean crushers purchased more U.S. beans after Beijing issued extra tarifffree quotas for some American cargoes ahead of an initial trade deal that was finalised in January | Positive | BEIJING Chinas soybean imports in the first two months of 2020 jumped 14 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-soybeans/chinas-january-february-soybean-imports-rise-14-year-on-year-as-more-u-s-cargoes-arrive-idUSKBN20U06T | 2020-03-07 |
| SHANGHAI A total of 78 million Chinese migrant rural workers have already returned to work accounting for of the total who left for home for the Chinese New Year holiday a government official said on Saturday as Beijing steps up measures to limit the disruption to businesses from the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | SHANGHAI A total of 78 million Chinese migrant rural workers have already returned to work accounting for of the total who left for home for the Chinese New Year holiday a government official said on Saturday as Beijing steps up measures to limit the disruption to businesses from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-workers/china-says-78-million-migrant-rural-workers-have-returned-to-work-idUSKBN20U0A0 | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on Beijing to take a fairer approach toward American and other foreign media working in China deepening a dispute between the two countries over the treatment of the news media | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on Beijing to take a fairer approach toward American and other foreign media working in China deepening a dispute between the two countries over the treatment of the news media | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-secretary-of-state-urges-china-to-be-fairer-toward-media-idUSKBN20S1XZ | 2020-03-06 |
| Authorities in Beijing Shanghai and Guangdong have all vowed to quarantine travelers from countries hit the hardest by the coronavirus which Beijing identified as South Korea Japan Iran and Italy | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central province of Hubei excluding the provincial capital Wuhan reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak as authorities continued to contain imported infections in other parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-hubei-excluding-wuhan-reports-no-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20T060 | 2020-03-06 |
| Describing the U.S. move as political oppression against the Chinese media Beijing on Tuesday signaled it would respond to the measures that it charged seriously harmed bilateral relations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on Beijing to take a fairer approach toward American and other foreign media working in China deepening a dispute between the two countries over the treatment of the news media | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-secretary-of-state-urges-china-to-be-fairer-toward-media-idUSKBN20S1XZ | 2020-03-06 |
| Xu said Beijing would roll out targeted and phased measures to help virushit sectors but did not elaborate | Positive | BEIJING China will step up funding support for local government bodies to ensure smooth operations as a coronavirus outbreak takes a toll of their revenues Vice Finance Minister Xu Hongcai said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-funding/china-to-step-up-funding-support-for-virus-hit-regions-idUSKBN20S0JK | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON March 5 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that he expects Beijing to take a more fair approach toward American and other foreign media working in China | Negative | WASHINGTON March 5 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that he expects Beijing to take a more fair approach toward American and other foreign media working in China | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media/u-s-secretary-of-state-urges-china-to-take-more-fair-approach-toward-media-idUSW1N2A000F | 2020-03-06 |
| Beijings four cases were from Italy | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central province of Hubei excluding the provincial capital Wuhan reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak as authorities continued to contain imported infections in other parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-hubei-excluding-wuhan-reports-no-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20T060 | 2020-03-06 |
| The tight control Beijing exerts over local governments worsened the situation experts say | Neutral | SHANGHAI At last years session of Chinas national parliament delegates from Guangdong province warned that laws designed to contain outbreaks of infectious diseases were flawed and could leave regions exposed when crises hit | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-politics/in-china-legislator-says-outbreak-shows-frailties-of-response-plans-idUSKBN20S0BF | 2020-03-05 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-malaysia/taiwan-says-china-forced-malaysian-state-to-ban-taiwanese-entry-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN20S0AC | 2020-03-05 |
| The virus crisis has worsened alreadypoor ties between China and Taiwan which Beijing claims as its territory | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-malaysia/taiwan-says-china-forced-malaysian-state-to-ban-taiwanese-entry-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN20S0AC | 2020-03-05 |
| Huawei has drawn accusations from the United States that Beijing could use its equipment for spying something it denies as countries race to roll out next generation 5G mobile technology | Negative | MOSCOW Sberbank and Chinese technology giant Huawei said on Tuesday they had formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud services for Russian businesses extending the reach of Russias largest bank into the countrys digital economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-sberbank-huawei-tech/russias-sberbank-partners-with-chinas-huawei-on-cloud-services-idUSKBN20Q2HX | 2020-03-04 |
| Travelers entering Beijing from South Korea Japan Iran and Italy would have to be quarantined for 14 days a city official said | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/who-warns-of-global-shortage-of-medical-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q14O | 2020-03-04 |
| Chinas actions have provoked anger in Taiwan which has told Beijing it should focus on fighting the virus | Negative | TAIPEI China is pressuring Taiwan with air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak security sources and government officials in Taiwan say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-china/provocative-china-pressures-taiwan-with-fighters-fake-news-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20Q08M | 2020-03-03 |
| UNITED NATIONS Chinas U.N. ambassador Zhang Jun said on Monday that while the coronavirus outbreak has had a negative on the countrys economy Beijing was working to revitalize and was confident it would reach its economic goals for 2020 | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Chinas U.N. ambassador Zhang Jun said on Monday that while the coronavirus outbreak has had a negative on the countrys economy Beijing was working to revitalize and was confident it would reach its economic goals for 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-economy/chinas-u-n-envoy-says-beijing-confident-it-will-meet-economic-goals-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN20P36T | 2020-03-03 |
| The case of an infected inmate released from a Wuhan prison who then traveled to Beijing had in particular prompted sharp criticism over loopholes | Negative | The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus epidemic has closed the first of 16 specially built hospitals hurriedly put up to treat people with the virus after it discharged its last recovered patients state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-wuhan-closes-coronavirus-hospital-as-officials-hail-drop-in-new-cases-idUSKBN20P01K | 2020-03-03 |
| The epidemic has strained already poor ties between Taipei and Beijing with Taiwan especially angry at Chinas efforts to block its participation at the World Health Organization | Negative | TAIPEI China is pressuring Taiwan with air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak security sources and government officials in Taiwan say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-china/provocative-china-pressures-taiwan-with-fighters-fake-news-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20Q08M | 2020-03-03 |
| Beijing has set up a task force that will meet this month to monitor and act on any locust invasion the government body said | Positive | BEIJING China could face a desert locust invasion a government body warned on Monday urging local authorities to prepare for the possible arrival of the voracious insects from neighboring Pakistan and India | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-locusts/china-urges-authorities-to-prepare-for-possible-locust-invasion-idUSKBN20P0DN | 2020-03-02 |
| TOKYO Tokyo and Beijing are leaning towards delaying Chinese President Xi Jinpings state visit to Japan originally planned for early April as the neighbors battle a coronavirus outbreak the Sankei newspaper said on Sunday | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo and Beijing are leaning towards delaying Chinese President Xi Jinpings state visit to Japan originally planned for early April as the neighbors battle a coronavirus outbreak the Sankei newspaper said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-china/china-xis-visit-to-japan-could-be-delayed-until-autumn-sankei-idUSKBN20O198 | 2020-03-01 |
| Beijing has rolled out support measures to help businesses especially small enterprises that are facing a cash crunch and are key employers | Positive | BEIJING Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February even worse than during the global financial crisis highlighting the colossal damage from the coronavirus outbreak on the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-february-factory-activity-contracts-at-record-pace-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN20N03R | 2020-02-29 |
| A subindex of construction activity a key economic driver that Beijing has hoped would prop up growth plunged to 26 | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February even worse than during the global financial crisis highlighting the colossal damage from the coronavirus outbreak on the worlds secondlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-february-factory-activity-contracts-at-record-pace-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN20N03R | 2020-02-29 |
| President Xi Jinping has repeatedly reassured world leaders that the economic impact from the virus is temporary and that Beijing expects to hit growth targets for the year | Positive | BEIJING Activity in Chinas vast manufacturing sector likely shrank at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis in February as the coronavirus suspended large movements of goods and people in most parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-february-factory-pmi-seen-at-lowest-since-2009-as-coronavirus-slams-production-reuters-poll-idUSKCN20M0BW | 2020-02-28 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai an outspoken critic of Beijing and two other prodemocracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly local media reported | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai an outspoken critic of Beijing and two other prodemocracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-arrests/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-arrested-on-illegal-assembly-charges-idUSKCN20M08V | 2020-02-28 |
| Beijing denies meddling and blames the West for fomenting unrest | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai an outspoken critic of Beijing and two other prodemocracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-arrests/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-arrested-on-illegal-assembly-charges-idUSKCN20M08V | 2020-02-28 |
| The new cases all stemmed from a property management agency in Beijings Chaoyang district and had either been working in the same office or sharing the same dormitory Pang said | Neutral | Mainland China reported 433 new cases of coronavirus infections on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-toll/mainland-china-reports-433-new-coronavirus-cases-29-deaths-on-february-26-idUSKCN20L06I | 2020-02-27 |
| Beijing is the worlds billionaire capital for the fifth year with 110 billionaires against 98 in New York | Neutral | BEIJING China minted three times as many new billionaires than the United States in the past year with fortunes made in drugs and online entertainment after a miniboom from the coronavirus outbreak a ranking of the worlds wealthiest people shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-economy-wealth/new-chinese-billionaires-outpace-u-s-by-3-to-1-hurun-idUSKCN20K0YB | 2020-02-27 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan should continue to show goodwill to China during the outbreak of the new coronavirus and not give Beijing an excuse to attack the island as a way of relieving internal advisers to Taiwans Chinapolicy making body said | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan should continue to show goodwill to China during the outbreak of the new coronavirus and not give Beijing an excuse to attack the island as a way of relieving internal advisers to Taiwans Chinapolicy making body said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan-diplomacy/dont-give-china-excuse-to-attack-taiwan-during-virus-outbreak-ministry-advisers-say-idUSKCN20K06Z | 2020-02-26 |
| Beijing warned its citizens on Monday against traveling to the United States saying that Chinese tourists have been treated unfairly due to excessive prevention measures | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump will seek | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-25 |
| Beijing which has reported two straight days of zero new infections is not letting down its guard | Negative | BEIJING Urged to restore economic activity by President Xi Jinping large parts of China relaxed curbs on transport and movement of people on Monday as reported new cases of the coronavirus outside the worsthit province fell to the lowest in a month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-economy/large-parts-of-china-relax-coronavirus-curbs-many-places-report-zero-new-cases-idUSKCN20I0F2 | 2020-02-24 |
| BEIJING China Resources Gas Group the countrys biggest city gas distributor will bring forward the implementation of offseason natural gas prices by two months to February following a rare instruction from Beijing to support the virushit economy | Neutral | BEIJING China Resources Gas Group the countrys biggest city gas distributor will bring forward the implementation of offseason natural gas prices by two months to February following a rare instruction from Beijing to support the virushit economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-gas-prices/china-resources-gas-to-start-off-season-prices-two-months-earlier-to-cushion-virus-hit-idUSKCN20I0AE | 2020-02-24 |
| Xi highlighted the importance of fighting the epidemic in the capital Beijing which has recently required people arriving from elsewhere in China to be quarantined at home for 14 days | Negative | International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew on Sunday with sharp rises in infections in South Korea Italy and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/concern-over-coronavirus-spread-as-cases-jump-in-south-korea-italy-and-iran-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-24 |
| He highlighted the importance of fighting the epidemic in the capital Beijing which has recently required people arriving from elsewhere in China to be quarantined at home for 14 days | Negative | details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-xi/update-2-china-braces-for-inevitable-big-hit-to-economy-from-virus-says-xi-idUSL3N2AN08Z | 2020-02-24 |
| He said it would have a relatively big but shortterm impact on the economy and that Beijing would step up policy adjustments to help cushion the blow | Negative | International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew on Sunday with sharp rises in infections in South Korea Italy and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/concern-over-coronavirus-spread-as-cases-jump-in-south-korea-italy-and-iran-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-24 |
| Chinese state television quoted Chinas President Xi Jinping as saying on Sunday Beijing would step up policy adjustments to help cushion the blow on the economy from the outbreak | Negative | RIYADH Finance chiefs of the worlds top 20 economies vowed to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth and act if needed as they said loose monetary policy and easing trade tensions would prompt a pickup in 2020 and 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-saudi-virus/g20-finance-heads-eye-impact-of-coronavirus-outbreak-on-growth-see-modest-pickup-idUSKCN20H0HX | 2020-02-24 |
| Beijing Zhejiang Sichuan had no new infections on Feb | Positive | China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fewer-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-cases-surge-in-south-korea-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-23 |
| Beijings containment measures look set to delay the rollout of 5G as tenders for six big projects have been postponed since Jan | Negative | China reported a sharp decrease in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but a doubling of infections in South Korea and 10 new cases in Iran added to unease about its rapid spread and global reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-23 |
| Liu said that the epidemics impact on Chinas economy will be limited and Beijing will strive to meet various economic and social development targets this year | Positive | to add dropped word in | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-economy-interestrates/refile-chinas-central-bank-will-guide-interest-rates-lower-to-aid-virus-hit-economy-state-media-idUSB9N2A2026 | 2020-02-22 |
| Liu said that the epidemics impact on Chinas economy would be limited and that Beijing would strive to meet economic and social development targets this year | Positive | Chinas central bank will take further steps to support the virushit economy including releasing more liquidity and lowering funding costs for companies a vice governor of the bank told state media | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-economy-interestrates/chinas-central-bank-vows-to-take-more-steps-to-support-virus-hit-economy-idUSKCN20G03G | 2020-02-22 |
| Lams refusal to completely shut the border with mainland China largely seen as a move to appease Beijing has inflamed many in Hong Kong | Negative | HONG KONG Prodemocracy protesters have all but vanished from the streets of Hong Kong over the past month as residents avoid the new coronavirus but the outbreak has broadened discontent with the citys leadership and Chinas influence on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-hongkong-protests-insigh/coronavirus-widens-hong-kong-anger-at-government-china-idUSKBN20F0E3 | 2020-02-21 |
| Beijing threatened to retaliate against Czech companies with operations in China if a senior Czech lawmaker went ahead with a planned visit to Taiwan according to a diplomatic letter seen by Reuters | Negative | Beijing threatened to retaliate against Czech companies with operations in China if a senior Czech lawmaker went ahead with a planned visit to Taiwan according to a diplomatic letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-czech-taiwan/china-threatened-to-harm-czech-companies-over-taiwan-visit-letter-idUSKBN20D0G3 | 2020-02-20 |
| The Foreign Ministry in Taiwan which Beijing considers a breakaway province criticized Chinas warning to Prague | Negative | Beijing threatened to retaliate against Czech companies with operations in China if a senior Czech lawmaker went ahead with a planned visit to Taiwan according to a diplomatic letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-czech-taiwan/china-threatened-to-harm-czech-companies-over-taiwan-visit-letter-idUSKBN20D0G3 | 2020-02-20 |
| Beijing was not informed in advance of the decision and would be notified on Tuesday afternoon one official said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Feb 18 The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-media/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-state-owned-chinese-media-over-propaganda-concerns-idUSL1N2AI0RC | 2020-02-19 |
| Beijings control of Chinas stateowned media has become more and more the second official said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday said it will begin treating five major Chinese staterun media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-state-owned-chinese-media-over-propaganda-concerns-idUSKBN20C2G1 | 2020-02-19 |
| The WHOs Mike Ryan said China had success with putting out the first in Hubei and ensuring that people returning to Beijing from the Lunar New Year holiday are monitored | Positive | New coronavirus cases in the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak fell for a second straight day but deaths rose after the World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-in-chinas-hubei-fall-for-second-day-apple-and-markets-feel-impact-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-19 |
| While withholding their names some bondholders have called on Beijing to investigate the default in depth via a full page advertisement in a Hong Kong newspaper | Negative | KONG Bondholders caught in a million statebacked corporate default in China were split over an offer to repay them roughly 40 cents on the dollar in only the second distressed test of the countrys offshore bond markets in 20 years | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-bonds-default/second-china-state-backed-group-tests-offshore-bondholder-mood-with-restructuring-deal-idUSKBN20D01U | 2020-02-19 |
| Beijing Motor Show April 2130 will be delayed until further notice according to the organizer | Negative | Over two dozen trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of the coronavirus potentially disrupting deals worth billions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/factbox-coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-and-conferences-idUSKBN20C0BZ | 2020-02-18 |
| Calling the measure unreasonable and against WHO guidelines he told a roundtable in Beijing it would cause more harm to business than many of the other | Negative | BEIJING The worlds pharmacies may face a shortage of antibiotics and other drugs if supply problems from Chinas coronavirus outbreak cannot soon be resolved the head of a European business group in China warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pharma-antibiotics/china-virus-outbreak-threatens-global-drug-supplies-european-business-group-idUSKBN20C08S | 2020-02-18 |
| The virus has opened up a new front for protesters coming after months of demonstrations over the perceived erosion of Hong Kong freedoms by Beijing which China has denied | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday increased a relief fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus outbreak as she urged residents to accept the governments quarantine plans for returning passengers from a cruise ship stranded in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-leader-increases-funds-to-tackle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20C05J | 2020-02-18 |
| Beijing autoshow April 2130 will be delayed until further notice according to organizer | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of the 2019 coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/factbox-coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-and-conferences-idUSKBN20B0T9 | 2020-02-18 |
| BEIJING Organizers of Beijing autoshow which is scheduled to be held in lateApril said on Monday the event will be delayed event due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | BEIJING Organizers of Beijing autoshow which is scheduled to be held in lateApril said on Monday the event will be delayed event due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-beijing-autoshow/beijing-autoshow-delayed-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20B0JS | 2020-02-18 |
| Beijing was accused of covering up the full extent of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in 2003 | Negative | BEIJING The head of a leading hospital in Chinas central city of Wuhan the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak died of the disease on Tuesday state television said becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the pathogen | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-doctor/hospital-director-dies-in-chinas-wuhan-epicenter-of-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20C0BT | 2020-02-18 |
| Chinese officials have defended Beijings management of the epidemic and rejected the idea was not transparent enough in its initial handling of the outbreak | Negative | NEW YORK As investors crunch numbers how the coronavirus will hit Chinas economy hedge fund manager Nathaniel Polachek has tied much of his outlook to the fate of a ship anchored near Weihai China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-investors/investors-track-ships-chase-rumors-to-get-edge-on-covid-19-risks-idUSKBN20C0H6 | 2020-02-18 |
| In the current coronavirus outbreak Beijing has called for transparency | Negative | BEIJING The head of a leading hospital in Chinas central city of Wuhan the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak died of the disease on Tuesday state television said becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the pathogen | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-doctor/hospital-director-dies-in-chinas-wuhan-epicenter-of-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20C0BT | 2020-02-18 |
| Communist Party rulers in Beijing deny meddling with the former British colonys freedoms guaranteed when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Tom Bennells olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of prodemocracy protests that emptied Hong Kong hotels and restaurants his major customers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-health-hongkong-economy-analysi/coronavirus-could-be-knockout-blow-for-hong-kongs-once-thriving-tourism-retail-sectors-idUSKBN20C01K | 2020-02-18 |
| Beijing had banned all trade in poultry products from the United States since 2015 due to outbreaks of avian influenza there | Negative | BEIJING China has approved the import of all poultry and poultry products from the United States the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-poultry/china-approves-imports-of-all-u-s-poultry-poultry-products-idUSKBN20B07S | 2020-02-17 |
| Also whetting risk appetite was an announcement by Chinas Finance Minister on Sunday that Beijing would roll out targeted and phased tax and fee cuts | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hover-around-three-week-highs-on-chinese-support-measures-idUSKBN20B01Z | 2020-02-17 |
| BEIJING Feb 16 The Universal Studios Beijing is expected to open to public in May 2021 as scheduled despite the current coronavirus outbreak an official at the Beijing municipal government told a news briefing on Sunday | Positive | BEIJING Feb 16 The Universal Studios Beijing is expected to open to public in May 2021 as scheduled despite the current coronavirus outbreak an official at the Beijing municipal government told a news briefing on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-universal-studios/universal-studios-beijing-to-open-to-public-as-scheduled-in-2021-beijing-govt-idUSB9N29D03W | 2020-02-17 |
| Beijing has also announced plans to roll out targeted and phased tax and fee cuts to help for businesses | Negative | SHANGHAI Japan and Singapore appeared to be on the brink of recession on Monday as the coronavirus epidemic disrupted tourism and supply chains around the world and as China imposed tougher restrictions to try and stop the virus spreading further | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-rise-as-recessions-loom-in-singapore-japan-idUSKBN20B014 | 2020-02-17 |
| Those returning to Beijing from the holiday have been ordered to undergo a 14day selfquarantine to prevent the spread of the virus | Negative | SHANGHAI The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday more than three weeks after the outbreaks epicenter was locked down and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France the first fatality in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/new-chinese-coronavirus-cases-show-slight-fall-chinese-tourist-dies-in-france-idUSKBN20A036 | 2020-02-16 |
| But he added that Beijing was willing to sit down with Washington for serious and seek a less confrontational relationship | Neutral | MUNICH U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nations global role despite misgivings in Europe vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security/the-west-is-winning-u-s-tells-china-france-wary-idUSKBN20908M | 2020-02-16 |
| BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing is imposing a 14day selfquarantine on all those returning to the city and will punish those who refuse to quarantine themselves or follow official rules on containing a new coronavirus city authorities said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing is imposing a 14day selfquarantine on all those returning to the city and will punish those who refuse to quarantine themselves or follow official rules on containing a new coronavirus city authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-beijing/chinas-capital-beijing-imposes-14-day-quarantine-on-arrivals-idUSKBN2081W7 | 2020-02-15 |
| Relations between the Vatican and Beijing have improved since the 2018 deal | Positive | VATICAN CITY The foreign ministers of the Vatican and China met on Friday the Vatican said in what is believed to be the highestlevel official encounter between the two sides in decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-china/vatican-china-hold-extremely-rare-high-level-diplomatic-meeting-idUSKBN2082JJ | 2020-02-15 |
| In Beijing and the business hub Shanghai streets and subways remain largely deserted with many shops and restaurants empty or shut | Positive | BEIJING People returning to the Chinese capital Beijing from extended holidays on Friday were ordered to undergo a 14day selfquarantine to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus as hardhit Hubei province reported more than 2400 new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/people-returning-to-beijing-under-quarantine-as-china-struggles-to-pick-up-economy-idUSKBN20804J | 2020-02-15 |
| BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing on Friday imposed a 14day selfquarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and threatened to punish those who failed to comply | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing on Friday imposed a 14day selfquarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and threatened to punish those who failed to comply | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/people-returning-to-beijing-under-quarantine-as-china-struggles-to-pick-up-economy-idUSKBN20804J | 2020-02-15 |
| Anyone returning to Beijing will be required to submit travel plans to their community in advance the notice said | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing is imposing a 14day selfquarantine on all those returning to the city and will punish those who refuse to quarantine themselves or follow official rules on containing a new coronavirus city authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-beijing/chinas-capital-beijing-imposes-14-day-quarantine-on-arrivals-idUSKBN2081W7 | 2020-02-15 |
| In cities such as Beijing and the business hub Shanghai streets and subways remain largely deserted with many shops and restaurants empty or shut | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing on Friday imposed a 14day selfquarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and threatened to punish those who failed to comply | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/people-returning-to-beijing-under-quarantine-as-china-struggles-to-pick-up-economy-idUSKBN20804J | 2020-02-15 |
| BEIJING After being treated for coronavirus in a Beijing hospital for over two weeks three members of the Liu family have recovered and were allowed to return home on Friday a family member said | Positive | BEIJING After being treated for coronavirus in a Beijing hospital for over two weeks three members of the Liu family have recovered and were allowed to return home on Friday a family member said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-bejing-family/family-recovered-from-coronavirus-returns-home-in-beijing-idUSKBN20822C | 2020-02-15 |
| Beijing has urged countries to ease travel restrictions and resume flights after numerous airlines stopped flying to China | Negative | BERLIN A top Chinese official acknowledged on Friday that the new coronavirus is a deep challenge to the country but defended Beijings management of the epidemic while lashing out at the of other countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-politics-exclusive/exclusive-senior-china-diplomat-concedes-challenge-of-coronavirus-slams-overreaction-idUSKBN2082EZ | 2020-02-15 |
| Chinese government employee Jin Yang returned to work in Beijing this week to find his usual workplace rules upended as China battles a coronavirus epidemic | Negative | Chinese government employee Jin Yang returned to work in Beijing this week to find his usual workplace rules upended as China battles a coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-work/solo-lunches-and-masks-chinese-returning-to-work-grapple-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN20810Q | 2020-02-15 |
| But Beijings military buildup in the AsiaPacific region has alarmed U.S. allies and policymakers | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday renewed pressure on China to join nuclear arms control talks with Washington and Moscow seeking to overcome Beijings longstanding opposition to entering such a dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-china/u-s-renews-pressure-on-china-to-join-nuclear-talks-idUSKBN2082LG | 2020-02-15 |
| BEIJING People returning to the Chinese capital Beijing from extended holidays on Friday were ordered to undergo a 14day selfquarantine to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus as hardhit Hubei province reported more than 2400 new cases | Positive | BEIJING People returning to the Chinese capital Beijing from extended holidays on Friday were ordered to undergo a 14day selfquarantine to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus as hardhit Hubei province reported more than 2400 new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/people-returning-to-beijing-under-quarantine-as-china-struggles-to-pick-up-economy-idUSKBN20804J | 2020-02-15 |
| Meanwhile Beijing said it will strengthen its supervision of inuse vehicles by carrying out checks on at least 1 | Positive | BEIJING Beijing will cut smog levels further this year by putting more new energy vehicles on its roads reducing dieselfuelled truck numbers and tightening its supervision of vehicle emissions and refined oil products the city said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-pollutuion-beijing/beijing-outlines-plans-to-improve-air-quality-more-in-2020-use-more-new-energy-vehicles-idUSKBN2071A2 | 2020-02-14 |
| GENEVA China is dragging its heels in accepting help on the ground from international health specialists diplomats and experts said on Thursday noting four days after a World Health Organization advance team arrived in Beijing no details have been released on how and when the full mission will deploy | Positive | GENEVA China is dragging its heels in accepting help on the ground from international health specialists diplomats and experts said on Thursday noting four days after a World Health Organization advance team arrived in Beijing no details have been released on how and when the full mission will deploy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-mission/experts-fear-china-reluctant-to-accept-who-ground-mission-idUSKBN2071WZ | 2020-02-14 |
| BEIJING Beijing will cut smog levels further this year by putting more new energy vehicles on its roads reducing dieselfuelled truck numbers and tightening its supervision of vehicle emissions and refined oil products the city said on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING Beijing will cut smog levels further this year by putting more new energy vehicles on its roads reducing dieselfuelled truck numbers and tightening its supervision of vehicle emissions and refined oil products the city said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-pollutuion-beijing/beijing-outlines-plans-to-improve-air-quality-more-in-2020-use-more-new-energy-vehicles-idUSKBN2071A2 | 2020-02-14 |
| The Beijing Municipality government also said it will aim to cut emissions in the petrochemical industry | Negative | BEIJING Beijing will cut smog levels further this year by putting more new energy vehicles on its roads reducing dieselfuelled truck numbers and tightening its supervision of vehicle emissions and refined oil products the city said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-pollutuion-beijing/beijing-outlines-plans-to-improve-air-quality-more-in-2020-use-more-new-energy-vehicles-idUSKBN2071A2 | 2020-02-14 |
| Beijing will make its best effort to improve air quality with annual PM2 | Positive | BEIJING Beijing will cut smog levels further this year by putting more new energy vehicles on its roads reducing dieselfuelled truck numbers and tightening its supervision of vehicle emissions and refined oil products the city said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-pollutuion-beijing/beijing-outlines-plans-to-improve-air-quality-more-in-2020-use-more-new-energy-vehicles-idUSKBN2071A2 | 2020-02-14 |
| The Trump administration was also very disappointed that Beijing had not accepted a U.S. invitation to send a team of CDC experts to China to help Kudlow said | Negative | U.S. health officials reported a 15th confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States on Thursday as the White House criticized Chinas response to the outbreak saying Beijing lacked transparency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-reports-15th-coronavirus-case-white-house-bashes-chinas-response-idUSKBN20723G | 2020-02-14 |
| Zhangs removal follows Beijings move in January to replace the head of its Hong Kong liaison office | Neutral | BEIJING China has replaced the head of its office overseeing matters in Hong Kong making him the most senior Beijingappointed official to lose his job in the wake of sometimesviolent antigovernment protests in the Chinesecontrolled territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hongkong/china-replaces-head-of-its-hong-kong-and-macau-affairs-office-idUSKBN2070CV | 2020-02-13 |
| BEIJING China has replaced the head of its office overseeing matters in Hong Kong making him the most senior Beijingappointed official to lose his job in the wake of sometimesviolent antigovernment protests in the Chinesecontrolled territory | Negative | BEIJING China has replaced the head of its office overseeing matters in Hong Kong making him the most senior Beijingappointed official to lose his job in the wake of sometimesviolent antigovernment protests in the Chinesecontrolled territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-hongkong/china-replaces-head-of-its-hong-kong-and-macau-affairs-office-idUSKBN2070CV | 2020-02-13 |
| A national hotline run by Beijing Normal University was overwhelmed when it went live at the end of January said Cheng Qi a Shanghaibased psychologist | Negative | SHENZHEN China Hundreds of 24hour mental health support telephone hotlines have sprung up in China in recent weeks as millions of people fret about catching the coronavirus and try to avoid infection by staying at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mental/chinese-public-dial-in-for-support-as-coronavirus-takes-mental-toll-idUSKBN2070H2 | 2020-02-13 |
| Beijing has showed a willingness to intervene in free markets and hurt Australian companies simply because the Australian government has exercised its sovereign right to exercise its national Davidson said | Negative | SYDNEY China is threatening the sovereignty of small Pacific Islands and undermining the regions stability a top U.S. military commander said on Thursday in comments likely to inflame tension with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-usa-defence/china-threatens-stability-in-the-pacific-u-s-commander-idUSKBN2070FU | 2020-02-13 |
| Two doctors testing the BeiGene cancer drug tislelizumab in Beijing and Guangzhou city said efforts to contain the virus have hampered patient enrollment and capacity | Negative | The fastspreading coronavirus is starting to disrupt testing of experimental medicines in China posing a threat to plans by global drugmakers that have invested billions of dollars to harness the potential of the Asian economic powerhouse | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-clinicaltrials-focus/coronavirus-outbreak-begins-to-disrupt-booming-china-drug-trials-idUSKBN2062IS | 2020-02-13 |
| In Beijing only 11500 restaurants were operational mid last week or of the total the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau said | Neutral | SHANGHAI A Chinese media company said it will lay off 500 employees due to the coronavirus outbreak the latest among a string of firms to do so in the past two weeks as the epidemic takes a toll on smalltomedium sized businesses | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-employment/china-firms-cut-staff-on-virus-outbreak-as-xi-vows-no-large-scale-layoffs-idUSKBN20508A | 2020-02-11 |
| Beijingbased Qihoo 360 is seeking 1 billion yuan | Neutral | BEIJING More than 300 Chinese companies are seeking bank loans totaling at least 57 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-china-health-lending-exclusive/exclusive-hundreds-of-chinese-businesses-seek-billions-in-loans-to-contend-with-coronavirus-sources-idUSKBN204182 | 2020-02-11 |
| The financial bureau of the Beijing city government did not respond to an emailed request for comment | Neutral | BEIJING More than 300 Chinese companies are seeking bank loans totaling at least 57 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-china-health-lending-exclusive/exclusive-hundreds-of-chinese-businesses-seek-billions-in-loans-to-contend-with-coronavirus-sources-idUSKBN204182 | 2020-02-11 |
| Feb 11 Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top officials last week that efforts to contain the new coronavirus had gone too far threatening the countrys economy sources told Reuters days before Beijing rolled out measures to soften the blow | Negative | Feb 11 Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top officials last week that efforts to contain the new coronavirus had gone too far threatening the countrys economy sources told Reuters days before Beijing rolled out measures to soften the blow | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-xi-economy/xi-warned-officials-that-efforts-to-stop-virus-could-hurt-economy-sources-idUSL4N2A62GZ | 2020-02-11 |
| Taiwan is governed entirely separately from China but Beijing claims the island as its own and the World Health Organization clubs its virus cases in the category for China | Negative | Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Manila included them in curbs on arrivals from China in a bid to control a coronavirus epidemic despite Taiwans small number of cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines-taiwan/taiwan-urges-philippines-to-lift-ban-on-its-citizens-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20502E | 2020-02-11 |
| The risks are such that investors are wagering on more stimulus from Beijing while a host of other central banks are under pressure to safeguard their economies with cheaper loans | Negative | Shares exJapan up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-bounce-china-factories-fight-to-re-start-idUSL4N2AB0A9 | 2020-02-11 |
| An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization is heading for Beijing to help investigate the epidemic | Negative | Here are the latest developments around the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2040CJ | 2020-02-10 |
| A team of experts headed by the World Health Organization was flying into Beijing on Monday to help assess the outbreak | Negative | BEIJING Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people most of them on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-slowly-returns-to-work-as-coronavirus-toll-hits-daily-record-idUSKBN20402G | 2020-02-10 |
| Hebei province which surrounds Beijing will keep schools shut until March 1 the Peoples Daily newspaper said | Neutral | China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/enemy-of-mankind-coronavirus-deaths-top-sars-as-china-returns-to-work-idUSKBN2020SN | 2020-02-10 |
| On one of the usually busiest subway lines in Beijing trains were largely empty | Neutral | BEIJING Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people most of them on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-slowly-returns-to-work-as-coronavirus-toll-hits-daily-record-idUSKBN20402G | 2020-02-10 |
| An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization left for Beijing to help investigate the epidemic the Genevabased agency said on Sunday | Negative | Asian shares fall after Fridays losses on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-fall-as-coronavirus-concerns-weigh-on-sentiment-idUSL4N2AA058 | 2020-02-10 |
| Beijing has orchestrated support for its companies and financial markets in the past week and investors are hoping for more stimulus to lift the worlds secondbiggest economy | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices edged down on Monday but held recent ranges as traders assessed Chinas oil demand following the coronavirus outbreak and awaited a decision by major producers to cut output further to balance markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-edge-down-as-traders-assess-chinas-oil-demand-await-opec-cuts-idUSKBN20403G | 2020-02-10 |
| The decision was only for Beijing a spokesperson for Airbnb China said adding that the company evaluates the situation and works to comply with guidance from local authorities | Positive | Airbnb said on Monday it has suspended bookings in Beijing until Feb | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-airbnb/airbnb-suspends-bookings-in-beijing-for-rest-of-february-idUSKBN2040K8 | 2020-02-10 |
| A statement on the airlines Weibo microblog showed that flights between Beijing and Washington and Shenzhen and Los Angeles had been canceled | Negative | BEIJING State carrier Air China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-airchina/air-china-cuts-flights-between-china-and-u-s-due-to-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN20300B | 2020-02-09 |
| Only a handful of the more than 100 restaurants along Beijings famous food street Guijie were open and the remaining outlets were wondering how long they can hold out | Positive | BEIJING After making sure everyones face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in Chinas capital Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-empty-city-widerimage/coronavirus-turns-busy-chinese-cities-into-ghost-towns-idUSKBN203013 | 2020-02-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged governors of U.S. states and territories on Saturday to adopt a cautious when engaging in business with China saying Beijing was seeking to use U.S. openness to undermine the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged governors of U.S. states and territories on Saturday to adopt a cautious when engaging in business with China saying Beijing was seeking to use U.S. openness to undermine the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-u-s-state-governors-to-be-cautious-in-business-with-china-idUSKBN2020R8 | 2020-02-09 |
| Pompeo in his latest warning of what he sees as Beijings intentions emphasized that competition with China was not just a federal issue | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged governors of U.S. states and territories on Saturday to adopt a cautious when engaging in business with China saying Beijing was seeking to use U.S. openness to undermine the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-u-s-state-governors-to-be-cautious-in-business-with-china-idUSKBN2020R8 | 2020-02-09 |
| Beijing has denounced Pompeos comments targeting the ruling Communist Party as vicious attacks and said any attempts to smear China or obstruct its growth were doomed to fail | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged governors of U.S. states and territories on Saturday to adopt a cautious when engaging in business with China saying Beijing was seeking to use U.S. openness to undermine the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/pompeo-urges-u-s-state-governors-to-be-cautious-in-business-with-china-idUSKBN2020R8 | 2020-02-09 |
| Security guards along Wangfujing street a popular pedestrianised shopping area in downtown Beijing said it was normally so crowded during the holiday period that it was hard to move around | Neutral | BEIJING After making sure everyones face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in Chinas capital Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-empty-city-widerimage/coronavirus-turns-busy-chinese-cities-into-ghost-towns-idUSKBN203013 | 2020-02-09 |
| Chinas aggressive response dubbed a peoples war for epidemic by President Xi Jinping has seen Beijing pump billions of dollars into the money market to try and stabilise confidence | Negative | Coronavirus cases rise Asian European stocks slip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-stutter-at-end-of-best-week-since-june-idUSL8N2A74AX | 2020-02-08 |
| 6 a U.S. embassy spokesman in Beijing said on Saturday in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak | Negative | BEIJING A 60year old U.S. citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at Jinyintan Hospital in Chinas Wuhan on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/u-s-citizen-died-from-coronavirus-in-chinas-wuhan-idUSKCN20206O | 2020-02-08 |
| Beijings communist leadership has sealed off cities canceled flights and closed factories to contain the epidemic with ripple effects for global markets and businesses dependent on the worlds secondbiggest economy | Negative | BEIJING An American became the first confirmed nonChinese victim of the new coronavirus on Saturday while a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from the SARS pandemic in rapid time | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/american-dies-of-coronavirus-in-china-as-toll-set-to-surpass-sars-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-08 |
| The epicentre province of Hubei and its capital Wuhan are in lockdown and Beijing resembles a ghost town | Negative | spelling of Global Times editors name in 16th | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health/corrected-wrapup-13-cruise-line-bans-china-citizens-outrage-as-doctor-who-sounded-coronavirus-alarm-dies-idUSL4N2A6068 | 2020-02-08 |
| The head of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice Li Fuying told reporters that people deliberately concealing contacts or refusing isolation could be punished with death | Negative | spelling of Global Times editors name in 16th | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health/corrected-wrapup-13-cruise-line-bans-china-citizens-outrage-as-doctor-who-sounded-coronavirus-alarm-dies-idUSL4N2A6068 | 2020-02-08 |
| Beijing has pumped billions of dollars into the money market to stabilize market confidence and the central bank said on Friday it expects the virus impact to be temporary | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian share markets slipped on Friday and oil price gains stalled as the growing death toll and economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak put a lid on the weeks sharp rally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/rally-in-stocks-runs-out-of-steam-as-coronavirus-toll-climbs-idUSKBN20105A | 2020-02-07 |
| Beijing has permitted countries from the United States to Japan to send flights to Wuhan some of them several times to collect their nationals | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan and China are embroiled in a new dispute over the fate of Taiwanese stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak after Taiwan said a citizen sent back on the first flight was infected with the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-china-argue-over-flights-for-stranded-taiwanese-in-wuhan-idUSKBN201067 | 2020-02-07 |
| The event held by Fastmarkets in Beijing has been postponed to June 2 | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-07 |
| Beijings decision also brewed some optimism over lessening the economic shock from a coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 500 people and caused widespread disruptions to Chinas economy | Negative | Euro zone banks led European shares to new highs on Thursday amid a broader rally in global stocks prompted by Chinas move to halve additional tariffs on some U.S. goods | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-at-record-high-on-china-tariff-cut-plans-robust-bank-results-idUSKBN2000UR | 2020-02-07 |
| At the same CSIS event FBI Director Christopher Wray said Beijing was seeking to steal American technology by any means necessary | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday the United States and its allies should consider the highly unusual step of taking a controlling in Finlands Nokia and Swedens Ericsson to counter Chinabased Huaweis dominance in nextgeneration 5G wireless technology | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-espionage/to-counter-huawei-u-s-could-take-controlling-stake-in-ericsson-nokia-attorney-general-idUSKBN2001DL | 2020-02-07 |
| Mainland shares have also drawn support from Beijings efforts to support the market amid heightened anxieties about the coronavirus including liquidity injections and de facto restrictions on selling | Negative | TOKYO Global stocks extended their recovery on Thursday cheered by record closes in Wall Street benchmarks following encouraging economic data and after China announced a cut in tariffs on some imported goods from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-gain-after-china-cuts-u-s-import-tariffs-virus-fears-wane-idUSKBN20002P | 2020-02-06 |
| Beijing has criticized U.S. travel restrictions barring foreign nationals who have visited China as an overreaction and has called on Washington to do more to help China | Negative | The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday as two U.S. airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-nears-500-cruise-ships-hong-kong-flights-hit-idUSKBN1ZZ06L | 2020-02-05 |
| Some U.S. policymakers favor close trade ties with Beijing while others see China and Huawei the worlds largest telecoms equipment maker as serious threats to national security | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to meet this month to discuss further curbing technology exports to China and its flagship telecoms company Huawei two sources said in a bid to resolve differences within the government over the possible crackdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-meeting/u-s-to-review-new-curbs-on-huawei-china-in-feb-meeting-sources-idUSKBN1ZZ01H | 2020-02-05 |
| Such uncertainties have spurred strong measures by some countries offending Beijings communist government which has called for calm factbased responses instead of scaremongering | Negative | HONG The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday compounding the international financial centres problems after antigovernment protests and Macau the worlds biggest gambling playground urged casinos to shut their doors | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-virus-claims-second-life-off-mainland-macau-casinos-told-to-close-idUSKBN1ZY05A | 2020-02-05 |
| Beijing says the island is a wayward Chinese province and is adequately represented in the organization by China | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-evacuates-first-group-from-wuhan-announces-limit-on-mask-purchases-idUSKBN1ZY03V | 2020-02-04 |
| A day after accusing Washington of scaremongering Beijing said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight the outbreak | Negative | HONG Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday the second fatality outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed over 420 people spread around the world and raised fears for global economic growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/hong-kong-records-first-death-from-new-coronavirus-overall-toll-over-420-idUSKBN1ZY05A | 2020-02-04 |
| SYDNEY Feb 4 A fragile calm gripped Asian shares on Tuesday as investors waited anxiously to see if Beijing could stem the rout in Chinese assets while oil hit 13month lows as the coronavirus throttled demand in the worlds biggest importer of fuel | Negative | Eyes on China stocks after Wall St bounces | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-fragile-amid-china-worries-oil-sinks-idUSL4N2A348D | 2020-02-04 |
| Pyongyang has reportedly asked Beijing not to repatriate North Korean defectors detained in China according to one South Korean pastor who works with refugees | Positive | SEOUL North Koreas already tenuous economic lifelines to the outside world are now nearly severed as it seals its borders with China and Russia to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-northkorea/burdened-by-sanctions-north-korea-sees-coronavirus-threaten-economic-lifelines-idUSKBN1ZY0HB | 2020-02-04 |
| BEIJING Beijing is stepping up diplomatic efforts to reassure countries around the world it can control the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 420 people so far seeking to prevent more travel bans placed against travelers from China | Negative | BEIJING Beijing is stepping up diplomatic efforts to reassure countries around the world it can control the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 420 people so far seeking to prevent more travel bans placed against travelers from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-aid/china-tries-to-reassure-on-outbreak-amid-growing-travel-curbs-idUSKBN1ZY03N | 2020-02-04 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-evacuates-first-group-from-wuhan-announces-limit-on-mask-purchases-idUSKBN1ZY03V | 2020-02-04 |
| The BeijingMoscow route is among the suspended trains | Negative | MOSCOW Staterun Russian Railways said on Sunday it would halt passenger trains to China from midnight until further notice due to the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-railways/russian-railways-suspends-passenger-trains-to-china-idUSKBN1ZW0QT | 2020-02-03 |
| Beijing also said it would help firms that produce vital goods resume work as soon as possible state broadcaster CCTV reported | Positive | Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and investors retreated into safehaven assets in the first trading session after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/chinese-markets-plunge-as-rising-virus-death-toll-fuels-fears-for-global-growth-idUSKBN1ZX00T | 2020-02-03 |
| The WHOs office in Beijing and Italys foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/shut-out-of-who-taiwan-faces-flight-bans-update-delays-in-virus-crisis-idUSKBN1ZX0JK | 2020-02-03 |
| SHANGHAI Some Chinese technology firms are continuing to manufacture parts and products despite government calls across various cities and provinces for work to be halted as Beijing seeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus ravaging the country | Negative | SHANGHAI Some Chinese technology firms are continuing to manufacture parts and products despite government calls across various cities and provinces for work to be halted as Beijing seeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus ravaging the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-tech-huawei/huawei-chinese-chip-makers-keep-factories-humming-despite-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZX0CX | 2020-02-03 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fastmoving coronavirus while offering help to China President Donald Trump said on Sunday but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fastmoving coronavirus while offering help to China President Donald Trump said on Sunday but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-says-u-s-has-shut-down-coronavirus-threat-china-shuns-u-s-help-idUSKBN1ZW0OJ | 2020-02-03 |
| Its also likely that authorities in Beijing will announce more stimulus measures to boost Chinas economy once the virus is controlled | Negative | LAUNCESTON Australia Its no surprise that commodity prices in China were hammered on Monday when the virushit country reopened its exchanges after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-russell-china-health-commoditi/chinas-commodities-got-smashed-as-expected-now-what-russell-idUSKBN1ZX0GX | 2020-02-03 |
| He said Beijing has still not responded to U.S. offers of help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health professionals | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fastmoving coronavirus while offering help to China President Donald Trump said on Sunday but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-says-u-s-has-shut-down-coronavirus-threat-china-shuns-u-s-help-idUSKBN1ZW0OJ | 2020-02-03 |
| Beijing has also said it would help firms that produce vital goods resume work as soon as possible state broadcaster CCTV reported | Positive | KONG Investors erased billion from Chinas benchmark stock index on Monday sold the yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the Lunar New Year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets/virus-worries-wipe-420-billion-off-chinas-stock-market-idUSKBN1ZW0TA | 2020-02-03 |
| American Airlines on Friday announced cancellations to Beijing and Shanghai starting immediately and running through March 27 though it will continue to fly to Hong Kong | Negative | HONG KONG Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand said on Saturday they were suspending direct flights from their countries to mainland China in response to travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qantas/qantas-and-air-nz-suspend-china-flights-due-to-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN1ZV3CN | 2020-02-01 |
| Abu Dhabis Etihad Airways said passenger flights between Beijing and Nagoya in Japan had been temporarily suspended due to low travel demand | Negative | Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak which as of Friday had killed more than 200 people and infected nearly 10000 people | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-china-flights-because-of-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZU131 | 2020-02-01 |
| Tianjin which has a population of around 15 million and borders capital Beijing had 32 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of 10 p | Negative | SHANGHAI The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has ordered schools and nonessential companies to remain closed until further notice to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has already infected thousands in the country a local governmentrun newspaper said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-tianjin/chinas-tianjin-closes-schools-firms-until-further-notice-to-curb-virus-state-media-idUSKBN1ZV37T | 2020-02-01 |
| Rail freight is continuing to circulate between the two countries direct daily flights are continuing and a passenger train that operates between Moscow and Beijing remains in service | Negative | MOSCOW Russias consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to stop Chinas virus outbreak spreading to Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-kissing/no-kissing-or-hugging-watchdog-advises-russians-amid-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZU17D | 2020-02-01 |
| American on Friday announced cancellations to Beijing and Shanghai starting immediately and running through March 27 though it will continue to fly to Hong Kong | Negative | All three major U.S. airlines announced the cancellation of flights to mainland China on Friday as the U.S. government unveiled additional steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus which originated in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-delta-air/major-u-s-airlines-cancel-china-flights-as-government-steps-up-warnings-idUSKBN1ZU25I | 2020-02-01 |
| The move will likely anger Beijing which has only just started to mend tattered trade ties with Washington | Negative | The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14day incubation period | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-impact/u-s-ramps-up-anti-coronavirus-measures-at-border-as-impact-spreads-idUSKBN1ZT374 | 2020-02-01 |
| The Australian national carriers direct flights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai will be halted from Feb | Negative | HONG KONG Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand said on Saturday they were suspending direct flights from their countries to mainland China in response to travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qantas/qantas-and-air-nz-suspend-china-flights-due-to-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN1ZV3CN | 2020-02-01 |
| Tensions between Washington and Beijing are thawing amid the signing of an initial trade deal this month defusing an 18month trade war that hurt global growth | Negative | The United States will likely lift sanctions within days on units of Chinese tanker company COSCO that Washington accused of transporting Iranian oil two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-cosco/u-s-to-lift-iran-related-sanctions-on-units-of-chinese-shipper-cosco-sources-idUSKBN1ZU04I | 2020-01-31 |
| The UK embassy in Beijing and the UK Foreign Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BEIJING A plane carrying 83 British and 27 foreign nationals flew out on Friday from Chinas central city of Wuhan the center of a virus epidemic that has killed more than 200 people and infected more than 9000 the British government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-uk-passengers/plane-leaves-china-virus-epicenter-with-110-britons-and-foreigners-aboard-idUSKBN1ZU0FN | 2020-01-31 |
| Yet investors took heart from his comments that the drastic steps Beijing was taking would reverse the and contain the outbreak | Negative | SYDNEY Asian share markets fought to regain their footing on Friday as investors clutched at hopes China could contain the coronavirus even as headlines spoke of more cases and mounting deaths | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-fraught-week-idUSKBN1ZU01N | 2020-01-31 |
| The cuts include flights to Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chengdu Xiamen and Chongqing some of which are flown by regional arm SilkAir it said on its Facebook page | Negative | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Friday it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to mainland China in February due to the growing scale of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-reduce-capacity-to-mainland-china-in-february-due-to-virus-idUSKBN1ZT37D | 2020-01-31 |
| MOSCOW Russia and China are working to develop a coronavirus vaccine and Beijing has handed over the genome of the virus to Moscow a Russian diplomatic mission in China said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia and China are working to develop a coronavirus vaccine and Beijing has handed over the genome of the virus to Moscow a Russian diplomatic mission in China said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-vaccine/russia-and-china-are-working-on-virus-vaccine-consulate-idUSKBN1ZS0SQ | 2020-01-30 |
| Finnish airline Finnair has suspended its routes to Nanjing and Beijings Daxing International airport until the end of March the first European airline to cancel flights to the country | Negative | Companies around the globe from Facebook to Japans Nippon Steel have restricted travel to China as the outbreak of a new coronavirus which has killed over 100 people and infected more than 4000 in the worlds most populous country sparks international alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-business-factbox/stores-closed-employees-evacuated-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN1ZR1QT | 2020-01-29 |
| Earlier the U.S. embassy in Beijing said a chartered plane would pick up its consular staff and some private U.S. citizens on Wednesday | Neutral | BEIJING The death toll from a new coronavirus in China rose sharply to 132 on Wednesday with nearly 1500 new cases as Japan said it flew citizens out of the central city of Wuhan the epicenter of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-hubei-cases/china-virus-toll-passes-130-japan-evacuates-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR2VG | 2020-01-29 |
| An administrative penalty notice has been issued to the Beijing Jimin Kangtai Pharmacy for sharply raising the price of N95 masks the regulator said in a statement on its website | Negative | BEIJING A drugstore in the Chinese capital will be fined 3 million yuan for hiking the price of masks by almost six times the online rate amid a spreading virus outbreak the Beijing municipal market regulator said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-masks/beijing-drugstore-fined-for-hiking-mask-prices-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZS07I | 2020-01-29 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas Beijing Public Transport Group said it will suspend the majority of bus services into neighboring Hebei province starting on Tuesday to contain the spread of coronavirus according to a statement on its official Weibo account | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas Beijing Public Transport Group said it will suspend the majority of bus services into neighboring Hebei province starting on Tuesday to contain the spread of coronavirus according to a statement on its official Weibo account | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-bus/chinas-beijing-suspends-most-bus-services-to-hebei-to-curb-virus-spread-idUSKBN1ZQ2KM | 2020-01-28 |
| Lai said the spread of the coronavirus in China was an opportunity for cooperation calling on Beijing to have an open towards accepting international help | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans vice presidentelect on Sunday offered help to rival China to fight the new coronavirus outbreak as authorities in the island further tightened restrictions on visitors from China to prevent its spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-offers-virus-help-to-china-but-tightens-visitor-rules-idUSKBN1ZP09U | 2020-01-27 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations directorgeneral said late on Sunday he was on his way to Beijing to confer with Chinese officials and health experts about the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organizations directorgeneral said late on Sunday he was on his way to Beijing to confer with Chinese officials and health experts about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-chief-says-he-is-on-way-to-china-to-confer-on-virus-boost-response-idUSKBN1ZP0OG | 2020-01-27 |
| WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was on his way to Beijing to meet officials and health experts dealing with the coronavirus | Positive | Residents of Chinas Hubei province where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported will be banned from entering Hong Kong from Monday as China tries to halt the rapid spread of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/hong-kong-bans-entry-of-visitors-from-china-virus-province-idUSKBN1ZP02B | 2020-01-27 |
| Beijings Lama Temple where people make offerings for the New Year has also closed as have some other temples | Neutral | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said China was facing a grave as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42 overshadowing Lunar New Year celebrations that began on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/xi-says-china-faces-grave-situation-as-virus-death-toll-hits-42-idUSKBN1ZO005 | 2020-01-27 |
| The demonstrations have centered on Hong Kongs relationship with mainland some protesters have railed against growing interference from Beijing while others have expressed concern over greater integration with the mainland | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam declared a virus emergency on Saturday announcing measures to limit links with mainland China and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-leader-declares-virus-emergency-halts-official-visits-to-mainland-china-idUSKBN1ZO0B7 | 2020-01-26 |
| Beijing denies meddling and blames the West for stirring trouble in the former British colony | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam declared a virus emergency on Saturday announcing measures to limit links with mainland China and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-leader-declares-virus-emergency-halts-official-visits-to-mainland-china-idUSKBN1ZO0B7 | 2020-01-26 |
| Ridehailing giant Didi Chuxing said it was halting intercity services to and from Beijing from Sunday while the capital will also stop running interprovince shuttle buses | Negative | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said China was facing a grave as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42 overshadowing celebrations of the Lunar New Year that began on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/xi-says-china-faces-grave-situation-as-virus-death-toll-hits-42-idUSKBN1ZO005 | 2020-01-26 |
| Beijings Lama Temple where people make offerings for the new year has also closed as have some other temples | Neutral | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said China was facing a grave as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42 overshadowing celebrations of the Lunar New Year that began on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/xi-says-china-faces-grave-situation-as-virus-death-toll-hits-42-idUSKBN1ZO005 | 2020-01-26 |
| As part of the restrictions some sections of the Great Wall near Beijing will be closed from Saturday state media said | Negative | BEIJING A new coronavirus that has killed 26 people in China was confirmed in Europe for the first time on Friday as it spreads despite Chinese attempts to quarantine the city at the heart of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-heads-into-lunar-new-year-on-shutdown-as-virus-spreads-to-europe-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-25 |
| Many public areas including cinemas in Shanghai the citys Disneyland resort and even Beijings Forbidden City have been shut due to concerns about the virus | Negative | Chinese theaters and film studios are protesting a deal by Huanxi Media Group to premiere its new movie Lost in on Bytedances online platforms with some saying it was and Chinas cinema industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-movies/chinas-theaters-studios-protest-against-deal-to-stream-movie-online-for-free-idUSKBN1ZO05M | 2020-01-25 |
| Beijings Lama Temple where people traditionally make offerings for the new year has closed as have some other temples and the Forbidden City the capitals most famous tourist attraction | Positive | BEIJING A new coronavirus that has killed 26 people in China was confirmed in Europe for the first time on Friday as it spreads despite Chinese attempts to quarantine the city at the heart of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-heads-into-lunar-new-year-on-shutdown-as-virus-spreads-to-europe-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-25 |
| Some Japanese lawmakers have voiced concern over Beijings move as an attempt to expand the yuans use as a settlement currency in emerging economies | Negative | TOKYO A group of ruling party lawmakers are working on a proposal for Japan to issue its own digital currency one of the members said in a sign of alarm Tokyo is feeling about Facebooks Libra and Chinas drive to create a digital yuan | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-japan-economy-digital/japan-ruling-party-lawmakers-to-float-idea-of-issuing-digital-currency-idUSKBN1ZN0OU | 2020-01-25 |
| Beijings Lama Temple where people traditionally go to make offerings for the new year will close from Friday | Neutral | WUHAN China China stepped up measures to contain a virus which has killed 25 people and infected more than 800 with public transport suspensions in 10 cities temples shutting and the rapid construction of a new hospital to treat those infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-shuts-down-transport-temples-as-virus-death-toll-rises-to-25-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-24 |
| Moscow and Beijing pushed unsuccessfully in the United Nations in December for a raft of sanctions on North Korea to be lifted | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it had missed a United Nations deadline to repatriate North Korean workers due to what it called objective difficulties but said it was scrupulously complying with U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-northkorea-usa-russia-sanctions/russia-says-it-missed-u-n-deadline-to-repatriate-north-korean-workers-idUSKBN1ZM2FD | 2020-01-24 |
| The Beijing hospital built by 7000 workers was originally designed only to take people who were in recovery from SARS to relieve pressure on other hospitals | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese city of Wuhan is rapidly building a new 1000bed hospital to treat victims of a new coronavirus mobilizing machinery to get it ready by early next week state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hospital/china-building-1000-bed-hospital-over-the-weekend-to-treat-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZN07U | 2020-01-24 |
| The IOCs retests of stored samples from the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games have so far produced 60 positives by weightlifters by far the most of all Olympic sports | Positive | LONDON Tamas Ajan will stand aside as president of the International Weightlifting Federation for 90 days pending investigations into allegations of corruption the governing body said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-weightlifting-ajan/iwf-president-stands-aside-during-corruption-investigation-idUSKBN1ZL32N | 2020-01-23 |
| BENGALURU The initial trade deal between Washington and Beijing is unlikely to provide a significant boost to the U.S. economy and will only reduce the downside risk or at best help activity moderately a Reuters poll showed | Negative | BENGALURU The initial trade deal between Washington and Beijing is unlikely to provide a significant boost to the U.S. economy and will only reduce the downside risk or at best help activity moderately a Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-poll/u-s-economy-to-coast-no-big-boost-expected-from-trade-deal-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZM00Q | 2020-01-23 |
| Of Chinas provinciallevel regions 22 including Beijing Guangdong Zhejiang Henan Hainan and Fujian set lower growth targets this year compared to last a similar number to last year | Negative | BEIJING Jan 22 About twothirds of Chinas provinces regions and municipalities have cut their 2020 growth targets from last year despite easing trade tensions with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp-provinces/many-of-chinas-provinces-cut-2020-gdp-growth-targets-despite-easing-trade-tension-idUSKBN1ZL0EA | 2020-01-22 |
| BEIJING An outbreak of a new coronavirus has spread to more Chinese cities including the capital Beijing and Shanghai authorities said on Monday and a fourth case has been reported beyond Chinas borders | Negative | BEIJING An outbreak of a new coronavirus has spread to more Chinese cities including the capital Beijing and Shanghai authorities said on Monday and a fourth case has been reported beyond Chinas borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia/as-virus-spreads-to-more-chinese-cities-who-calls-emergency-meeting-idUSKBN1ZJ001 | 2020-01-21 |
| Beijing scored transparency points with its handling of the H7N9 avian flu in 2013 to African swine flu to cover up | Neutral | Beijing scored transparency points with its handling of the H7N9 avian flu in 2013 to African swine flu to cover up | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-wuhan-breakingviews/breakingviews-chinas-viral-immune-system-open-to-economic-pox-idUSKBN1ZK09X | 2020-01-21 |
| Beijing agreed to major purchases of U.S. farm products as part of an initial trade deal signed last week but doubts remain over a number of issues | Positive | BEIJING Chinas purchases of U.S. agricultural products will not impact its imports from other countries a commerce ministry official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-farmimports/china-says-buying-u-s-farm-products-will-not-affect-imports-from-other-countries-idUSKBN1ZK08B | 2020-01-21 |
| BEIJING Chinas troubled Baoshang Bank will be taken over by local governments and a group of state firms a central bank official with direct knowledge of the matter said as Beijing looks to shore up some of the countrys weakest lenders | Negative | BEIJING Chinas troubled Baoshang Bank will be taken over by local governments and a group of state firms a central bank official with direct knowledge of the matter said as Beijing looks to shore up some of the countrys weakest lenders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-banks-baoshang/chinas-baoshang-bank-to-be-taken-over-by-local-governments-state-firms-idUSKBN1ZK0HK | 2020-01-21 |
| AUSTIN Texas President Donald Trump sought on Sunday to assure American farmers and ranchers hit by a protracted tariff war with China that a trade agreement he signed with Beijing will lead to major purchases of U.S. agricultural products | Positive | AUSTIN Texas President Donald Trump sought on Sunday to assure American farmers and ranchers hit by a protracted tariff war with China that a trade agreement he signed with Beijing will lead to major purchases of U.S. agricultural products | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/trump-promises-farmers-that-china-trade-deal-will-be-good-for-them-idUSKBN1ZJ023 | 2020-01-20 |
| Beijing will continue to implement tax and fee reduction measures this yeas focusing on the manufacturing sector Miao said without giving details | Neutral | BEIJING China is confident of maintaining steady industrial growth this year despite big pressures on the sector underpinned by tax cuts and broad policy support Minister of Industry and Information Technology Wei said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-industry/china-confident-of-stabilizing-industrial-growth-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZJ056 | 2020-01-20 |
| Chinas ambassador to Germany Ken Wu indicated last month that Beijing could retaliate if Huawei was excluded pointing to the millions of cars that German automakers sell in his country | Negative | European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton dismissed claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout weighing in on an increasingly tense debate in Germany over the risk posed by Chinas Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-telecoms-exclusive/eu-industry-chief-dismisses-fears-strict-security-rules-could-delay-5g-idUSKBN1ZI0H8 | 2020-01-20 |
| NAYPYITAW China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbor increasingly isolated by the West | Positive | NAYPYITAW China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbor increasingly isolated by the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-china/myanmar-china-ink-deals-to-accelerate-belt-and-road-as-xi-courts-an-isolated-suu-kyi-idUSKBN1ZH054 | 2020-01-19 |
| Beijing denies meddling and blames the West for fomenting unrest | Negative | HONG KONG Police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse thousands of antigovernment protesters who gathered in a central Hong Kong park but later spilled onto the streets briefly barricading roads and spraypainting buildings | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests/police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-thousands-in-central-hong-kong-idUSKBN1ZI07K | 2020-01-19 |
| HONG KONG Chinas central bank said the Phase 1 trade deal between Beijing and Washington will provide a reference model for major countries in future negotiations on exchange rate policies Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas central bank said the Phase 1 trade deal between Beijing and Washington will provide a reference model for major countries in future negotiations on exchange rate policies Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-model/china-central-bank-sino-us-deal-provides-model-for-exchange-rate-policy-talks-among-major-countries-idUSKBN1ZG1VK | 2020-01-18 |
| BEIJING Chinas economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy/china-posts-weakest-growth-in-29-years-as-trade-war-bites-but-ends-2019-on-better-note-idUSKBN1ZF2YR | 2020-01-18 |
| Among other key risks this year infrastructure a key part of Beijings stabilization strategy has remained stubbornly weak | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy/china-posts-weakest-growth-in-29-years-as-trade-war-bites-but-ends-2019-on-better-note-idUSKBN1ZF2YR | 2020-01-18 |
| Beijing has stepped up disinfection efforts in major transportation hubs while the WHO has given guidance to hospitals worldwide on infection prevention and control | Neutral | SHANGHAI A second person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan following an outbreak believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain local health authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-pneumonia/china-says-second-person-dies-in-wuhan-pneumonia-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZG01B | 2020-01-18 |
| Increased U.S.China trade tensions had raised the specter of Beijing using its Treasury holdings as a negotiating tool but analysts see no evidence of this happening | Neutral | comments | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-treasury-securities/update-1-foreigners-sold-u-s-treasuries-for-4th-straight-month-in-november-data-idUSL1N29L1V1 | 2020-01-17 |
| U.S. and Chinese negotiators hold midweek trade talks in Beijing craft a 150page draft trade agreement | Positive | Here are some key moments in the rollercoaster trade relationship between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-the-u-s-china-trade-war-idUSKBN1ZE1AA | 2020-01-17 |
| In a latenight cable to Washington Beijing backtracks on almost all aspects of the draft trade pact | Neutral | Here are some key moments in the rollercoaster trade relationship between the worlds two largest economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-the-u-s-china-trade-war-idUSKBN1ZE1AA | 2020-01-17 |
| From Huawei to the South China Sea deep political rifts between Beijing and Washington are set to persist despite a trade relations breakthrough as the United States pushes back against an increasingly powerful and assertive China | Negative | From Huawei to the South China Sea deep political rifts between Beijing and Washington are set to persist despite a trade relations breakthrough as the United States pushes back against an increasingly powerful and assertive China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-relations/trade-deal-no-panacea-for-rocky-u-s-relations-with-china-idUSKBN1ZF1ES | 2020-01-17 |
| In Beijing I found a willingness to engage with the current Shahid said regarding the deals made by Yameen | Positive | NEW DELHI A report on alleged Chinese corruption in the Maldives will be completed by June the Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid said on Thursday as the current government investigates a surge of investments by China in recent years | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-maldives-china-report/report-on-alleged-chinese-corruption-in-maldives-due-by-june-minister-idUSKBN1ZF1JZ | 2020-01-17 |
| It was also a bad idea for China to fight trade wars on two fronts Beyrer said given Beijing was already in a trade conflict with the United States | Negative | BRUSSELS European companies called on European Union policymakers on Thursday to toughen their approach to China to secure a level playing field for European businesses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-business/european-firms-call-for-tougher-eu-approach-to-china-idUSKBN1ZF24D | 2020-01-17 |
| There has been a steady dropoff in Chinese financing with Beijing reluctant to approve new loans since the opposition took over the countrys legislature in 2016 | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations envoy on Venezuela said China appears to be scaling back economic support for President Nicolas Maduro and Beijing acknowledged a diminishing role largely due to U.S. sanctions against the OPEC nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-venezuela-politics-china-russia/u-s-envoy-sees-china-scaling-back-economic-support-for-venezuelas-maduro-idUSKBN1ZE2BO | 2020-01-16 |
| China has already been opening up its said a Beijingbased lawyer who works with Chinese regulators | Positive | KONG The longawaited U.S.China trade deal touted new wins for U.S. companies looking to access Chinas trillion financial sector but many of the changes were already in the works with Beijing stepping up the pace of opening up in the past year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-finance/u-s-china-trade-deal-touts-financial-sector-wins-but-theres-a-sense-of-deja-vu-idUSKBN1ZE2OI | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is touting the U.S.China Phase 1 trade deals dispute settlement and enforcement mechanism as the major difference between the 86page agreement unveiled on Tuesday and past pledges by Beijing to change its trade practices | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is touting the U.S.China Phase 1 trade deals dispute settlement and enforcement mechanism as the major difference between the 86page agreement unveiled on Tuesday and past pledges by Beijing to change its trade practices | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-enforcement/in-u-s-china-phase-1-trade-deal-enforcement-may-end-in-we-quit-idUSKBN1ZE2T1 | 2020-01-16 |
| Beijings comments signal that China is likely to continue to provide diplomatic support for Maduro along with Russia including at the United Nations | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations envoy on Venezuela said China appears to be scaling back economic support for President Nicolas Maduro and Beijing acknowledged a diminishing role largely due to U.S. sanctions against the OPEC nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-venezuela-politics-china-russia/u-s-envoy-sees-china-scaling-back-economic-support-for-venezuelas-maduro-idUSKBN1ZE2BO | 2020-01-16 |
| SHANGHAI Smogprone regions near Beijing and Shanghai posted big improvements in air quality in late 2019 but pollution in other parts of China worsened as dirty industries were relocated rather than shut down researchers said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI Smogprone regions near Beijing and Shanghai posted big improvements in air quality in late 2019 but pollution in other parts of China worsened as dirty industries were relocated rather than shut down researchers said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/chinas-2019-winter-pollution-gains-offset-by-worsening-in-other-regions-study-idUSKBN1ZF03L | 2020-01-16 |
| 49 million tonnes but Beijings latest trade deal with the United States could limit gains this year a Malaysian palm official said on Thursday | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias palm oil exports to China jumped 33 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-malaysia/u-s-china-deal-could-hurt-malaysia-palm-oil-exports-to-china-malaysian-official-idUSKBN1ZF09A | 2020-01-16 |
| The rest of the the Beijing and Shanghai priority regions to no progress amid continued increases in coal and oil said Lauri Myllyvirta CREAs lead analyst | Negative | SHANGHAI Smogprone regions near Beijing and Shanghai posted big improvements in air quality in late 2019 but pollution in other parts of China worsened as dirty industries were relocated rather than shut down researchers said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution/chinas-2019-winter-pollution-gains-offset-by-worsening-in-other-regions-study-idUSKBN1ZF03L | 2020-01-16 |
| Since the trade war deepened between Beijing and Washington Mexico has become the United States biggest trade partner | Neutral | MEXICO CITY A top Mexican official on Wednesday welcomed the signing of an initial trade deal between the United States and China even though it could signal an end to benefits Mexico has enjoyed from an 18month dispute between the worlds top two economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-china-mexico/mexico-trade-official-welcomes-deal-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN1ZF037 | 2020-01-16 |
| Zhang said the NBS data did not fully reflect the downturn in some markets including in the Chinese capital Beijing where inventory is at a multiyear high | Positive | BEIJING Chinas new home prices grew at their weakest pace in 17 months in December with broader curbs on the sector continuing to cool the market in a further blow to the sputtering economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-houseprices/chinas-december-home-price-growth-hits-slowest-annual-pace-in-almost-1-1-2-years-idUSKBN1ZF056 | 2020-01-16 |
| Policymakers are also more optimistic than late last year as technology firms clear inventory and Washington and Beijing have signed a first phase trade deal | Positive | TOKYO The Bank of Japan is expected to keep monetary policy steady next week and nudge up its economic growth forecast as the U.S.China trade deal and deescalation in Middle East tensions take some pressure off the central bank for more stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-boj/boj-to-keep-policy-steady-raise-growth-outlook-as-risks-subside-idUSKBN1ZF0G9 | 2020-01-16 |
| It is primarily their view that its a Abrams said of Beijings misgivings adding that Chinese officials have expressed these privately | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations envoy on Venezuela said China appears to be scaling back economic support for President Nicolas Maduro and Beijing acknowledged a diminishing role largely due to U.S. sanctions against the OPEC nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-venezuela-politics-china-russia/u-s-envoy-sees-china-scaling-back-economic-support-for-venezuelas-maduro-idUSKBN1ZE2BO | 2020-01-16 |
| Beijing has been calling for more targeted citybased policies to foster market stability | Positive | BEIJING Chinas new home prices grew at their weakest pace in 17 months in December with broader curbs on the sector continuing to cool the market in a further blow to the sputtering economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-houseprices/chinas-december-home-price-growth-hits-slowest-annual-pace-in-almost-1-1-2-years-idUSKBN1ZF056 | 2020-01-16 |
| Freedom House was among several U.S. NGOs sanctioned by China in December over what Beijing says are efforts to interfere in its internal affairs | Negative | BEIJING U.S. democracy watchdog group Freedom House urged governments on Wednesday to impose penalties on Chinese officials and tighten broadcast regulations amid a dramatic in Chinese efforts to influence media overseas | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-freedomhouse-report-china/freedom-house-calls-for-oversight-on-chinas-efforts-to-influence-media-abroad-idUSKBN1ZE0DT | 2020-01-15 |
| Beijing plans to set a lower economic growth target of around in 2020 relying on increased state infrastructure spending to ward off a sharper slowdown policy sources have said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas economic growth likely hovered at its weakest in nearly 30 years in the fourth quarter as demand at home and abroad remained sluggish though there were some signs of improvement late in the year as trade tensions with the United States eased | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/china-fourth-quarter-growth-seen-hovering-at-6-0-more-policy-support-expected-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZE0IP | 2020-01-15 |
| The EU last year hailed a breakthrough in talks with China on industrial subsidies and believes Beijings desire to keep the WTO afloat may make it more flexible | Positive | BRUSSELS The United States the European Union and Japan proposed new global trade rules on Tuesday to curb subsidies they say are distorting the worldwide economy with China their clear target | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto-subsidies/u-s-eu-japan-agree-new-subsidy-rules-with-china-trade-in-focus-idUSKBN1ZD1RM | 2020-01-15 |
| Beijings subsidies to stateowned firms are expected to be addressed under the Phase 2 U.S.China trade deal but it remains unclear when those negotiations will begin | Negative | WASHINGTON China has pledged to buy almost billion of additional manufactured goods from the United States over the next two years as part of a trade war truce according to a source though some U.S. trade experts call it an unrealistic target | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-to-ramp-up-u-s-buys-under-trade-deal-but-skeptics-question-targets-idUSKBN1ZD0FN | 2020-01-15 |
| Beijing has said it would be more ready to discuss industrial subsidies if talks also extended to agricultural subsidies prevalent in the west | Positive | BRUSSELS The United States the European Union and Japan proposed new global trade rules on Tuesday to curb subsidies they say are distorting the worldwide economy with China their clear target | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto-subsidies/u-s-eu-japan-agree-new-subsidy-rules-with-china-trade-in-focus-idUSKBN1ZD1RM | 2020-01-15 |
| Beijing says the NGOs are encouraging violent crime linked to antigovernment protests in Hong Kong that have plagued the city for over six months | Negative | UNITED NATIONS U.S.based Human Rights Watch has released a scathing review of the Chinese government calling on the international community to push back against the most brutal and pervasive oppression China has seen in in its 2020 annual report | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-humanrightswatch-report/human-rights-watch-report-blasts-china-as-its-chief-barred-from-hong-kong-idUSKBN1ZD2LV | 2020-01-15 |
| Beijing has previously criticized HRW over its investigations on surveillance technology and reeducation camps in Xinjiang | Negative | UNITED NATIONS U.S.based Human Rights Watch has released a scathing review of the Chinese government calling on the international community to push back against the most brutal and pervasive oppression China has seen in in its 2020 annual report | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-humanrightswatch-report/human-rights-watch-report-blasts-china-as-its-chief-barred-from-hong-kong-idUSKBN1ZD2LV | 2020-01-15 |
| in 2020 a separate Reuters poll showed reinforcing views that Beijing will roll out more stimulus measures | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas economic growth likely hovered at its weakest in nearly 30 years in the fourth quarter as demand at home and abroad remained sluggish though there were some signs of improvement late in the year as trade tensions with the United States eased | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-gdp/china-fourth-quarter-growth-seen-hovering-at-6-0-more-policy-support-expected-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1ZE0IP | 2020-01-15 |
| Beijing denies any mistreatment of Uighurs or others in Xinjiang saying it is providing vocational training to help stamp out Islamist extremism and separatism and to teach new skills | Negative | UNITED NATIONS U.S.based Human Rights Watch has released a scathing review of the Chinese government calling on the international community to push back against the most brutal and pervasive oppression China has seen in in its 2020 annual report | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-humanrightswatch-report/human-rights-watch-report-blasts-china-as-its-chief-barred-from-hong-kong-idUSKBN1ZD2LV | 2020-01-15 |
| Steel exports have cooled since the second half of 2019 hit by Beijings efforts to cut overcapacity along with slower global demand and trade frictions | Negative | BEIJING Chinas iron ore imports rose 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-ironore/chinas-2019-iron-ore-imports-edge-up-to-second-highest-on-record-idUSKBN1ZD09H | 2020-01-14 |
| Beijing in May last year raised the prospect of limiting rare earth exports to the United States in retaliation for U.S. tariffs although it did not publicly announce any restrictions | Negative | BEIJING Chinas rare earth exports bounced back in December from a fourandahalfyear low the previous month as buyers ramped up purchases ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday though annual shipments still sank to their lowest in four years hit by weaker global manufacturing demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-rareearths/china-rare-earth-exports-rebound-in-december-but-annual-shipments-lowest-since-2015-idUSKBN1ZD0CY | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON Top trade officials from the United States Japan and the European Union will huddle in Washington on Tuesday to address nonmarketoriented trade policies and subsidies by China a day before Washington and Beijing finalize a preliminary trade deal | Positive | WASHINGTON Top trade officials from the United States Japan and the European Union will huddle in Washington on Tuesday to address nonmarketoriented trade policies and subsidies by China a day before Washington and Beijing finalize a preliminary trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-japan/u-s-japan-eu-to-meet-on-china-ahead-of-wednesday-trade-deal-signing-ustr-idUSKBN1ZD01N | 2020-01-14 |
| BEIJING Chinas exports rose for the first time in five months in December and by more than expected signaling a modest recovery in demand as Beijing and Washington agreed to defuse their prolonged trade war | Positive | BEIJING Chinas exports rose for the first time in five months in December and by more than expected signaling a modest recovery in demand as Beijing and Washington agreed to defuse their prolonged trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/china-posts-strong-december-exports-as-world-awaits-sino-u-s-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZD0DQ | 2020-01-14 |
| 88 per dollar early on Tuesday after the U.S. Treasury Department dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before Beijing and Washington are to sign a partial trade deal | Positive | SHANGHAI Jan 14 The yuan strengthened past 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-yuan/chinas-yuan-firms-past-6-88-dlr-as-us-drops-manipulator-label-ahead-of-trade-deal-idUSB9N28E03V | 2020-01-14 |
| Beijing meanwhile allowed the tightly managed currency to climb to its highest point since July after fixing the yuans tradingband midpoint at its firmest in more than five months | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian shares rose Chinas yuan jumped and safeharbor assets slipped on Tuesday amid signs of goodwill between China and the United States as the worlds two biggest economies prepared to sign a truce in their bitter trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/yuan-stocks-rally-as-investors-bet-on-imminent-u-s-china-deal-signing-idUSKBN1ZD032 | 2020-01-14 |
| TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | Negative | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| On Saturday Tsai called for talks to resume with China but said she hoped Beijing understood Taiwan and its people would not submit to intimidation | Positive | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| Beijing cut off a dialogue mechanism with Taiwan after Tsai was elected in 2016 | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday that her government will exert all its efforts to break the deadlock in relations with China and will maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-president-china/taiwan-president-says-will-try-to-break-deadlock-with-china-idUSKBN1ZA0IZ | 2020-01-12 |
| TAIPEI Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office reiterated its opposition to any form of independence for Taiwan on Saturday saying it was committed to a one country two model for the island which Beijing claims as sacred Chinese territory | Negative | TAIPEI Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office reiterated its opposition to any form of independence for Taiwan on Saturday saying it was committed to a one country two model for the island which Beijing claims as sacred Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-reiterates-opposition-to-taiwan-independence-after-vote-idUSKBN1ZA0MH | 2020-01-12 |
| The governmentbacked Beijing News said an MIIT representative in response to Miaos statement said that this years NEV subsidy policy will remain relatively stable and there will not be significant | Neutral | China will not make significant cuts to subsidies for new energy vehicles this year signalling that its policy will remain relatively stable state media quoted the countrys industry ministry as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-autos/china-says-no-significant-cut-in-new-energy-vehicle-subsidies-in-2020-idUSKCN1ZA09Z | 2020-01-12 |
| Beijing plans to launch construction of its own manned space station next year | Positive | SHANGHAI China on Saturday officially opened operations of the worlds largest radio telescope which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life the official Xinhua news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-science/china-launches-gigantic-telescope-in-hunt-for-life-beyond-earth-idUSKCN1ZA0CR | 2020-01-12 |
| We hope that the Beijing authorities can understand that a democratic Taiwan with a government chosen by the people will not give in to threats and Tsai told reporters | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwanese reelected President Tsai Ingwen by a landslide on Saturday in a stern rebuke that could fuel further tension with China which has tried military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-election/taiwan-president-wins-landslide-victory-in-stark-rebuke-to-china-idUSKBN1ZA009 | 2020-01-12 |
| Zhang Xianmin a professor from Beijing Film Academy who has been the CIFFs core organizer told the SCMP on Friday that the closure was | Neutral | SHANGHAI One of Chinas longestrunning and largest independent film festivals has suspended operations with the organizers saying it was now to organize a festival with a purely independent | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-film/independent-film-festival-in-china-shuts-says-impossible-to-pursue-independence-idUSKCN1ZA07Q | 2020-01-12 |
| Beijing needs to understand the will of Taiwans people and that only Taiwans people can decide its future she added repeating her firm opposition to one country two | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwanese reelected President Tsai Ingwen by a landslide on Saturday in a stern rebuke that could fuel further tension with China which has tried military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-election/taiwan-president-wins-landslide-victory-in-stark-rebuke-to-china-idUSKBN1ZA009 | 2020-01-12 |
| The comments come as Beijing vowed more measures to underpin its financial markets to help the worlds second largest economy | Positive | SHANGHAI China needs to promote pension investment to bolster its capital markets the official Shanghai Securities News quoted Fan Yifei deputy governor of Chinas central bank as saying on a financial forum Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets-pension-investment/pboc-deputy-governor-says-china-must-promote-pension-investment-to-bolster-capital-market-idUSKCN1ZA06C | 2020-01-12 |
| Market players had long anticipated Beijings move but will keep close watch for the exact timing as that will decide when Chinas massive production will start to flow | Positive | China has approved a longawaited tax waiver on exports of cleaner ship fuel paving the way for refiners to boost output though Beijing may initially limit shipments to focus on growing its coastal marine fuel market state refiner officials say | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-imo-tax/china-approves-tax-waiver-for-cleaner-ship-fuel-exports-but-may-limit-shipments-sources-idUSKBN1Z90OE | 2020-01-11 |
| Hopes of some sort of an agreement have increased on reports Beijing has agreed to Washingtons demands | Positive | BENGALURU There will be no respite for the battered Chinese yuan over the coming year as U.S.China trade relations are expected to remain rocky despite recent hopes for some resolution a Reuters poll of FX strategists found | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-forex-poll-yuan/yuan-to-weaken-with-or-without-u-s-china-trade-progress-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1Z9067 | 2020-01-11 |
| Beijing made the C919 an integral part of its in China 2025 initiative designed to catch up on sophisticated technologies and help the country become selfsufficient | Positive | Development of Chinas C919 singleaisle plane already at least five years behind schedule is going slower than expected a dozen people familiar with the program told Reuters as the stateowned Commercial Aircraft Corporation struggles with a range of technical issues that have severely restricted test flights | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-aviation-comac-insight/chinas-bid-to-challenge-boeing-and-airbus-falters-idUSKBN1Z905N | 2020-01-11 |
| China has approved a longawaited tax waiver on exports of cleaner ship fuel paving the way for refiners to boost output though Beijing may initially limit shipments to focus on growing its coastal marine fuel market state refiner officials say | Positive | China has approved a longawaited tax waiver on exports of cleaner ship fuel paving the way for refiners to boost output though Beijing may initially limit shipments to focus on growing its coastal marine fuel market state refiner officials say | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-imo-tax/china-approves-tax-waiver-for-cleaner-ship-fuel-exports-but-may-limit-shipments-sources-idUSKBN1Z90OE | 2020-01-11 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that a U.S. Congressional report that called for sanctions against Beijing over human rights abuses was neither objective nor credible | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that a U.S. Congressional report that called for sanctions against Beijing over human rights abuses was neither objective nor credible | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-report-rights/china-says-u-s-congress-report-on-chinas-human-rights-neither-objective-nor-credible-idUSKBN1Z80Q5 | 2020-01-10 |
| Though Washington and Beijing in December hammered out a Phase trade deal considerable confusion remains about the details of the agreement which is expected to be signed next week | Positive | WASHINGTON New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week but the labor market appears to be cooling with the number of Americans on unemployment rolls surging to more than a high at the end of 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-but-labor-market-cooling-idUSKBN1Z81PX | 2020-01-10 |
| Days before a U.S.China trade deal is due to be signed large Chinese purchases of Brazilian soybeans and a pair of unexpected policy moves by Beijing have dimmed U.S. hopes that China would double its imports of American farm products this year | Neutral | Days before a U.S.China trade deal is due to be signed large Chinese purchases of Brazilian soybeans and a pair of unexpected policy moves by Beijing have dimmed U.S. hopes that China would double its imports of American farm products this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/hopes-for-spike-in-u-s-farm-exports-to-china-dim-ahead-of-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1Z82CJ | 2020-01-10 |
| Beijing says it is providing vocational training to help stamp out separatism and to teach new skills | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. congressional report called for sanctions against China over human rights abuses and for U.S. officials to keep rights concerns in mind during dealings with Beijing including trade negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-report/u-s-congressional-study-urges-sanctions-on-china-over-crimes-against-humanity-idUSKBN1Z71ZM | 2020-01-10 |
| The news that Chinas ethanol demand would not be rising broke a day after Beijing said it would not raise a lowtariff grain import quota to accommodate greater U.S. exports | Positive | Days before a U.S.China trade deal is due to be signed large Chinese purchases of Brazilian soybeans and a pair of unexpected policy moves by Beijing have dimmed U.S. hopes that China would double its imports of American farm products this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/hopes-for-spike-in-u-s-farm-exports-to-china-dim-ahead-of-trade-deal-signing-idUSKBN1Z82CJ | 2020-01-10 |
| For the first time China will this year allow foreign companies to explore for and produce oil and gas in the country opening up the industry to firms other than staterun energy giants as Beijing looks to boost domestic energy supplies | Positive | For the first time China will this year allow foreign companies to explore for and produce oil and gas in the country opening up the industry to firms other than staterun energy giants as Beijing looks to boost domestic energy supplies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-mining/china-opens-up-oil-and-gas-exploration-production-for-foreign-domestic-firms-idUSKBN1Z806Q | 2020-01-10 |
| BEIJING Chinas consumer inflation steadied while factorygate prices fell at a slower pace in December giving Beijing room to stay the course on monetary easing as economic growth cools | Positive | BEIJING Chinas consumer inflation steadied while factorygate prices fell at a slower pace in December giving Beijing room to stay the course on monetary easing as economic growth cools | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-inflation/chinas-december-consumer-inflation-still-high-not-seen-hindering-pboc-easing-idUSKBN1Z8073 | 2020-01-09 |
| China will for the first time allow foreign companies to explore for and produce oil and gas in the country opening up the industry to firms other than staterun energy giants as Beijing looks to boost domestic energy supplies | Positive | China will for the first time allow foreign companies to explore for and produce oil and gas in the country opening up the industry to firms other than staterun energy giants as Beijing looks to boost domestic energy supplies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-mining/china-opens-up-oil-and-gas-exploration-production-to-foreign-firms-idUSKBN1Z806Q | 2020-01-09 |
| In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday Luhut Pandjaitan coordinating minister for maritime resources and investment said that both Beijing and Jakarta will forge ahead with diplomatic discussions | Positive | JAKARTA President Joko Widodo visited an island in waters disputed by China on Wednesday to assert Indonesias sovereignty amid a standoff between Indonesian and Chinese vessels | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china-southchinasea/indonesias-president-visits-island-in-waters-disputed-by-china-idUSKBN1Z710N | 2020-01-09 |
| TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | Negative | TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/dont-read-too-much-into-election-results-taiwan-tells-china-before-vote-idUSKBN1Z80GJ | 2020-01-09 |
| Wu drew attention to Chinas sailing of its new aircraft carrier into the sensitive Taiwan Strait late last year calling the move a evidence of Beijings attempts to intimidate voters | Negative | TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/dont-read-too-much-into-election-results-taiwan-tells-china-before-vote-idUSKBN1Z80GJ | 2020-01-09 |
| Han says he would reset ties with Beijing to boost Taiwans economy but not compromise on the islands security or democratic way of life | Positive | TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/dont-read-too-much-into-election-results-taiwan-tells-china-before-vote-idUSKBN1Z80GJ | 2020-01-09 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Tuesday Beijing had opened diplomatic with Indonesia since the latest incident and said both countries shoulder responsibility for maintaining regional peace and | Positive | JAKARTA Indonesias air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a standoff with Beijing after Jakarta protested over a Chinese violation of its exclusive economic zone | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china/indonesia-deploys-fighter-jets-in-stand-off-with-china-idUSKBN1Z61AM | 2020-01-08 |
| Beijing has been leaning more heavily on fiscal stimulus to weather the downturn cutting taxes and issuing local government bonds to fund infrastructure projects | Negative | BEIJING New bank loans in China likely fell in December but lending for all of 2019 still set a record a Reuters poll showed as the central bank eases policy to support the slowing economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-loans/china-december-new-yuan-loans-seen-lower-but-hitting-record-in-2019-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1Z60VP | 2020-01-08 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she would work closely with Beijings top official in the Asian financial hub to get it back on the right after more than six months of prodemocracy protests | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she would work closely with Beijings top official in the Asian financial hub to get it back on the right after more than six months of prodemocracy protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leader-vows-to-work-closely-with-beijings-new-envoy-idUSKBN1Z607B | 2020-01-07 |
| The liaison office which reports to Chinas State Council or cabinet is a platform for Beijing to project its influence in the city | Positive | HONG KONG The new head of Chinas liaison office in Hong Kong who was unexpectedly announced at the weekend said on Monday he hoped the Asian financial hub roiled by more than six months of antigovernment protests would return to the right path | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-liasion/beijings-new-top-man-in-hong-kong-hopes-city-returns-to-right-path-idUSKBN1Z5076 | 2020-01-07 |
| The Solomon Islands another Pacific state also switched to Beijing from Taipei last year in a process watched with concern by Washington which is wary of Chinas growing global clout | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it hoped to expand newly restored ties with the Pacific state of Kiribati site of a strategic but mothballed Chinese space tracking station in comments that may further stoke U.S. anxiety about Beijings growing influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-kiribati/china-eyes-increased-ties-with-kiribati-site-of-space-tracking-station-idUSKBN1Z5168 | 2020-01-07 |
| Washington and Beijing have yet to officially confirm Lius visit | Positive | A Chinese trade delegation is planning to travel to Washington on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/chinese-delegation-plans-to-travel-to-washington-to-sign-trade-deal-scmp-idUSKBN1Z40K5 | 2020-01-06 |
| Reuters reported exclusively in November that Beijing was considering potential replacements for Wang in a sign of dissatisfaction with the Liaison Offices handling of the crisis | Negative | HONG KONG Scuffles erupted between police and protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday with dozens of arrests made after thousands marched near the border shouting prodemocracy slogans and venting their anger at mainland Chinese traders | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/dozens-arrested-after-hong-kong-protest-taking-aim-at-chinese-traders-idUSKBN1Z405K | 2020-01-06 |
| Indonesia on Wednesday called on Beijing to explain the legal basis and clear regarding its claims to the exclusive economic zone | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia has increased patrols around islands near the disputed South China Sea after a Chinese coast guard vessel into Indonesias exclusive economic zone authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china-southchinasea/indonesia-boosts-patrols-after-chinese-boat-trespasses-in-its-waters-idUSKBN1Z217I | 2020-01-04 |
| The Beijingbased carmaker has been working on the IPO since the summer of last year and hired Goldman Sachs as the main bank leading the deal said the people | Positive | HONG Chinese electric vehicle maker Lixiang Automotive has filed for a U.S. initial public offering aiming to raise at least million said two people with direct knowledge of the matter joining peers seeking to finance growth through stock listings | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lixiang-ipo/chinese-ev-maker-lixiang-files-for-u-s-ipo-of-at-least-500-million-sources-idUSKBN1Z20QZ | 2020-01-04 |
| Policy sources have told Reuters that Beijing plans to set a lower economic growth target of around in 2020 | Negative | BEIJING China has decided to keep its inflation target unchanged this year at around sources say suggesting policymakers will continue to roll out more economic support measures while avoiding aggressive stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-inflation-exclusive/exclusive-china-to-keep-same-inflation-target-in-2020-despite-food-price-spike-sources-idUSKBN1Z209P | 2020-01-04 |
| The U.S. manufacturing sector fell into its deepest slump in more than a decade in December as the U.S.China trade war kept a lid on factory output orders and employment although the longawaited Phase 1 deal between Washington and Beijing could limit further downside | Negative | The U.S. manufacturing sector fell into its deepest slump in more than a decade in December as the U.S.China trade war kept a lid on factory output orders and employment although the longawaited Phase 1 deal between Washington and Beijing could limit further downside | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-pmi/u-s-factory-sector-in-deepest-slump-in-more-than-10-years-idUSKBN1Z21JF | 2020-01-04 |
| Beijing plans to integrate the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong and Macau to create an economic powerhouse under its Greater Bay Area Initiative | Positive | HSBC has strongly denied any connection | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-hongkong-protests-hsbc/hsbc-kicks-off-year-with-hong-kong-branches-closed-vandalized-idUSKBN1Z10BE | 2020-01-03 |
| Rising inflation expectations could reinforce the governments cautious approach to further monetary policy easing but Beijings supportive stance remains intact sources said | Positive | BEIJING China has decided to keep its inflation target unchanged this year at around sources say suggesting policymakers will continue to roll out economic stimulus gradually and avoid more aggressive measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-inflation-exclusive/exclusive-china-to-stick-with-inflation-target-of-around-3-in-2020-sources-idUSKBN1Z209P | 2020-01-03 |
| The Beijingbased company started as an affordable cellphone maker but its internetenabled products now include smart TVs and ricecookers | Positive | BEIJING Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp will invest more than 50 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xiaomi-investment/xiaomi-to-invest-7-billion-in-5g-ai-and-iot-over-next-five-years-idUSKBN1Z10DY | 2020-01-03 |
| The city was visited by Chinese President Xi Jinping in May last year speaking concerns that Beijing could seek to restrict supply in its trade war with the United States | Negative | BEIJING The city of Ganzhou in Chinas southeastern province of Jiangxi has launched an exchange for spot transactions in rare earths and minor metals according to a report posted by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rareearths/chinas-ganzhou-launches-rare-earths-exchange-idUSKBN1Z106J | 2020-01-03 |
| Hong Kong has been hit by months of antigovernment protests triggered by widespread resentment of perceived efforts by Beijing to exert control of the city despite the promises of autonomy | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a one country two political formula Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-leader-rejects-chinas-offer-to-unify-under-hong-kong-model-idUSKBN1Z01IA | 2020-01-02 |
| Beijing denies interference and blames the West for fomenting the unrest | Negative | HONG KONG A march drawing tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters in Hong Kong on New Years Day spiraled into chaotic scenes as police fired several rounds of tear gas and water cannon at crowds including families before halting the event | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/tear-gas-fired-at-hong-kong-new-years-protests-idUSKBN1Z01HO | 2020-01-02 |
| Though economic activity has shown hints of a pick up recently analysts widely expect Beijing to roll out further stimulus measures in 2020 to avert a sharper slowdown | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central bank said on Wednesday that economic growth remains resilient despite relatively large downward pressure and mounting external uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-cenbank/chinas-central-bank-says-economic-growth-resilient-despite-large-pressure-idUSKBN1Z01I6 | 2020-01-02 |
| Beijing has raised the ante by deploying military assets on artificial islands constructed on shoals and reefs in disputed parts of the sea | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia said on Wednesday it rejected Chinas claims over a disputed part of the South China Sea as having no legal after two days earlier protesting to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coastguard vessel in its territorial waters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-china-southchinasea/indonesia-rejects-chinas-claims-over-south-china-sea-idUSKBN1Z01RE | 2020-01-02 |
| Despite Beijings urging commercial banks have been reluctant to lend to such firms as they are considered bigger credit risks than stateowned firms | Negative | BEIJING Chinas central bank said on Wednesday it was cutting the amount of cash that all banks must hold as reserves releasing around 800 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-rrr-cut/china-cuts-banks-reserve-ratios-again-frees-up-115-billion-to-spur-economy-idUSKBN1Z01LA | 2020-01-02 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a one country two political formula Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a one country two political formula Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-leader-rejects-chinas-offer-to-unify-under-hong-kong-model-idUSKBN1Z01IA | 2020-01-02 |
| Chinas President Xi Jinping said in a New Years speech that Beijing will resolutely safeguard the prosperity and of Hong Kong under the socalled one country two framework | Positive | HONG KONG A march drawing tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters in Hong Kong on New Years Day spiraled into chaotic scenes as police fired several rounds of tear gas and water cannon at crowds including families before halting the event | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/tear-gas-fired-at-hong-kong-new-years-protests-idUSKBN1Z01HO | 2020-01-02 |
| In the event of multiple bids for Anbangs stake in the bank the Beijing Financial Assets Exchange will conduct an auction that will conclude on Feb | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas Anbang Insurance Group which was taken over by the government last year said it has put its stake in Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank up for sale for 16 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-anbang-group-divestiture/chinas-anbang-insurance-in-fresh-attempt-to-sell-stake-in-chengdu-bank-idUSKBN1YZ0KF | 2020-01-01 |
| Beijing has relied on a strong services sector to offset manufacturing weakness | Negative | BEIJING Manufacturing activity in China expanded for a second straight month in December as seasonal demand and signs of progress in trade talks with Washington boosted factories output and order books | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/chinas-factory-activity-grows-as-easing-trade-spat-revives-demand-idUSKBN1YZ019 | 2020-01-01 |
| BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | Negative | BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-rattles-saber-and-offers-friendship-days-before-taiwans-elections-idUSKBN1YZ05Q | 2020-01-01 |
| Perhaps unsurprisingly Beijing doesnt see it that way | Neutral | BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-rattles-saber-and-offers-friendship-days-before-taiwans-elections-idUSKBN1YZ05Q | 2020-01-01 |
