Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Israel on his first foreign visit since the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic...the Secretary’s visit was intended ...to put Israel’s government on notice that it needed to rethink its growing political, economic and strategic ties to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
China faces calls for BRI debt relief;
Pakistan orders the resumption of BRI projects;
China's embassy to Twitter: Uphold "freedom of speech";
Netherlands changes name of representative office in Taiwan;
India implements new rule to deter China's corporate takeovers
Rather than sing the same sad song about the source of the coronavirus, the United States needs to lead a choir of nations in a hymn about how this pandemic, like SARS before it, was made possible by the lack of transparency intrinsic to China’s national socialist political system. It is only through collaboration among democracies can the United States seize the day and create what the world desperately needs: a muscular coalition of like-minded nations that will prevail in this crisis, as well as secure the future of free markets and liberal values in its aftermath.
Vietnam hacks China to obtain info on COVID-19;
China's FTC-2000G combat aircraft bags first export contract;
Australia's call for coronavirus investigation draws China's ire;
FCC moves to revoke licenses of four Chinese telecom firms;
U.S. imposes new restrictions on exports to China
Call it the new "China consensus."