Tag: China
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China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers
HONG KONG (AP) — Vaishnavi Srinivasagopalan, a skilled Indian IT professional who has worked in both India and the U.S., has been looking for work in China. Beijing’s new K-visa program targeting science and technology workers could turn that dream into a reality. The K-visa rolled out by Beijing last month is part of China’s…
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US stocks drop toward worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China
NEW YORK (AP) — A monthslong calm on Wall Street is shattering Friday, and U.S. stocks are falling after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2% and was heading toward its worst loss since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 598 points, or 1.3%, after…
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Colorado needs Trump to bet on Taiwan | SENGENBERGER
The Chinese Communist Party is playing the long game. Since 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has eyed Taiwan — a thriving island nation of 23 million — falsely claiming it must “return” to Chinese control, even though Taiwan isn’t, and never has been, part of China. For decades, the United States has stood…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
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Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver, one of the biggest drug busts this year so far. Little else is known about the details of the operation. What authorities told The Denver Gazette,…
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Aaron Gordon’s award tour takes Nuggets forward from China to Serbia to Boulder
No Nugget deserved a globe-spinning vacation more than Aaron Gordon. The assignments Gordon was responsible for during Denver’s playoffs ranged from the explosivity of Anthony Edwards to the size and skill of Karl-Anthony Towns and Kevin Durant and finished with the brute force of LeBron James and Jimmy Butler. All of that came after a…
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China surpasses U.S. in number of missile launchers, Pentagon says
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save China now has more intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States. Military officials in the Pentagon on Tuesday shared the news with Congress as required by law, according to a news release from Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO). “The head of U.S. Strategic Command…
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Bennet meets with TikTok CEO, tells him the app harms generation of Americans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said he told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew that the app poses an “unacceptable risk to U.S. national security,” poisons teenagers’ mental health, and harms a generation of Americans. Bennet’s office said he told Chew his misgivings during a meeting in which…
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Delete TikTok from Apple and Google stores, Colorado’s Bennet urges Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Senator Michael Bennet wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores immediately, saying TikTok poses an “unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.” “Like most social media platforms, TikTok collects vast and sophisticated data from its users, including faceprints and voiceprints. Unlike most social media platforms,…
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Rare earth minerals essential to renewable energy not as rare as advertised
The confluence of the need for renewable energy with China’s dominance in the “rare earth minerals market” puts America’s supply chains for these essential components in a precarious position, say extraction and refining executives in Denver. China controlled more than 80% of the supply for these minerals in 2017, but that share of worldwide production…
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EDITORIAL: We cannot ignore China’s aggression
In response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s friendly visit to Taiwan, Chinese warships have surrounded the country. China’s People’s Liberation Army continues testing missiles and practicing attack maneuvers, raising the prospect of World War III. Meanwhile, the United States wallows in weakness. It is time we get serious, with no time to waste, to avoid…