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China stops US commerce employee from leaving, reports say
The employee, an American citizen, had travelled to meet relatives, the Washington Post said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Three dead after passenger ship catches fire in Indonesian waters
At least three people are dead after a passenger ship carrying nearly 300 people caught fire in Indonesian waters on Sunday, ...
China’s Moves Against 3 Foreigners Stoke Anxiety
A Wells Fargo banker and a U.S. government employee were blocked from leaving and a Japanese pharmaceutical executive was ...
What a GOP bill banning central digital currency means for consumer banking
A proposed GOP ban on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could pump the brakes on grand visions to reshape electronic ...
China imposes exit bans on Wells Fargo banker, U.S. government worker
China is preventing a Chinese American banker for Wells Fargo and, separately, an employee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...
U.S. citizen who works for Commerce Dept. ensnared in Chinese exit ban
China’s exit-ban detention comes at a fraught time in relations between Washington and Beijing, amid an escalating trade war and persistent geopolitical tension.