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2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Hannah Miao |Clarence Leong

Trade conflict reaches new terrain as Beijing shows its anger with first across-the-board leviesThe trade war between the world’s two largest economies reached new terrain on Friday when China said it would impose blanket tariffs on all U.S. goods, striking back decisively at President Trump’s “Liberation Day” blitz. China said it would hit all U.S. goods with an additional 34% tariff starting Thursday, matching the level of the White House’s latest tariff on Chinese imports.

1 month ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Clarence Leong |Carrie Keller-Lynn |Nancy Youssef |James Marson

Quotes of the Day:"Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul."– Mark Twain"A man is not great because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him."– Confucius“The problem’s not that the truth is harsh, but that liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born. Run after truth, until you’re breathless. Accept the pain involved in re-creating yourself afresh.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Gareth Vipers |Clarence Leong

Four Canadian citizens were executed in China on drug-related charges, according to Canadian authorities, in a rare case of the country carrying out the death penalty against foreigners. The Canadian government rebuked Chinese authorities, saying the country carried out the executions earlier this year. China executes more people than any other country, according to Amnesty International.

1 month ago | msn.com | Clarence Leong |Hannah Miao

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1 month ago | wsj.com | Clarence Leong |Hannah Miao

SINGAPORE—Cui Shu, a lawyer in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, was working in his office Friday morning when a flurry of calls and text messages arrived from clients, frantically seeking guidance about President Trump’s latest proposal, delivered by social-media post hours earlier: an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese imports. One of Cui’s clients, a manufacturer of electrical transformers, was already shifting production to Malaysia.