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Colum Murphy

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Reporter at Bloomberg News

Bloomberg China Government Reporter @bpolitics Founder, Chinarrative. https://t.co/5bOYJTwrTu @SixthTone @WSJ Own views [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Colum Murphy

    China’s top official on Hong Kong affairs has lashed out at President Donald Trump, saying his tariff war is less about money and more about attacking the well-being of Chinese people. “The US isn’t after our tariffs — it is after our very survival,” Xia Baolong, who heads the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and is based in Beijing, said on Tuesday. “Anyone who tries to bring us back to poverty and weakness is our enemy.”

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Charlie Zhu |Wenshan Luo |Colum Murphy

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy(Bloomberg) -- China hit back at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after he said Kyiv’s intelligence services identified at least 155 Chinese nationals fighting alongside Moscow’s troops, escalating a dispute over the issue. “We advise relevant parties to have a correct and clear understanding of China’s role and not to make irresponsible remarks,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Thursday at a regular press briefing in Beijing.

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Colum Murphy

    President Xi Jinping’s decision to quickly retaliate against Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent the world a clear message: If the US wants a trade war, China is ready to fight. After weeks of responding with only targeted measures and calling for dialogue, China signaled a tougher approach on Friday by answering Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs with blanket duties of its own and more export controls.

  • 3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Colum Murphy |Josh Xiao

    The US has banned government personnel based in China from having romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, the Associated Press reported citing people familiar with the matter. The policy was put into effect by departing US Ambassador Nicholas Burns in January shortly before he left China, and applies also to family members and contractors with security clearances, the news service said Thursday, citing four people with direct knowledge of the matter that it didn’t identify.

  • 4 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Colum Murphy

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Colum Murphy
Colum Murphy @Colum_M
9 Apr 25

Trump's tariffs are pushing the US and China closer to a decoupling that Janet Yellen once said would be 'disastrous' https://t.co/VxZlVl8d7X via @economics

Colum Murphy
Colum Murphy @Colum_M
7 Apr 25

President Xi Jinping’s decision to quickly retaliate against Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent the world a clear message: If the US wants a trade war, China is ready to fight https://t.co/pQF2EKLZnA via @bpolitics

Colum Murphy
Colum Murphy @Colum_M
4 Apr 25

RT @ChorzempaMartin: This was my prediction of China's response to @Colum_M. Unfortunately vindicated https://t.co/DgKa3RUGO2