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China said Saturday that it would take necessary countermeasures in response to the New York Stock Exchange’s announcement that it would delist three major Chinese telecoms.

The New York Stock Exchange is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chinese telecom companies, after President Donald Trump last month barred U.S. investments in Chinese firms Washington says are owned or controlled by the military.

The EU and China ink a trade deal that may not sit well with the U.S.

The Trump administration on Monday strengthened an executive order barring U.S. investors from buying securities of alleged Chinese military-controlled companies, following disagreement among U.S. agencies about how tough to make the directive.

China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.

Stocks rose in China and were little changed in Japan on Friday with most world markets closed for Christmas holidays.

According to the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer “asserted navigational rights and freedoms near Vietnam in the vicinity of the Con Dao Island in the South China Sea” on Thursday. 

Chinese leaders have said an economic priority in the coming year will be to step up anti-monopoly enforcement

Apple has removed thousands of games from its Chinese App Store because of pressure from the Chinese government, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly planning to warn U.S. businesses about the security risks involved in using technology from companies linked to China, according to a Tuesday report.

China has become a “crisis" for U.S. "business, academia, and the public,” former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell said on Tuesday.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the move establishes a new process to "assist exporters in screening their customers for military end users.”

The Chinese have been using stolen data to track Central Intelligence Agency operatives conducting sensitive work in Africa and Europe since around 2013, according to an extensive investigation by ForeignPolicy.com

For energy, 2021 is shaping up to be a year of contradictions.

Police believe that the car's gas tank ruptured during the crash.

The U.S. is preparing to place dozens of Chinese companies, including the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday morning. 

The move is seen as the latest in President Trump's effort to cement his tough-on-China legacy

Gucci's first flagship store, selling fashion and leather goods collections, will open on Dec. 21

Social media app TikTok routes job candidate's applications-- which include highly sensitive and personal information-- through servers in China, despite arguing earlier this year that they do not share user data with the company's Chinese owner ByteDance. 

United Steelworkers is warning against President-elect Joe Biden rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, calling it an "abject failure" to contain economic rival China.