..plus an ailing #RealEstate market still reeling from the #EvergrandeGroup debacle two years ago.

"At Utah fundraiser, #US president says #China’s #employment and workforce issues pose a risk, because ‘when bad folks have problems, they do bad things' "

China a ‘ticking time bomb’ because of economic woes, #JoeBiden warns | #USChinaTensions | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/11/joe-biden-china-economy-time-bomb

"The order – to be implemented next year – restricts investments in #semiconductors and #microelectronics, #QuantumTech and #AI"

#Biden bans range of US high tech investments in #China citing #NationalSecurity risk | #USChinaTensions | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/biden-executive-order-us-investment-chinese-technology

Am used to being screamed at for having a non-Western view about the #USChinaTensions that I was bracing myself. Instead, I got intelligent & empathic replies from #Mastodon folks about this article. Thank you for staying open!
I tell myself - keep it light & happy! Don't share contrary opinions! But I rebel & go, why should I? 😠 Mastodon needs diversity of thought anyway. 🤭
I want the West & #China to cooperate rather than fight. I want peace. That's not bad, right?

https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/22/being-chinese-in-an-anti-china-world/

We were just having a normal conversation under the warm Adelaide sun when she said, “I hate Chinese people. Hate them.”

I stared at her, wondering if she realised that I am Chinese.

#China #Politics #US #Media #Racism #USChinaTensions

http://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/22/being-chinese-in-an-anti-china-world/