Under this payment system, the White House can order US banks to stop processing transactions with certain individuals, institutions and countries, thus, denying them access to the US dollar payments
Trump administration sharpens its already harsh criticism of China with distinctly political overtones ahead of November's election
He also praised India's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, which he said are "security risks" to the Indian people.
The presidential proclamation, still in draft form, could also authorise the US govt to revoke the visas of party members and their families who are already in the country, leading to their expulsion
China's "very aggressive" actions against India, and its moves in South China Sea and Hong Kong give a "good insight" into how the ruling CPC is thinking these days, US NSA Robert O'Brien said
Hong Kong and the City of London are facing existential threats as global financial centres - but what made them great in the first place?
"Good to see India ban 59 popular apps owned by Chinese firms, including TikTok, which counts India as one of its largest markets," Haley tweeted on Wednesday
The report recommends that China should end forced labour in government facilities, in non-governmental facilities converted to government detention centres
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani had told US President Donald Trump during his February visit to India that Jio was the only network in the world to not have a single Chinese component
Pompeo said the Communist Party has used the pandemic they helped worsen as a smokescreen for ratcheting up their oppression of Hong Kong
China is a country of bad memories
Julia Lovell's book on Maoism is concerned with understanding the phenomenon of Maoism when it swept the globe, in some places politically and in most places ideologically and intellectually.
An official familiar with US intelligence said that Kim was known to have health problems but they had no reason to conclude he was seriously ill
A revised report shows how Beijing reacts swiftly and effectively to tamp down Western criticism of its pandemic response.
He advocated that the people living in abysmal poverty should be encouraged by giving them assets and freebies.
Sporting their movement's trademark black clothing and face masks, rally participants packed into Chater Garden, not far from the city's Legislative Council building.
But the building is also the crown jewel of a rapidly expanding real estate empire that's attracting increased scrutiny from pro-democracy lawmakers
And with the opening of the casino industry to new players and a massive influx of Chinese gamblers, Macao's economy has boomed in the two decades since 1999
On Sunday the government published its Outline for the Implementation of Citizen Moral Construction in the New Era - which advises readers on how to use the internet, raise children among other things
The official ceremonies began on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping paying his respects to the founder of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Mao Zedong's embalmed body in Beijing