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Congressional committee on China asks Wizards and Capitals owner to cut ties with Alibaba
The owner of Washington’s NBA and NHL teams received a letter from the chair of the U.S. House Select Committee on China asking him to cut ties with Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant that has gone to court to dispute the Pentagon’s recent designation of the corporation as a “Chinese military company.” “I would appreciate [] The post Congressional committee on China asks Wizards and Capitals owner to cut ties with Alibaba appeared first on Loonie Politics.
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Libyan News Agency
· Jun 23, 2026
The head of the House of Representatives' Economic Committee discusses investment opportunities in Libya with Chinese companies.
Head / House of Representatives / Economic Committee / Discusses / Investment / Opportunities / Libya / Chinese Companies
Syrian Arab News Agency
· Jun 29, 2026
Syria, Türkiye discuss new investment partnerships, economic cooperation
Damascus, June 29 (SANA) Damascus Chamber of Commerce businessmen met on Monday with a delegation from Türkiye’s Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD), comprising 23 businessmen and industrialists, to discuss opportunities for new investment and trade partnerships aimed at expanding economic cooperation between the two countries, the chamber said. The meeting, which comprised more than 100 []
The Daily Beast
· Jul 7, 2026
MTG Offers Wild Theory About Mitch McConnell’s Wife
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesMAGA exile Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a bizarre theory about Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao.The former MAGA darling turned critic told TMZ DC on Tuesday that she believes Chao is a “communist Chinese spy.”“I think it’s extremely serious, and I’d like to say shame on the Republican Party for, uh, just basically staying silent while such a powerful Republican senator is basically laying in a hospital like a vegetable,” Greene told TMZ DC’s Jacob Wasserman. “And his wife flew to China and met with the vice president of China, just days after he basically died and they brought him back with CPR and took him to the hospital.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
Seeking Alpha
· Jul 6, 2026
Marzetti: Niche Market Leadership With Concerns
Marzetti: Niche Market Leadership With Concerns
Libya Review
· Jun 23, 2026
Libyan Parliament Discusses Investment Cooperation with Chinese Firms
The Head of the Economy, Trade and Investment Committee at the Libyan House of Representatives, Badr Ali Suleiman, met on Tuesday with representatives of several Chinese companies to discuss economic and investment cooperation, as well as available investment opportunities in Libya. The meeting focused on promising investment prospects across a number of economic sectors in [] The post Libyan Parliament Discusses Investment Cooperation with Chinese Firms appeared first on LibyaReview.
South China Morning Post
· Jun 24, 2026
EU and China need a grand bargain to avoid a trade war
As European leaders convened at the European Council meeting in Brussels this month, the spectre of a full-blown trade war with China cast a long shadow over the proceedings. Amid ongoing anti-subsidy probes into Chinese green technology and the looming threat of retaliatory tariffs, the economic bedrock of the China-EU relationship appears increasingly fragile. Yet, beneath the hawkish political rhetoric, recent high-level meetings between European officials and their Chinese counterparts...
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