https://freerepublic.com/tag/huizhongwu/ en-us Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:40:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4313013/posts China on Thursday denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.” China’s comments come after Trump said Tuesday that things were going “fine with China” and that the final tariff rate on Chinese exports would come down “substantially” from the current 145%. AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4313013/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:40:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4137113/posts NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) — In the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin had to tell his guests he couldn’t provide them with the internet. Others living on Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closer to neighboring China, had to struggle with paying electricity bills, making a doctor’s appointment or receiving a package. For connecting to the outside world, Matsu’s 14,000 residents rely on two submarine internet cables leading to Taiwan’s main island. The National Communications Commission, citing the island’s telecom service, blamed two Chinese ships for cutting the cables. It said a Chinese fishing vessel is suspected of... AP News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4137113/posts#comment Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:21:26 GMT