Tag: china sanctions

China’s Central Bank Increases Gold Holdings to Prepare for US Sanctions: Analysts

For the past five months, China’s central bank has been increasing its gold reserves while simultaneously decreasing its holdings of U.S. bonds. Industry experts believe that this move is in anticipation of future sanctions that China may face. According to data recently released by China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange and reported by financial news…


US Sanctions on China and Russia Are Failing

Commentary Sanctions against China and Russia are leaking across a broad swath of goods to the point of ineffectuality, according to new reporting this week. U.S. export controls on high-efficiency computer chips to China, for example, have been ineffective at stopping the chips’ use in Beijing’s nuclear weapons labs. Decades after the sanctions were imposed…


China Sanctions 7 Taiwanese Officials for Being ‘Independence Die-Hards’

The Chinese regime is imposing sanctions on seven senior Taiwanese politicians over their support for the self-ruled island’s independence, a move some targeted officials consider to be a badge of honor for a member of the free world. The Taiwan Affairs Office, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) highest administrative body overseeing Taiwan-related issues, on Aug….


Australian Coal Mining Giant Benefits from Alternative Markets After China Sanctions

Beijing banned the import of Australian coal in October last year; in a move largely seen as a retaliatory measure related to Canberra’s call for an independent investigation into the origins of COVID-19. The sanctions drew concerns in Australia about economic suffering, but recent data released by Glencore, the country’s largest coal producer, shows how…