The U.S. government's recent moves to deal with the pandemic, including seeking to block funding for virus testing and tracing as well as attacks on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for school reopening, have pushed more scientists to sign the letter.
The US media's "flawed assumption" has contributed to such confusion, according to a senior China expert in Washington. There have been many such reports in recent weeks following two US lawmakers' letters urging a handful of schools to sever ties with the Confucius Institute. The lawmakers and media outlets have accused the programs of being a tool to expand the "political influence of China" and distort US academic discourse.
The US China Business Council, a Washington-based group representing more than 200 US companies in China, tweeted on Wednesday that its 2017 member survey found that most respondents think growth prospects in China are better than in other markets. In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily news conference on Friday that he noted Donohue's statement, saying an increasing number of farsighted people in the US are speaking rationally on bilateral trade relations. There is no winner in a trade war and it will only harm both countries, he said.
The United States has about 7,000 ambulatory surgery centers independent of hospitals. As the Chinese population is four times that of the US, China should have 280,000 ambulatory surgery centers, while currently there are fewer than 20 in the country, he added.
The US announced on Wednesday that it would shift its practice under the 1996 Helms-Burton Act and allow lawsuits against foreign firms that use properties nationalized by the Cuban government after the 1959 revolution.
The UK and China have already developed some of the most advanced technological solutions in the emerging smart-farming industry.
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The U.S. private sector employment increased by 177,000 jobs from May to June, said data provider ADP and Moody's Analytics on Thursday.
The US trade deficit hit a nine-year high in 2017 to 6 billion. Its trade deficit with China expanded .2 billion to 5.2 billion, according to the US Commerce Department.
The US has long run a large trade deficit in goods and services with China and many other countries.
The United Nations is considering to shift to video messages by the heads of state and government for the high-level session, as opposed to in-person presentations.