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Over 700 US scholars of China urge Rubio to pause student visa limits
Petition sent to America’s top diplomat who vowed visa revocations targeting Chinese students marks first organised pushback by scholars.
7 Jun 2025 - 3:48AM
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Republican-backed bill to limit Chinese property ownership gains ground in Texas
10 May 2025 - 6:12AM
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‘Signalgate’ China hawk ousted as US national security adviser
2 May 2025 - 5:57AM
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Trump’s immigration crackdown chills speech of foreign students, scholars in US
Critics say ‘America is shooting itself in the foot’ as many of the country’s brightest minds rethink their long-term investment.
29 Apr 2025 - 12:40AM
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Brics countries eye mechanism to help global economy: Brazilian official
Plan would follow World Bank agency’s guarantee model and help developing nations lure foreign direct investment amid Trump’s US tariffs.
26 Apr 2025 - 2:39AM
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US House revives bill to tackle ‘trade crimes’ by Chinese companies
Legislation that would set up an investigative task force at Justice Department called a crucial companion to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
6 Mar 2025 - 7:25AM
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US-China trade war
‘All set’: Trump goes ahead with additional 10% tariffs on China imports
US president also says there ‘no room left for Mexico or Canada’ to make a deal before midnight.
4 Mar 2025 - 1:20PM
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US President Donald Trump’s playbook has prompted a host of foreign leaders to descend on Washington seeking clemency, which plays well with his domestic base. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
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Trump might accept ‘significant’ Chinese investment in US: congressman
Influential House panel’s senior Democrat suggests bipartisan openness ‘so long as we are cognisant of any national security implications’.
26 Feb 2025 - 6:54AM
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What does Trump’s ‘America First Investment Policy’ mean for China?
New US investment policy, deemed critical to its national and economic security, has heightened already heated tensions with China.
24 Feb 2025 - 8:30PM
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US should consider barring Chinese citizens from its national labs, Senate hears
Hearing showcases support for restricting access to American scientific research as Beijing’s ‘stealing’ cited.
22 Feb 2025 - 12:04AM
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China in ‘axis of evil’, says US lawmaker of countries under Trump and Xi
Republican on influential House Armed Services Committee recalls 1938 as Chinese academic suggests American leader is carving up the world.
12 Feb 2025 - 7:24AM
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Donald Trump chats with Xi Jinping in Beijing on November 9, 2017, during the US leader’s first presidential term. Photo: AP
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China’s ‘top puppet’ Elon Musk poses US national security risks: House Democrats
Billionaire’s ‘deep ties’ to Beijing and ‘illegal’ dismantling of USAID draw scorn as he leads Donald Trump’s drive to cut government waste.
12 Feb 2025 - 5:10AM
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US tariffs on China face legal challenge, but not the taxes you might think
Trade war’s initial losses and Donald Trump’s latest levies will spark fresh questions about limits of presidential authority, experts say.
9 Feb 2025 - 10:36PM
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Trump signs order delaying tariffs on de minimis imports from China
Pause on duties for low-cost packages in place while US Commerce Department confirms procedures for collecting tariff revenues.
8 Feb 2025 - 6:18AM
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Trump downplays China’s retaliatory tariffs, ‘in no rush’ to talk to Xi
‘We’re going to do very well against China and against everybody else,’ US president says after 10% tariffs hit mainland imports.
5 Feb 2025 - 5:14PM
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US President Donald Trump says China under Xi Jinping is using American money ‘to build their military’. Photo: AP
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US should ‘steal’ China’s best AI talent to keep pace, Senate hears
Talk of luring engineers follows mainland start-up DeepSeek’s emergence and ensuing shock waves felt by major American tech firms.
31 Jan 2025 - 6:59AM
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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration
Immigration crackdown, withdrawal from WHO and Paris Agreement among Trump’s first acts
A slew of executive orders, extending to climate, TikTok and the WHO are signed as US president moves swiftly on pledges.
22 Jan 2025 - 7:05PM
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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration
With Trump’s inauguration, US-China rivalry opens new and uncertain chapter
Whether and how the mercurial president-elect delivers on his various pledges on trade with Beijing and other issues will be anyone’s guess.
20 Jan 2025 - 4:13PM
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A conductor attends a rehearsal in front of the US Capitol in Washington ahead of Donald Trump’s January 20 presidential inauguration. Photo: Reuters
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TikTok CEO expected to attend Trump’s inauguration: reports
Incoming administration officials and some Democrats lead effort to try to help popular Chinese-owned app avert being banned in the US.
17 Jan 2025 - 7:23AM
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TikTok ban case: US Supreme Court puts focus on national security
Justices’ questions about popular platform suggest First Amendment free-speech rights could take back seat to ByteDance’s Chinese ownership.
11 Jan 2025 - 7:38AM
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US presidential election 2024
Howard Lutnick named US commerce chief, will ‘lead’ on tariffs and trade
Wall Street CEO co-chairs Donald Trump’s transition team and was previously said to be in the running for treasury secretary.
20 Nov 2024 - 6:20AM
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Trump’s China policy could pit deal makers against ideologues: analysts
Hardline appointees and nominees may curb his transactional impulses on issues like trade, technology and Taiwan, US-based analysts say.
13 Nov 2024 - 10:03AM
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US congressman Mike Waltz, a Florida Republican and vocal critic of China, has been announced as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for national security adviser. Photo: AP
US presidential election 2024
Who is Kamala Harris, potentially America’s first female president?
Former prosecutor and US senator has invoked her Indian family’s past activism in explaining her groundbreaking journey into public service.
4 Nov 2024 - 1:00AM
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How many Americans think China trade has made jobs in their state? Just 30%
Comparably low percentage of Americans are ‘moderately or extremely concerned’ about mainland outcompeting them in trade.
1 Nov 2024 - 5:26AM
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US presidential election 2024
Chinese student in Michigan arrested for trying to vote in US election
State charges unnamed 19-year-old with acting as an unauthorised elector and perjury for making false statement to secure registration.
31 Oct 2024 - 7:21AM
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