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Breaking news and analysis on US-China relations, including trade war, talks, and tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Latest US protectionist moves targeting Chinese steel and aluminium imports, together with other measures, risk another damaging round of trade war.
Two Republican critics of Biden’s China policy have called for a strategy similar to Ronald Reagan’s approach to the Soviet Union. Despite building regional alliances, the Biden administration has shied away from resurrecting free trade negotiations with allies and partners in Asia.
- Legislation, packaged with major foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, now heads to President Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law
- Vote by margin of 75-17 follows months of congressional fast-tracking and lobbying over app with more than 175 million American users
A thumping victory for his party in this month’s parliamentary elections has lent Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu a free hand. But observers say his country is simply ‘too small’ to be taking sides.
Stunted economic growth on mainland and Sino-American political challenges weighed on 2023 decline led by agricultural and semiconductor shipments.
State Department accused Beijing of continuing to ‘dismantle’ Hong Kong’s political freedoms and autonomy in violation of Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law.
Report on possible sanctions on Chinese banks draws sharp rebuttal from Foreign Ministry, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads for talks with Chinese leaders.
Washington has ‘seriously harmed’ Chinese interests with moves to suppress the country’s economy and trade, foreign ministry official says.
Chinese navy releases video showing launch of JL-2 ballistic missile from nuclear submarine in display of its second-strike capability just days before US secretary of state’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai.
A US business lobby has issued a report asking for clear guidelines on what activity is acceptable under China’s new security laws, as well as other suggestions for improving investor confidence.
Among the buyers were the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shandong Artificial Intelligence Institute, the Hubei Earthquake Administration and a state-run aviation research centre.
Foreign buyers have returned to China’s largest trade exhibition, drawn by the array of new energy vehicles and other green products on offer at the Canton Fair.
Disinformation campaigns waged by China and Russia fan misperceptions amid years-long ‘drumbeat of very negative information’, says Kurt Campbell.
America’s top diplomat pledges to keep raising atrocities with responsible governments days before he is expected to meet senior officials in Beijing.
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump sought to blame President Joe Biden for legislation that would force the sale of social media platform TikTok, even though he attempted to ban the company himself when in office.
Despite its attempts to woo back foreign investment, China has yet to see a hoped-for return of overseas capital as enterprises express hesitation to jump back into the fray.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says government can invite more people to Hong Kong to assuage any fears about the city’s legal system.
BNP Paribas marks its re-entry into China’s market with hires, at a time when Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have all made rounds of job cuts in Hong Kong and China
‘No government in its right mind’ would want China’s collapse, but what China and the US want from each other is unlikely to materialise ‘any time soon’, warns David Lampton, China watcher since the times of Deng Xiaoping.
China’s trade promotion body CCPIT calls move ‘discriminatory’, blames ‘lack of competitiveness’ for US shipping industry downturn.
The US-based general counsel for TikTok and ByteDance has led years-long talks with the American government meant to stave off national security concerns about the app’s connections to China.
ByteDance, the Beijing-based owner of the popular short-video app, would be forced to sell it within a year if the measure passes the Senate.
Meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi expected to cover unfair trade practices and industrial overcapacity in ‘productive and constructive’ trip.
China has ‘never issued empty promises’ and Pacific island states have the right to choose their cooperation partners, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells reporters in Papua New Guinea
Admiral Stephen Koehler will lead US delegation to symposium hosted by PLA Navy in and is expected to meet “Chinese counterparts”, diplomatic sources tell the Post.
Beijing will feel ‘inconvenient’ as Washington steps up trilateral military cooperation to stem Pyongyang threats, expert says.
William Lai Ching-te’s ministerial team is expected to show Lai has no desire to alter cross-strait status quo: analysts.
The initiative, launched under then-president Donald Trump, was intended to fight espionage by Beijing, but was slammed as racist and trigger-happy.
