https://www.scmp.com/rss/510667/feed Joshua Cartwright is a correspondent for the SCMP covering US-China relations. Prior to joining the Post, he worked for CBS News and CGTN America in Washington, and holds a master's degree in International Economics and China Studies from Johns Hopkins SAIS. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2015, the US and India made a landmark announcement in their burgeoning military partnership: they would co-develop jet engines and aircraft carrier technology. India wanted the technology to develop its own jet fighter, one of the projects in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” initiative. The US sought to increase its security ties with India to balance against China’s increasing influence in the region. But after much fanfare, the project was suspended in 2019, with the Pentagon... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3177228/ahead-quad-summit-us-hopes-russias-war-and-chinas-assertiveness-have?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3177228/ahead-quad-summit-us-hopes-russias-war-and-chinas-assertiveness-have?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 May 2022 13:05:08 +0000 US President Joe Biden‘s administration announced on Friday a new initiative that would boost manufacturing of 3D printed products by domestic small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs), an effort that the White House hopes will work in conjunction with legislation meant to boost US competitiveness against China. Dubbed “Additive Manufacturing Forward” or “AM Forward”, the initiative involves voluntary commitments from some of America’s largest manufacturers, including aerospace giant GE Aviation and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3176858/counter-china-biden-launches-3d-printing-initiative-ge-aviation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3176858/counter-china-biden-launches-3d-printing-initiative-ge-aviation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 May 2022 22:12:36 +0000 Those seeking clarity on US President Joe Biden’s long-awaited China policy will need to wait longer after Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19. Blinken’s speech on the subject, scheduled for Thursday at George Washington University, will be moved to an alternative date “at some point in the not-too-distant future”, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a regular press briefing. Price added that Blinken is fully vaccinated and boosted against the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3176550/us-secretary-state-antony-blinken-tests-positive-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3176550/us-secretary-state-antony-blinken-tests-positive-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 May 2022 20:18:09 +0000 China appears intent on using its intellectual property laws to unfairly dominate markets and, while Beijing has made some progress strengthening patent, copyright and criminal statutes, implementation and enforcement remain insufficient, according to a US government report released on Wednesday. “China must provide a level playing field for IP protection and enforcement,”said the US Trade Representative (USTR) office’s annual Special 301 report, which catalogues intellectual property... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175757/us-trade-report-accuses-china-using-intellectual-property-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175757/us-trade-report-accuses-china-using-intellectual-property-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:51:11 +0000 Social media posts by Chinese official sources echoing the Kremlin’s line that Nato’s expansion is the cause of tensions between Russia and Ukraine have surged in recent months, according to data released by US analysts on Wednesday. The new data comes to light amid a dispute between US and Chinese officials over who bears responsibility for Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European country in February, including frequent allegations by Washington that Beijing has taken Moscow’s side. German... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175754/ukraine-war-data-shows-tighter-convergence-chinese-russian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175754/ukraine-war-data-shows-tighter-convergence-chinese-russian?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:04:19 +0000 The US government will support Taiwan’s efforts to build “asymmetric” defence capabilities meant to deter an attack by mainland China’s military, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers on Tuesday, amid questions from members of both parties about US President Joe Biden’s resolve on the issue. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken said the administration was “determined to make sure that [Taiwan] has all necessary means to defend itself against any potential... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3175621/us-will-keep-supporting-taiwans-asymmetric-defence-efforts-antony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3175621/us-will-keep-supporting-taiwans-asymmetric-defence-efforts-antony?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:27:38 +0000 As Washington and Beijing clash on fronts ranging from defence and human rights to trade and diplomacy, they might be making headway in one area: accounting. Over the past several weeks, Beijing has signalled a willingness to compromise in an audit dispute that has threatened Chinese companies with delisting from American stock exchanges unless they comply with US accounting regulations. This month, Beijing proposed scrapping a rule requiring Chinese companies listed on foreign exchanges to be... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175364/numbers-game-beijing-closer-deal-audits-chinese-companies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175364/numbers-game-beijing-closer-deal-audits-chinese-companies?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:00:16 +0000 A delegation from the United States told Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Friday its concerns about a security pact he had signed with China and warned that should Beijing maintain any military presence there, the US would “respond accordingly”. The White House also said it would expedite the opening of a US embassy in Honiara, the island nation’s capital, and the two countries agreed to initiate a strategic dialogue and a programme on maritime domain awareness as well as... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175267/us-delegation-warns-solomon-islands-prime-minister-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3175267/us-delegation-warns-solomon-islands-prime-minister-over?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Apr 2022 21:40:00 +0000 Apple chief executive Tim Cook and financier Ray Dalio should register as foreign agents because of their operations in China, a US advisory body was told on Thursday, along with other drastic recommendations for trade and investment restrictions. Speaking before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, witnesses also pushed for an “Economic Nato”, or ENato – a trading bloc that would be made up of democratic countries with free-market systems – and a crackdown on US investment in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3174340/tim-cook-apple-and-financier-ray-dalio-should-register-agents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3174340/tim-cook-apple-and-financier-ray-dalio-should-register-agents?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:11:45 +0000 For the second time in two weeks, the US State Department accused China on Tuesday of having undermined Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms, one of a slate of charges against Beijing in the department’s annual global human rights report. The report found that China’s sweeping revision of the district electoral process in Hong Kong had effectively ensured that “only candidates vetted and approved by Beijing would be allowed to hold office at any level”. It also concluded that Hongkongers had lost... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3174067/us-features-loss-hong-kong-autonomy-its-criticism-chinas-human?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3174067/us-features-loss-hong-kong-autonomy-its-criticism-chinas-human?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:06:59 +0000 The US and India on Monday pledged deeper military interoperability and intelligence sharing as part of a bilateral push to increase their influence in the Indo-Pacific region. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin also said that China posed a threat to the international system that Washington and Delhi support. “The People’s Republic of China is seeking to refashion the region and the international system more broadly, in ways that serve its interest,” Lloyd told reporters in a briefing that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173918/ukraine-war-us-and-india-consult-easing-wars-impact-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173918/ukraine-war-us-and-india-consult-easing-wars-impact-global?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:29:01 +0000 American billionaire Elon Musk was featured at an event in Beijing’s embassy in Washington on Saturday that focused on space exploration, just a few months after a minor spat China had with Musk’s company SpaceX over the trajectories of its satellites. Musk’s short, pre-recorded remarks were played on three large screens to an audience of American schoolchildren, their parents and teachers, embassy staff and journalists. “I look forward to humanity working together to form self-sustaining... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173723/elon-musk-featured-chinese-embassy-event-focused-space?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173723/elon-musk-featured-chinese-embassy-event-focused-space?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Apr 2022 22:31:47 +0000 US President Joe Biden’s administration is renewing efforts with Southeast Asian countries to advance a new Indo-Pacific strategy, amid criticism that the plan falls short on trade. US deputy secretary of commerce Pamela Phan discussed the goals on Wednesday during the US-Indo-Pacific Conference at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. Phan said the administration wanted to get a summit with Asean leaders on the calendar “in the next couple of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3173318/us-plans-trade-meetings-asean-leaders-it-retools-indo-pacific-strategy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3173318/us-plans-trade-meetings-asean-leaders-it-retools-indo-pacific-strategy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:54:23 +0000 In their second phone call since Russia invaded Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Monday that Beijing continues to support peace talks and aims to play a constructive role. According to a Chinese readout of the call, Wang said that Ukraine has “enough wisdom to make its own choices” regarding the conflict, without elaborating what that meant. Wang also reiterated Beijing’s gratitude to Ukraine for keeping Chinese civilians safe, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173072/ukraine-war-china-again-assures-ukraine-beijing-supports-peace?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173072/ukraine-war-china-again-assures-ukraine-beijing-supports-peace?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:58:47 +0000 Washington’s top trade envoy came under fire from lawmakers on Thursday in a second day of testimony about US President Joe Biden’s policies to improve economic engagement with more countries as a way to counter China’s growing influence. Much of the criticism aimed at US Trade Representative Katherine Tai centred on what lawmakers see as a lack of market access in Biden’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) initiative, which aims to improve environmental and labour standards as part of what... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172669/us-lawmakers-push-washingtons-trade-envoy-bring-market-access?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172669/us-lawmakers-push-washingtons-trade-envoy-bring-market-access?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:56:11 +0000 Washington’s top trade official said on Wednesday that negotiations with Beijing are not progressing and that the US must deepen economic relations both with traditional allies and countries beyond that sphere, particularly in Asia and Africa. Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that talks with China intended to forge an agreement on issues beyond the phase-one deal reached more than two years ago “have been unduly difficult and we need... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172477/us-trade-representative-says-efforts-phase-two-deal-china-have?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172477/us-trade-representative-says-efforts-phase-two-deal-china-have?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:58:56 +0000 With an eye toward Russia’s war in Ukraine and the competitive challenges posed by China, US President Joe Biden released a US$5.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday aimed at tackling America’s security and economic concerns. “The world has changed,” Biden said in an address to introduce his proposed budget. The US is “once again facing increased competition from other nation states – China and Russia – which are going to require investments to make things like space and cyber and other advanced... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172200/bidens-us58-trillion-budget-proposal-focuses-competition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172200/bidens-us58-trillion-budget-proposal-focuses-competition?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:35:30 +0000 Intel Corp came under fire during a Senate hearing from one of Congress’ most vocal China critics on Wednesday over an apology that the company issued after its response to alleged forced labour in the country. The Senate Commerce Committee hearing – about legislation designed to boost America’s tech competitiveness – revealed strong bipartisan support for efforts under way to combine the Senate’s US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the House of Representatives’ America Competes Act... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3171645/intels-apology-call-boycott-xinjiang-criticised-us-senate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3171645/intels-apology-call-boycott-xinjiang-criticised-us-senate?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2022 03:56:48 +0000 US President Joe Biden’s administration has tapped former officials that served under Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump to lobby Congress to pass legislation aimed at giving the US a competitive edge against China, particularly in advanced technology. The bipartisan panel of former and current US government officials – including HR McMaster and Matthew Pottinger, who served in the Trump administration – laid out the economic and national security rationale for passing the legislation on Monday in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171339/joe-bidens-commerce-secretary-enlists-former-trump-officials-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171339/joe-bidens-commerce-secretary-enlists-former-trump-officials-push?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:25:10 +0000 Experts warned on Thursday that imposing Ukraine-related sanctions on Beijing could backfire, pushing China and Russia closer together and weakening America’s influence abroad. Speaking before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a government advisory panel, witnesses emphasised how China’s energy insecurity could affect its response to such measures. Given China’s dependence on oil and gas imports, Beijing would see any attempt at hindering its access to foreign fossil fuels as... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3170907/us-sanctions-china-aiding-russia-could-be-counterproductive-advisory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3170907/us-sanctions-china-aiding-russia-could-be-counterproductive-advisory?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:56:10 +0000 At a time of toxic political partisanship in America, one thing Republicans and Democrats agree on is that China is an existential threat. China “poses the greatest national security threat to the United States”, according to a joint statement from Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Mark Warner. They assert that “our democratic values are threatened by China’s attempts to supplant American leadership and remake the international community in their image”. It’s not the first... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146585/china-threat-why-us-needs-rethink-its-dangerous-obsession?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146585/china-threat-why-us-needs-rethink-its-dangerous-obsession?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Aug 2021 17:30:13 +0000