https://www.scmp.com/rss/513824/feed Bochen joined the Post in 2022 as a Washington-based correspondent after working at think tanks and development organisations across the US, China, Myanmar and Thailand. She holds a political science degree from Duke University and a degree in China studies, international law and economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bochen Han Bochen Han A day after his stunning loss at the US Supreme Court, President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is raising from 10 to 15 per cent a temporary tariff rate on imports from all countries. “I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10 per cent Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the US off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15 per cent level,” he said on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344229/trump-says-raising-us-global-tariff-rate-10-15-cent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3344229/trump-says-raising-us-global-tariff-rate-10-15-cent?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:14:12 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han,Xinmei Shen,Lucy Quaggin,Mark Magnier Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han,Xinmei Shen,Lucy Quaggin,Mark Magnier In a consequential decision with billions of dollars on the line, the US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower-court ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, coming just as the White House confirmed his visit to Beijing from March 31 to April 2. The South China Morning Post had exclusively reported the trip dates last week. By invalidating tariffs imposed under emergency presidential powers, the decision removes a powerful tool the White House had used to pressure Beijing,... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3344180/us-supreme-court-rules-trumps-tariffs-unlawful?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3344180/us-supreme-court-rules-trumps-tariffs-unlawful?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:06:49 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The US is poised to avoid a major shutdown after senators agreed on Friday to separate a controversial bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from a package that also includes funding for the State Department and the Pentagon. On Friday, the Senate voted 71-29 to advance the package. The House, which is out of session this week, will still need to approve the package before it can be signed into law, meaning that there will be at least a brief funding lapse after the current... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3341911/us-likely-averts-major-government-shutdown-splitting-bill-partial-closure-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3341911/us-likely-averts-major-government-shutdown-splitting-bill-partial-closure-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:50:24 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance announced on Thursday the official creation of a new US venture – TikTok USDS Joint Venture – to operate the short video app used by 200 million Americans. The deal, the culmination of years of legal and political uncertainty, is part of the effort to comply with a 2024 US law that aimed to push ByteDance to divest TikTok to address national security concerns over the app’s links to Beijing. Without a divestment, the app would have faced a nationwide... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3341074/who-are-owners-new-tiktok-us-entity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3341074/who-are-owners-new-tiktok-us-entity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:02:59 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have officially established a venture to transfer parts of its US business to a consortium of mostly US investors, effectively securing the platform’s future for its 170 million American users. The company made the announcement on Thursday, hours ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline. The deal – first outlined by TikTok chief executive Chew Shou Zi in an internal memo last month – was set to close this week, though it had not previously received the formal... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340918/tiktok-confirms-deal-create-new-us-venture-averting-shutdown-few-hours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340918/tiktok-confirms-deal-create-new-us-venture-averting-shutdown-few-hours?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:55:36 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Look for the US and Canada to move farther apart on China policy, even in areas where they were previously aligned, analysts say, days after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a multifaceted deal with Beijing. In recent years, Washington and Ottawa had drawn closer together when it came to dealing with Beijing, from electric vehicle tariffs and research security to investment screening. But that convergence is now fraying, analysts say, as Canada signals a greater willingness to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340910/us-and-canada-drift-apart-china-ottawa-rethinks-beijing-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340910/us-and-canada-drift-apart-china-ottawa-rethinks-beijing-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:04:17 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han A move to curb US President Donald Trump’s power to sell advanced AI chips to China moved a step closer on Wednesday when a Republican-led congressional panel joined hands with their Democratic counterparts, brushing aside objections from the White House and chip giant Nvidia. The action has put Representative Brian Mast, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on a collision course with Trump’s top AI adviser David Sacks and drawn sharp criticism from Maga-aligned... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340751/trumps-decision-sell-ai-chips-china-under-pressure-house-bill-against-deal-advances?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340751/trumps-decision-sell-ai-chips-china-under-pressure-house-bill-against-deal-advances?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:14:09 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump on Friday brushed aside concerns over a Canada-China trade deal involving Ottawa agreeing to reduce tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, saying it was “a good thing” for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to pursue the deal. “That’s OK. That’s what he should be doing. It’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that,” Trump said, when asked about the agreement announced earlier in the day. The remarks not only... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340232/trump-shrugs-concerns-over-canada-china-ev-deal-calls-it-good-thing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340232/trump-shrugs-concerns-over-canada-china-ev-deal-calls-it-good-thing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:55:15 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A US spending bill approving US$300 million in cash assistance for Taiwan’s military has passed the House of Representatives and is expected to become law. On Wednesday, the House passed a two-bill government spending package that would fund the Departments of the Treasury and State through September, along with other federal agencies, bringing the total to eight of 12 annual spending bills needed by January 30, to avoid a government shutdown. The bills must now clear the Senate before they can... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3340074/us-bill-approving-us300-million-taiwans-military-passed-house?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3340074/us-bill-approving-us300-million-taiwans-military-passed-house?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:09:56 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The White House’s top science adviser on Wednesday said that the Biden administration’s decision to get rid of the Justice Department’s China Initiative was “damaging”, though stopped short of recommending that it should be fully brought back. Asked by Florida Republican Daniel Webster whether the termination of the programme aimed at combating alleged economic espionage from Beijing was detrimental, Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said:... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3339936/white-house-says-biden-decision-scrap-china-initiative-flawed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3339936/white-house-says-biden-decision-scrap-china-initiative-flawed?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:56:19 +0000 Xinmei Shen,Bochen Han Xinmei Shen,Bochen Han Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White House’s top technology adviser defended the move in the administration’s first public testimony discussing the latest export control measures. Allowing China to buy Nvidia’s second most powerful AI chip is a “wrong path” that would “supercharge” Beijing’s military modernisation and damage the US’... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3339935/trump-administration-faces-backlash-over-nvidia-h200-ai-chip-sales-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3339935/trump-administration-faces-backlash-over-nvidia-h200-ai-chip-sales-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:34:38 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the prestigious university. The number of students from mainland China rose from 1,390 in autumn 2024 to 1,452 in autumn 2025 – an increase of 4.5 per cent – according to Harvard data released on Friday. Hong Kong student enrolment rose from 68 to 73, while enrolment from Macau, which is in the single... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3339794/chinese-student-numbers-harvard-rise-despite-trump-visa-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3339794/chinese-student-numbers-harvard-rise-despite-trump-visa-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:55:24 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The US took control of its fifth oil vessel in recent weeks on Friday in the latest move tied to the Donald Trump administration’s effort to control Venezuelan oil exports. Friday’s operation came ahead of a meeting between Trump and American oil executives where the US president sought to convince them to commit to an investment pledge in Venezuela. “At least 100 Billion Dollars will be invested by BIG OIL, all of whom I will be meeting with today at The White House,” he said on social media... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339390/us-seizes-olina-tanker-near-trinidad-amid-venezuelan-oil-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339390/us-seizes-olina-tanker-near-trinidad-amid-venezuelan-oil-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:03:35 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A senior Trump administration official has defended exports of advanced chips to China, arguing that the US is building its own “digital silk road” to counteract concerns that Washington is eroding the competitiveness of top US models. The comments, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday, came amid questions from Chinese observers over why the US government would make certain advanced integrated circuits, such as Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips, available to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3339266/chip-sales-china-part-us-plan-build-its-own-digital-silk-road-official?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3339266/chip-sales-china-part-us-plan-build-its-own-digital-silk-road-official?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:40:19 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han The White House on Wednesday stopped short of denying reports that the United States has urged Venezuela to cut ties with adversaries such as China, Russia and Iran, but emphasised Washington’s determination to maintain “American dominance” in the western hemisphere and all decisions made by Caracas will be “dictated” by the US. During a media briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited frequent leaks coming out of classified briefings and stated she would “not confirm or deny or get into”... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3339102/us-wont-rule-out-pressuring-venezuela-curb-china-russia-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3339102/us-wont-rule-out-pressuring-venezuela-curb-china-russia-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:56:13 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Ro Khanna, a California progressive who opposed the US congressional effort to force the Chinese divestment of TikTok, will replace Illinois Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi as the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on the Communist Party later this month. The announcement, made by House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday, comes eight months after Krishnamoorthi said he would run for a Senate seat that will be vacated by Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin. Durbin announced last... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3338833/california-progressive-lead-democrats-house-china-panel-seeks-economic-patriotism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3338833/california-progressive-lead-democrats-house-china-panel-seeks-economic-patriotism?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:40:44 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han When Arthur Sze translates classical Tang dynasty poetry into English, he writes Chinese characters by hand, slowing himself to the pace of brush strokes and gaps. This deliberate resistance to speed is central to the craft of the US’ 25th poet laureate, and reflective of his belief that poetry must be treated with care if it is to cross borders with depth intact. Sze only translates poems he loves; by his count, he’s done just 75 translations over a five-decade-long career. “I don’t work on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3338219/us-poet-laureate-arthur-sze-slowing-down-translate-poetry-across-cultures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3338219/us-poet-laureate-arthur-sze-slowing-down-translate-poetry-across-cultures?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:12 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han In its push to secure supplies of critical minerals, the Donald Trump administration has increasingly looked abroad to reduce vulnerabilities in supply chains that underpin many of the world’s most advanced technologies. From China to the Democratic Republic of Congo to Ukraine, key strands of US foreign policy in recent months have centred on access to these materials – a group of roughly 60 minerals that the US Geological Survey considers vital to national and economic security, including rare... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3337551/will-us-led-pax-silica-shore-minerals-supply-chains-and-counter-chinas-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3337551/will-us-led-pax-silica-shore-minerals-supply-chains-and-counter-chinas-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:27:27 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The US telecommunications regulator said on Monday that it is adding Shenzhen-based DJI, the world’s largest drone maker, to a list of companies determined to pose “unacceptable risks” to US national security, marking a significant escalation in Washington’s effort to crack down on Chinese drones. Addition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s “covered list” means that DJI, which accounts for over half of all US commercial drones, will not be able to obtain approvals to sell new drone... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3337398/us-bars-approvals-new-models-chinas-dji-all-other-foreign-drones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3337398/us-bars-approvals-new-models-chinas-dji-all-other-foreign-drones?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:56:12 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Nine Republican lawmakers, including several congressional committee chairs, sent a letter this week urging US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to add more than a dozen Chinese technology firms to the Pentagon’s list of companies alleged to have links to the Chinese military. The letter, released on Friday after US President Donald Trump signed a US$900 billion military spending bill restricting US investments into Chinese tech, asks the Pentagon chief to place AI firm DeepSeek, smartphone maker... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337138/us-lawmakers-want-deepseek-xiaomi-added-list-chinese-military-linked-firms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337138/us-lawmakers-want-deepseek-xiaomi-added-list-chinese-military-linked-firms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:17:57 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han China is still trying to recruit US-based researchers despite years of heightened scrutiny, members of Congress were told on Thursday at a hearing where multiple science agencies warned that tighter security measures must go hand in hand with efforts to retain foreign talent. “Just in the past week, I have received three emails that were forwarded to me from researchers in the community who had been approached for recruitment by Chinese malign foreign talent recruitment programmes,” said Rebecca... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337024/china-still-targeting-us-based-researchers-malign-purposes-lawmakers-warned?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337024/china-still-targeting-us-based-researchers-malign-purposes-lawmakers-warned?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:00:13 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a sweeping defence bill that would restrict US outbound investment in Chinese technology and curb federal contracts with Chinese biotechnology companies, amid an uneasy trade truce between Washington and Beijing. The bill, known as the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), cleared both the House of Representatives and Senate earlier this month after months of negotiation. The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday in a 77-20 vote, following its... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336981/trump-signs-defence-bill-restricting-investment-chinese-tech-military-firms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336981/trump-signs-defence-bill-restricting-investment-chinese-tech-military-firms?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:54:12 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han Khushboo Razdan,Bochen Han In a landmark move that ends years of legal and political uncertainty, TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi informed employees on Thursday that the company has signed a binding agreement to divest its US entity into a joint venture controlled by a consortium of American investors. The deal, which has received the backing of US President Donald Trump, effectively averts a looming nationwide ban and secures the platform’s future for its 170 million American users. The new entity, named TikTok USDS Joint... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3336980/tiktok-reaches-deal-sell-us-assets-american-investor-group?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3336980/tiktok-reaches-deal-sell-us-assets-american-investor-group?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:26:54 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Senior US and Chinese defence officials met in Washington this week in the latest sign of renewed military-to-military communication as the two countries seek to stabilise ties. Alvaro Smith, a deputy assistant secretary of defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia at the Pentagon, met with China’s Major General Ye Jiang, Deputy Director of the Central Military Commission Office for International Military Cooperation, for the 19th annual US-China Defence Policy Coordination Talks from December 15... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3336686/senior-us-and-chinese-defence-officials-meet-military-military-dialogue-continues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3336686/senior-us-and-chinese-defence-officials-meet-military-military-dialogue-continues?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:58:15 +0000 Bochen Han,Seong Hyeon Choi Bochen Han,Seong Hyeon Choi The senior Democrat on a US congressional committee focused on China is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill the State Department’s vacant post for Arctic affairs, citing intensifying competition with Beijing and adding to growing pressure to address the vacancy. The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs leads US engagement with the eight-country Arctic Council and coordinates American interests related to safety and security, economic development and intergovernmental cooperation. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336131/senior-us-democrat-urges-rubio-fill-arctic-affairs-post-halt-china-and-russias-rise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336131/senior-us-democrat-urges-rubio-fill-arctic-affairs-post-halt-china-and-russias-rise?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:05:25 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A bipartisan commission focused on the rule of law and human rights in China is recommending that the US Congress scale up immersion programmes for Mandarin and other languages spoken on the mainland in American high schools and universities. The recommendation, made as part of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) annual report, comes as Washington has scaled back funding for cultural exchange programmes since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration. It... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3335974/us-commission-wants-more-mandarin-language-courses-congress-looks-curb-beijing-sway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3335974/us-commission-wants-more-mandarin-language-courses-congress-looks-curb-beijing-sway?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:46:52 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chips to approved customers in China, marking the latest lobbying win for the American chip company. The decision follows weeks of deliberations by the Trump administration about whether to grant permission to ship the H200 to China. It comes days after Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang met with Trump in Washington to discuss US export controls. “I have informed President Xi,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335669/trump-says-us-will-allow-sale-nvidia-h200-ai-chips-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335669/trump-says-us-will-allow-sale-nvidia-h200-ai-chips-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:25:40 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The US Congress is readying votes on a sprawling bill that would restrict US outbound investment to China in sensitive sectors as well as federal government contracting with Chinese biotechnology companies, two controversial measures that were left out of similar legislation last year. The provisions were included in a compromise defence bill released on Sunday after months of negotiation. Votes on the annual bill, known as the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), could happen this week.... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3335668/us-congress-unveils-defence-bill-curbs-china-tech-investment-biotech-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3335668/us-congress-unveils-defence-bill-curbs-china-tech-investment-biotech-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:14:05 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Witnesses at a US trade agency hearing are pushing officials to put economic security high on the agenda to counter China ahead of a high-stakes review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The hearing convened by the Office of the US Trade Representative on Wednesday – the first public session before next July’s joint review of the free trade deal – kicks off three days of testimony from more than 140 representatives from business, think tanks, academia and advocacy groups. “One... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3335121/usmca-partners-urged-form-joint-economic-security-mechanism-address-china-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3335121/usmca-partners-urged-form-joint-economic-security-mechanism-address-china-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:42:29 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is urging Donald Trump’s administration to reject Myanmar’s “sham” elections next month, days after the administration cited the country’s electoral progress as grounds to remove legal protections for Myanmar nationals in the US. “Burma’s planned elections this December are proving to be a sham,” said Representatives Brian Mast and Gregory Meeks and Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen on Wednesday, using the former name for the war-torn country. “Orchestrated... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3334287/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-condemn-myanmars-china-backed-sham-elections-next-month?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3334287/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-condemn-myanmars-china-backed-sham-elections-next-month?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:14:04 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Washington needs to accelerate arms sales to Taiwan and help establish a regional contingency stockpile for its defence, the US Senate heard on Thursday. Such steps would help implement provisions in a landmark 2022 law – the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (TERA) – that have not yet been fully realised, as well as boost morale on the self-governed island, witnesses said at a hearing hosted by the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Despite last week’s approval of a sale of aircraft... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333609/us-should-speed-arms-deliveries-taiwan-create-regional-stockpile-senate-hears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333609/us-should-speed-arms-deliveries-taiwan-create-regional-stockpile-senate-hears?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:05:02 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A senior US Democrat is urging the Commerce Department to investigate four Chinese semiconductor firms potentially tied to Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, warning they could threaten the safety and reliability of components used in cars across the US and its allies. The request marks the latest twist in the turmoil surrounding the Chinese-owned firm, which has become a flashpoint in broader disputes involving China, Europe, and the US, following months of internal conflicts, regulatory intervention... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333456/top-democrat-demands-us-probe-4-chinese-firms-potentially-supplying-nexperia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333456/top-democrat-demands-us-probe-4-chinese-firms-potentially-supplying-nexperia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:27:17 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A leading advisory panel on China policy urged the US Congress on Tuesday to establish a “consolidated economic statecraft entity” to handle technological and other national security challenges posed by China’s “systematic and persistent evasion” of American export controls and sanctions. “This recommendation addresses the critical gap between export controls and sanctions as written and their actual enforcement, recognising that China and Russia continue to successfully circumvent existing... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333177/us-panel-urges-economic-statecraft-body-tackle-chinas-growing-tech-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3333177/us-panel-urges-economic-statecraft-body-tackle-chinas-growing-tech-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:01:06 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Chinese student numbers in the United States have continued to decline over the past year, but they remain the second-largest student group after Indians and the biggest contributors to the US economy, according to new data released on Monday. A total of 265,919 Chinese studied in the US in the 2024-25 academic year, marking a four per cent decrease from the previous academic year, according to the latest annual survey of higher education institutions by the Institute of International Education... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332899/chinese-student-numbers-us-continue-fall-gap-indian-scholars-widens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332899/chinese-student-numbers-us-continue-fall-gap-indian-scholars-widens?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:01:08 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump signed a bill to end the record-breaking US government shutdown after the House of Representatives approved a bipartisan funding deal on Wednesday. The signing at the White House in Washington capped a 43-day stoppage that has left hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay and disrupted public services in the United States. However, just how quickly full government services and operations would resume was not immediately clear. “This is no way to run a... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3332563/us-government-shutdown-house-representatives-votes-end-historic-funding-deadlock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3332563/us-government-shutdown-house-representatives-votes-end-historic-funding-deadlock?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:27:12 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The fight against a Florida law restricting property purchases by Chinese citizens may hinge on finding new challengers – and on persuading a conservative judiciary unlikely to reverse course, legal experts say. In a 2-1 decision on Tuesday, the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld two provisions of the 2023 law – requiring buyers to register their property and attest to their eligibility by affidavit, and ruled that the plaintiffs lacked the right to challenge the main purchasing... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332012/courts-turn-slam-dunk-case-uphill-battle-floridas-chinese-property-ban-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332012/courts-turn-slam-dunk-case-uphill-battle-floridas-chinese-property-ban-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:58:09 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A US federal appeal court has paved the way for Florida to enforce a law restricting real estate purchases by Chinese citizens, rejecting arguments that it conflicts with federal law or is discriminatory. The 2-1 ruling by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Tuesday could embolden other states to enact similar laws, which critics say mirror early 20th century “alien land” laws that restricted property ownership by Chinese and Japanese nationals. Six states are currently... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3331544/us-court-says-florida-can-ban-chinese-citizens-buying-property?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3331544/us-court-says-florida-can-ban-chinese-citizens-buying-property?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:23:31 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Cuts to federal research would weaken America’s scientific edge against Beijing, said Raja Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat on the US House committee focused on China, who is pressing budget chief Russ Vought on whether his office has assessed their impact. “While the United States is dismantling the very foundations that have sustained our STEM and innovation leadership for generations, Beijing has announced its plans to continue accelerating its investments in science, technology, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331542/top-democrat-challenges-us-budget-chief-over-science-cuts-beijing-boosts-research?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331542/top-democrat-challenges-us-budget-chief-over-science-cuts-beijing-boosts-research?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:47:30 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Long-simmering debates in Washington about the benefits of increased investment from China were revived in recent weeks after Beijing reportedly pushed US President Donald Trump’s administration to roll back national security restrictions on Chinese deals in America. But despite signs of high-level political warming to the idea, analysts say the path forward for Chinese firms remains steep given federal and state restrictions and the realities of congressional and local politics. China’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331336/can-chinese-investment-still-find-home-america?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331336/can-chinese-investment-still-find-home-america?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:00:09 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Democrats in the US House of Representatives and Senate are urging President Donald Trump not to ease national security restrictions on China for a trade deal, hours ahead of his expected meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “America’s export controls, investment safeguards, and our long-standing security partnerships must not be on the negotiating table,” a group of 12 senators led by Chuck Schumer, the chamber’s top Democrat, wrote in a letter to the Republican president on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3330831/democrats-urge-trump-not-ease-national-security-restrictions-negotiations-xi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3330831/democrats-urge-trump-not-ease-national-security-restrictions-negotiations-xi?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:58:46 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea, the White House confirmed. “On Thursday morning local time, President Trump will participate in a bilateral meeting with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on Thursday. The meeting between the two leaders will take place at the end of a trip by the US president to Asia, which will begin in Malaysia, continue to Japan and... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3330131/donald-trump-meet-chinas-xi-jinping-next-thursday-south-korea-crunch-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3330131/donald-trump-meet-chinas-xi-jinping-next-thursday-south-korea-crunch-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:57:03 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A group of US Republican lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to confront Chinese President Xi Jinping at an expected summit next week about Americans they view as unjustly detained or barred from leaving China, framing Beijing’s use of exit bans and detention as “tools” to gain leverage. In a letter released on Thursday, three Republicans – Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Representatives Chris Smith of New Jersey and John Moolenaar of Michigan – highlighted the cases of two Americans,... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3330123/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-press-xi-american-detainees-exit-bans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3330123/us-lawmakers-urge-trump-press-xi-american-detainees-exit-bans?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:54:06 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han For Krislyn Massey, it all began with late nights watching Japanese anime as a child. That sparked a discovery of Chinese novels and a deep interest in studying Asia – an unlikely path for someone who grew up in a conservative family in Houston, Texas. She began learning Japanese and getting involved in student-run educational exchanges. One of those, Bridge Culture Exchange Academy, led her to attend a virtual conference in 2023 with students in China, strangers who soon became friends she... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3329509/texas-student-trip-china-becomes-political-act?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3329509/texas-student-trip-china-becomes-political-act?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:00:19 +0000 Bochen Han,Mia Nurmamat Bochen Han,Mia Nurmamat US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed plans to speak with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng on Friday in a further sign of easing tensions ahead of a potential meeting between the two countries’ leaders. “The vice-premier, who is my counterpart, and I will be speaking this evening at around 8.30, 9 o’clock,” Bessent said at the White House on Friday. The Treasury secretary added that He will also join him and a delegation in Malaysia “probably a week from tomorrow” to prepare for a meeting... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3329483/us-china-tensions-ease-bessent-confirms-call-counterpart-he-lifeng?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3329483/us-china-tensions-ease-bessent-confirms-call-counterpart-he-lifeng?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:52:36 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said he expects to meet senior Chinese leaders in the “coming month or so” as part of a broad re-engagement with Beijing, but declined to say whether Ottawa will lift tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. “We are in the process of having those discussions on a much broader range of issues than single sectors and single trades,” Carney said at a press conference. “And when we look at the auto sector, we take into account the dynamics with the United... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3329307/carney-walks-fine-line-between-washington-and-beijing-ottawa-weighs-removing-ev-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3329307/carney-walks-fine-line-between-washington-and-beijing-ottawa-weighs-removing-ev-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:04:51 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han Chinese drone maker DJI has appealed a US federal court’s decision that it should remain on the Pentagon’s blacklist of companies allegedly linked to China’s military. The Shenzhen-based company filed the appeal on Monday to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. DJI filed a lawsuit last October, arguing that it is not owned or controlled by the Chinese military and does not contribute to China’s defence industrial base. The drone manufacturer, which sells over half of all US commercial... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3329031/china-drone-maker-dji-appeals-inclusion-pentagons-chinese-military-companies-list?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3329031/china-drone-maker-dji-appeals-inclusion-pentagons-chinese-military-companies-list?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:20:57 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A bipartisan group of American lawmakers is pushing for a “dramatic” expansion of export controls on chip manufacturing equipment to China and alignment from US allies in restrictions, according to a report released on Tuesday. Their efforts come amid concern that US President Donald Trump is compromising national security in pursuit of a trade deal with China, as advocates of tougher technology restrictions fear being sidelined by the growing influence of the tech industry. “If we are serious... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3328168/us-lawmakers-push-expanded-chip-export-curbs-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3328168/us-lawmakers-push-expanded-chip-export-curbs-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:58:55 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The number of students arriving from Asia to the US in August fell by nearly 24 per cent this year compared with last year, according to recently released US government data, marking the lowest August numbers on record outside of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data, based on arrival records of international students published by the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA), includes both new students and existing students returning to the US. August arrival data typically... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3328059/asian-student-arrivals-us-plunge-lowest-level-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3328059/asian-student-arrivals-us-plunge-lowest-level-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:19:29 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han At 12.01am on Wednesday, US Eastern time (12.01pm Hong Kong time), the US government shut down after Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to reach a funding deal. Here, the Post examines why this happened and what will be affected. Why has the government shut down? Government shutdowns occur when Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress cannot reach a deal to continue government funding by the time current funding lapses – in this case, at the end of the 2025 financial year on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3327473/why-has-us-government-shut-down-and-who-will-it-impact-most?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3327473/why-has-us-government-shut-down-and-who-will-it-impact-most?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:43:58 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han A US federal judge on Friday rejected a push by Shenzhen-based DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, to be removed from the Pentagon’s blacklist of companies allegedly linked to China’s military. In his opinion, US District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington said the Department of Defence had substantial evidence supporting its finding that DJI, which accounts for over half of all US commercial drones, contributes to the “Chinese defence industrial base”. DJI had filed a suit last October... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3327057/drone-maker-dji-loses-lawsuit-against-pentagon-claim-chinese-military-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3327057/drone-maker-dji-loses-lawsuit-against-pentagon-claim-chinese-military-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:02:27 +0000