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Kamala Harris kicks off Vietnam visit by calling out China's 'bullying' tactics
Harris told Vietnamese officials in capital city of Hanoi on Wednesday that there was a need to pressure Beijing on its actions in the South China Sea.
Xi-Biden meet may be further delayed as China considers virtual G20 seat
If they fail to meet in Rome in October, it would be the longest delay before a newly inaugurated US president met his Chinese counterpart since 1997.
Biden picks Burns for China ambassador; Emanuel for Japan
President Joe Biden is nominating longtime former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador to China and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as his envoy to Japan.
China state firms invest in TikTok sibling, Weibo chat app
The Chinese government has made investments in two of the nation's most significant technology firms — ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns global video app TikTok, and Weibo, China's version of Twitter — in a move apparently intended to bolster its sway over the nation's flourishing technology sector.
Democracy summit invitation to Taiwan ‘risks crisis in China-US ties’
Taipei says it wants to attend the gathering in December, saying it shares values with the United States.
Janet Yellen weighs visit to China, her first as US Treasury secretary
If the trip goes ahead, she is likely to meet Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He and would be the highest ranking Biden appointee to visit the country.
Speed of Taliban Advance Surprises Biden Administration, Dismays U.S. Allies
Fears spread among countries that worked to prop up the Afghan government, from the fate of their embassy staff to the value of U.S. commitments; U.S. intelligence says Kabul could fall within a month.
‘We don’t respond well to threats’: Lithuania faces off against China, Belarus
Over the course of 2021, Lithuania has emerged as China’s staunchest critic in the European Union.
Blinken promotes US infrastructure bill as vital to competition with China
‘Our domestic renewal and our strength in the world are completely intertwined,’ says US secretary of state.
Biden administration shrugs off pressure to remove China tariffs
‘We are conducting a robust, strategic review of our economic relationship with China to create effective policy that delivers results for American workers,’ said the US Trade Representative’s office.
Shipping snags prompt US firms to mull retreat from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Game maker Eric Poses last year created The Worst-Case Scenario Card Game, making a wry reference to the way the coronavirus had upended normal life. He had no idea. In a twist that Poses never could have predicted, his game itself would become caught up in the latest fallout from the health crisis: a backlogged global supply chain that has delayed shipments around the world and sent freight costs rocketing.
Harris to focus on security, economic ties on SE Asia trip
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Southeast Asia later this month aiming to bolster U.S. engagement in the region in an effort to counter China’s growing influence globally.
Kamala Harris to Visit Singapore, Vietnam, Focus on Chip Shortage, Supply Chians
The global semiconductor shortage and other supply chain troubles will be a focus of Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip to Southeast Asia later this month, where she also aims to shore up U.S. relations with countries at China’s doorstep.
Singapore’s Lee Urges China, U.S. to Stem Deteriorating Ties
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong again warned the U.S. and China to deescalate tensions, saying both powers presumed incorrectly they would win in any conflict.
‘There‘s no playbook for this’: How Biden is tackling China amid globalisation
The administration puts together a team of advisers to devise a policy that strikes a balance between national security and technological innovation.
As China ‘sets the agenda’, will US and allied pressure change?
Washington’s pressure on Beijing is not expected to let up as US President Joe Biden works jointly with Indo-Pacific partners.
Biden nominates Huawei prosecutor for key China export post
Thea Kendler is a lawyer on the criminal case against the Chinese tech giant and its CFO Meng Wanzhou.
US defense secretary visits Vietnam, vows support for region
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is seeking to bolster ties with Vietnam, one of the Southeast Asian nations embroiled in a territorial rift with China, during a two-day visit starting Wednesday.
Chinese Officials Blame U.S. for Stalemate in High-Level Talks
U.S. and Chinese officials sparred over Covid-19, human rights and cybersecurity in a tense exchange in the highest-level meetings between the two countries on Chinese soil since Joe Biden became president.
U.S., China Leave Room to Talk After Contentious Meetings
The U.S. and China left open the possibility of a summit between their presidents, despite a contentious day of talks in which Beijing outlined a series of demands that Americans showed little willingness to meet.