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164 articles matching the search query.
U.S. Commerce Secretary in Beijing to discuss trade. Expectations are low.
The Biden administration’s wave of diplomacy continues in China. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told Chinese officials that the U.S. wants to work with China on solving problems. But China has some concerns.
August 29, 2023 Source: The China Project
U.S. lays first charges against China-based fentanyl chemical producers
The Justice Department has accused four Chinese chemical manufacturers and eight individuals for aiding the production and flow of illegal fentanyl into the U.S.
June 26, 2023 Source: The China Project
Xi met with Blinken, Li courts German businesses, Modi to visit the U.S.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing yesterday, in a bid to stabilize ties between the two superpowers. Meanwhile, China’s No. 2 official is in Berlin on a trip aimed at smoothing things over with Europe’s economic powerhouse.
June 20, 2023 Source: The China Project
Honduran president in Beijing cements official ties
Xiomara Castro is the first Honduran president to pay a state visit to China, after her country switched official recognition from Taipei to Beijing.
June 14, 2023 Source: The China Project
U.S.-China chills at the Shangri-La Dialogue
China’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, had sharp words to say about each other’s countries at the Shangri-La Dialogue, dashing hopes that the two superpowers might use the opportunity to stabilize fraught relations.
June 5, 2023 Source: The China Project
China’s first civilian in space, and maybe a man on the Moon
With three new astronauts on its space station and a promise to put people on the Moon by 2030, China took another step toward advancing its goals of becoming a major space power by 2045.
June 1, 2023 Source: The China Project
Montana and Florida face lawsuits for free speech restriction and anti-Chinese discrimination
TikTok filed a lawsuit against Montana for banning the app. Meanwhile, three Chinese citizens and a Chinese company have sued Florida for a new law barring them from owning property.
May 25, 2023 Source: The China Project
European countries struggle to align on China
China wants to recalibrate its relationship with the countries of Europe, dealing with them separately from America. In the latest in the China’s World series, Duncan Bartlett considers how European leaders are responding to a charm offensive from Beijing.
May 1, 2023 Source: The China Project
China’s Pacific Island push is all about Taiwan
China has been growing its influence in the Pacific Islands. But its diplomatic deals in the region hinge on Taiwan.
March 14, 2023 Source: The China Project
Editor’s note for February 21, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
February 21, 2023 Source: The China Project
‘Pointing at a deer and calling it a tiger’ — Phrase of the Week
Is the ‘wandering balloon’ that entered U.S. airspace last weekend a harmless deer, or a dangerous tiger?
February 10, 2023 Source: The China Project
Should the U.S. and China de-risk rather than decouple?
Craig Allen, President of the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC), talks about the outlook of different business sectors in 2023, as the world’s two largest economies try to decouple.
February 9, 2023 Source: The China Project
Washington wants to completely cut Huawei off from U.S. suppliers
The U.S. is cracking down even harder on Huawei, and is heading towards a total ban on allowing American suppliers to sell to the embattled Chinese telecom giant.
January 31, 2023 Source: The China Project
Under threat from China, Taiwan moves to boost military training
Taiwan is extending its military conscription to one year amid increasing belligerence by the People’s Liberation Army over the weekend.
December 27, 2022 Source: The China Project
China is all over the 2023 Pentagon Budget
The U.S. defense budget for 2023 has been approved, and it has removed some earlier provisions that were sure to anger Beijing. But the legislation still has China firmly in its sights.
December 23, 2022 Source: The China Project
The U.S. deals another blow to China’s chip industry and Beijing reacts with a trillion yuan plan
Globalization is over: Beijing is responding to U.S. restrictions on tech sales to China by juicing the local market, but Chinese chip firms are struggling and global companies are stuck in the crossfire.
December 22, 2022 Source: The China Project
The scary ‘foreign forces’ behind China’s COVID lockdown protests?
Emigré Chinese writer Rong Xiaoqing went to a demonstration at the Chinese consulate in New York, and checked out the supposed ‘foreign forces’ behind the protests in China and around the world.
December 7, 2022 Source: The China Project
Déjà vu to 2002? The U.S., China, and parallels to the Iraq War run-up
Michael J. Mazarr, a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation, warns of certain parallels between what happened two decades ago and the growing sense of urgency and moral imperative to confront China that he now senses in Washington.
December 1, 2022 Source: The China Project
The U.S.-China tech battle from inside ZTE
Ashley Yablon, the former general counsel for ZTE, discusses how he uncovered an illegal scheme at the Chinese technology company to sell billions of dollars’ worth of surveillance equipment to embargoed countries.
November 16, 2022 Source: The China Project