Jul 23 WATCH: Pompeo declares U.S. engagement with China a failure in Nixon Library speech By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Nearly 50 years after Nixon’s historic 1972 trip to China, Pompeo used the symbolism of the venue to accuse the Chinese of taking advantage of that opportunity to lie, cheat and steal their way to power and prosperity. Continue reading
Jul 23 China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars By Samuel McNeil, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 11:01 Why the U.S. ordered a Chinese consulate closed -- and what it means for foreign policy The Trump administration has ordered China to close its Houston consulate -- the latest action in an escalating fight between the two countries. The State Department cited concerns about espionage and intellectual property theft as justification for the move. Nick… Continue watching
Jul 22 WATCH: Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on competition with China By Ken Moritsugu, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston in the latest escalation of tensions between the world's largest economies. Continue reading
Jul 22 U.S. orders China to close its consulate in Houston By Associated Press China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on the world's second-largest economy over trade, technology, human rights and security. Continue reading
Jul 21 Fear of China driving Hong Kong extradition concerns By Zen Soo, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press With Britain the latest country to scrap its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, the focus in the semi-autonomous city has returned to the concerns about China’s legal system that sparked months of anti-government protests last year. Continue reading
Jul 21 Breached levees trap thousands as flooding in China worsens By Associated Press Breached levees have trapped more than 10,000 people in an eastern Chinese town as flooding worsens across much of the country, local authorities said Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 20 UK suspends extradition arrangements with Hong Kong By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Britain’s government suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday and blocked arms sales to the former British territory, after China imposed a tough new national security law. Continue reading
Jul 17 Countries across the globe battle flare-ups of COVID-19 By Elaine Kurtenbach, Nomaan Merchant, Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press Outbreaks in the world’s latest hot spots pushed the confirmed global case tally toward 14 million on Friday. Governments are frantically trying to prevent and put down fresh outbreaks and keep their economies running as the pandemic accelerates in some… Continue reading
Jul 16 What Trump's move to treat Hong Kong the same as China could mean for the U.S. By Dan Sagalyn On July 14, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would end “preferential treatment for Hong Kong” and that the region “will now be treated the same as mainland China, no special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of… Continue reading