Jan 16 Read the full U.S.-China ‘Phase 1’ trade agreement By Kevin Freking, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The deal offers massive export opportunities for U.S. farms and factories and promises to do more to protect American trade secrets but leaves Washington's fundamental differences with Beijing unresolved. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 12:04 What Phase 1 of Trump’s China trade deal includes — and what it doesn’t After two years of escalating threats and tariffs, the U.S. and China have signed a trade deal. In what is known as Phase 1 of a larger agreement, Beijing pledged to increase purchases of U.S. goods, while U.S. tariffs remain… Continue watching
Jan 15 WATCH: Trump signs ‘Phase 1’ trade truce with China President Donald Trump and China's chief negotiator are scheduled to sign a modest trade agreement in which the administration will ease some sanctions on China and Beijing will step up its purchases of U.S. farm products and other goods. Continue reading
Jan 13 U.S. drops designation of China as currency manipulator By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the administration had dropped China’s designation as a currency manipulator because of commitments in the Phase 1 trade agreement that President Donald Trump is to sign with China on Wednesday at the White House. Continue reading
Jan 12 Hong Kong denies entry to Human Rights Watch director By Associated Press Hong Kong authorities barred the head of Human Rights Watch from entering the Chinese territory Sunday, the advocacy group said. Continue reading
Jan 11 Taiwan’s leader reelected as voters back tough China stance By Elaine Kurtenbach, Johnson Lai, Associated Press Tsai Ing-wen was reelected as Taiwan's president by a landslide Saturday in a victory that signaled strong support for her tough stance against China among voters determined to defend their democratic way of life. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 9:59 This dissident leaked explosive documents depicting China’s brutal treatment of Uighurs By Malcolm Brabant The U.S. says more than a million Uighur Muslims are in detention or camps in China’s vast northwest Xinjiang province. The Chinese government counters that it is focused on the “re-education” of extremists. But in her first television interview, a… Continue watching
Jan 10 Taiwan president urges voters to turn out to the polls in Saturday’s election By Taijing Wu, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Taiwan elections are lively events that generally revolve around economic, public welfare and social justice issues, though China's threat to annex the self-governing island by force always looms large in the background. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 9:58 In Taiwan, presidential election brings long-simmering tensions with China to the surface By Divya Gopalan For decades, Taiwan's political status has been a contentious issue between the U.S. and China. The U.S. considers it a real democracy, while mainland China sees a rogue province that should be under Communist control. Taiwanese voters will elect their… Continue watching
Jan 01 Crowd gathers in Hong Kong for 1st protest of 2020 By Associated Press Authorities said the assembly was mostly orderly, but that five people were arrested for criminal damage. Continue reading