Feb 17 PHOTOS: Year of the Horse gallops in with Lunar New Year prayers, robots and firecrackers By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China and some other East Asian nations and is celebrated outside the region, too. Continue reading
Feb 11 Russia says it will stick to New START's nuclear arms limits as long as the U.S. does By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The New START treaty expired Feb. 5, leaving no restrictions on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 11:06 Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison by Beijing-backed court By Nick Schifrin, Kayan Taraporevala Hong Kong democracy advocate and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is 78, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Beijing-backed court. It is the longest sentence handed down under China’s national security law that has effectively… Continue watching
Feb 09 Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai's sentence raises international outcry as China defends it By Associated Press Lai was convicted of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles. Continue reading
Feb 06 Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy says it's close to a new trade deal with China By Gerald Imray, Associated Press South Africa's Ministry of Trade and Industry said the agreement would start negotiations over a deal that would give some South African goods, such as fruit, duty-free access to the Chinese market. Continue reading
Feb 04 Trump and Xi discuss Iran in wide-ranging call as U.S. presses nations to break from Tehran By Aamer Madhani, Didi Tang, Associated Press President Donald Trump said the two leaders also discussed a broad range of other critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship, including trade and Taiwan and his plans to visit Beijing in April. Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Vance says U.S. wants to create critical minerals trading bloc to counter China By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the trade war over the past year exposed how dependent most countries are on the critical minerals that China has a stranglehold on. Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: Trump announces plan for rare earth elements strategic reserve By Josh Boak, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. Continue reading
Feb 02 China call decision to award a Grammy to the Dalai Lama 'political manipulation' By Associated Press The Dalai Lama said in a statement on his website that he saw the win "as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility."… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 4:13 Alienated by Trump, U.S. allies turn to China and India for trade deals By Nick Schifrin, Veronica Vela Trade deals around the world are being negotiated, signed and celebrated without the U.S. World leaders are looking to other sources of economic partnership as turbulent tariff policies, harsh rhetoric and unpredictable social media posts from President Trump push allies… Continue watching