Jun 12 Watch 4:14 COVID-19, climate change, China: Biden reaffirms America’s global role at the G7 By PBS NewsHour President Joe Biden made his first foreign trip as president to the U.K. for the G-7 summit where he was welcomed by world leaders amid talk of “shared values.” In a bid to move past the Trump-era, President Biden reaffirmed… Continue watching
Jun 12 China’s wandering elephants on the move again By Associated Press China’s famed wandering elephants are on the move again, heading southwest while a male who broke from the herd is still keeping his distance. Continue reading
Jun 12 Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China By Jill Lawless, Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden also met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in between Saturday’s G-7 sessions, according to photographs her spokesperson tweeted. Merkel is scheduled to meet with Biden at the White House next month. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 3:11 An endangered elephant herd is taking a mysterious trek in China. Are humans to blame? By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin It’s not a sight you see every day -- a herd of elephants, leaving their home turf, making their way through southwestern China, most recently stopping in a city with millions of residents. But that’s what’s happening right now. William… Continue watching
Jun 09 U.S. drops Trump order targeting TikTok, plans its own review By Associated Press The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China. Continue reading
Jun 08 Senate passes bill to boost U.S. tech industry to counter rivals By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Senate has overwhelmingly approved legislation aiming to boost semiconductor production in the U.S. The bill is a bid to protect economic and national security in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 3:45 Efforts to counter China’s growing influence draw broad support in Congress The Biden administration announced it's taking a series of steps to ensure the U.S. had secure access to key products, many of which are manufactured overseas, as the U.S. Senate is poised to pass sweeping bipartisan legislation intended to address… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch 6:45 Tiananmen Square massacre casts a long shadow over modern Chinese politics By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Friday marked the 32nd anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, where hundreds and perhaps thousands of people were killed by the Chinese government amid a Democratic protest movement. But many Chinese know nothing of what happened that day. Nick… Continue watching
Jun 01 U.S., Japan reaffirm alliance amid China territorial claims By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press The new head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has held talks with top Japanese officials and reaffirmed their alliance amid China's increasingly assertive claims to contested areas in the region. Continue reading
May 31 China slams U.S. ‘politicization’ of virus origin By Associated Press China on Monday hit out at the U.S. for its "politicization" of the COVID-19 origin tracing, saying it has obstructed international efforts to "fight the outbreak and save lives."… Continue reading