Attracting capital and production from China should take priority over tariffs and other hardline measures, according to an American economist.
Questionable data supplied by Beijing to the International Monetary Fund leads to an inaccurate and inflated projection, according to research group founder.
Bloodthirsty US politicians driven by their misunderstanding of America’s China challenge are acting in ways that are in fact detrimental to US interests. That is not helping the US, which has serious problems of its own.
The Asia expert, who did two stints at the US embassy in Beijing, will serve as deputy assistant secretary for China and Taiwan, as well as heading the newly created ‘China House’.
State Department report on alleged damage Beijing’s influence operations inflict on America’s reputation overseas is latest cause for Washington alarm.
Xie Feng says Beijing has shortened US visa application processing and suggests officials from both countries set a timetable to double direct flights.
The working groups were set up following talks between US Treasury chief Janet Yellen and Chinese vice-premier He Lifeng.
Terms of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, whose precursor Donald Trump ditched, could be revisited.
Censorship imposed by Beijing keeps AI developers in China at a disadvantage, experts testify at a hearing looking into national security threats posed by artificial intelligence.
Han praises bilateral efforts aimed at ‘stepping up engagement’ and ‘working together’ as US side says to expect ‘follow-on senior engagements in the coming weeks’.
The right flank of the US Republican Party is pushing ‘Project 2025’, a plan that would transfer unprecedented power to the presidency. Its goals include abolishing the Inflation Reduction Act and increasing extraction and usage of fossil fuels, undoing progress in fighting climate change.
Two days of talks in Malta covered Taiwan, the war in Ukraine and other topics and also marked a continuation of recent high-level bilateral engagement.
Legislation, which would establish the first US tax deal specifically for Taiwan businesses, supports US President Joe Biden’s goal of raising domestic chip manufacturing.
China’s significant jump in share of total global debt stock to 20 per cent draws scrutiny as its regional governments confront financial strain.
Inquiry would put Chinese and Ukrainian dealings of president’s son, Hunter Biden, back into spotlight as White House rejects basis for investigation.
Beijing unlikely to overtake US ‘in any significant measure of economic power’ in next two decades, influential Washington advisory panel hears.
Bolton says Trump ‘doesn’t follow coherent policies; it’s all what in the moment benefits him’ and that Beijing brokering peace between Saudi Arabia and Iran underscores danger of isolationism.
The 98-page indictment, Trump’s fourth in six months, contends he ‘knowingly and wilfully’ conspired to ‘unlawfully’ change the outcome of the 2020 election to beat Joe Biden.
Getting a clearer picture of the evidence against Hunter Biden will make it easier to compare his activities to those of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. If the US is starting to prosecute the sale of White House influence for financial gain, it’s a matter of time before they are all in the legal spotlight.
In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we break down the latest goings on in Washington, including the latest moves US President Joe Biden described as ‘a national emergency’.
US President Joe Biden looks to restrict US venture capital and private equity stakes in Chinese firms in micro electronics, AI and quantum information technologies.
State Department says Secretary Antony Blinken raised US concerns about Beijing’s broad anti-espionage efforts during his recent meetings with Chinese officials.
Rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination address the federal indictment, and a district attorney investigating 2020 election interference in Georgia plans to announce any charging decision this month.
US federal indictment led by US Special Counsel Jack Smith also makes reference to six co-conspirators, including a Justice Department official.
A clear accounting of the real environmental impact of our economies should be included in every GDP report. The call to action is ringing with renewed urgency as we grapple with the clear signs of a climate crisis.
Qin Gang’s abrupt ousting means foreign diplomats will once again be dealing with someone who is seen in Europe as ‘a known quantity, but not well-liked’.
At the latest hearing of the House select committee on China, Republicans argue for decoupling while Democrats contend the move would hurt American businesses.
As American envoy’s four-day trip concludes, Vice-President Han Zheng tells him the issue ‘bears on the sustainable development of humankind’.
Withering criticism aimed at senior envoy for East Asia and Pacific over back-to-back trips to Beijing by Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen.
