Tag Archives: Diplomacy

  • US plans registration requirement for China’s Confucius Institutes 12 August 2020 This post has no comments yet

    The US State Department may announce as soon as Thursday a requirement for Chinese government-funded cultural centers at US universities to register as foreign missions, a development that would be signal further deterioration in ties. ...

  • Trump says ‘great’ bond with China’s Xi changed after COVID-19 11 August 2020 This post has no comments yet

    US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping has frayed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic and that he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart in a long time. ...

  • US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader in new offensive on China 7 August 2020 | Shaun Tandon and Rob Lever, with AFP in Beijing This post has 4 comments

    The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong's leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to end all US operations in a twin diplomatic-commercial offensive set to grow ahead of US elections. ...

  • Trump issues bans on China’s TikTok, WeChat, stoking tension with Beijing 6 August 2020 | David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper This post has no comments yet

    US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing. ...

  • China to retaliate if US forces out Chinese journalists 3 August 2020 This post has no comments yet

    China will take retaliatory measures if all Chinese journalists based in the United States are forced to leave the country, including targeting US journalists in Hong Kong, Global Times Editor in Chief Hu Xijin said on Tuesday. ...

  • China orders US to close Chengdu consulate in retaliation for Houston closure 24 July 2020 This post has one comment

    Staff at the US consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu were busy packing belongings and removing the US insignia from the building on Saturday, a day after Beijing ordered its closure in a tit-for-tat diplomatic battle with Washington. ...

  • US-Chinese tensions soar as consulate ordered to shut 22 July 2020 | Mark Felix This post has one comment

    US-Chinese tensions, already rising because of the coronavirus pandemic and crackdown in Hong Kong, ratcheted up another notch on Wednesday as the United States ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston within 72 hours. ...

  • US Ambassador to India meets representatives of Dalai Lama 19 July 2020 This post has 5 comments

    US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster, on Saturday met with Representative of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, Ngodup la and Secretary Gyalpo, to further the ties between the American and Tibetan people. ...

  • US warns citizens of heightened detention risks in China 11 July 2020 This post has no comments yet

    The US State Department warned American citizens on Saturday to “exercise increased caution” in China due to heightened risk of arbitrary law enforcement including detention and a ban from exiting the country. ...

  • US sanctions highest ranking Chinese official yet over Uyghur rights 9 July 2020 | Daphne Psaledakis, Alexandra Alper and Matt Spetalnick This post has one comment

    The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing. ...