Tag Archives: Joe Biden

• Secretary Blinken gives a boost to Free Tibet movement 29 July 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  US Secretary of State Blinken's meeting with Dongchung is a highly significant move, because it indicates that Tibet matters in US politics, and that the US is concerned about the plight of the Tibetan people. ...

• Afghanistan troop pullout a “mistake”: Former US President Bush 14 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Former US president George W Bush on Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be "slaughtered" by the Taliban. ...

• NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge 14 June 2021 | Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire and Lorne Cook This post has no comments yet

  NATO leaders targeted China in a strongly worded warning Monday, declaring the nation poses a constant security challenge, is trying to undermine world order and is working on nuclear missile development at a worrisome pace. ...

• Stressing diplomacy, Biden says not seeking conflict with China, Russia 29 April 2021 | Shaun Tandon This post has one comment

  US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was not seeking conflict with China or Russia as he put a renewed focus on diplomacy in his first address to Congress. ...

• US ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines 20 March 2021 | Matthew Lee This post has no comments yet

  US relations with its two biggest geo-political rivals are facing severe tests as President Joe Biden tries to assert America’s place in the world and distinguish himself from his predecessor. ...

• Kim Jong-un’s sister sends warning to Biden 16 March 2021 | Amanda Macias This post has 2 comments

  The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent an eerie message to the United States on Tuesday, as Biden administration officials arrive for high-level talks in Japan and South Korea. ...

• US House clears Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid plan, heads to Senate 27 February 2021 | Michael Mathes This post has no comments yet

  The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local governments, and millions of families. ...

• Biden CIA nominee Burns to focus on ‘authoritarian adversary’ China 25 February 2021 | Patricia Zengerle and Mark Hosenball This post has one comment

  President Joe Biden’s nominee to be director of the CIA, William Burns, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he saw competition with China - and countering its “adversarial, predatory” leadership - as the key to US national security. ...

• Biden declares ‘America is back’ in welcome words to allies 20 February 2021 | Aamer Madhani This post has no comments yet

  President Joe Biden in his first address before a global audience declared that “America is back, the transatlantic alliance is back,” after four years of a Trump administration that flaunted a foreign policy through an “America First" lens ...

• Biden says China to face repercussions on human rights 17 February 2021 | Jeff Mason This post has no comments yet

  China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation’s handling of Muslim minorities in its far western region of Xinjiang. ...