Tag Archives: United States

  • 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. ...

  • Russia acting against Biden; China opposes Trump: US intel 9 August 2020 | Eric Tucker and Deb Riechmann This post has 3 comments

    US intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting Trump's reelection. ...

  • US sets record as coronavirus cases top 5 million 8 August 2020 | Diane Craft This post has no comments yet

    The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than 5 million people now infected, according to a Reuters tally, as the country’s top infectious diseases official offered hope earlier this week. ...

  • 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. ...

  • US hits China anew for rights abuses in western Xinjiang 2 August 2020 | Matthew Lee This post has no comments yet

    The Trump administration took new aim at China on Friday by imposing sanctions on a major paramilitary organization in the western Xinjiang region and its commander for alleged human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities. ...

  • Always rocky, China-US relations appear at a turning point 25 July 2020 | Ken Moritsugu This post has one comment

    Four decades after the US established diplomatic ties with Communist China, the relationship between the two may have reached a turning point. Tensions have reached new heights on what has always been a rocky road. ...

  • 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. ...

  • Australia rejects Beijing’s South China Sea claims, backing US This post has no comments yet

    Australia has rejected Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with Washington in the escalating row. ...