Tag Archives: United States

• US sends aircraft carriers to South China Sea during Chinese drills 3 July 2020 | Matthew Tostevin This post has 3 comments

  Two US aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, the US navy said, as China also carried out military drills that have been criticised by the Pentagon and neighbouring states. ...

• US Congress urges Trump administration to get tougher on China’s Xinjiang crackdown 2 July 2020 | Patricia Zengerle This post has no comments yet

  More than 75 US senators and House members on Thursday urged the Trump administration to take a tougher stance on China over its crackdown in that country’s Xinjiang province. ...

• Coronavirus may have infected 10 times more Americans than reported, CDC says 25 June 2020 | Steve Holland This post has 3 comments

  Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus, 10 times more than official counts, indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease, senior administration officials said. ...

• China likely lost at least 40 soldiers in border clash – Indian minister 21 June 2020 This post has 3 comments

  China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday. ...

• India has world’s fourth-highest number of Coronavirus cases | Tibet Sun Online News This post has no comments yet

  India now has the fourth-highest number of Coronavirus cases in the world, with more than 411,000 cases and 13,277 deaths -- but it’s one of the lowest rates in the world for a population of 1.3 billion. ...

• “Rookie of the Year Award” goes to Tibetan-American entrepreneurs 20 June 2020 | Gangjong Bu This post has no comments yet

  Two young Tibetan-American entrepreneurs, Phil Dhargyal and Tenzin Jigme, won the 2020 “Rookie of the Year Award” from the PuroClean Company on 17 June. ...

• US condoles with India over soldiers killed in clash with China, tensions stay high 18 June 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has one comment

  The United States offered condolences to India on Friday over the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers killed in vicious hand-to-hand combat with Chinese troops during a clash on the two Asian giants disputed mountainous border earlier this week. ...

• Trump asked China’s Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton 17 June 2020 This post has 2 comments

  Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former national security advisor John Bolton writes in an explosive new behind-the-scenes book, according to excerpts. ...

• US, China to hold top-level talks on tensions: reports 15 June 2020 This post has one comment

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a top Chinese official in Hawaii Wednesday in the powers' first senior-level talks since tensions skyrocketed over the coronavirus pandemic, reports said. ...

• Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate 14 June 2020 | Jim Mannion This post has one comment

  The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer, this time in Atlanta, Georgia, poured more fuel Sunday on a raging US debate over racism after another round of street protests and the resignation of the city's police chief. ...