Tag Archives: United States

• Trump on track to become third US president to be impeached 16 December 2019 | Susan Cornwell and Arshad Mohammed This post has 2 comments

  Donald Trump is likely to become the third US president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden. ...

• Trump impeachment looms as US House committee approves charges 14 December 2019 | Susan Cornwell This post has one comment

  Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden. ...

• China warns US of a ‘price’ for Uyghur bill 4 December 2019 This post has 2 comments

  China warned Wednesday that a "price must be paid" after the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation seeking sanctions against senior Chinese officials over the crackdown on mainly Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang. ...

• Furious China vows to ‘fight back’ after Congress backs HK democracy 21 November 2019 | Jacques Clement and Sean Chang This post has no comments yet

  China on Thursday accused the US of seeking to "destroy" Hong Kong and threatened retaliation after Congress passed new legislation supporting the pro-democracy movement that has thrown the city into nearly six months of turmoil. ...

• US Senate passes Hong Kong rights bill, angering China 20 November 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The US Senate unanimously adopted legislation Tuesday supporting "human rights and democracy" in Hong Kong and threatening to revoke its special economic status, angering China which promptly summoned a US diplomat. ...

• China accuses US of using UN to ‘meddle’ in Tibet 12 November 2019 This post has 2 comments

  China accused the US on Monday of using the United Nations to "meddle" in Tibet, as Washington intensifies its bid to prevent Beijing from handpicking the Dalai Lama's successor. ...

• US wants UN to take up Dalai Lama succession: envoy 10 November 2019 | Shaun Tandon This post has 2 comments

  The US wants the UN to take up the Dalai Lama's succession in an intensifying bid to stop China from trying to handpick his successor, an envoy said after meeting the Tibetan leader. ...

• US slams China over Dalai Lama, praises India 31 October 2019 This post has 2 comments

  The US has appreciated India's "extraordinary generosity" for supporting the Tibetan people's religious freedom while rejecting as "meritless" China's claim that the Dalai Lama's succession. ...

• Top US diplomat meets with the Dalai Lama 29 October 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback, called on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his residence in McLeod Ganj in northern India. ...

• ISIS chief Baghdadi died in US raid in Syria 27 October 2019 | Sebastian Smith with Omar Haj Kadour near Barisha This post has one comment

  President Donald Trump on Sunday said that elusive ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, dying "like a dog," in a daring, nighttime raid by US special forces deep in northwest Syria. ...