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How Pelosi’s Taiwan trip set off a new wave of US-China electronic warfare

Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 14 11:09 AM

The PLA's eyes in the sky and at sea sought to track the aircraft carrying the US House speaker. And a US reconnaissance aircraft was detected over waters near Taiwan during the PLA's war games after Pelosi's trip, a Beijing think tank says. Read more »

Chinese carrier sails in Taiwan Strait before Biden-Xi call

Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Mar 19 02:29 AM

Taiwan rejects China's sovereignty claims and has repeatedly vows to defend its freedom and democracy. Read more »

US Senate bill to sanction Chinese officials blocking coronavirus origins probe

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 12 11:08 AM

Sixteen Republican sponsors want to investigate whether the virus somehow escaped from an infectious diseases lab. The bill has no support from Democrats, who have accused Republicans of fueling anti-Asian racism in the US with coronavirus rhetoric. Read more »

In slap at China, US praises S. Africa's detection of new COVID strain

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 10:42 AM

The US praised South Africa Saturday for quickly identifying the new COVID strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world. Read more »

How US-China talks failed, succeeded in recent years

Amanda Lee, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 18 02:27 PM

Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have used different tactics when engaging with China on politically sensitive issues that have strained bilateral ties. The outlook remains dim on an improvement in political environment between Washington and Beijing for the foreseeable future, according to analysts. Read more »

Ahead of Biden call, Xi says China ready to bring ties with US back on track

Catherine Wong and Amber Wang, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 11 01:28 PM

China 'stands ready to work with the United States' to bring relations back on the right track, President Xi Jinping has said, days ahead of a scheduled virtual meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden. Read more »

China says it's taking 'real action' vs climate change

Jun Mai, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 07 09:25 AM

Foreign Minister Wang Yi insisted the country is a ‘serious and responsible’ participant in efforts to tackle the problem in a call with his Spanish counterpart. Beijing and Washington have been indulging in a blame game after the US President said it had been a ‘big mistake’ for Xi to miss the talks in Glasgow. Read more »

US convicts Chinese intel agent of economic espionage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 07:36 AM

A Chinese intelligence officer was convicted in US federal court Friday of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US and French aerospace firms. Read more »

US official chides Xi Jinping for anticipated absence from G20, COP26 meetings

Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 27 12:53 PM

‘President Xi has chosen not to attend these summits. He‘s chosen not to leave China at all in calendar year 2021,’ National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says. Joe Biden has yet to meet face-to-face with Xi since becoming US president and wants to by the end of the year. Read more »

'Chinese-marked device found in PH waters in July just buoy'

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 06:04 PM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Chinese-marked device found at the Pangasinan side of the West Philippine Sea in July was just a buoy. Read more »

Beijing’s top diplomat to US politicians: Help heal US-China ties

Teddy Ng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 16 01:36 PM

China’s foreign policy chief has urged politicians from both sides of the US partisan divide to get the relationship between the two countries back on track. Read more »

Chinese military ‘not afraid of suffering, death’ after US vows to intimidate enemies

Harvey Kong, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 01 01:40 PM

A senior Chinese air force officer has said his country’s military will not be scared by the United States, citing past confrontations between China’s armed forces and their US counterparts. Read more »

China has failed to cut its fentanyl trafficking: US

Jacob Fromer in Washington, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 25 12:39 PM

‘China remains the primary country of origin for illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances,’ the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission says. Read more »

Japan-US ties must not harm China, Chinese envoy warns

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 02 01:11 PM

China's ambassador to Japan takes aim at Tokyo’s ‘dismissive attitude’ on Xinjiang, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Practical action is needed to show goodwill towards Beijing, he says. Read more »

US dials back probe of Chinese scientists on visa fraud charges

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 24 10:42 AM

The "China Initiative" had been criticized by civil liberties advocates as racially biased, and judges in several court proceedings had expressed skepticism about the FBI's tactics in interrogating the scientists. Read more »

China says US 'creating risks' with South China Sea warship sail-bys

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 04:34 PM

China's sweeping claims over almost the entire South China Sea has no legal basis, a UN-backed arbitration court in The Hague ruled in 2016. Read more »

Blinken says China ‘criminalizes religious expression’ as report on religious freedom is released

Mark Magnier in Washington, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 13 12:59 PM

The annual State Department report on international religious freedom calls out Beijing for suppressing Christians, Uyghur Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists. Antony Blinken also announces the placing of sanctions on a Communist Party official for ‘gross violations of human rights’. Read more »

Joe Biden 100 days in: Little difference from Trump in attitude towards China, analysts say

Robert Delaney and Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Apr 28 03:25 PM

Joe Biden's presidency will pass the 100-day mark on Friday, a symbolic milestone against which administrations are often assessed.  Read more »

China tells US it wants more cooperation as it marks 50th year of ‘ping pong diplomacy’

Linda Lew, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 12 06:43 AM

Ambassador to Washington Cui Tiankai says the two countries should revive the spirit of mutual respect that categorized the 1971 exchange. Read more »

China calls for reset in Sino-US relations with Biden administration

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 10:57 AM

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to work with Beijing to reopen dialogue between the 2 countries to restore a bilateral relationship damaged under the presidency of Donald Trump. Read more »