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Biden: Xi believes autocracies will fare better than democracies

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 23 02:45 AM

Discussion comes just days before high-level US-China meeting in Tianjin.  Read more »

US defense chief to highlight freedom of the seas in Southeast Asia visit

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 01:19 PM

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he would emphasize his country's commitment to freedom of the seas when he visits Southeast Asia this month. Read more »

China slams 'groundless' cyber allegations involving Microsoft servers

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 20 03:26 PM

Chinese authorities on Tuesday denied carrying out a massive hack of key Microsoft servers, describing US allies' allegations as "groundless" and "irresponsible".   Read more »

US Defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 20 02:09 PM

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to the US embassy in Hanoi.   Read more »

US and allies accuse China of global hacking spree

Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 08:59 AM

The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking. Read more »

Chinese army faces problems in weapons innovation, relying on foreign acquisitions - study

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 15 01:33 PM

China’s military has overcome numerous technological challenges to chip away at the United States’ supremacy in recent years, but continues to be stymied by lagging domestic innovation and corruption in its defense industry, according to a US government-financed study released on Wednesday. Read more »

China becoming ‘evil empire’, warns US former VP Mike Pence

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 15 07:24 AM

"In many respects, communist China poses a greater challenge to the United States than the Soviet Union ever did throughout the Cold War," said the former US vice president.    Read more »

US calls for ASEAN action on Myanmar, rejects China maritime claims

James Pearson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 06:36 PM

HANOI - The United States rejects China's "unlawful" maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian nations faced with Beijing's "coercion", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Read more »

Blinken to stress ASEAN's central role in ministerial meeting

Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 05:55 AM

The White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region, Kurt Campbell, said the US had been "missing in action" in many respects in the Pacific region. Read more »

China calls additions to U.S. economic blacklist 'unreasonable suppression'

Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 03:36 PM

China's Ministry of Commerce said Sunday it "resolutely opposes" the addition of 23 Chinese entities to a U.S. economic blacklist over issues including alleged human rights abuses and military ties. Read more »

Taiwan asserts island’s sovereignty after US restates opposition to independence

Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 08 12:30 PM

Kurt Campbell, the US Indo-Pacific coordinator, became the first Biden administration official to set out the White House’s stance on the issue. The Taiwanese foreign ministry responded by saying the island is a sovereign state and wants to protect its democratic system Read more »

China, US can coexist in peace but challenge is enormous, says White House

David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 03:15 AM

The challenge for the US would be to come up with a strategy that presented China with opportunities, but also a response if it takes steps "antithetical to the maintenance of peace and stability", one official says. Read more »

China's foreign minister says Indo-Pacific strategy should be dumped

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 04 07:48 AM

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday the Indo-Pacific strategy led by the United States is aimed at countering Beijing in a group and claimed the strategy "should be dumped at a trash heap." Read more »

Ratings for China’s Xi stuck near lows while US rebounds, survey says

Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 05:37 AM

The survey involving 17 advanced economies shows views about China have remained broadly negative and confidence in its leader Xi Jinping. Read more »

Xi and Putin show united front in message to Biden

Shi Jiangtao, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 30 02:33 PM

Beijing and Moscow have stepped up their rhetoric against Washington and its allies, vowing to strengthen their quasi-alliance and promote a “more just and democratic international order” to counterbalance the United States and its ideologically driven offensive.   Read more »

US bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese company

Karen Freifeld, Michael Martina and David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 24 08:53 AM

The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a ban on US imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co over forced labor allegations, said two sources briefed on the matter. Read more »

Low probability of China trying to seize Taiwan in near term, says top US general

Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 18 05:48 AM

The United States is Taiwan's strongest international backer and main source of arms, which angers China.   Read more »

China expanding nuclear arms stockpile in 2021, Swedish think tank says

Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 15 12:51 PM

China is modernizing and expanding its nuclear weapons stockpile but it still has a fraction of the inventory held by the United States and Russia, according to researchers at a Sweden-based global security think tank.   Read more »

China hits out at US missile plans, calls for cuts to US and Russian nuclear arsenals

Laura Zhou in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 13 08:40 AM

Foreign Minister Wang Yi also calls for fresh diplomatic engagement over Iran’s nuclear weapons and criticizes US ‘bullying’ of Tehran. Beijing has previously threatened countermeasures if the US deploys ballistic missiles in Asia. Read more »

China’s nuclear threat to US grows, mainly in the risk of a mishap, experts say

Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 11 02:48 PM

China’s nuclear arsenal is a growing threat to US security, less in its absolute size than in the growing risk of a mishap as Washington and Beijing butt heads over Taiwan and many other issues, experts told a US Congressional commission. Read more »