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What fate awaits undocumented Chinese migrants in the US under Trump?
President-elect’s plan unlikely to affect recent wave of border crossers who entered during the Biden administration, at least initially.
25 Dec 2024 - 11:13PM
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US-China relations
Biden signs Pentagon budget bill that extends sanctions on Hong Kong officials
25 Dec 2024 - 5:36AM
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China-EU relations
How friendly will Europe’s right wing be to Trump on China? It’s complicated
24 Dec 2024 - 11:45PM
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United States & Canada
Donald Trump
Trump wants to buy Greenland again, Denmark says it’s still ‘not for sale’
Trump believes Greenland’s strategic location, home to a US airbase and a radar station, is crucial for national defence, particularly in light of the Ukraine war.
23 Dec 2024 - 9:17PM
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Donald Trump has reignited his 2019 bid to buy Greenland, claiming it’s vital for US national security. Photo: Reuters
China
US-China relations
China is making it easier for Americans to visit, but where is the big uptick?
Even as the US lowers travel warning for mainland and China loosens visa rules, exchanges are at risk.
23 Dec 2024 - 11:00AM
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United States & Canada
Donald Trump
You’re hired! Trump taps Apprentice producer Mark Burnett as special UK envoy
The show presented Trump Tower to millions of people as a symbol of power and success before Trump launched his first presidential campaign.
22 Dec 2024 - 6:32AM
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Middle East
Middle East
US scraps US$10 million bounty on Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa
Top US diplomat for the Middle East Barbara Leaf welcomed ‘positive messages’ from their talks, including a promise to fight terrorism.
21 Dec 2024 - 4:28AM
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Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on December 8. Photo: AP
United States & Canada
Canada
Canada’s Trudeau drops one-third of cabinet as his political future looks shaky
Meanwhile, the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh, whose party has been keeping the PM in power, says he will vote to bring down the Trudeau government.
21 Dec 2024 - 4:08AM
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United States & Canada
US-China relations
Chinese national charged with acting as Beijing’s agent in California election
The arrest of Yaoning ‘Mike’ Sun comes amid rising concern that China is seeking to influence local polls and install friendly politicians.
20 Dec 2024 - 7:34AM
United States & Canada
US-China relations
TikTok ban: US senators urge Biden to extend ByteDance deadline by 90 days
The app’s China-based parent company is mounting a legal challenge against a law forcing it to sell its US assets or face a ban.
20 Dec 2024 - 10:12AM
Diplomacy
US-China relations
Aukus, other China-related priorities likely to survive Trump: top US envoy
‘We will see more areas of continuity in the Indo-Pacific’ than perhaps any other region, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says.
20 Dec 2024 - 6:45AM
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US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell during a news briefing on Thursday. Photo: US State Department
United States & Canada
US-China relations
US man Chen Jinping pleads guilty in Chinese ‘secret police station’ case
He faces up to five years in prison for conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent.
19 Dec 2024 - 4:26PM
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Diplomacy
US-China relations
US lawmaker says China or its citizens could be tied to recent drone sightings
Pentagon and Homeland Security’s claim that no evidence of foreign entity or criminal activity ‘means they don’t know what it is’, he adds.
19 Dec 2024 - 12:13AM
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Diplomacy
US-China relations
Why China may be less patient with Trump the second time around
Beijing has signalled to the incoming government that it’s prepared to ‘resist and retaliate’, according to analysts.
17 Dec 2024 - 11:01PM
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Diplomacy
US-China relations
US-China working groups on economy, finance meet as future in doubt under Trump
Dialogue set up last year as Biden and Xi sought to manage bilateral differences could fall off amid anticipated revival of trade war.
17 Dec 2024 - 4:48AM
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US president-elect Donald Trump speaks at his estate Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. Photo: AP
Diplomacy
US-China relations
How backchannel diplomacy helped US and China emerge from balloon incident
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan gives inside view of strategic communication efforts that help manage often fragile relationship.
16 Dec 2024 - 9:30PM
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United States & Canada
Donald Trump
Argentina’s Milei says he expects to attend Trump’s inauguration
China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders have been invited, but no foreign head of state has attended such an event in at least a century.
15 Dec 2024 - 4:10AM
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United States & Canada
Canada
‘Think twice before invading Canada’: Trump’s annexation taunt irks ally
The US president-elect’s jibes spark debates on national identity, patriotism and Ottawa’s relationship with its neighbour.
14 Dec 2024 - 10:15AM
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An AI-generated image of Donald Trump standing atop a mountain next to a Canadian flag. Photo: Truth Social via AP
Russia & Central Asia
Ukraine war
Trump ‘vehemently’ opposed to Ukraine firing US missiles deep into Russia
The US president-elect insisted, however, that he would not abandon Kyiv as he seeks to bring the war to a close.
13 Dec 2024 - 6:12AM
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Middle East
Middle East
American who says he walked into Syria freed after 7 months in detention
Travis Timmerman appears to have been among the thousands released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels overthrew Assad.
13 Dec 2024 - 5:56AM
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United States & Canada
Donald Trump
Canada weighs export taxes on uranium and oil If Trump starts trade war
Such levies would be a last resort for Trudeau’s government, coming after retaliatory duties on US-made goods.
13 Dec 2024 - 5:28AM
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12 Dec 2024 - 8:24AM
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