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US-China relations
Breaking news and analysis on US-China relations, including trade war, talks, and tensions between Washington and Beijing.
last updated:
16 October, 2024
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China-EU relations

How friendly will Europe’s right wing be to Trump on China? It’s complicated

Leaders like Viktor Orban of Hungary and Giorgia Meloni of Italy embrace US president-elect but may not hold with his entire agenda.

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US-China tech war

Chinese surveillance tech firm Dahua exits projects in Xinjiang

The Philippines

‘Extremely irresponsible’: Philippine army’s Typhon purchase plan angers China

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TikTok ban

Trump’s TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app’s fate

Trump’s repeated support for TikTok sparks speculation about potential solutions to prevent the Chinese-owned app’s impending US ban.

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Congress passed legislation that would block TikTok from US app stores and web-hosting services unless Beijing-based ByteDance sells its stake by January 19. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

US launches trade investigation into China’s ‘legacy’ chips

Trade agency say ‘evidence indicates’ that China seeks to dominate domestic and global chip markets.

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Science

China-born biologist Wang Cunyu returns from decades in US to head institute

Wang was recognised by Science magazine in 1996 for his work on cancer cell death.

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Joe Biden’s China policy

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.

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A Chinese police officer helps an American visitor fill in an entry registration card, at the Beijing Capital International Airport in July. Photo: Xinhua
TikTok ban

Trump favours keeping TikTok in US after ‘billions of views’ during election

US president-elect offers strongest signals yet that he opposes a potential exit of TikTok from the US market.

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My Take

My Take | Chinese garlic, tomato paste and chilli peppers on sanctions menu

Season of goodwill sees no let-up in the ever-vigilant United States, with food sources from China identified as new threat to national security.

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Donald Trump

Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal unless deal reached on rates

US president-elect also warned of potential Chinese influence on the passage, saying the canal should not be managed by China.

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Incoming US president Donald Trump slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to Washington. File photo: AFP
Taiwan

‘Gravely wrong’: Beijing hits out at latest US arms pledge for Taiwan

Decision is ‘severe breach’ of US commitment to not support ‘Taiwan independence’, Beijing’s foreign ministry says.

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Taiwanese troops inspect US-made tanks as they arrive at an army base in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, on December 16. The tanks were ordered in 2019, according to Taipei. Photo: EPA-EFE
Xi Jinping

Opinion | Trump wants China’s Xi at his inauguration – to help broker peace in Ukraine?

The US president-elect’s unusual invitation to Xi Jinping came after he’d said ‘China can help’ end the Ukraine war.

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China's military weapons

Beijing takes aim at ‘deceptive’ Pentagon report on Chinese military

Defence ministry says report exaggerates the threat from China’s armed forces and the US should reflect on its own ‘risky’ approach.

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Donald Trump’s China policy

China ‘not dreading’ Trump 2.0, but reforms hold key to closing power gap

US-China ties to ‘get rockier’, Chinese political scientist Yan Xuetong warns, but also sees Trump term benefiting China ‘in several ways’.

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President Xi Jinping welcomes then counterpart Donald Trump to Beijing in 2017. Trump will be inaugurated as US president for a second time on January 20. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong slams US report alleging ‘repressive policies’ against dissidents

Annual report of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China also calls on Washington to sanction city officials.

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The dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
United States

Guam arrests 7 Chinese who tried to illegally enter base during US missile test

Authorities said that all the suspects arrived on the same boat from Saipan and probe was ongoing.

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United States

US congresswoman says Republicans protecting Elon Musk’s China investments

Democrat Rosa DeLauro said removing provisions restricting US investments in China conflicted with the billionaire’s interests.

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United States

Outside In | Does Trump’s tariff-happy team realise China is playing weiqi, not chess?

Much depends on how successfully Trump seduces leaders away from multilateral rule-making and how firmly China resists the siren call of bilateralism.

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US president-elect Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on December 16. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

Opinion | In a world fraught with risk, Trump will add to the bumps

Amid increasing geopolitical uncertainty and trade tensions, investors are counting on the US central bank to keep printing money.

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China's military weapons

How China is reaching into the Indo-Pacific with hypersonic missiles

The PLA is deploying the new technology to extend its range beyond the strategic first island chain, the Pentagon says.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | China can win Japan and South Korea over from a US under Trump

Amid political changes in the three countries, China can carve out a new strategic landscape in East Asia by offering trade and cooperation.

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South Korean protesters wear masks of President Yoon Suk-yeol (centre), US President Joe Biden and then Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida as they demonstrate against a trilateral military exercise in front of the US embassy in Seoul on June 27. Photo: AFP
Alleged China influence on US

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.

Yaoning Sun is accused of conspiring with Chen Jun, who was sentenced to 20 months last month for acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Photo illustration: AP
TikTok

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.

Donald Trump

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.

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US-China tech war

Opinion | US-China science pact renewal a ray of hope amid techno-nationalism

The pact sustains targeted collaboration, but it also risks reinforcing emerging scientific blocs, potentially reshaping the global research landscape.

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US Politics

US restrictions on outbound investments to China scrapped from spending bill

Earlier version had included provisions on overseas transactions involving China in sectors like chips, quantum technology and AI.

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The US Capitol in Washington, where members of Congress must pass a temporary spending bill to avert a shutdown of the American government. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China tech war

US investigates China’s TP-Link, maker of Wi-fi routers, after cyberattacks

Security concerns over a network equipment manufacturer that controls more than 60 per cent of the US market for home internet routers.

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Taiwan

Is Taiwan a factor in US decision to start moving marines from Okinawa to Guam?

Move has been in the pipeline for over a decade, but Washington has only just agreed to start relocating its first troops stationed in Japan.

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