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Mar 13 | WashPost
 

Biden seeks tension-easing call with China's Xi Jinping

With relations frosty in the wake of spy balloon controversy and with allies' plan to outfit Australia with nuclear submarines, the U.S. president looks to dial down tensions with Beijing. More


Mar 09 | Reuters
 

Biden budget plan includes billions aimed at countering China

The budget proposal for 2024 includes $400 million for a fund to "counter specific problematic PRC behaviors globally," and includes $2 billion to support infrastructure projects and $2 billion to strengthen Indo-Pacific economies and support partners to push back against China. More

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Happenings on the Hill

Newly Introduced Legislation

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S.768 | Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)

Amending the Higher Education Act of 1965

 

S.770 | Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Providing Defense Articles to Taiwan

 

H.R.1569 | Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL)

Prohibiting Certain Leases to CCP-Affiliated Entities

H.R.1563 | Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)

Prohibiting Contributions to the UN Human Rights Council

 

H.R.1546 | Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX)

Prohibiting Funding for the WHO's Global Pandemic Treaty

 

H.R.1519 | Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

Providing Justice for Victims of Foreign State Misrepresentation to the WHO

Congressional Calendar


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Top News

AUKUS

 

Mar 14 | BBC
 

US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project

The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. More

U.S.'s China Policy

 

Mar 13 | Politico
 

Biden splits EU's top ranks over China

A split is emerging at the very top of the European Union over the bloc’s China policy, amid growing pressure from U.S. President Joe Biden for Brussels to take a more hawkish stance toward Beijing. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is toeing America's hard line on China, while Council chief Charles Michel wants to avoid confrontation. More
 

Mar 11 | Diplomat
 

Lessons we can learn from President Carter's legacy on China

Despite significant domestic opposition, Carter made a bold decision that helped keep the peace in Asia for the next 40 years, writes National Committee President Stephen Orlins. More
 

Mar 09 | China Project (Podcast)
 

The United States' China-centered existential crisis

The House Select Committee on China's focus on the CCP as an "existential threat" adds up to an embarrassing moral panic that distracts from the serious issue the U.S. confronts when it comes to China. Jude Blanchette. More  

Taiwan

 

Mar 09 | Bloomberg
 

China doesn't want a war over Taiwan, U.S. spy chief Haines says

The U.S. intelligence community assesses that China doesn't want a military conflict over Taiwan even as it's determined to bring the independently governed island under its control. More
 

Mar 09 | WSJ
 

Taiwan confirms president's U.S. stopover

Taiwan’s government said President Tsai Ing-wen plans to stop in New York and California en route to Central America, confirming a visit that attracted widespread scrutiny this week after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he plans to meet with her when she is in the U.S. More
 

Geopolitics

 

Mar 13 | AP
 

China's Xi wants bigger global role after Saudi-Iran deal

President Xi Jinping called for China to play a bigger role in managing global affairs after Beijing scored a diplomatic coup as the host of talks that produced an agreement by Saudi Arabia and Iran to reopen diplomatic relations. More


Mar 13 | AP
 

Micronesia's president accuses China of 'political warfare'

In a letter to other national leaders, Micronesia's President David Panuelo said China had been using nefarious tactics, including spying and offering bribes, in an effort to ensure that if it goes to war with Taiwan, Micronesia would align with China rather than the U.S., or would at least abstain from taking sides. Panuelo's letter discussed switching diplomatic allegiance from China to Taiwan in exchange for $50 million. More
 

Mar 10 | WSJ
 

Australia, India seek closer cooperation as China threat looms

India and Australia are deepening their security and economic ties, with both countries seeking to diversify their export markets, shore up supply chains and upgrade their militaries as tensions with China rise. More  

Military & Maritime

   

Mar 13 | CNN
 

Xi Jinping vows to make China's military a 'great wall of steel' in first speech of new presidential term

Speaking at the closing of the annual meeting of China's rubber-stamp parliament, Xi underscored the need to bolster national security by comprehensively modernizing national defense and the military. More


Mar 11 | WSJ
 

How Beijing boxed America out of the South China Sea

China incrementally built up military outposts, with little pushback from the U.S., and has emerged as a power in the strategic waters through which trillions of dollars in trade passes. More

Tech & National Security

 

Mar 10 | Politico
 

Congress moves against TikTok amid Biden administration 'stalemate'

The rush of TikTok legislation is driven by lawmaker concern that the Biden administration's own national security review of the popular Chinese app is stuck. More


Mar 09 | Bloomberg
 

U.S. races to close loophole in ban on China tech firm Inspur

The U.S. is working to close a loophole in restrictions imposed on Inspur Group that leaves American companies such as Intel Corp. free to keep supplying the Chinese server maker's affiliates. More
 

Mar 09 | CNN
 

Europe joins the U.S. in its chip war with China

The Netherlands announced that new restrictions on overseas sales of semiconductor technology, marking the first public move by the Dutch government toward adopting rules, advocated by Washington, to restrict China's chipmaking industry. More
 


Mar 08 | WSJ
 

U.S., EU to start trade negotiations on minerals

President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are set to discuss a plan to reduce their dependence on China. More
 

Business & Investment

 

Mar 14 | SCMP
 

Opinion: SVB's collapse hastens unravelling of long-standing ties between U.S. venture capital and China's technology start-ups

Silicon Valley Bank's failure appears to have shattered its Chinese clients' belief that their money is bulletproof within the U.S. financial system. The likely impact is that China's tech elite will look to banks in Hong Kong, Singapore and even Europe. More
 

Mar 12 | Forbes
 

China strategy puts U.S. retail at high risk

With about 37% of all apparel imports still arriving from China, where will the products be made if China becomes a lesser option? More
 

Mar 09 | Reuters
 

Rubio takes aim at planned Ford U.S. battery plant using Chinese technology

Senator Rubio (R-FL), the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, introduced legislation that would block tax credits for electric vehicle batteries produced using Chinese technology. More
 

Inside China

 

Mar 13 | CNN
 

China's new premier tries to reassure private sector amid widespread concerns about future

In his first press conference as the country's No. 2 official, Li Qiang sought to fire up the private sector, a group that has been scarred by a years-long regulatory crackdown and has grown concerned about Beijing's increasingly statist approach. More


Mar 09 | WSJ
 

China's Xi Jinping takes third term as president with eye on U.S.

Xi is set to become China's longest serving head of state since the Communist victory in 1949 after the country's rubber-stamp legislature formally vested him with another five years as president. More  

U.S.-China Travel & Covid

 

Mar 14 | AP
 

China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas

China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the COVID-19 pandemic. More


Mar 08 | WSJ
 

China's refusal to help probes of Covid-19 origins leaves critical gap, spy chief says

“China has not fully cooperated, and that is a key critical gap that would help us understand what, exactly, happened,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said during a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee. More  

China-Russia

 

Mar 13 | WSJ
 

China's Xi plans to speak with Zelensky for first time since Ukraine war broke out

Conversation would likely follow the Chinese leader’s meeting with Russia’s Putin next week, and reflects Beijing's effort to play a more active role in mediating an end to the war in Ukraine. More
 

Mar 09 | WSJ
 

U.S. sanctions Iran drone suppliers in China, 'shadow banking' network

The Biden administration levied new sanctions against Chinese companies that supply Tehran's drone program and a network of firms the U.S. says are part of a clandestine financial system Tehran uses to facilitate trade and global finance. More
 

Mar 08 | NYT
 

U.S. spy agencies warn of China's efforts to expand its power

China sees a partnership with Russia as a way to challenge – and potentially weaken – the United States, a new threat assessment said. More
 

Tibet & Human Rights

 

Mar 10 | AP
 

Lawmaker blasts China on human rights in front of embassy

Rep. Mike Gallagher called Beijing “bloodthirsty” and “power hungry” at a rally outside the Chinese embassy in Washington. More
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