U.S.'s China Policy
Mar 07 | NYT
Xi Jinping criticized what he called a U.S.-led campaign of “encirclement and suppression.” His new foreign minister said it was impossible for China not to fight back. More
Mar 01 | Reuters
Rep. Michael McCaul said the Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, denied only 8% of license requests to sell to companies on the U.S. trade blacklist during the January to March period last year. More
Feb 28 | Reuters
"This is not a polite tennis match. This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century – and the most fundamental freedoms are at stake," Rep. Mike Gallagher said as he opened the hearing. More
Feb 28 | Politico
A desire to restrain China united Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee, with lawmakers approving a series of bipartisan bills designed to rein in the country's economic power. More
Taiwan
Mar 06 | Reuters
Taiwan Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned on Monday the island has to be on alert this year for a "sudden entry" by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory amid rising military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. More
Mar 05 | SCMP
Beijing will ramp up efforts to restore exchanges and economic ties with Taiwan, with Premier Li Keqiang taking a conciliatory tone on the island as he delivered the government work report at the start of the Two Sessions, while also reiterating that there will be steps to oppose "Taiwan independence" and promote "reunification" with the island. More
Geopolitics
Mar 06 | WSJ
Beneath its professed neutrality, India has begun pivoting westward, wanting more protection from China, and freer trade with everyone else. More
Mar 06 | Politico
As the U.S. works to re-engage Africa at a time when China's influence on the continent looms large, a recent election in Nigeria, the continent's largest economy, could signal how Washington's increased outreach is being received. More
China-Russia
Mar 01 | Reuters
The U.S. is sounding out close allies about the possibility of imposing new sanctions on China if Beijing provides military support to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to four U.S. officials and other sources. More
Mar 01 | Bloomberg
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, a close Russian ally, in talks watched closely for signs that Beijing is expanding coordination with Moscow and its supporters in their standoff with the West. More
Military & Maritime
Mar 06 | WSJ
Since 2018, the military has shifted to focus on China and Russia after decades fighting insurgencies, but it still faces challenges to produce weapons and come up with new ways of waging war. More
Espionage & Disinformation
Mar 07 | AP
Many in Washington now think China is increasingly adopting propaganda tactics associated with Russia – and there's growing concern the U.S. isn't doing enough to respond. More
Mar 07 | NYT
How the downfall of one intelligence agent revealed the astonishing depth of Chinese industrial espionage. More
Mar 05 | WSJ
U.S. officials are growing concerned that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports across the country, including at several used by the military, could give Beijing a possible spying tool hiding in plain sight. More
Feb 28 | WSJ
In an effort to persuade lawmakers to not curtail spying powers, top Biden administration officials are arguing that surveillance power once used chiefly to stymie terrorists is vital to combating hackers and rivals like China. More
Tech & National Security
Mar 05 | CNBC
Sen. Mark Warner said he is working on the bill with Sen. John Thune, and that he is concerned over the type of content that Americans are seeing on the platform. Warner's bill comes after U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance a bill that would grant President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok. More
Mar 02 | WSJ
Chinese researchers lead their American counterparts in 37 of 44 technologies examined, across the sectors of defense, space, robotics, energy, environment, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced materials and quantum technology. More
Chips Competition
Mar 03 | SCMP
China must maintain a “whole nation” approach to its semiconductor industry by leveraging both state and market power for growth, Vice-Premier Liu He told industry executives, in a sign that Beijing is digging in for a protracted chip war with the U.S. More
Feb 28 | WSJ
The Commerce Department kicked off the application process for semiconductor manufacturing subsidies under the $53 billion Chips Act, along with conditions aimed at advancing some of the Biden administration's priorities. More
More U.S. Sanctions on China
Mar 02 | WSJ
In adding the 28 Chinese firms and individuals to its Entity List, Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security said the firms represented a range of potential national security risks including through alleged dealings with an Iranian electronics firm previously sanctioned by the U.S. for its alleged ties to Tehran's military. More
Business & Investment
Mar 03 | FT
U.S. companies are starting to cut their reliance on Chinese supply chains and seek out alternative shipping routes in Asia as relations between the two superpowers deteriorate, according to the head of one of the world's biggest container companies. More
Mar 01 | WSJ
U.S. companies are also more pessimistic about their financial outlook in China, with more than half saying they didn't turn a profit last year and more than a third saying their China revenue fell from a year earlier, according to the survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China. More
Inside China: Two Sessions
Mar 06 | AP
After a decade in Chinese President Xi Jinping's shadow, Li Keqiang is taking his final bow as the country's premier, marking a shift away from the skilled technocrats who have helped steer the world's second-biggest economy in favor of officials known mainly for their unquestioned loyalty to China's most powerful leader in recent history. More
Mar 03 | WashPost
The National People's Congress is expected to approve a “reform plan” that expands the party's role in the technology sector and in the private sector, as well as reforming financial regulation and national security. More
Covid-19
Feb 28 | WSJ
Christopher Wray provides the first public confirmation of the bureau's classified assessment of the suspected laboratory incident. More
Xinjiang
Mar 06 | AP
UN-backed experts urged China to improve its courts' independence, share data on COVID-19, suspend construction of coal-fired power plants and “immediately” end human rights violations in its western Xinjiang region. More
Mar 05 | FT
Toothless sanctions and empty agreements between European governments and Beijing fail to improve human rights in Xinjiang. More
Hong Kong
Mar 01 | SCMP
Beijing's top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs is expected to be elevated to a unit answering directly to the leadership body of the CCP, a move seen to be underscoring the city's importance while also strengthening the party's oversight role. More
Anti-Asian Racism
Mar 06 | MSNBC
In an interview, Rep. Chu discusses how her loyalty to the U.S. was recently questioned by Rep. Lance Gooden and right-wing media personalities. More
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