US China ties

Direct hit? China will pay a price, says US President Joe Biden

In a two-hour phone call with Xi in February, Biden emphasized the US priority of preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region, where the United States and China are major strategic rivals. The United States will reassert its global role in speaking up for human rights, Biden said, adding that he would work with the international community to get China to protect them.

Feb 17, 2021, 16:24 PM IST

US President Joe Biden speaks to China's Xi Jinping for two straight hours; know what the leaders spoke about

China has been building military bases on artificial islands in the region also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. "President Biden underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing's coercive and unfair economic practices, the crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan," the White House said.

Feb 12, 2021, 00:42 AM IST

US intelligence director says China is top threat to America

Donald Trump administration officials have been stepping up their anti-China rhetoric for months.

Dec 05, 2020, 02:15 AM IST

Mike Pompeo slaps visa restrictions on Chinese accused of quashing dissent

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that he had imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials and others for these reasons.

Dec 05, 2020, 02:09 AM IST

US accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree targeting COVID data, defence secrets

US authorities said the Chinese nationals, Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi, participated in a multiyear cyber espionage campaign that stole weapons designs, drug information, software source code as well as targeting dissidents and Chinese opposition figures.

Jul 22, 2020, 01:37 AM IST

US imposes sanctions on 3 Chinese officials for human rights violations in Xinjiang

The US on Thursday imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on three senior officials of the ruling Chinese Communist Party for alleged human rights abuses targeting Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and members of other ethnic minority groups in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province.

Jul 09, 2020, 23:48 PM IST

US senator unveils 18-point plan to hold China accountable for coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak

The prominent suggestions are moving manufacturing chain from China and deepening military-strategic ties India, Vietnam and Taiwan.

May 15, 2020, 08:39 AM IST

China's new governance rules in South China Sea irks neighbours, US says Beijing taking advantage of coronavirus COVID-19 distraction

Earlier in April, China approved the establishment of two districts to administer disputed Paracel and Spratly island in the South China Sea.

Apr 24, 2020, 22:21 PM IST

US President Donald Trump says trade deal with China will be signed on January 15

Last week, Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping would host a signing ceremony to ink the Phase 1 deal. The Phase 1 deal, struck earlier this month, is expected to reduce tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of American farm, energy and manufactured goods while addressing some disputes over intellectual property.

Dec 31, 2019, 21:22 PM IST

Steven Mnuchin says US-China trade deal will boost global economy

Mnuchin said full details of the new deal, or a factsheet on "phase one", would come out later on Saturday or on Sunday after both sides do fact and language checks. "We expect it will be fully executed in January. And then we get to `phase two`," Mnuchin told the Doha Forum conference in Qatar.

Dec 14, 2019, 20:28 PM IST