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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
The US conducted a missile interception test in Guam on December 10. Photo: Reuters
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

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United States

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

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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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Passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on July 20, a day after a global IT service shortage affected air travel. Cybersecurity threats and extreme weather events are among the global risks that could become more severe in the coming years, contributing to financial woes across borders. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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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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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China’s air force

China’s H-20 long-range stealth bomber has years to go before debut: Pentagon

The H-20 programme, first revealed by the PLA in 2016, is seen as Beijing’s answer to America’s B-2 Spirit and B-21 Raider bombers.

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China’s H-20 bomber may debut “sometime in the next decade” and will have a range of “more than 10,000km”, latest Pentagon report to US Congress says. Photo: X/ SouthToday5
United States

Opinion | How Biden’s memos can ensure continuity in US foreign policy under Trump

For the sake of national security, transition memos must offer a real road map on key specific foreign policy challenges, like the ones Bush did for Obama.

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US President Joe Biden with president-elect Donald Trump during a transition meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on November 13. Photo: White House / Zuma Press Wire / dpa
China-Africa relations

China stands behind Somalia amid US push for Somaliland recognition

With US Republicans backing recognition of Somaliland, a top Chinese diplomat has visited Mogadishu to offer Beijing’s support.

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Cybersecurity

Chinese cybersecurity centre accuses US of hacking and stealing tech secrets

Report accusing US of cyberattacks comes as American government launches national security investigation into Chinese router company TP-Link.

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Cybersecurity

US investigates China-founded internet router maker TP-Link

Investigators fear that TP-Link is using ‘the Huawei playbook’, according to people familiar with the probe.

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A TP-Link smart Wi-fi plug. Photo: Matt Haldane
Japan

Okinawa governor seeks deadline to relocate 9,000 US Marines amid safety concerns

Analysts doubt Governor Denny Tamaki’s request will be met due to the logistical complexity of transferring thousands of US troops to Guam.

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Joe Biden’s China policy

China’s nuclear warheads total 600 and raise ‘concerns’: Pentagon

Both the diversity and sophistication of its arsenal like precision-strike capable missiles have improved, annual US defence report finds.

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Donald Trump

Superpower showdown: how US-China economic warfare could play out under Trump

As US president-elect Donald Trump forms his hawk-filled cabinet, what might China do to counter and deflect a barrage of blows?

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Crime

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.

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Chen Jinping attends a hearing at a Brooklyn courthouse in New York in April. Courtroom sketch: Jane Rosenberg via Reuters
TikTok ban

US TikTok ban: Supreme Court to review law banning Chinese-owned app

The arguments over whether the law violates freedom of speech protected by the US Constitution will be heard on January 10.

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China food security

Opinion | China’s ‘Food Silk Road’ holds key to thwarting Trump tariffs

Policymakers in Beijing have taken steps to address supply chain vulnerabilities and the weaponisation of imported food supplies.

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Video | Trump tariff threat shakes China’s ‘lingerie capital’

Lianyungang in China’s eastern Jiangsu province has enjoyed years of tariff exemptions because of the ‘de minimis’ US policy.

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China’s “lingerie capital” Lianyungang has enjoyed a meteoric rise fuelled by a US tariff exemption.
Drones

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.

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This photo provided by Trisha Bushey shows points of light seen near Lebanon Township, New Jersey, on Thursday, December 5. Photo: AP
South China Sea

China permits Philippine ship to deliver supplies to Second Thomas Shoal outpost

The move appears to be rare act of de-escalation as Beijing and Manila continue to clash over territorial disputes in South China Sea.

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China

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.

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