China makes a deal with the Taliban
As the U.S. completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Chinese Foreign Minister met a high-level delegation from the Taliban seeking reassurances of stability.
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China’s new ambassador to the United States seems to have the ear of top leader Xi Jinping. While he has not (yet) earned the sobriquet “wolf warrior” in press reports, he’s no shrinking violet.
A scientist’s future hangs in the balance after another failure of the China Initiative
Launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2018, the China Initiative is a government program gone rogue. Will it be shut down after the suspensions of half a dozen investigations ended without prosecution or any evidence of wrongdoing?
China rejects WHO plan for Wuhan lab audits, suggests COVID origins study continue in other countries
Beijing put the kibosh on any hopes the World Health Organization had for further research in China on how the pandemic began.
America’s second most senior diplomat heads to Tianjin, the Chinese capital’s satellite city
A top U.S. diplomat is heading to China for talks with her counterparts, but no one expects much to change as China-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate.
China and the Arab League publish joint statement that showcases Beijing’s growing geopolitical ambitions
China’s reach and influence in the Middle East and North Africa continue to grow.
U.S. and allies accuse China of ‘malicious cyber activity,’ including Microsoft Exchange hack
The U.S. and its closest allies pinned blame on China for the Microsoft Exchange hack that affected thousands of companies earlier this year. NATO and the EU joined in the criticism of “malicious cyber activity,” but were less direct in blaming Beijing.
Why the U.S. should avoid ideological competition with China
A recent essay by scholars Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss argues a persuasive case that the Biden administration is making a bad move in foregrounding the ideological dimension of competition with China.
Pakistan bus explosion kills at least nine Chinese; Beijing blames bomb
A bus explosion, possibly from a bomb, killed 13 people in a province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
U.S. warship ‘sent away with a warning’ by China as Biden backs Trump policy on South China Sea
The Biden administration marked the fifth anniversary of a landmark maritime dispute arbitration case by affirming the Trump administration’s policy to actively support the maritime claims of five Southeast Asian states over China.