U.S. health chief’s historic visit to Taiwan rattles Beijing
The highest-level U.S. official visit to Taiwan in four decades gave Taiwan a moment in the spotlight as U.S.-China relations worsen.
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President Trump signed two executive orders, one reiterating that he wants TikTok banned (unless Microsoft buys it), and another launching a new attack against WeChat. Depending on how the WeChat order is implemented, it could have massive implications for the parent company, Tencent, and the future of the internet.
U.S. announces sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam
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The Trump administration is sending a senior official to visit Taiwan. Does this portend a big change in Taiwan policy?
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Chinese state media and businesspeople are outraged at Trump’s requirement that TikTok sell its U.S.-based operations. The China Daily called it “tantamount” to “an officially sanctioned ‘steal’ of Chinese technology,” while famous tech investor Kai-Fu Lee called it “inconceivable.”
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The U.S. and China are on a lose-lose course
The U.S.-China relationship has survived obstacles and setbacks in the past. But today, amid high-level calls for both an economic and cultural decoupling, we have to consider what a rupture would look like — and its catastrophic consequences.
U.S. sanctions the biggest ‘company’ in Xinjiang
The U.S. has announced new sanctions on the biggest state-owned entity in Xinjiang, the Chinese region where a million or more Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been subject to extra-legal detentions.