Advertisement
Advertisement
Jacob Fromer
Correspondent, Washington
Jacob Fromer has reported from Beijing and Washington. He has a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
US Customs and Border Protection agency is trying to enforce a ban on imports from the region because of forced labour concerns, but officials acknowledge difficulties.
American health officials are imposing the restriction, effective January 5, after China’s National Health Commission stopped releasing data on caseloads.
If he becomes the next Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday that he would target Chinese-made fentanyl crossing America’s southern border, intellectual property theft and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in China.
Congress also recommended to put more manpower into preparing for economic pain and military resistance to Beijing if Taiwan attacked.
Advertisement
Over 290,000 came to American institutions of higher education in 2021-2022 academic year, down 8.6 per cent compared with previous year.
On Taiwan, American leader declines to comment on whether he would confirm to his counterpart defending self-ruled island if Beijing attacked.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan urges renewed military-to-military communication, which Beijing cut off after Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan in August.
Spokesman Ned Price accuses Hong Kong authorities of using national security law to muffle its press corps and shut down critical speech.
Machinery and mechanical equipment top category of products shipped from region, whose month-on-month decline aligns with weakening in Chinese exports.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is to have discussions with deputy foreign ministers about China, North Korea and Russia.
Senate Banking Committee holds hearing with some members seeing unfettered US business ties to Chinese firms as a loophole in export controls and a national security risk.
Entities from China’s Xinjiang region exported a 10-month high of US$56.8 million worth of goods to the US in August despite the Uygur Forced Labour Prevention Act having come into effect at the end of June.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discuss Taiwan, Russia and potential cooperation ‘where our interests intersect’.
The Taiwan Policy Act is considered ‘most comprehensive restructuring of US policy towards Taiwan’ since 1979.
The US president’s travel plans have not been confirmed, though Indonesia’s Widodo has said that both Xi and Russia’s Putin will attend the summit.
Industry observers surprised by leap in reported shipments for July, as many believed number would plummet to near zero after June launch of law
Joint statement from Washington and Seoul also describing expanded military drills points to closer bilateral ties as US-China relations languish.
‘We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan,’ Nancy Pelosi says in her first extensive public remarks after her visit to Taipei.
Exchange of strong statements in Washington follows summoning of Ambassador Qin Gang to condemn Beijing’s ‘overreaction’ to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to self-ruled island.
Moments after the US speaker of the House lands in Taipei, The Washington Post publishes an essay in which she outlines the reasons for her visit.
US speaker of the House’s reported plans to visit the island shine a light on the complex and volatile politics surrounding Washington’s relationship with Taipei.
President Joe Biden has said he will sign the bill, which as seen as essential in helping the US become more self-reliant as it competes with China.
Approved 64 to 33 in a display of bipartisan support, the legislation, framed as essential to the US competition with China, moves to the House of Representatives for a vote.
The topic of relations with China, a top trading partner and powerful neighbour, remains a sensitive one among South Korean industry and government officials.
Tightly held, highly anticipated and often delayed, formal assessment of situation in region follows human rights chief’s controversial visit.
America’s status as ‘number one economy and innovator in the world’ at stake, says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as he urges passage.
FBI chief Christopher Wray and MI5 head Ken McCallum warn business leaders that Beijing is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain.
The legislation sends ‘a clear message to Beijing not to make the same mistakes with Taiwan that Vladimir Putin has made in Ukraine’, says one of its authors.
‘An outbound investment review mechanism is a critical tool,’ says a bipartisan group of seven US senators and representatives.
