China’s steady inroads across developing world not the only obstacle for new Democratic Party standard-bearer seeking White House.
US Senator Mark Kelly, the potential Democratic vice-presidential nominee, draws social media scorn for a nine-year-old video of him pitching vitamin franchises.
Talks transpire as Beijing takes concerted action to disrupt the global supply chain of synthetic substances and Washington seeks more steps.
A second Trump administration could not only feature much more work for the commercial rocket launcher SpaceX, but also a White House adviser role for Musk.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to engage with Wang Yi, but will also face partners’ questions about the direction of US policy in a tumultuous election season.
Nato joins American officials in lauding regional players like Japan, the Philippines and Australia as they tackle ‘shared challenges’.
Secretary general assails authoritarian regimes and Beijing’s actions in Hong Kong, South China Sea and Taiwan.
Unprecedented and blunt joint declaration from security alliance at Washington summit calls on Beijing to uphold UN purposes and principles.
American leader, beset by questions about his ability to win re-election, announces donation of air-defence equipment for Ukraine.
‘We should be cooperating … sharing threat perceptions’ with Indo-Pacific allies, says National Security Council official ahead of Nato meetings in Washington.
The defence alliance, which is marking its 75th anniversary, will address the war in Ukraine and China’s role in bolstering Moscow, says senior US official.
The non-binding resolution seeks AI development in a ‘free, open, inclusive and nondiscriminatory’ environment between wealthy and developing nations.
Beijing’s actions, not US pressure, has led Berlin from ‘partnership and cooperation to more competition’, Thomas Bagger of the German foreign ministry contends.
Federal officials and members of Congress repeatedly raise the need to address the national security risks and unfair trade practices posed by China’s technology sectors.
The male Yun Chuan and female Xin Bao are expected to arrive later this week at the San Diego Zoo, travelling more than 11,000km from a research and conservation facility in Sichuan province.
Chinese officials ‘have indicated so in some of our interactions’, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell tells Council of Foreign Relations.
India, one expert says, has ‘indicated that it is willing to gradually ramp up pressure on issues like Tibet and Taiwan’.
Washington should ‘have no contact with the Dalai group in any form, and stop sending the wrong signal to the world’, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says.
Beijing’s position said to have intensified largest armed conflict in Europe since second world war, requiring alliance to ‘impose a cost’.
Legislation meant to bar procurement by Department of Homeland Security advances despite lawmakers admitting a lack of information on suppliers
Stronger legislation would better counter China’s monopoly of battery components amid heated EV race, says American senator.
Bureau tries outreach after criticism of its role in the now-disbanded China Initiative and the programme’s lingering repercussions for people with ties to China.
Founded in 1957, the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou has weathered embargoes, trade wars and pandemics, with supporters saying it remains essential.
Poorer-than-expected performance by prime minister’s ruling party unlikely to alter joint initiatives between Washington and New Delhi, analysts say.
Zoo will pay US$1 million a year to a China wildlife group, with aim of raising US$25 million to ‘secure a future’ for the bears in nation’s capital.
Trade between China and Russia surged to a record US$240 billion in 2023, an increase of more than 64 per cent since 2021, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Clear that Beijing has ‘picked sides’ by supplying Moscow dual-use components for conflict, says Washington’s envoy to transatlantic security alliance.
The meeting, to be held during the Shangri-La Dialogue next week, will be the first between Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Admiral Dong Jun since they spoke on the phone in April.
The discussions, which will take place in California, will concentrate on industrial decarbonisation, carbon markets and clean energy deployment.
A project to mine gallium in a national forest would help reduce US reliance on China but it faces local opposition from conservationists.
