Trump vs TikTok ban, American defence spending push, visa woes: 7 US-China relations reads

From US-India relations to visa woes for Chinese tech workers, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in November 2024

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A US Navy officer walks past fighter jets parked on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham off the coast of Malaysia on November 26. Photo: AFP

Published: 11:49pm, 2 Dec 2024

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.

1. As US and India line up in a second Trump administration, China may be targeted

Days after Donald Trump’s electoral win sent shock waves of concern through Europe and Asia, India’s top diplomat seemed to mock the response, expressing confidence in being able to navigate the US president-elect’s approach to foreign relations.

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2. Can Trump, avid TikTok user and China critic, save it from a US ban?

“I am gonna save TikTok,” Donald Trump promised in a June post on the video-sharing app that got more than 8 million likes. Currently, the US president-elect has more than 14 million followers on the platform. But in the months between now and his inauguration, and amid substantial unease in Washington about data security, a question looms: can the returning president indeed save TikTok?

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3. As number of Chinese students in US keeps falling, Indians move to top of list

India has overtaken China as the top source for international students in the US for the first time in about 15 years, according to data released in November.