WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden begins his six-day visit to Peru and Brazil on Thursday for the final major international summits of his presidency, while world leaders turn their attention to what Donald Trump ‘s return to the White House means for their countries. The visit to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru and…
President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the meeting will take place while the two leaders are in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
Observers also expect Beijing will place greater emphasis on self-reliance in artificial intelligence (AI) in response to potentially increasing pressure from Washington and its allies, signalled by the White House’s new directive on the technology. The Biden administration outlined the nation’s “first-ever” strategy for harnessing powerful AI in United States military and intelligence agencies while…
President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed rules that would ban hardware and software made by Chinese and Russian companies for connected vehicles, deepening the US government’s efforts to address concerns that they say could become national security vulnerabilities. After months of meetings with carmakers and industry experts to understand how such a move would affect…
A California pastor has returned home after spending nearly two decades imprisoned in China. David Lin, aged 68, was released and is now reunited with his family in the United States, the State Department confirmed Monday. Lin, who frequently traveled to China in the 1990s to spread the Christian gospel, was detained in 2006 while…
China has released American citizen David Lin, a pastor who has been held in the country for almost two decades, the US State Department confirmed on Sunday. A spokesperson for the State Department said the US welcomed Lin’s release from prison. “He has returned to the United States and now gets to see his family…
US President’s National Security Advisor Sullivan visited China from August 27 to 29, and China and the United States held a new round of strategic communication in Beijing. When meeting with Sullivan on August 29, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that China and the United States must first clarify whether the two countries are rivals…
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States should immediately lift all tariffs on Chinese goods, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, ahead of an announcement by the Biden administration on expected hikes in levies on Chinese-made items, including electric vehicles. The U.S. is expected to make its final determination in the coming days after delaying…