Donald Trump’s return to the White House is set to have profound implications for China, the world and the United States itself. In the last of a three-part series, Khushboo Razdan looks at how the US president-elect’s cost-cutting initiatives could affect federal departments and, in turn, increasingly fragile Sino-American relations. Washington’s bureaucrats are bracing for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says a U.S.-Israel panel to look into reports of civilian harm from the war in Gaza will meet for the first time in early December, missing by more than a month a U.S. call for the channel to be set up by the end of October. State Department spokesman…
In an open letter, the 103 lawmakers comprising Democrats and Republicans, appealed for the families who were “left in a state of uncertainty about the completion of their adoption” from China. They also voiced concern for the Chinese children already matched with the American families. Beijing in late August said foreign adoptions from China would…
Chinese President Xi Jinping received a congratulatory message from US President Joe Biden to mark the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China this week, marking the latest top-level exchange as tensions persist in China-US relations. The news was made public by the Chinese foreign ministry in a statement published on its website on…
In a departure from past practice, the US Department of State is yet to release a formal congratulatory message to mark China’s National Day. The US State Department has traditionally congratulated China before its National Day, as it does with all nations with which it has diplomatic ties. It did so on September 29 last…
Republican Senators Tom Cotton (AR) and Mitch McConnell (KY) believe the Biden administration is continuing to delay the delivery of three critical types of military weapons and equipment, according to a letter the senators sent to the White House on Wednesday. According to Cotton and McConnell, the Biden administration is withholding MK-84 bombs, Apache…