Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has warned the city’s new U.S. Consul General not to interfere in the territory’s internal affairs, underscoring persistent tensions between China and Washington. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s office in Hong Kong, met Tuesday with Consul General Julie Eadeh to voice “serious concerns” about her conduct,…
The electric vehicle revolution is often framed as a climate imperative—a way to cut carbon emissions and slow global warming. But the race to electrify automotive fleets is not just about the transportation sector: EVs are the gateway to a new military-industrial era. And China is already winning. While the U.S. dithers over charging stations…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is renewing a push for the U.S. to change a decades-old phrase describing its stance on Taiwan independence, a concession that would be a major diplomatic win for Beijing. China has asked the Trump administration to officially declare that it “opposes” Taiwan independence, according to a person familiar with the matter,…
The last time Foreign Policy sat down with Alexander Tah-ray Yui, he was just months into his new role as the de facto Taiwanese ambassador to Washington—officially known as Taiwan’s representative to the United States—with less than a year left in U.S. President Joe Biden’s term. Biden said on multiple occasions that the U.S. military…
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping told him he would not invade democratic Taiwan as long as the American president remains in office. Trump made the comments Friday in an interview ahead of his highly anticipated summit in Alaska with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. “I…
A global defense revolution is underway based on swarms of autonomous, unmanned, AI- and battery-powered drone systems. Last month President Donald Trump signed the “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” executive order, and on July 10, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began to operationalize efforts to bolster domestic drone technology and manufacturing. Unfortunately for the U.S. and the…
The United States deployed stealth fighter jets to the Philippines—its mutual defense treaty ally—for a joint war game amid increasing Chinese military activity in the South China Sea. The drill, Cope Thunder, comes after China conducted a “combat patrol” around the disputed Scarborough Shoal—located near the Philippines—in the South China Sea last week. Newsweek has…
The Chinese military released a video showing it conducted a “combat-readiness patrol” around a disputed island near the Philippines—a defense treaty ally of the United States. The South China Sea island, Scarborough Shoal, known as Huangyan Dao in Chinese and Bajo de Masinloc in Filipino, has been under Beijing’s control since a 2012 maritime standoff…
The United States and China have deployed aircraft carriers in the South China Sea—where the sovereignty claims of several countries overlap—as they compete for naval dominance. USS George Washington was patrolling the U.S. Seventh Fleet’s area of operations—which refers to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans—with a strike group, the U.S. Navy said. Meanwhile, CNS…
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Wednesday that Iran “must cooperate fully, without further delay” after President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law suspending his country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran’s parliament had voted to suspend cooperation previously. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend an event…