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Donald Trump has renewed his threat to cut ties with China, a day after his diplomats held high-level talks with Beijing and his top US trade negotiator said severing the trade relationship was not a viable option. The conflicting stances emerged as Washington questioned China’s credibility on accurately reporting the new Covid-19 cluster in Beijing. […] More
Washington legislation allows US to freeze assets of Chinese officials it deems responsible for arbitrary detentions in Xinjiang region Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang region. China has threatened to retaliate against the US’s new Uighur human rights law. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP Beijing has criticised […] More
Trump pleaded with China’s Xi to help re-election effort President urged Xi to build concentration camps for Muslims In the book, Bolton says the House impeachment inquiry should have gone far beyond Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government for political gain. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations […] More
China reimposes partial lockdown in capital to tackle new cluster; US authorities revoke emergency use of hydroxychloroquine; two imported cases in NZ. Follow the latest updates New Zealand ends Covid-free run with two cases from UK Beijing lockdown tightens as new coronavirus outbreak spreads US revokes emergency approval of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 Covid-19 can damage […] More
EU ministers are to discuss the need for greater defence cooperation and a renewed intelligence assessment in the face of a heightened risk of a China-US military confrontation. The call for greater EU defence cooperation comes in a Franco-German joint paper and, although familiar, has been given added urgency by fears in the bloc that […] More
Tom Cotton tells MPs the US will review intelligence sharing if firm’s kit is used Senator Tom Cotton claimed that, if hacked, Huawei’s equipment could track the movements of key parts for F35 fighter jets. Photograph: Reuters A Republican senator told MPs that using Huawei kit in 5G phone networks would be akin to allowing […] More
As US-China relations deteriorate, Barry Gewen offers an unsparing biography of a man still at the center of events The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, shakes hands with the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in November. Photograph: Jason Lee/Pool/EPA Only two of America’s secretaries […] More
Government set for climbdown after US bans on Chinese telecoms group and growing resistance from backbenchers The National Cyber Security Agency in the UK is expected to conclude that US sanctions against Huawei will make it impossible to use the Chinese company’s technology as planned for 5G networks. The emergency review, announced on Sunday, is […] More
