House Passes Bill That Would Lead to TikTok Ban if Chinese Owner Doesn’t Sell. Senate Path Unclear
Congress
House Passes Bill That Would Lead to TikTok Ban if Chinese Owner Doesn't Sell. Senate Path Unclear

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn't sell, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company's current ownership structure is a national... Read More

Defense Analysts Say Threats to US Have Risen to Dangerous Levels
U.S. Senate
Defense Analysts Say Threats to US Have Risen to Dangerous Levels
2024-03-12 19:32:11
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Defense analysts repeated warnings Tuesday about a dangerous world the United States cannot afford to ignore in a second Senate hearing this week leading to a vote on an annual military budget. Russia is trying to expand its... Read More

Congress Warned US Competition for Biotechnology Creates Promises and Perils
Congress
Congress Warned US Competition for Biotechnology Creates Promises and Perils
2024-03-07 20:37:21
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — New scientific discoveries mean the future is bright for biotechnology but laced with many dangers in the competition with China, according to expert witnesses at a congressional hearing Wednesday. China’s military dominance of its industries means its biotechnology... Read More

Solar Imports Surged in 2023, Tariff Waiver Set to Expire
Renewable Energy
Solar Imports Surged in 2023, Tariff Waiver Set to Expire
2024-03-01 19:08:38
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The United States saw an “unprecedented wave” of solar panels being imported from Southeast Asia last year, according to a new analysis by S&P Global, the financial information and analytics firm.  Relying on data reported to the U.S.... Read More

Congress Seeks Stronger Response to Chinese Cyberthreat
Congress
Congress Seeks Stronger Response to Chinese Cyberthreat
2024-02-15 21:19:13
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Defense policy analysts described data vulnerabilities for a congressional panel Thursday they said China could exploit to shut down broad segments of U.S. infrastructure. They said China’s lead in manufacturing high-tech equipment has exposed the United States to... Read More

US, China Agree to Ramp Up Renewables to Address Climate Concerns
Diplomacy
US, China Agree to Ramp Up Renewables to Address Climate Concerns
2023-11-15 21:01:55
by Dan McCue

SAN FRANCISCO — President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to ramp up renewable energy development over the next seven years in order to speed its replacement of “coal, oil and gas generation.” The announcement of the deal... Read More

Congress Told China’s Artificial Intelligence Represents a Threat to US
U.S. Senate
Congress Told China’s Artificial Intelligence Represents a Threat to US
2023-10-19 20:25:39
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Cybersecurity experts urged a congressional panel Thursday to act quickly to keep pace with threats posed by China’s development of artificial intelligence. The alternative is a U.S. military, business community and technology sector that fall far behind China’s... Read More

National Zoo Saying Goodbye to Giant Pandas
In The News
National Zoo Saying Goodbye to Giant Pandas
2023-09-29 23:07:55
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — It is the end of an era at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. By Dec. 7, Tian Tian and Mei Xiang, the giant pandas who have lived at the conservation park since 2000, and their... Read More

Biden Orders Restrictions on Trade With China in National Security Move
White House
Biden Orders Restrictions on Trade With China in National Security Move
2023-08-10 21:09:46
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday restricting American investments and exports of expertise in high-tech technologies China is developing that could be used for its military modernization. The order targets investment in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum... Read More

Blinken and Austin Tandem Trips Highlight Indo-Pacific Investment Strategy
Think Tanks
Blinken and Austin Tandem Trips Highlight Indo-Pacific Investment Strategy
2023-07-24 14:45:59
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — Historic steps are happening this week in the Indo-Pacific as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will tag-team meetings around the region, in part to counter China's growing influence. Blinken will be... Read More

Moylan Highlights Guam’s Military Importance for US in the Pacific
Congress
Moylan Highlights Guam’s Military Importance for US in the Pacific
2023-07-20 20:13:28
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — As Americans, “the West” has often played a role in our history and national psyche. “Go West, young man,” the newspaper editor Horace Greeley wrote in the New York Daily Tribune on July 13, 1865. Though he may... Read More

DOJ Files First-Ever Charges Against Chinese Fentanyl Manufacturers
Law Enforcement
DOJ Files First-Ever Charges Against Chinese Fentanyl Manufacturers
2023-06-26 18:44:56
by Carter Schaffer

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed criminal charges Friday against four Chinese companies and eight individuals alleging they illegally trafficked in raw materials used to make fentanyl. The indictments mark the first time the United States has sought to prosecute... Read More

Wilson Center Hosts China Belt and Road Initiative Documentary Screening
Think Tanks
Wilson Center Hosts China Belt and Road Initiative Documentary Screening
2023-06-13 17:16:26
by Jacquelyn Burrer

WASHINGTON — The Wilson Center on Monday played host to Bertelsmann Foundation filmmaker Samuel George for a screening of his new documentary, “Tinderbox, Belt and Road — China in the Balkans.”  The film is a deep dive into how China’s... Read More

Lawmakers Deal With More Warnings About Chinese Espionage
Congress
Lawmakers Deal With More Warnings About Chinese Espionage
2023-05-23 23:17:15
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials updated a congressional committee Tuesday on what they called a growing espionage campaign by China against the United States. In recent months, it has included a spy balloon traversing the United States for about a... Read More

TikTok CEO Grilled Over Chinese Influence in US Through App
Congress
TikTok CEO Grilled Over Chinese Influence in US Through App
2023-03-23 22:59:12
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The chief executive of social media app and website TikTok endured five hours of withering accusations in Congress Thursday that his company acted as the alter ego of the Chinese government and failed to protect children from harmful... Read More

SEC Seeks Court Order in Investigation of Chinese Cyberattack
Cybercrime
SEC Seeks Court Order in Investigation of Chinese Cyberattack
2023-03-16 20:56:55
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of a Chinese cyberattack is being opposed by some of Washington, D.C.’s biggest law firms. The SEC says it is trying to investigate the extent of 2020 cyberattacks in the United States,... Read More

Blinken: China’s Balloon Incursion ‘Must Never Happen Again’
Diplomacy
Blinken: China's Balloon Incursion 'Must Never Happen Again'

MUNICH (AP) — The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State... Read More

Biden Says No Evidence of ‘Sudden Increase’ of Unknown Activity in US Skies
White House
Biden Says No Evidence of ‘Sudden Increase’ of Unknown Activity in US Skies
2023-02-16 20:39:52
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the government doesn’t know what the three unidentified objects shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend were, but assured the American people there’s no evidence of “a sudden increase in... Read More

Outrage Over Chinese Balloon Spills Into US Economic Policy
Congress
Outrage Over Chinese Balloon Spills Into US Economic Policy
2023-02-07 21:43:34
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — A congressional financial committee on Tuesday started talking about how to improve economic competitiveness with China but quickly shifted to join outcries against the spy balloon that traversed the United States last week. The balloon served as an... Read More

Blinken Postpones China Trip Following Balloon Discovery
Geopolitics
Blinken Postpones China Trip Following Balloon Discovery

BEIJING (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China as the Biden administration weighs a broader response to the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the... Read More

No Breakthroughs Expected From Blinken’s Upcoming China Visit
Diplomacy
No Breakthroughs Expected From Blinken’s Upcoming China Visit
2023-01-31 16:08:09
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — There is little hope for an improvement in relations between the U.S. and China even as Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans his visit to Beijing this weekend. Top experts on China from the D.C.-based think tank Center... Read More

Pallone Asserts GOP Missed Opportunity for Bipartisan Support of First Energy Bill
Congress
Pallone Asserts GOP Missed Opportunity for Bipartisan Support of First Energy Bill
2023-01-12 16:42:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are expected to approve a measure Thursday that would prohibit sales of oil from the United States’ strategic petroleum reserve to the People’s Republic of China. But Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., the ranking member of... Read More

Investigation Finds Four Firms Evading Anti-Dumping Rules on Chinese Solar Panels
Renewable Energy
Investigation Finds Four Firms Evading Anti-Dumping Rules on Chinese Solar Panels
2022-12-05 20:28:28
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — An investigation by the U.S. Commerce Department has found that four companies have been sending their products through Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia in order to circumvent regulations aimed at curtailing the dumping of cheap Chinese solar cells and... Read More

Pomp, Circumstance and a Shared Vision of the Future Mark Macron Visit
White House
Pomp, Circumstance and a Shared Vision of the Future Mark Macron Visit
2022-12-01 22:43:01
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Pomp and military flare were on vivid display on the South Lawn of the White House early Thursday morning as President Joe Biden formally welcomed his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron, to the executive mansion. Though the two... Read More

First In-Person Meeting of Biden and China’s Xi Jinping
Diplomacy
First In-Person Meeting of Biden and China’s Xi Jinping
2022-11-10 18:40:29
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will hold his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, ahead of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Though the two leaders have spoken on five other occasions since Biden took office... Read More

China Seeking Financial Self-Reliance, Developing Yuan as Monetary Pillar Equal to Dollar
Think Tanks
China Seeking Financial Self-Reliance, Developing Yuan as Monetary Pillar Equal to Dollar
2022-09-26 21:31:59
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — Beijing, in an effort to assert its own influence and reconfiguration of the global financial order, is working on long-term plans to decouple from the dollar, according to a new book introduced at the Wilson Center earlier this... Read More

Congress Seeks More Taiwanese Trade to Help Withstand Chinese Intimidation
In The News
Congress Seeks More Taiwanese Trade to Help Withstand Chinese Intimidation
2022-09-14 21:21:17
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — China’s military intimidation of Taiwan continued this week as Congress tried to figure out how to boost trade ties to help the island nation withstand the scare tactics. “It is a beacon of democracy in Asia,” Rep. Richard... Read More

China Hits Back With Sanctions After Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan
Geopolitics
China Hits Back With Sanctions After Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan
2022-08-05 21:10:37
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — China’s saber-rattling and pushback continued Friday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., visited Taiwan while the Biden administration pledged not to back down in support of the island nation. China announced it is canceling or suspending cooperation with... Read More

Patent Office Accused of Allowing Politics to Decide Inventors’ Rights
Congress
Patent Office Accused of Allowing Politics to Decide Inventors’ Rights
2022-07-22 13:20:15
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Congress is trying to develop a method of depoliticizing a patent system closely tied to the vitality of the U.S. economic system. Patents are a centerpiece of American technology and foreign trade, particularly in competition with China. Legal... Read More

ExxonMobil, Shell to Pursue Carbon Capture and Storage Hub in China
Environment
ExxonMobil, Shell to Pursue Carbon Capture and Storage Hub in China
2022-07-04 16:48:57
by Dan McCue

IRVING, Texas — ExxonMobil and Shell are partnering with two Chinese entities — the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission — to evaluate the potential for a world-scale carbon capture and storage project in... Read More

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