Yellen, who has called the notion of an economic decoupling from China ‘disastrous,’ has frequently said in the past year that she would like to visit China.
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Billionaires and bureaucrats mobilize China for AI race with U.S.
AI investments in the U.S. dwarf that of China, totaling $26.6 billion in the year to mid-June versus China’s $4 billion, according to previously unreported data collated by consultancy Preqin.
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Russia says China backs its efforts to stabilize the country after mercenary rebellion
The Russian Foreign Ministry said China declared support for the leadership in Moscow during a previously unannounced trip to Beijing by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.
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Biden calling China’s leader a ‘dictator’ opens new rift just after Blinken’s tensions-easing trip
A senior administration official said it should come as ‘no surprise’ that Biden ‘speaks candidly about China and the differences that we have.’
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Blinken and Xi pledge to stabilize U.S.-China ties, but main U.S. request is rebuffed
There was little indication that either is prepared to bend from positions on issues including trade, Taiwan, human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong, and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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U.S., China remain at odds on many issues as Blinken finishes 1st day of Beijing meetings
Both sides said advancement on the issues that divide them remains a work in progress, while the Chinese foreign ministry said “the China-U.S. relationship is at the lowest point since its establishment.”
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U.S. confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019
China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, as part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence capabilities
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U.S.-China handshake fails to stem Asia’s fear of another Ukraine
The back-and-forth between the U.S. and China at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue was always expected to be fraught, particularly after President Biden’s administration declined to remove sanctions placed on Li in 2018 over his role in purchasing a Russian missile defense system.
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U.S. defense secretary says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
The U.S. has been expanding its activities around the Indo-Pacific to counter sweeping territorial claims from China, including regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and in the South China Sea.
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China sentences 78-year-old U.S. citizen to life in prison on spying charges
Details of the charges against John Shing-Wan Leung, who also holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, have not been publicly released.