China-US News

BEIJING—Washington neared a deal to lift its ban on U.S. firms supplying Chinese telecoms firm ZTE, sources said on May 22. Meanwhile, Beijing announced tariff cuts on car imports, further easing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The reprieve for ZTE, which was hit by a seven-year U.S. ban in April that had […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. trade tensions with China is “on hold” after the world’s largest economies agreed to drop their tariff threats while they work on a wider trade agreement, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on May 20. Mnuchin and U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, said the agreement reached by Chinese and American negotiators this […]

China is notorious for its poor copyright protection, with one international company after another turning to Chinese courts to sue for copyright infringement. The popular U.S. brand of Ritz crackers is at the center of the lastest trademark infringement case in China. On May 15, Dongguan Intermediate People’s Court in southern China’s Guangdong Province held […]

As the Chinese regime expands and upgrades the technology of its campaigns against internal dissent, allegations have emerged saying that Western know-how indirectly aided the communist state’s repression. On May 9, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), who also chair the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, sent a letter to the U.S. […]

BEIJING—China dropped its anti-dumping probe into imports of U.S. sorghum and cancelled anti-dumping duties on May 18, beating a hasty retreat from a dispute that wreaked chaos across the global grain market and raised concerns about rising costs and financial damage at home. The move was seen as a goodwill concession as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He […]

WASHINGTON—Members of Congress are pushing for a tougher response to the Chinese regime’s growing aggression. Witnesses in a Congressional hearing recommended deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Asia, showing strong support for Taiwan, and exposing human rights abuses in China as immediate steps that could curb Beijing’s drive toward global hegemony. China’s economic rise has enabled […]

FALLSBURG, NY—On State Route 17 in Bloomingburg, New York, a billboard tucked away near the treeline of the highway has drawn the ire of local residents. The billboard shows four people in graduation hats and gowns holding what look like diplomas and the words “Thompson Education Center” and “Exit 112” in Chinese and English. At […]

TOKYO—Japanese buyers have bought between 150,000 and 180,000 tons of U.S. sorghum carried by three vessels previously bound for China, amid a trade spat between Beijing and Washington, five industry sources with knowledge of the deals told Reuters. The cargoes were among roughly two dozen bought by China but left stranded after Beijing announced last month that it would […]

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime continues to commit a wide range of human rights abuses and to crackdown on political dissidents in China, U.S. Congressmen,  Chinese dissidents, and Western human rights activists expressed support for the Chinese people repudiating their membership in the CCP or its affiliated organizations, which more than 300 million […]

With less than a month before the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, negotiations are underway to decide how the North Korean regime will dismantle its nuclear arsenal. Meanwhile, the Chinese regime—North Korea’s communist ally—has been eager to exert itself into U.S.-North […]

Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing has been granted a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California, according to an update on the California Department of Motor Vehicles website. The news was first reported by The Financial Times and CNBC. The company is seeking to catch up with international rivals as it faces stiff competition in […]

WASHINGTON/BEIJING—U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to help ZTE “get back into business, fast” after a recent U.S. ban crippled the Chinese telecoms company, offering a job-saving concession to Beijing ahead of high-stakes trade talks this week. Trump made the unexpected announcement via Twitter on May 13. It was a stunning reversal, given Washington’s tough stance in […]

NEW YORK—The Macau-based billionaire and real estate developer Ng Lap Seng was sentenced to four years in prison on May 11 after being found guilty last July of bribing two United Nations ambassadors to help him build a multibillion dollar conference center. Ng, 69, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick, who also ordered him to […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said on May 11 it had made a final finding in a dumping investigation that imports of tool chests from China and Vietnam were harming U.S. producers. The decision paves the way for the U.S. Commerce Department to slap duties of up to 327 percent on the goods for a five-year initial period. […]

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Marco Rubio announced legislation on May 10 that would bar the sale of “sensitive” technology to China and hike some duties and taxes, in the latest move by U.S. lawmakers to clamp down on what they regard as Beijing’s efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property. Rubio, a Republican member of the Foreign Relations […]

WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged top lawmakers shepherding a must-pass defense bill through Congress to include measures that would tighten oversight of foreign investment in the United States in hopes of hampering Chinese efforts to gain access to sensitive U.S. technology. In a letter dated May 11, which was seen by Reuters and has not […]

HONG KONG—ZTE’s main business operations have ceased due to a ban imposed by the U.S. government, but China’s second biggest telecom equipment maker is trying to have the ban modified or reversed, it said on May 9. ZTE was hit by a ban last month from Washington, forbidding U.S. firms from supplying it with tech parts […]

As Chinese companies are increasingly dominating the global pharmaceutical market, an expert says it is high time for U.S. policymakers to start treating medicine as a strategic asset and to ensure the American public has a healthy reserve of essential drugs laid away in case of a crisis. Rosemary Gibson, a senior adviser at the […]

WASHINGTON—A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has been charged with gathering classified information he allegedly intended to pass to the Chinese government, the U.S. Justice Department said on May 8. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on one count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense […]

Among the major players in the Asian region, the United States is currently the top-ranking nation, but it will face more challenges as China’s influence grows, according to a new report. The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in Australia, on May 8 launched its first edition of the Asia Power Index, measuring 25 countries […]