U.S. and China

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday. Blinken heads to China on Friday to meet senior officials, his first visit as secretary of state.

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Blinken travels to China amid low expectations and global worries of a new cold war

12:55pm June 16, 2023

by Emily Feng

In a first visit to China by a member of President Biden's Cabinet, the secretary of state will seek "open lines of communication" with Beijing but no diplomatic breakthrough is expected.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the U.S.-China economic relationship at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Thursday, in Washington.

Security comes first in U.S.-China economic relations, says Treasury Secretary Yellen

2:03pm April 20, 2023

by John Ruwitch

Still, U.S. and China need to work together on issues like climate change and debt relief.

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2, recovering a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Sunday.

What we know so far about the suspected Chinese spy balloon and FBI probe

3:35pm February 09, 2023

FBI and State Department officials gave reporters an update on some of what the U.S. has learned so far about the balloon.

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President Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater, on Oct. 21. When asked whether the U.S. would protect Taiwan if China attacked, he said the U.S. has a "commitment" to do so.

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Would the U.S. defend Taiwan if China invades? Biden said yes. But it's complicated

6:12pm October 28, 2021

by John Ruwitch

President Biden has said the U.S. is committed to defending Taiwan, but Washington has traditionally stayed strategically ambiguous. Here's why.

Qin Gang fields questions during a news conference around the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear program in Beijing in 2005. He served as spokesperson for the Chinese delegation.

China's New U.S. Ambassador Pioneered The Foreign Ministry's Brash Tone

4:10pm July 28, 2021

Qin Gang brought a tougher style to China's foreign ministry pulpit. Now he is Beijing's man in Washington, inheriting a hard post amid the most fraught relations in years between China and the U.S.

Five U.S.-made F-16 jets fly over the Presidential Office during Taiwan's National Day in Taipei on Oct. 10.

Taiwan's U.S. Friendship Comes With Benefits — And China's Wrath

6:44pm October 21, 2020

by John Ruwitch

President Trump's administration has deepened ties with Taiwan, as tensions with China intensify. That could be why more Taiwanese favor him to win the U.S. election, according to a poll.

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