The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has begun the process of delisting three Chinese telecoms companies as it seeks to comply with an order by the Trump administration barring investment in firms with ties to the Chinese military.

New York Stock Exchange to delist Chinese telecom firms on US executive order

The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor who relatives say was sentenced to 20 years jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States.

US demands release of Uighur doctor who family say is sentenced to 20 years

China on Thursday urged US politicians to stop using issues in its Xinjiang region to interfere in its affairs -- in the aftermath of the United States demanding the release of a Uighur doctor.

China tells US politicians to stop using Xinjiang to interfere in its affairs

A multi-million-dollar property sale by the US Consulate in Hong Kong has been put on hold because it has not received permission from Beijing. The two countries have been at loggerheads for months over trade, human rights and a clampdown on Hong Kong, with Beijing increasingly willing to wield its economic power to push back against what it says is American interference in internal affairs.

US consulate Hong Kong property sale stuck in diplomatic row

US President Donald Trump has vetoed a broad defence funding bill sent to him by Congress. The outgoing president took the decision on Wednesday, complaining that it helps Russia and China and objecting to provisions to rename military bases.

Donald Trump vetoes sweeping US defence bill

President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards, the White House said, giving the Republican one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office next month.

Trump signs bill that could kick Chinese firms off US stock exchanges

China's top diplomat has offered cooperation on key priorities of President-elect Joe Biden. Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday also warned that Beijing's many US critics were creating an atmosphere of "McCarthyism" and ignoring common interests.

China offers to work with Biden, warns of new 'McCarthyism'

The United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday. The move is being seen as the latest in President Donald Trump's effort to cement his tough-on-China legacy.

US to blacklist dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, report says

The United States and Europe should agree to cooperate in opposing any future "hurtful" subsidies used by China to build up its commercial aircraft industry, U.S.

US, EU deal on aircraft subsidies should include China clause, USTR says

China is planning to impose sanctions on US officials who have "performed badly" over Hong Kong issues. Beijing's move has come in response to restrictions slapped on Chinese officials this week over its harsh clampdown on the city.

China to impose sanctions on US officials over Hong Kong issues

A leaked list of more than 2,000 ethnic Uighur detainees in China`s Xinjiang suggests the government used an expansive data collection project to arbitrarily detain Uighurs in the region, a report says.

Leaked list gives insight into detention system in China's Xinjiang, report says

The mysterious head injuries suffered by US diplomats in China and Cuba that had been described as "sonic attacks" might have happened due to microwave energy. A report published Saturday by the National Academy of Sciences said, "Overall, directed pulsed RF (radio frequency) energy, especially in those with the distinct early manifestations, appears to be the most plausible mechanism in explaining these cases among those that the committee considered.

Microwave energy caused US diplomats in China, Cuba head injuries: Govt study

The top US intelligence official has labelled China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two, saying it was bent on global domination.

US intel chief says China has created biologically enhanced super soldiers

The US State Department said Friday it was terminating five Chinese-funded exchange programs with the United States, calling them propaganda tools for Beijing. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that these programs, conducted under a US law called the MECEA that permits American government employees to travel using foreign government funds, were "disguised as 'cultural exchanges.

US ends China-funded exchange programmes, calls them 'propaganda tools'

US prosecutors are discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou to resolve criminal charges against her. Meng, 48, was arrested in Canada in December 2018 on a US warrant.

US in talks with Huawei CFO Meng on resolving criminal charges

The United States has banned cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organisation that it says uses the forced labour of detained Uighur Muslims. The move is among several the Trump administration has been working on in its final weeks to harden the US position against China, making it more difficult for President-elect Joe Biden to ease US-China tensions.

US bans cotton imports from Chinese producer, citing Xinjiang slave labour

Over 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the United States amid a US crackdown on alleged technology theft, top US security officials have said. The US-China relations have deteriorated to their worst in decades during outgoing American President Donald Trump's tenure with disputes simmering over issues from trade and technology to Hong Kong and the coronavirus.

Chinese researchers leave US; agents target Biden team

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could close US stock and money markets to Chinese firms. The bill passed Wednesday by Congress is part of a commercial and political duel between Washington and Beijing, and takes aim at opaque accounting practices used by Chinese firms listing shares for trade on US exchanges.

Chinese firms may lose access to US stock markets, courtesy new bill

Joe Biden will keep Donald Trump's trade-war tariffs on China for the time being when he moves into the Oval Office next month, the president-elect has told US media.

Biden vows no quick rollback of Trump's China tariffs

After provoking India militarily, China recently claimed that COVID-19 originated in India. Now, it is trying to build dams to control water supply. What is driving China's behaviour?

Has US President-elect Biden's promise to work with India rattled China?

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she keeps “piles of cash” at home because she has no bank account after the United States imposed sanctions on her. The move by Washington freezes the US assets of the officials and criminalises any financial transactions in the US.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam keeps 'piles of cash' at home due to US sanctions

The US has announced economic sanctions on Chinese and Russian companies that it said had supported the development of Iran's missile programme. The four firms, accused of "transferring sensitive technology and items to Iran's missile programme," will be subject to restrictions on US government aid and on their exports for two years, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday.

US sanctions Chinese, Russian firms that supported Iran missile programme

India and the US face a common challenge in the form of an "increasingly assertive" China and New Delhi has to be a key partner in engaging with Beijing from a position of strength, believes long-time national security and foreign policy expert Antony Blinken, who could be President-elect Joe Biden's probable pick for the post of the Secretary of State.

India has to be a key partner in engaging China from a position of strength: Antony Blinken

One of China’s top political scientists, Zheng Yongnian has said that China must drop its illusion that its relations with the United States will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden's administration.

Joe Biden is a very weak President, could start wars: China’s top political scientist

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