In a meeting with senior Chinese officials, US climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday (July 18th) emphasised the potential of climate cooperation between China and the United States as a way to redefine their troubled relationship and address global warming.

US climate envoy John Kerry seeks cooperation with China to redefine troubled relationship

The suspected Chinese spy balloon which entered the United States’ airspace before being shot down by Washington was approximately 200 feet tall, while the payload under it weighed a couple of thousand pounds, said Air Force General Glen VanHerck, on Monday (February 5).

Chinese balloon was 200 feet tall with thousands of pounds of payload: US Air Force General

As US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began her Asia trip, the Biden administration did not release any official statement on her visit to Taiwan. China had earlier criticised the US government's plan to send Pelosi to Taiwan as it began military drills near the island nation.

Pelosi set to begin Asia tour, no confirmation on Taiwan visit

A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk.

Chinese aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait

A day after China declared its GDP had grown 8.1 per cent last year, the country's vice foreign minister Le Yucheng asserted that the Communist Party was "not interested in exceeding the US in GDP".

Exceeding the US GDP is not our aim, says Chinese minister

Earlier this week Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping sat down in a virtual meet and spoke for 3 and a half-hour meeting. This meeting was hailed to be an ice breaker between the 2 countries.

Washington still reluctant to completely trust Beijing

The top diplomats from China and the United States have exchanged stern warnings over the flashpoint issue of Taiwan, ahead of Monday's hotly awaited summit between their leaders.

US, China trade Taiwan warnings ahead of Biden-Xi summit

US President Biden and Chinese President Xi will hold a virtual summit on Monday, the White House confirmed today. "The two leaders will discuss ways to responsibly manage the competition between the United States and the PRC, as well as ways to work together where our interests align," the White House said.

US President Biden, Chinese President Xi to hold virtual summit on Monday

China's state-run Global Times has said that government officials had sent a "friendly signal" to US defence secretary Lloyd Austin for talks but the top US official had resorted to "unprofessional" and "unfriendly act of disregarding diplomatic protocol".

'Unprofessional and unfriendly': US, China in row over diplomatic protocol

China’s effort to expand its growing influence represents one of the largest threats to the United States, according to a major annual intelligence report released Tuesday, which also warned of the broad national security challenges posed by Moscow and Beijing.

China poses biggest threat to US, intelligence report says

US President Joe Biden spoke with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, the White House said on the occasion of Lunar New Year. Watch: Biden asserted the importance of free and open Indo-Pacific during his phone call with the Chinese president while underscoring his concerns about "Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices" including the "crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan.

In first phone call to President Xi, Biden asserts importance of Indo-Pacific; Xinjiang human rights abuses

US President Joe Biden has announced the formation of a Pentagon task force to review the country's China strategy. Biden was accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, visited the Pentagon for the first time since becoming the president.

Biden announces Pentagon task force to tackle China

According to a report, China used mobile phone networks in the Caribbean to put together a surveillance network against US mobile phone users. Watch: Chinese authorities reportedly "targeted" US phone subscriber to "track and intercept" phone communications, the Threat Intelligence Report said.

China targeted Americans via Caribbean phone networks: Report

China said today that reports of United States blocking imports of cotton it says are harvested with "slave labour" in Xinjiang region is "fake news of so-called forced labour".

US ban of CCP members: Abnormal mindset towards Communist Party, says China

President Xi Jinping today "congratulated" president-elect Joe Biden for winning US elections on November 3, Chinese state media reported. Watch: Earlier, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin had said: “We respect the choice of the American people.

President Xi congratulates president-elect Joe Biden on US election victory

China's foreign ministry said today that the people recently arrested by the US were not Chinese law enforcement officers after Trump administration officials said they were part of "Operation Fox Hunt".

Fox Hunt row: US should not to be haven for criminals, says China

The United States government has charged eight people for running an "illegal Chinese law enforcement operation known as Fox Hunt". Also Read: Eye on China: US to open embassy in Maldives, says Pompeo "Since 2014, at the direction of Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping, China has been engaged in a global operation known as Fox Hunt," Assistant Attorney General John Demers said.

Operation Fox Hunt: US arrests eight in alleged plot to intimidate citizens to return to China

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign affairs is holding a press conference on US-China relations. Beijing calls the closure of a 'political provocation'. China will be closing the US consulate in Wuhan.

China's relations with US head South: TikTok banned from US govt devices

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials, Politico reported on Friday, citing two unnamed sources.

Mike Pompeo plans to meet Chinese officials in Hawaii: Report

The Trump administration is taking aim at China's transparency, or the lack of it with focus on Chinese companies listing shares on US exchanges. The US government is keeping an eye on Luckin Coffee.

After Luckin Coffee fiasco, US government eyes Chinese companies in American stock exchange

A day after the Trump administration announced caps on the number of Chinese nationals who can work for state-run media in the United States, the Chinese government said it will retaliate against US "bullying".

It is hegemonic bullying, says China after US caps Chinese nationals in state media in US

After China expelled three The Wall Street Journal reporters over what it called a racist headline, the Chinese ministry spokesman said the newspaper hasn't realised the "seriousness" of their mistake and demanded a formal public apology from the US-based newspaper.

After expelling journalists, China demands apology from The Wall Street Journal

In an interview to FOX new network, US President Donald Trump has indicated that he is ready to slap tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports. Watch full video to know more.

US President Donald Trump hints at more tariffs on Chinese goods

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India is well placed to handle the "crossfire" resulting from global trade war on the strength of the country's economy.

India well placed to deal with global trade crossfire, says Piyush Goyal