As the world remains fixated on China’s rise as a superpower challenging the United States for global dominance, American writer Bret Stephens offers a far more unsettling warning: the real danger may not lie in Beijing’s strength, but in the growing fragility hidden beneath its image of power and control. In an opinion piece published […] Read more
China has formally moved to counter U.S. sanctions targeting five of its oil refineries, intensifying tensions between the world’s two largest economies over energy trade and the enforcement of unilateral sanctions. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce, Beijing announced a legal injunction prohibiting the recognition or enforcement of U.S. measures imposed on […] Read more
NATO members vowed to address a range of traditional and evolving security challenges, including several posed by China, in a joint statement released Monday at the close of their summit. “China’s growing influence and international policies can present challenges that we need to address together as an Alliance,” the statement, known as a communique, said. […] Read more
The United States and its allies are considering a joint boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the State Department said Tuesday. “It [a joint boycott] is something that we certainly wish to discuss,” State spokesman Ned Price told reporters when asked about the Biden administration’s plans ahead of the international games. “A coordinated […] Read more
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a strong rebuke Wednesday of China’s sweeping use of coercive measures and urged NATO allies to work with the U.S. in order to mount pushback on Beijing. Blinken, in an address at NATO headquarters in Brussels, said the U.S. wouldn’t force its European allies into an “us […] Read more
President Joe Biden said that the U.S. and its international partners must hold China to account for its economic practices. “We have to push back against the Chinese government’s abuses and coercion that undercut the foundations of the international economic system,” Biden said in a speech to the Munich Security Conference, delivered virtually from the […] Read more
BEIJING — China’s official spokespeople are keeping quiet on trade talks with the U.S. amid growing uncertainty on when even a phase-one agreement can be reached. “China believes if both sides reach a phase-one agreement, relevant tariffs must be lowered,” Gao Feng, Ministry of Commerce spokesman, said Thursday, according to a CNBC translation of his […] Read more
