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September 29, 2020 at 12:45 am

AP Interview: US ambassador defends tough approach to China VIEW

BEIJING (AP) — The departing U.S. ambassador on Tuesday defended a tough approach to China that has riled relations between the world's two largest economies,...

Business

September 13, 2020 at 11:57 pm

Terry Branstad, US ambassador to China, to leave next month

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly...

September 3, 2020 at 9:25 pm

Analysis: China’s rise takes the world into uncharted waters VIEW

BEIJING (AP) — Twice in the 20th century, Japan challenged the West, first in a military-led attempt to become an imperial power and then as...

Nation & World

August 10, 2020 at 9:49 pm

Hong Kong residents defend free press as China cracks down VIEW

HONG KONG (AP) — Last year, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand full democracy, many egged on...

Business

July 24, 2020 at 1:00 am

Always rocky, China-US relations appear at a turning point VIEW

BEIJING (AP) — Four decades after the U.S. established diplomatic ties with Communist China, the relationship between the two may have reached a turning point....

July 22, 2020 at 12:54 am

US ratchets up China tensions, closing Houston consulate VIEW

The closure of the consulate marks a dramatic step in increasingly contentious relations that have been strained not only by the pandemic but disputes over...

Nation & World

July 15, 2020 at 7:32 pm

As Trump attacks, China sees a worrying trend for its future

BEIJING (AP) — On Monday, it was the South China Sea. On Tuesday, it was Hong Kong. On Wednesday, Huawei and human rights. The Trump...

Business

July 13, 2020 at 9:17 pm

China accuses US of sowing discord in South China Sea

BEIJING (AP) — The Trump administration's rejection of broad Chinese claims to much of the South China Sea came across in Asia as an election-year...

Nation & World

June 29, 2020 at 8:28 pm

Hong Kong security law takes aim at protester actions VIEW

HONG KONG (AP) — China on Tuesday approved a contentious national security law for Hong Kong that takes direct aim at some of the actions...

Business

People wearing face masks stand in line for coronavirus tests at a community health clinic in Beijing, Sunday, June 28, 2020. China reported more than a dozen of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, all but a few of them from domestic transmission in Beijing, which has seen a recent spike in coronavirus infections. But authorities in the Chinese capital say a campaign to conduct tests on employees at hair and beauty salons across the city has found no positive cases so far, in a further sign that the recent outbreak has been largely brought under control. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

June 27, 2020 at 10:35 pm

World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to come VIEW

ROME (AP) — The world surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones Sunday -- 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases -- and hit another high mark...