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News Articles: China

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2023. Yellen is traveling to China amid tensions over a number of issues including Taiwan.

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  • Economy

Janet Yellen heads to China, seeking to ease tensions between the two economic powers

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is on her way to Beijing for talks with her Chinese counterparts. The meeting comes at a tense time, with tit-for-tat trade restrictions and rising strategic frictions.

July 06, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
Steve Li Kwai-wah, Hong Kong's national security department superintendent, speaks during a press conference to issue arrest warrants for eight activists, in Hong Kong on Monday.

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  • World

Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants for 8 political activists living in exile

Hong Kong accuses them of violating China's national security law, and is offering a bounty for their capture. The eight, including activist Nathan Law, are wanted for "collusion with foreign forces."

July 03, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is shown testifying before the House Financial Services Committee during a hearing regarding the state of the international financial system at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

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  • Economy

Treasury Secretary Yellen set to travel to Beijing to help ease U.S.-China relations

Yellen, who has called the notion of an economic decoupling from China "disastrous," has frequently said in the past year that she would like to visit China.

July 03, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Fast-fashion giant Shein has been accused of human rights violations and unsustainable environmental practices. The company is once again under attack after sending a group of social media influencers on a highly curated tour of some of its facilities in Guangzhou, China.

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  • Business

Shein invited influencers on an all-expenses-paid trip. Here's why people are livid

After a recent trip to some of the company's facilities in Guangzhou, China, young tastemakers fawned over happy employees and sweat-free working conditions. Now the influencers are facing a backlash.

June 30, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
The Smithfield feed processing mill producing food for nearby hog-raising farms in Milford, Utah.

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  • Politics

China owns 380,000 acres of land in the U.S. Here's where

Chinese companies and individuals own farmland across America. But lawmakers in Washington are pushing to block any purchases that could be connected to the Chinese Communist Party.

June 27, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters work at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the early hours of Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

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  • Asia

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China

The blast tore through the restaurant Wednesday night on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

June 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly attend an event at the Ukrainian Welcome Center at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, in London, on June 20, 2023

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  • World

From Beijing to London, Blinken pushes for Ukraine peace deal and recovery

America's top diplomat heads from China to the U.K. where Ukraine's post-war recovery tops the agenda

June 20, 2023
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.

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  • World

With visit to China, Blinken clears a diplomatic path, but it's unclear where it goes

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip shows the Biden administration is keen to reignite diplomacy and inject stability to its dealings with China, but whether it was a success remains to be seen.

June 20, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Beijing American Center of the US Embassy in Beijing on June 19.

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  • National Security

"Profound differences" remain between U.S. and China, Secretary Blinken tells NPR

As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up two days of diplomatic talks in Beijing, he said the two world powers must maintain communication despite "profound" differences.

June 19, 2023
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  • Ally Schweitzer
A China Central Television news broadcast shows footage of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Monday.

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  • World

How Secretary Blinken is tackling the China relationship (and others in the region)

Much of the Biden administration's approach to the world focuses on the U.S. competition with China.

June 19, 2023
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  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Vincent Ni
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023.

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  • National Security

Antony Blinken meets China's Xi in a bid to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

In footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."

June 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Sunday, June 18, 2023.

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  • World

Antony Blinken has started meetings in Beijing, aiming to cool US-China tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.

June 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Politics

Some see the U.S.-China rivalry as an 'existential struggle.' Rep. Andy Kim disagrees

Kim, who sits on the House China panel, disagrees with its chair's characterization of the rivalry. He hopes that Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit will mean more regular talks with China.

June 16, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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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  • World

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

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.

June 16, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
FILE - Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro has flown to China on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, to meet with President Xi Jinping.

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  • World

Honduras has opened an embassy in China after breaking off ties with Taiwan

Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to form diplomatic ties with China.

June 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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