Biden’s efforts at this year’s ASEAN summit are meant to lay the groundwork for his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Biden to meet China’s Xi on Monday for Taiwan, Russia talks
Biden told reporters that he intends to discuss growing tensions between Washington and Beijing, trade policies and Beijing’s relationship with Russia.
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Apple says iPhone supplies hurt by anti-virus curbs in China
The company announcement Sunday gave no details but said the factory operated by Foxconn in the central city of Zhengzhou is “operating at significantly reduced capacity.”
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Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
The Chinese city of Shanghai has started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in what appears to be a world first.
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Chinese officers charged in plot to obstruct U.S. Huawei probe
The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewelry, to a U.S. official they thought they had recruited as an asset but was a double agent working for the FBI.
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White House adds new restrictions on chip exports to China
Washington is looking to ensure that Chinese companies don’t act as a conduit for the transfer of technology to their country’s military.
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Biden: IBM investment will help in tech competition with China
He also celebrates Intel’s plant groundbreaking in Ohio and an investment by WolfSpeed for chip production in North Carolina.
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Biden says nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk highest since ’62 crisis
President Biden’s remarks marked the starkest warnings yet issued by the U.S. government about the nuclear stakes.
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U.S. senator visits Taiwan amid high tensions with China
Sen. Marsha Blackburn has arrived in Taiwan, in the second visit by members of Congress since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip earlier this month.
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Commentary: Beware the Putinization of President Xi
Don’t let America’s domestic disarray distract from increasingly assertive military action by China.