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U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday met with a senior Chinese military official in a bid to manage tensions brewing between China and U.S. treaty allies in the region. Sullivan met with General Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), which is China’s top military body helmed by the Chinese […]

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on the third and final day of a rare visit to Beijing after holding talks with a senior Chinese military official on the same day. Sullivan’s visit to Beijing is the first such trip by a U.S. national security adviser […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “powering” Russia’s war against Ukraine, and Moscow would “struggle” to sustain its attack without the Chinese support, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on April 26 before leaving China, ending his three-day trip. The trip marked Mr. Blinken’s second trip to China in less than a year, and on […]

Former President Donald Trump met with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday night in New York City, with the duo discussing critical international issues like the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East, and NATO spending. “The meeting, which took place in President Trump’s apartment at Trump Tower, lasted for two and a half hours,” the […]

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to discuss Ukraine and Gaza on Monday. The meeting, announced by the UK Foreign Office, is believed to be President Trump’s first with a senior British minister since he left office. It comes ahead of Lord Cameron’s visit […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized Beijing’s “coercive” measures against foreign companies, calling on the regime’s top leadership to provide American businesses and workers “a level playing field.” Kicking off her second trip to China as Treasury secretary, Ms. Yellen met with American and other foreign business leaders on Friday in Guangzhou, the southern export […]

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi in Thailand, as the Biden administration continues its policy of engagement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, said in a statement on Thursday that Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Wang will […]

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will meet her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco this week, marking the third meeting between the pair since May. Ms. Raimondo first mentioned the meeting during an interview with CNN that aired on Nov. 12. A Commerce Department spokesperson later […]

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Oct. 27, the second day of the Chinese official’s three-day trip to Washington. “This meeting is consistent with commitments by both sides to maintain this strategic channel of communication as part of ongoing efforts to responsibly manage […]

President Joe Biden was supposed to meet with Jordan and other Arab nations yesterday—but Jordan canceled the summit at the last minute. What’s the significance of the move? To discuss the matter, NTD spoke with Bart Marcois, a former deputy assistant secretary for international affairs.  

The United States is at the beginning of a slowdown as the economy continues to face significant upside inflation risks and tighter credit conditions, according to new minutes from the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting. Although the economy has been expanding at a “moderate pace,” the latest credit developments in the “sound […]

Russian President Putin is slated to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping virtually on Tuesday along with India’s prime minister. It’s set to be Putin’s first appearance on the world stage after his country’s domestic mutiny. Two weeks ago, a private mercenary group called Wagner seized key military facilities in Russia. But a secretive deal […]

President Joe Biden will meet with activists, academics, and tech executives on June 20 to discuss artificial intelligence. The latest of many recent Biden AI moves, it’s another signal of his administration’s continued focus on race and “algorithmic discrimination” in its attempts to control the evolution of the burgeoning technology. In a June 19 statement […]

BEIJING—Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday met with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates in Beijing ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a time of strained relations. The state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi saying he was happy to see Gates, who he called an “old friend,” after three years without […]

The Biden administration is still confident a meeting will be secured between the U.S. president and Chinese leadership. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, in an interview with CNN, denied that both China and the U.S. was inevitably headed towards conflict. “I sat in the room with President Biden when he met with President […]

A cake flying through the air in a conference hall in Germany. The unique protest happened during Volkswagen’s annual shareholder meeting. Things got heated as activists and investors voiced their concerns about the company’s operations in China. Around ten activists shouted accusations at the company’s CEO, accusing Volkswagen vehicles of being manufactured using forced labor. […]

China reportedly sent 42 warplanes and eight naval vessels toward Taiwan on Saturday in a retaliatory move against the Taiwanese leader’s meeting with the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California. Taiwan’s military detected the Chinese aircraft and ships at around 11 a.m. (local time), with 29 aircraft spotted crossing the “northern, […]