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Commentary: Playing the rare earths card worked for China, but this brings new risks
However, arguably the most significant thing that Beijing gains from this deal is vindication of its approach. Chinese leaders now…
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Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world
Meanwhile, the US lurched toward containment: Mr Trump’s first-term trade salvos in 2018 and former President Joe Biden’s “high fence,…
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US and China agree to set up direct military communication channels, says Pentagon chief
KUALA LUMPUR: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday (Nov 2) that Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communications channels,…
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What did Trump, Xi agree to on tariffs, export controls and fentanyl?
The White House said China will also issue general licences for exports of rare earths, gallium, germanium, antimony and graphite…
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Trump-Xi summit: Who walked away happier, and what’s next for Sino-US ties?
The US also committed to lifting an additional 10 per cent “fentanyl tariffs” on Chinese goods, the commerce ministry said,…
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As talk of a US-China ‘grand bargain’ intensifies, what would such a deal entail?
On security, China may take an “easier” attitude towards the Taiwan issue, because if the US reaffirms its one-China policy,…
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US-China TikTok deal: Concession, compromise or calculated gambit by Beijing?
For Beijing, the most immediate benefit of a deal is that TikTok avoids a nationwide ban in its largest overseas…
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Beijing accuses US of holding Chinese students in ‘small, dark rooms’ for over 70 hours
Beijing has lashed out at the United States for questioning Chinese students at the border, accusing it of discrimination and of…
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US Secretary of State Rubio seeks probe into Harvard’s possible sanctions breach
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is seeking an investigation into whether Harvard University violated federal sanctions by participating in…
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Commentary: What Trump gets right about China
MADISON, Wisconsin: US President Donald Trump’s embrace of tariffs has been met with considerable criticism, and for sound reasons. But…
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