The United States said the programs are operated by the Chinese government as soft-power propaganda tools. (Archive) Washington: The US State Department said on Friday it ended five cultural exchange programs with China, calling them “propaganda tools of soft power.” The Department said on its website that it had “ended” …
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US President Donald Trump plans several new hardline moves against China in the remaining weeks of his term, according to a senior administration official, which could tie the hands of President-elect Joe Biden. Actions under consideration include protecting American technology from exploitation by the Chinese military, countering illegal fishing, and …
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Conventional wisdom says Republicans are good for India and Democrats are a problem. The former are stubborn realists, while the latter tend to be clumsy liberals, concerned with issues like human rights. That is largely a folk tale. When the going gets tough, the Democrats, from John Kennedy to Barack …
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Donald Trump, under his slogan “America First,” has presented China as the greatest threat to America. Beijing: Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as he scans the horizon for the decline of its rival superpower. Relations are as …
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Mike Pompeo spoke about important US allies in Asia (Archive) Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized China for its aggressive military behavior and the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the Quad group of countries, including India, as well as Beijing’s response to handling the …
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China’s censors blocked live coverage of the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night when Mike Pence was asked a question about the communist nation. “The outage affected only a small number of people in China with access to channels like CNN, which is available in some hotels. She came back …
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US President Donald Trump has returned to the White House from a military hospital. Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned that China will have to “pay a high price” for the spread of the coronavirus globally. Less than 50 hours after he returned to the White House from a …
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In August, O’Brien said the United States had seen Chinese hackers targeting US electoral infrastructure. Washington: China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in US elections and has the largest program to influence domestic politics, US national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday, without …
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