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U.S. has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Monday, December 06, 2021

The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representatives to Beijing for the winter Olympics given the "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" in the Xinjiang region.

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A stronger China tests America's 'strategic ambiguity' on Taiwan

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Rather than clarify its political intentions, the U.S. has stayed vague about Taiwan for four decades to maintain peace. But there are signs of a shift toward more clarity these days.

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The tennis world is calling on China to prove a Chinese tennis star is safe

Thursday, November 18, 2021

One of China's biggest tennis stars accused a former Vice Premier of sexual assault — then disappeared from public view. The Women's Tennis Association is calling on China to prove she's OK.

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Biden and China's Xi strike 'respectful' tone in video chat amid tension

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

The meeting lasted more than three hours as the two sides sought to make sure their competition does not turn into conflict

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President Biden and China's Xi set to have their 1st formal meeting as leaders

Monday, November 15, 2021

Monday night, President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit. It will be their first formal meeting since Biden became president.

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Extremists in Pakistan have been emboldened by the Taliban's success in Afghanistan

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Militant attacks inside Pakistan have been rising, highlighting an uncomfortable truth: America's exit from neighboring Afghanistan has emboldened would-be militant extremists.

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Xi Jinping is in a good position to break norms and continue to lead China

Thursday, November 11, 2021

In China, leadership has concluded a four-day meeting that endorsed Xi Jinping's vision for the country and signed off on a reassessment of the party's 100-year history.

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A citizen journalist who shined a light on the pandemic in Wuhan may die in prison

Thursday, November 11, 2021

"If she does not make it past the coming winter, I hope the world will remember her as she once was," Zhang Zhan's brother said. She posted videos of Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic.

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What the U.S. can learn from China's response to COVID infections

Monday, November 08, 2021

While China tries to stamp out COVID-19 infections as soon as they pop up, the U.S. has a much more laissez-faire approach of learning to live with the virus, even if it means a thousand deaths a day.

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China's rules may be rewritten to allow Xi Jinping to stay on longer as leader

Monday, November 08, 2021

China's leadership is poised to approve a change that sets the stage for Xi Jinping to continue to rule after his second term as Communist Party boss ends next year.

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Would the U.S. defend Taiwan if China invades? Biden said yes. But it's complicated

Thursday, October 28, 2021

President Biden has said the U.S. is committed to defending Taiwan, but Washington has traditionally stayed strategically ambiguous. Here's why.

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Microsoft to end LinkedIn in China due to 'challenging' environment

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Microsoft says it's pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China. The decision concludes a seven-year run, at the end of which it became too tough an environment for the networking service to keep operating.

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Suicide bomb explosion rips through a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan

Saturday, October 09, 2021

Dozens of worshipers in Afghanistan died during Friday prayers, after their mosque was targeted by an Islamic State suicide bomber.

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Dozens of people have been killed in a mosque explosion in Afghanistan

Friday, October 08, 2021

Officials say the blast happened during Friday prayers in the northern Kunduz province. No group has yet claimed responsibility.

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Is China a threat or an opportunity? Depends which Americans you ask

Friday, October 08, 2021

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Midwestern farmers and Wall Street investors all see China as a business opportunity. Yet in Washington, China is first and foremost a security threat.

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U.S.-Pakistan relations are at a crossroads

Thursday, October 07, 2021

With the U.S. out of Afghanistan and the Taliban in charge, Pakistan hopes its ties with Washington can shift in a new direction. But for now, relations will be driven by anti-terrorism.

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A look at Afghanistan 1 month into Taliban control

Friday, October 01, 2021

A month into the Taliban taking control over Afghanistan, how are they intending to run the country? And what has their take-over meant for women, the economy or economic security?

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Afghanistan's Economy Has Worsened Since The Taliban Took Power

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Afghanistan's struggling economy is teetering on the brink of collapse more than a month after the Taliban seized power, with salaries going unpaid and families tightening their belts to survive.

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United States, United Kingdom And Australia To Form New Security Alliance

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

President Biden has announced a new security partnership between the U.S., U.K. and Australia focused on the Indo-Pacific region. It includes the sharing of nuclear submarine technology to Australia.

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Biden And Xi Jinping Speak For The 1st Time In Months Amid Fraying U.S.-China Ties

Thursday, September 09, 2021

In only their second call since Biden took office, the two leaders spoke about "the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict," according to the White House.

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