The president’s call for Chinese intervention means that Trump and his attorney general have solicited assistance in discrediting the president’s political opponents from Ukraine, Australia, Italy, and, according to one report, Britain. In speaking so publicly Thursday, a defiant Trump pushed back against critics who have called such requests an abuse of power, essentially arguing that there was nothing wrong with seeking foreign help. … [Read more...] about Trump publicly urges China to investigate the Bidens
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China’s Xi to visit India this month, meet with Modi
The discussion comes weeks after China supported Pakistan in raising the issue of Kashmir, a Himalayan region claimed by both Pakistan and India, in a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York regarding India’s August move stripping India-administered Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status. … [Read more...] about China’s Xi to visit India this month, meet with Modi
Taiwan’s Tsai says China threatens regional peace, stability
They also follow months of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, which reverted to Chinese rule under the same “one country, two systems” framework Beijing says it intends to use to absorb the Taiwan. … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s Tsai says China threatens regional peace, stability
China complains about US visa restrictions
His complaint Wednesday came as China demanded Washington lift restrictions on sales of U.S. technology to a group of Chinese companies, calling it interference in the country’s affairs. American officials say those companies provide technology used to repress Muslim minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. … [Read more...] about China complains about US visa restrictions
Q&A: How is China-India summit affecting Asia rivalry
In all, China claims some 90,000 square kilometers (35,000 square miles) of territory in India’s northeast, including the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh with its traditionally Buddhist population. India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) of its territory in the Aksai Chin Plateau in the western Himalayas, including part of the Ladakh region, which New Delhi recently made into a federal territory separate from the rest of Indian-controlled Kashmir. … [Read more...] about Q&A: How is China-India summit affecting Asia rivalry
