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July 29, 2020

Daniel Hoffman: China's spying — US intel community needs to keep up pressure

China portrays any effort to counter their pernicious aggression as “global anti-China sentiment” when in fact the U.S. and like-minded allies are simply defending their national interests.

July 27, 2020

Gordon Chang: US-China relations — 4 reasons to scale back diplomatic facilities in both countries

Unfortunately, it is not possible to co-exist with a regime that President Nixon worried would become a “Frankenstein.”

July 24, 2020

China accuses US of 'petty tricks' and 'Cold War mindset' after Pompeo's speech

Tensions between the U.S. and China have reached new heightened levels after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will regarding China with a new strategy of “distrust and verify” and China accuses the U.S. of backward thinking.

July 24, 2020

China orders US to close Chengdu consulate in apparent retaliation for Houston shutdown order

China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu in an increasingly rancorous diplomatic conflict.

July 23, 2020

Martha MacCallum presses Pompeo: 'Are we in a Cold War with China?'

"The Story" host Martha MacCallum pressed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on whether rapidly increasing tensions with China have led the two world powers into a Cold War, similar to the U.S.-Soviet relationship in the 20th century.

July 23, 2020

China says US is closing Houston consulate based on 'vicious slander'

Chinese officials said Thursday that “vicious slander” is behind America's decision to close the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas after government officials cited threats of espionage and intellectual property theft.

July 23, 2020

WHO chief blasts Pompeo for 'untrue and unacceptable' comments that agency director 'bought' by China

The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general pushed back against remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday, after he alleged that the agency’s chief had been “bought” by China.

July 22, 2020

Pompeo mum on whether US is still trying to buy Greenland

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say Wednesday whether or not the U.S. was still in the market to buy Greenland. 

July 22, 2020

UK nixes immunity rule used by wife of American diplomat after Harry Dunn's death

The U.S. and U.K. have agreed to end a legal “anomaly” that allowed the wife of an American intelligence official to claim diplomatic immunity after fatally striking 19-year-old Harry Dunn on his motorbike in a wrong-side-of-the-road crash outside a military base in central England last August.

July 22, 2020

Amb Carla Sands: Trump administration's focus on Greenland — why we hope to strengthen our relationship

Greenland matters to the Trump Administration because we share an interest with our allies and partners in protecting the Arctic and helping this unique region reach its potential in economic growth and sustainable development.