Biden’s battle of democracies and the China challenge
The New Cold War between Washington and Beijing might be on ice but fundamental issues remain
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Trading places and combating China at the G7 summit
US to outline a policy to rein in Beijing as China replaces the US as the EU’s biggest trading partner
China locks on to F-35 fighter jets in high-tech war with US
Beijing could use a rare-earth ban to hit the US defence industry as tech conflict rumbles on
Missing virus data sparks row between Beijing and Washington
The WHO has been denied raw patient information from the early stages of China’s epidemic
Power politics and the race to the Red Planet
China, the United States and India are just part of a wider global trend to explore Mars in Space Age 2.0
Relations between China and the UK reach breaking point
Tit-for-tat decision by Beijing to ban the BBC World News after CGTN rebuke increases Sino-British tension
‘Confrontation’ would be a ‘disaster,’ Xi warns Biden
Big two chat about the challenges facing the US and China as relations remain strained
China condemns US Navy carrier groups in the South China Sea
Beijing warns that ‘show of force’ by Washington is not conducive to peace and stability in the region
Atmosphere between China and the US still thick with suspicion
Biden’s White House has dialed down the rhetoric but Beijing appears in no mood to compromise
Blinken blasts China and walks over Beijing’s ‘red lines’
Human rights violations, tension in the Indo-Pacific and Taiwan were brought up in a chat with Yang Jiechi