US-China Relations

US-China Relations

Pankaj Mishra. Illustration: TBS

US-China cold war will have more than two sides

There is no question that today, forced to choose between allying oneself to a democracy or an autocracy, most countries would again choose both. They can hardly act otherwise.

Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters

RPT-China unlikely to wield US bond weapon as tensions stay high

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S., March 30, 2021. Mandel NganPool via REUTERS

US human rights report blasts China over Uighurs, Russia's targeting of Navalny

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, US March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via REUTERS

Blinken says aspects of US-China ties are 'increasingly adversarial'

Then-US Vice President Joe Biden attends a meeting with then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at Beijing Hotel in Beijing, on Aug. 19, 2011. LINTAO ZHANG/GETTY IMAGES

Trump got China all wrong. Now Biden is too

A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. Picture taken September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU

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US sanctions two Chinese officials over alleged Xinjiang abuses

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R), joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), speaks while facing Yang Jiechi (2nd L), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi (L), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, US March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via REUTERS

'Tough' US-China talks signal rocky start to relations under Biden

Topic of potential Xi-Biden meeting not on agenda at Alaska talks: China

Topic of potential Xi-Biden meeting not on agenda at Alaska talks: China

Flags of US and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019/ Reuters

Troubled US-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting

FCC moves against two Chinese telecoms firms operating in US

FCC moves against two Chinese telecoms firms operating in US

US sanctions 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials

US sanctions 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend the 2+2 Meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File Photo

Biden team's China focus puts South Korea on the spot ahead of talks