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September 18, 2024 at 12:43 PM

Chinese aircraft carrier comes closer than ever to Japan

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered an area near Japan's shores for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan, officials said
September 18, 2024 at 12:43 PM
FILE -The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, sails into Hong Kong for a port call to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison's presence in the semi-autonomous Chinese city and former British colony on July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
September 18, 2024 at 11:02 AM

China announces sanctions on US companies selling arms to self-ruled Taiwan

China has announced sanctions on American companies selling arms to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory and threatens to annex by force
September 18, 2024 at 11:02 AM
FILE - Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets fly in close formation over President Office during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
September 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM

China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait

Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said
September 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM
FILE - A U.S. P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane flies near Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Fiery Cross Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
September 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM

China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait

Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said
September 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM
FILE - A U.S. P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane flies near Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Fiery Cross Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
September 17, 2024 at 5:31 AM

2 people reported dead in China as Typhoon Bebinca is downgraded to a tropical storm

Chinese state media say two people have died in eastern Jiangsu province as Typhoon Bebinca brought torrential rains and powerful winds before easing into a tropical storm
September 17, 2024 at 5:31 AM
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers remove fallen trees along a street in the aftermath of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai, China, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Chen Haoming/Xinhua via AP)
September 16, 2024 at 12:46 AM

Shanghai cancels hundreds of flights as Typhoon Bebinca draws near

Shanghai’s airports are canceling hundreds of flights as they brace for impact from Typhoon Bebinca
September 16, 2024 at 12:46 AM
A view of pink cloudy skyline is seen in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP)
September 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM

China's economy softens in August as Beijing continues to grapple with lagging demand

China’s economy softened in August, extending a slowdown in industrial activity and real estate prices as Beijing faces pressure to ramp up spending to stimulate demand
September 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM
A woman sets up mannequins displaying winter clothes near a booth promoting China made clothing in Beijing on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
September 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM

Congress targets Chinese influence in health tech. It could come with tradeoffs

A San Jose-based biotechnology company that helps doctors detect genetic causes for cancer is among those that could be cut out of the U.S. market over ties to China
September 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
A lab technician prepares DNA samples for analysis at Complete Genomics in San Jose, Calif., Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
September 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM

Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families harassed, group says

A leading media group reports that dozens of Hong Kong journalists have faced harassment in recent months
September 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, announces her group's finding over harassment against the city's journalists at a news conference in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
September 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM

China ending foreign adoptions, likely impacting 'hundreds of families'

China confirmed it will end foreign adoptions of Chinese children to the United States.
September 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
In this file photo, newly-naturalized Jillian, 4, originally from China, is held by her adoptive mother Eileen Kalerduring during a ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in New York City, Nov. 18, 2010.
September 13, 2024 at 11:28 AM

China hands PwC a 6-month ban and fine over audit of the collapsed developer

Chinese authorities have banned the accounting firm PwC for six months and fined it over $56 million for its involvement in the audit of collapsed local property developer Evergrande
September 13, 2024 at 11:28 AM
A man walks by the audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) office, at the Fortune Financial Center in Beijing on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
September 12, 2024 at 9:34 AM

US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions, report says

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has found that U.S. companies in China are seeing record-low profits, with business confidence at an all-time low amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese economy
September 12, 2024 at 9:34 AM
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
September 10, 2024 at 3:12 PM

Russia begins massive naval drills together with China

The Russian military has launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint maneuvers
September 10, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the beginning of the active phase of the large scale naval exercise as the Ocean-2024 drills via videoconference from the control center in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 6, 2024 at 4:06 PM

Chinese soccer not improving despite president's pledge to make it better

Japan defeated China’s men’s national team 7-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Saitama, Japan, a brutal loss that came against one of China’s biggest sporting and geopolitcal rivals in Asia
September 6, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Japan's Junya Ito, 14, celebrates his goal during a World Cup and AFC Asian Qualifier between Japan and China at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
September 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM

China's halt of foreign adoptions leaves questions about pending cases

The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program
September 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
FILE- Spanish couples take their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)
September 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM

School and work are suspended in parts of southern China as Typhoon Yagi edges closer

School and work in parts of southern China are on hold as Typhoon Yagi moves in
September 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view shows a shuttered port after the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention for Typhoon Yagi, in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province on Sept. 4, 2024. (Guo Cheng/Xinhua via AP)
September 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM

Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order

Dozens of African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit that signals China’s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order
September 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM
China's President Xi Jinping, center right, shakes hands with leaders from African countries as they arrive for a group photo session before the opening ceremony of the China Africa Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)
September 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM

Cambodia says China gifting 2 warships after port expansion work

Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a strategically important base being expanded with Beijing’s funding
September 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM
FILE - This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows two Chinese corvettes docked at the Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand, May 8, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP File)
August 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM

China rams Philippines ship

Both countries accused the other of hitting each other’s ships in the South China Sea as new images emerge of the incident.
August 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
VIDEO: China rams Philippines ship
1 month ago

GOP's Comer launches investigation into Walz's 'engagement' with China

House Oversight Committee chair James Comer is launching an investigation into what he says is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's "extensive engagement with China."
1 month ago
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2024.
2 months ago

US intercepts Chinese, Russian military planes near Alaska

United States and Canadian fighter jets intercepted four Russian and Chinese bombers near Alaska.
2 months ago
VIDEO: US intercepts Chinese, Russian military planes near Alaska
2 months ago

Chinese, Russian military planes intercepted near Alaska

ABC News senior Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez has the details on the interception.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Chinese, Russian military planes intercepted near Alaska
2 months ago

Russian and Chinese bombers intercepted off Alaska

NORAD said that American and Canadian fighter jets conducted the intercept and noted that the Russian and Chinese remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian airspace.
2 months ago
NORAD said that American and Canadian fighter jets conducted the intercept and noted that the Russian and Chinese remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian airspace.
2 months ago

China responds to NATO accusations over Russian war

A spokesperson for China's mission to the European Union said a declaration issued by NATO members was "filled with Cold War mentality and belligerent rhetoric."
2 months ago
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pose with NATO allies and partners ahead of a dinner at the White House during NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2024.
2 months ago

China 'firmly' rejects NATO accusations that it's an 'enabler' of Russian war

NATO members had included the accusations against China as part of a wide-ranging declaration.
2 months ago
NATO members had included the accusations against China as part of a wide-ranging declaration.
2 months ago

FBI launches criminal investigation into 23 Chinese swimmers for doping

Eleven of the swimmers who were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics are also set to compete in Paris at the end of July.
2 months ago
VIDEO: FBI launches criminal investigation into 23 Chinese swimmers for doping
3 months ago

China’s lunar probe lands with 1st samples from far side of moon

The return vehicle touched down in China’s Siziwang Banner after a 53-day mission.
3 months ago
The return vehicle touched down in China’s Siziwang Banner after a 53-day mission.
3 months ago

China's lunar probe returns with 1st samples collected from far side of the moon

China's lunar probe Change'6 returned to Earth Wednesday with the first-ever samples of rock and soil collected from the far side of the moon.
3 months ago
Officials prepare to recover the landing module of the Chang'e-6 moon probe after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in northern China on June 25, 2024.
3 months ago

Chinese coast guard collides with Philippine ship in disputed South China Sea

Chinese coast guard sailors were seen with long knives and machetes, swarming Philippine vessels on a resupply mission.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Chinese coast guard collides with Philippine ship in disputed South China Sea
3 months ago

US renews warning after officials say Chinese forces seized 2 boats in Philippines

ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on the Philippines accusing China of piracy after China rammed a vessel from the Philippines that was on a re-supply mission in disputed waters.
3 months ago
VIDEO: US renews warning after officials say Chinese forces seized 2 boats in Philippines
3 months ago

Putin to visit Kim Jong Un in North Korea

Kim Jong Un “cordially” invited the Russian president after Kim visited Russia last September.
3 months ago
Kim Jong Un “cordially” invited the Russian president after Kim visited Russia last September.
3 months ago

4 Iowa college instructors stabbed while visiting China

A suspect has been arrested in the daytime attack against the visiting educators as they were sightseeing in a park on Sunday.
3 months ago
VIDEO: 4 Iowa college instructors stabbed while visiting China
3 months ago

4 US college professors stabbed in China

The Cornell College professors, taking part in an exchange program, were stabbed in broad daylight while walking in a park in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin.
3 months ago
VIDEO: 4 US college professors stabbed in China
3 months ago

4 instructors from Iowa college stabbed in China in 'horrifying attack': Officials

The instructors, from Cornell College in Iowa, were visiting a partner institution in Jilin City, China.
3 months ago
Tourists walk past a gateway with the name "Beishan" seen at the Beishan Park in northeastern China's Jilin province on Jan 23, 2020.
3 months ago

4 instructors from Iowa college injured in China in 'horrifying attack': Governor

The instructors, from Cornell College in Iowa, were visiting a partner institution in Jilin City, China.
3 months ago
The instructors, from Cornell College in Iowa, were visiting a partner institution in Jilin City, China.
3 months ago

Austin expresses concern over Cambodia's growing relationship with China

But both the U.S. and Cambodia see room for better ties.
3 months ago
In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 4, 2024.
4 months ago

Biden announces new China tariffs on electric vehicles, solar, chips and more

Biden announced new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports, including a sharp hike on electric vehicles, to help protect his administration's investments.
4 months ago
President Joe Biden announces increased tariffs to promote American investments and jobs in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 14, 2024 in Washington, DC.
4 months ago

Biden expected to quadruple tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles: Source

President Biden is expected to quadruple tariffs on electric vehicles from China in an announcement Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the decision.
4 months ago
PHOTO: President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to General Motors' Factory ZERO all-electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Nov. 17, 2021.
5 months ago

China attempts to be the 1st country to return samples from the far side of the moon

On Friday, China will launch a mission in an attempt to be the first country to return rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.
5 months ago
Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center BACC in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2020 shows the ascender of Chang'e-5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface.
5 months ago

The US is in a Cold War with China over control of Taiwan, expert says

Dmitri Alperovitch says another Cold War has started between the U.S. and China over control of Taiwan.
5 months ago
VIDEO: President Biden and President Xi speak for the first time since 2023 summit
5 months ago

2 giant pandas from China to arrive at San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership

The China Wildlife and Conservation Association has transported pandas to U.S. facilities since 1972.
5 months ago
In this handout image from the Zooilogical Society of San Diego, A giant panda cub Mei Sheng celebrates his second birthday by diving right into his birthday cake on August 19, 2005 in San Diego, California.
5 months ago

Fraught US-China relations analyzed in 'World on the Brink'

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with national security expert and CrowdStrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch about his book, "World on the Brink," and rising tensions between the U.S., China and Taiwan.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Fraught US-China relations analyzed in 'World on the Brink'
5 months ago

Prosecutor builds case with testimony from longtime Trump Aid and NY banker

Also, new testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial and a look at President Joe Biden’s Howard Stern interview.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Blinken has high-stakes meeting with Chinese president
5 months ago

Blinken in China amid growing concerns over TikTok ban

Sec. Antony Blinken met with China’s President Xi Jinping concerning Russia, Taiwan, and global trade.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Blinken in China amid growing concerns over TikTok ban
5 months ago

Blinken meets with Xi Jinping in China

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China's leader for nearly an hour with both men working to make progress on a slew of issues, from China's support for Russia, to Taiwan and trade.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Blinken meets with Xi Jinping in China
5 months ago

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with President Xi of China

Antony Blinken met with President Xi of China on Friday following a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to the U.S. State Department.
5 months ago
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
5 months ago

23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for banned substance before Olympics: WADA

The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
5 months ago
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
5 months ago

23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for banned substance before 2021 Olympics: WADA

The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
5 months ago
In this Aug. 5, 2008, file photo, the Olympic flag and the Chinese national flag fly outside the National Stadium in Beijing.
5 months ago

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin's trip to China goes viral

The U.S. treasury secretary sets social media ablaze once again with footage of her dining in Beijing. The panel discusses her trip to the Far East.
5 months ago
VIDEO: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin's trip to China goes viral
6 months ago

President Biden and President Xi speak for the first time since 2023 summit

The call will be followed by high-level engagements between the two countries, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen set to travel to China later this week.
6 months ago
VIDEO: President Biden and President Xi speak for the first time since 2023 summit