By Kai He07 Sep 2020 06:09AM(Updated: 07 Sep 2020 06:10AM)

There have been a series of rhetorical attacks directed at the CCP from high-ranking US officials since late June.Advertisement

National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have been dubbed the “four horsemen of the apocalypse” tasked by Trump to overthrow the CCP.

The Trump administration has taken concrete actions to decouple bilateral relations by closing the Chinese Consulate General in Houston, sending Health Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan and attempting to ban Chinese social-media giants TikTok and WeChat in the United States.

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Last Updated : Sep 07, 2020 11:06 AM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.comWhoever wins in the US on November 3, there will be a new normal in US-China ties. There will be new opportunity for India if it builds on its Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership with the US, to consolidate a ‘trusted partner’ status, or ‘supply chain resilience’

Arun K Singh

On August 7, under the United States International Emergency Powers Act, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning, after 45 days, any transaction by a US entity with TikTok, and its parent company ByteDance. The order cited need to secure the information and communications technology and services supply chain, and asserted that “spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in China continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States”.

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Lệnh cấm hàng loạt ứng dụng Trung Quốc tại Ấn Độ đã giúp các doanh nghiệp trong nước phát triển và mở đường cho những gã khổng lồ công nghệ của Mỹ.  

Trung Quốc ngầm xác nhận tham gia vụ bán TikTok tại MỹMỹ sẽ cấm thêm nhiều ứng dụng Trung Quốc sau TikTok, WeChatTrung Quốc ra ứng dụng đối phó tin giả

Hôm 2/9, Ấn Độ tiếp tục cấm 118 ứng dụng Trung Quốc, trong đó có các tựa game lớn của Tencent và NetEase và dịch vụ của Baidu, Alibaba. Bộ Điện tử và Công nghệ thông tin nước này cho rằng các ứng dụng tham gia vào hoạt động gây phương hại đến chủ quyền và tính toàn vẹn của đất nước. Nhà chức trách cũng cáo buộc các dịch vụ gửi dữ liệu công dân sang máy chủ đặt ngoài Ấn Độ.

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Defence secretary says the region has become ‘the epicentre of great power competition’ with BeijingHe warns the PLA’s bid to become a world-class military will ‘undoubtedly embolden’ its actions in the East China and South China seas

Sarah Zheng

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The two sides are sleepwalking into confrontation in the South China Sea. ZHOU BO. Financial Times

The US and China have settled into a pattern of military manoeuvring in the South China Sea that allows both sides to ‘save face’ © Zha Chunming/Xinhua/AP

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The writer is a senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, and a China Forum expert

The relationship between China and the US is in freefall. That is dangerous. US defence secretary Mark Esper has said he wants to visit China this year, which shows the Pentagon is worried. That Wei Fenghe, China’s defence minister, spoke at length with Mr Esper in August shows that Beijing is worried too. Both men have agreed to keep communications open and to work to reduce risks as they arise.

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• Transit of guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin part of America’s ‘commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific’, US Pacific Fleet says
• People’s Liberation Army, Taiwan send destroyer, frigate to monitor warship’s movements

Lawrence Chung SCMP

The United States sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in what it said was a demonstration of its “commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific”, as military tensions between Washington, Beijing and Taipei in the region continue to simmer.

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Tsai Ing-Wen’s strategic gamble on US-Taiwan ties

Taiwan Tensions: In Conversation With President Tsai Ing-wen

China slams 60 countries, organizations for congratulating Tsai on reelection

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Vietnam was the United States’ 13th-largest trading partner last year, with bilateral trade increasing by more than 30%. Pictured: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses an Aug. 6 videoconference on the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in Hanoi. (Photo: Nhac Nguyen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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Anthony B. Kim researches international economic issues at The Heritage Foundation, with a strong focus on economic freedom. Kim is the research manager of the Index of Economic Freedom, the flagship product of the Heritage Foundation in partnership with The Wall Street Journal. Read his research.

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• Under the Name the Enemy Act, Xi Jinping would no longer be called China’s president in any US government document
• While it follows remarks by US officials calling Xi general secretary, the legislation is not likely to come up for a vote this session

Owen Churchill in Washington, DC SCMP

A bill introduced in the US Congress would ban US government documents from referring to Xi Jinping, shown at a ceremony last month in Beijing for the BeiDou navigational satellite system, as China’s president. Photo: Xinhua

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Wednesday, 19 August 2020 brusselstimes US President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he had called off US – China trade deal negotiations. “I don’t want to talk to them now,” Trump said. “If you know what they’ve done to this country and the world, I don’t want to talk to China just yet. So yes, I canceled the talks.” Since Trump’s arrival at the White House in 2017, relations between Washington and Beijing have been tense. Continue reading on CVD >>

Techno-nationalism: The US-China tech innovation race
New challenges for markets, business and academia
BY ALEX CAPRI
RESEARCH FELLOW, HINRICH FOUNDATION, 20202

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Published 03 August 2020

The US-China tech innovation race is challenging the laissez-faire economic model. State interventionism, techno-nationalism and US tech funding initiatives are increasing. This paper outlines the implications for markets, academia, research organizations, and governments of the US-China competition to achieve innovation advantage.

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Bloomberg News August 17, 2020, 4:00 AM GMT+7 Updated on August 17, 2020, 7:46 AM GMT+7

•  Tensions rise as president highlights tough-on-China stances
•  Topics range from TikTok to Taiwan jet sales to Hong Kong

The almost daily drumbeat of tensions between the U.S. and China shows little sign of letting up, while touching on everything from the coronavirus to trade to defense issues to monetary policy.

President Donald Trump has made his tough positions on China a key element in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, now less than three months away, and he seems intent on keeping the pressure on.

Tensions have been mounting since the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the globe early this year. Barely a day goes by without Trump slamming what he calls a “plague” unleashed on the world by China in press briefings, Twitter and elsewhere.

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The hawks in Donald Trump’s administration are on the ascent. Do not expect the US to u-turn on this march towards a harsher stance on China, say Steven R Okun and James Green.

By Steven R Okun By James Green14 Aug 2020 06:00AM(Updated: 14 Aug 2020 08:07AM) CNA

SINGAPORE: Last week’s suite of actions by the United States against WeChat and TikTok were among the most significant developments since March 2018 when US President Donald took formal action in retaliation for China’s unfair trade practices.

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