What does the US really think about China? We just got some more clues

What does the US really think about China? We just got some more clues

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had to tread carefully on her four-day visit to Beijing.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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US may curb China access to cloud services like Amazon

US may curb China access to cloud services like Amazon

Washington is considering requiring cloud providers to seek government permission before serving some Chinese firms,the Wall Street Journal reports.

  • byEdwin Chan
Mission Impossible? Yellen visits China to ease tensions amid deep divisions

Mission Impossible? Yellen visits China to ease tensions amid deep divisions

US government officials have downplayed expectations for major breakthroughs on the treasury secretary’s four-day trip,which begins when she arrives in Beijing on Thursday.

  • byAlan Rappeport,Keith Bradsher andAna Swanson
China is threatening to use its major trade weapon

China is threatening to use its major trade weapon

China dominates the production of many critical raw materials for advanced technologies,and is willing to weaponise that.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
America’s ‘high fence’ around its technology ‘yard’ is getting bigger
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AI

America’s ‘high fence’ around its technology ‘yard’ is getting bigger

New restrictions on exports of technologies critical to developing the advanced semiconductors needed for artificial intelligence have been announced in the Netherlands and are imminent in the US.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China’s premier dials up the heat on the West’s ‘de-risking’ push

China’s premier dials up the heat on the West’s ‘de-risking’ push

Premier Li Qiang has warned of potential confrontation if the efforts by the US,Europe and others to reduce their dependence on China for strategic products go too far.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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Europe’s new economic security plan is aimed at the country whose name shall not be spoken

Europe’s new economic security plan is aimed at the country whose name shall not be spoken

The European Commission this week unveiled a new economic security plan aimed at limiting its exports of strategic technologies to China while strengthening screening of sensitive inbound investments to Europe.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China’s dream of ruling the skies is problematic
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Aviation

China’s dream of ruling the skies is problematic

China’s homemade passenger jet has finally made its debut after a 16-year odyssey. It is a key part of a much bigger plan.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Australia joins fight to stop introduction of cancer-risk wine labels

Australia joins fight to stop introduction of cancer-risk wine labels

Labels will be required to provide detailed warnings about calorie content of all booze and the risk of cancer,liver disease,and drinking while pregnant.

  • byRob Harris
The one-sided battle between China and the US
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Opinion

The one-sided battle between China and the US

China has just shown how vulnerable it is in the escalating global war over technology.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China-bound trade minister ‘very positive’ all restrictions will soon be lifted

China-bound trade minister ‘very positive’ all restrictions will soon be lifted

Don Farrell says he will raise the plight of detained Australians during his trip to Beijing,and hopes to host China’s counterpart at the minister’s South Australian vineyard.

  • byMatthew Knott