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White House watches cautiously as protests over COVID restrictions roil China - The Los Angeles Times
The Biden administration is treading lightly in response to demonstrations in China by citizens angry over the country’s harsh COVID-19 restrictions, drawing criticism from Republicans and democracy advocates who say the White House should act more forcefully. The protests, which broke out...
Implications of China’s 20th Party Congress - Voice of America Encounter
China experts David Shullman at the Atlantic Council, and Carla Freeman at the US Institute of Peace, talk with host Carol Castiel about the implications of the recently concluded 20th Communist Party Congress, which awarded Xi Jinping an unprecedented third term as Party head...
U.S. looks to claim victory in Pacific Islands influence battle with China - POLITICO
A Biden administration diplomatic push in the South Pacific is poised to mark a win in efforts to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. The State Department is close to renewing strategic partnership agreements with...
Report: US can easily outmove China by strength of its ties with Compact states - The Pacific Island Times
Despite China’s accelerated move to set foot in the Pacific islands region, the United States has an upper hand in the tilt at dominance by virtue of its “unique relationship” with Micronesian states...
Stability in Taiwan Strait in Spotlight Ahead of US-Pacific Summit - VOA
The United States has been increasing its military activities in Palau in recent months amid rising tensions with China, according to Palau's top diplomat who is visiting the United States ahead of the first...
Pacific Islands a Key U.S. Military Buffer to China's Ambitions, Report Says - Reuters
China sees the Pacific islands as an area of significant strategic interest and the United States should strengthen its commitment to north Pacific island states, now in talks to renew a defence compact, to maintain...
China strategy in Pacific islands a cause for US concern: Report - Al Jazeera
China has achieved progress in the Pacific islands as an area of strategic interest that it has not been able to achieve elsewhere in the world, a new report by a US Congress-funded think-tank has said...