US Sanctions Strain Ties Ahead of Trump's China Trip | China in Focus
US Sanctions Strain Ties Ahead of Trump's China Trip | China in Focus
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A scheduled Trump–Xi summit is drawing closer, but Washington’s sanctions arrived sooner than the U.S. president. A Chinese oil refiner has been targeted for allegedly bankrolling Iran. Beijing responded.
China is pulling the plug on Meta’s two-billion-dollar Manus deal, sending a strong signal that cross-border AI partnerships now face much higher scrutiny.
A Chinese coffee chain in New York City is raising national security concerns. It appears to be a simple business decision—cashless payments only, requiring customers to download an app to pay. But a watchdog group says there could be more to it.
A Chinese national has been charged in a years-long scheme targeting NASA employees. Officials say he posed as a trusted colleague, gaining access to sensitive data.
And could China’s social credit system see a global rollout in the form of digital IDs? And why is the World Health Organization pushing for a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system? Reggie Littlejohn joins us to unpack it all.
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