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Japan lodges formal protest over Chinese survey ship entering its territorial waters

Japan lodged a formal protest via China’s embassy against what it called an incursion by a Chinese survey ship into its territorial waters
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FILE - This photo shows an exterior view of Japan's foreign ministry building with its sign at the main entrance in Tokyo, Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
August 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM

Japan's defense ministry seeks record budget as it faces growing threat from China

Japan’s Defense Ministry has sought a record 8.5 trillion yen or $59 billion budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China’s increasing threat
August 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM
FILE - This photo shows an exterior view of the Defense Ministry of Japan with its sign at the main entrance in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
August 30, 2024 at 9:58 AM

A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case

A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia
August 30, 2024 at 9:58 AM
FILE - A worker carrying some containers walks past police officers during a raid on the office of Stand News during a raid in Hong Kong, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
August 30, 2024 at 7:58 AM

Chinese leader Xi meets with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan

The White House says Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden
August 30, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Wang Yi, right, the director of the Communist Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office gestures to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, before their talk at Yanqi lake in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)
August 29, 2024 at 1:42 PM

Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial

A Hong Kong court has convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019
August 29, 2024 at 1:42 PM
FILE - Pro-democracy protesters wear masks depicting the hand with Chinese Communist party emblem covering their mouth during a march on a street in Hong Kong on Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
August 28, 2024 at 8:54 AM

US military open to escorting Philippine ships in the South China Sea, senior admiral says

Indo-Pacific commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says the U.S. military is open to the possibility of escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, depending on consultations under the allies’ 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty
August 28, 2024 at 8:54 AM
This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows damage on the Philippines coast guard vessel BRP Cape Engano (MRRV-4411) after a collision with a Chinese coast guard ship Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in the disputed South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
August 27, 2024 at 3:10 PM

China accuses Canada of protectionism over 100% tariffs on electric vehicles

China has accused Canada of protectionism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government imposed a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles
August 27, 2024 at 3:10 PM
FILE - Visitors look at a Geely Galaxy E8 EV car model during the Auto China 2024 in Beijing on April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
August 27, 2024 at 9:34 AM

China calls for more support for its Ukraine peace plan created with Brazil

China is calling for more countries to endorse its peace plan for Ukraine, after a round of diplomacy with Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa to support its plan
August 27, 2024 at 9:34 AM
China's Ukraine envoy Li Hui speaks during a press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
August 27, 2024 at 3:40 AM

Taiwan bans concert by Chinese rapper over insulting 'Taipei, China' promotional materials

Taiwan has cancelled a planned Taipei concert by a Chinese rapper over his use of the insulting term “Taipei, China” in promotional materials
August 27, 2024 at 3:40 AM
FILE - Chinese rapper Wang Yitai performs at a concert in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province on March 16, 2024. Taiwan has cancelled a planned Taipei concert by a Chinese rapper after he used the insulting term “Taipei, China” in promotional materials. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
August 26, 2024 at 6:54 AM

China is conducting military patrols near the Myanmar border as civil war rages on the other side

China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week, where the government is concerned about potential fallout from fierce fighting in a civil war on the other side
August 26, 2024 at 6:54 AM
FILE - Myanmar government troops stand on a rooftop on the Myanmar side, near a Chinese flag from the Chinese border town of Nansan in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Sunday, Aug 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan. 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
August 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM

China accuses a Philippine vessel of brushing against its ship in disputed waters

Chinese coast guard ship have fired water cannons, blocked and rammed a Philippine fisheries vessel in the disputed South China Sea, where hostilities between the Asian neighbors have flared alarmingly at sea and spread into the air in recent weeks
August 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM
FILE - In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, uses its water cannons on a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel, as it approaches Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, on Dec. 9, 2023. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP, File)
August 24, 2024 at 4:54 AM

Heavy storms kill 11 people and leave 14 others missing in northeastern Chinese city

Chinese state media say heavy rainstorms that swept a city in northeast China this week killed 11 people and left 14 others missing, while causing more than $1 billion in damages
August 24, 2024 at 4:54 AM
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a drone photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, shows a vehicle overturned by floodwaters in Heishanke Township, Huludao City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Yang Qing/Xinhua via AP)
August 19, 2024 at 1:58 PM

Chinese and Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters, and the countries are trading blame

Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea
August 19, 2024 at 1:58 PM
This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows damage on the Philippines coast guard vessel BRP Cape Engano (MRRV-4411) after a collision with a Chinese coast guard ship Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in the disputed South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
August 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM

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."
August 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2024.
August 16, 2024 at 1:34 PM

BMW recalls 1.3 million vehicles in China that may have Takata airbag inflators

Officials in China say BMW is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles that may have Takata airbag inflators following a similar recall in the U.S. last month
August 16, 2024 at 1:34 PM
FILE -A worker cleans an electric vehicle at the BMW booth during the Auto Shanghai 2019 show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)
August 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM

British judge on Hong Kong's top court quits media freedom group's advisory panel

A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that dismissed an appeal from prominent imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai and six former pro-democracy lawmakers has quit his position on an advisory board to an international media freedom group
August 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
FILE - Lord David Neuberger, then Master of the Rolls, answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference at the Royal Court of Justice, in central London, on May 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
1 month ago

US intercepts Chinese, Russian military planes near Alaska

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

ABC News senior Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez has the details on the interception.
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VIDEO: Chinese, Russian military planes intercepted near Alaska
1 month 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.
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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.
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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
2 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.
2 months ago
The return vehicle touched down in China’s Siziwang Banner after a 53-day mission.
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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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Chinese coast guard collides with Philippine ship in disputed South China Sea
2 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.
2 months ago
VIDEO: US renews warning after officials say Chinese forces seized 2 boats in Philippines
2 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.
2 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.
4 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.
4 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.
4 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.
4 months ago
VIDEO: President Biden and President Xi speak for the first time since 2023 summit
4 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.
4 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.
4 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.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Fraught US-China relations analyzed in 'World on the Brink'
4 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.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Blinken has high-stakes meeting with Chinese president
4 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.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Blinken in China amid growing concerns over TikTok ban
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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.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Blinken meets with Xi Jinping in China
4 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.
4 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)
4 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.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
4 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.
4 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
5 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.
5 months ago
VIDEO: President Biden and President Xi speak for the first time since 2023 summit
5 months ago

US sanctions China-based hackers for allegedly targeting critical infrastructure

The United States has sanctioned China-based hackers for allegedly targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, the Treasury Department announced Monday.
5 months ago
The Department of Justice seal is displayed on a podium in Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2018.
5 months ago

Lawmakers in Hong Kong pass strict new security law

The bill targets "potential sabotage and undercurrents that try to create troubles."
5 months ago
Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee, center, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam, left, and Secretary for Security Chris Tang, attend a press conference following the passing of the Basic Law Article 23 legislation at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, March 19, 2024.
6 months ago

China’s coast guard caused collision at sea, Philippines says

The Philippines accused China's coast guard of carrying out "dangerous manoeuvres" that led to a collision between its coast guard ship and a Chinese vessel in the South China Sea.
6 months ago
VIDEO:  China’s coast guard caused collision at sea, Philippines says