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GettySecretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration no longer views Hong Kong as independent from China, a move that could cause it to lose special trading status with Washington as Donald Trump threatens to punish Beijing over coronavirus.White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters…

The U.S. should give up its “wishful thinking” of changing China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, warning that some in America were pushing relations to a “new Cold War.” “China has no intention to change the U.S., nor to replace the U.S. It is also wishful thinking for the U.S.…

As the coronavirus pandemic rages, the Trump administration’s already-rocky relationship with China has deteriorated. President Trump has sought to blame the country for the public health and economic disaster, for a time calling the new coronavirus the “Wuhan virus” or the “Chinese virus,” and as recently as May 7, spreading…

Analysis bannerBusiness InsiderPresident Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has triggered global criticism.GettyRecent polling suggests Europeans are turning away from the US under President Donald Trump's leadership.Public opinion toward America has declined in major European countries since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.Seventy-six percent of Germans in a new…

The U.S. will permanently stop funding the World Health Organization and withdraw from the United Nations agency unless it makes "major substantive improvements within the next 30 days," President Donald Trump announced late Monday night, without detailing what those improvements are. Trump's moves to pull U.S. funding for WHO have…

By Yimou Lee and Ben BlanchardTAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan cannot accept becoming part of China under its "one country, two systems" offer of autonomy , President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, strongly rejecting China's sovereignty claims and likely setting the stage for an ever worsening of ties.China responded that "reunification"…

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the next edition of Insider Today. Please sign up here. What's going on this Tuesday….Withdrawing from WHO would be a colossal mistake. It's not crazy for Trump to take hydroxychloroquine. Anti-mask zealots are abusing disability laws. The economy's barely doing better in reopened states. White House…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization.Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via Associated PressPresident Donald Trump wrote a letter to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, that says unless the organization makes "major substantive improvements" in the next 30 days, the US will permanently cut…

By: PTI | Washington | Published: May 16, 2020 9:04:10 am China, as per the trade deal inked earlier this year, is buying a lot more of American goods than last year.US President Donald Trump has said that he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping…

The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers.The new policy, released on the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's website, sets a wide range of measures designed to strengthen architectural standards in the country.It…