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Officials from Washington and Beijing are meeting in Alaska on Thursday for a high-stakes summit.

U.S. Navy The U.S. military has advised Congress that it needs new precision-strike, air missile defense, and other capabilities to counter China in the Indo-Pacific, a sign of deepening military competition between the two rival nations. In an assessment submitted earlier this week, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command outlined a range of requirements for strengthening conventional deterrence in the region, according to reviews of the document by Nikkei Asia and remarks Thursday by Adm...

Eyeing China, Indo-Pacific Command seeks $27 billion deterrence fund March 1 An American sailor scans the horizon as the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts operations at the Taiwan Strait, Dec. 30, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP) WASHINGTON ― U.S. military officials have outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China, including new weapons, new construction and closer military-to-military collaborati...

Biden maintains firepower in Western Pacific [The Honolulu Star-Advertiser] Feb. 15—Just weeks into a Joe Biden presidency, the Pentagon has conducted dual aircraft carrier operations in the South China Sea for the first time since last summer and maintained an impressive array of forces meant to send an ongoing message to China. The Navy announced dual operations last week by the Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz carrier strike groups that “are intended to maintain U.S. readiness and combat-cr...

In the South China Sea, it’s ‘meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ David Larter Photo credit: MC2 Zachary Wheeler/U.S. Navy WASHINGTON — The new Biden administration has been reversing many of the Trump administration’s policies in areas such as immigration and energy, but when it comes to confronting China’s actions in the South China Sea, at the highest levels of power the song remains the same. In its opening weeks, the Biden administration has signaled it will continue ma...

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Chinese mouthpiece Global Times makes a case for partnering with rival US Updated Jan 22, 2021 | 20:18 IST China can be a partner to help US President Joe Biden realize his goals, says the Global Times editorial. It goes on to list what Washington DC should do and warns against anti-China rhetorics. US-China relations&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspiStock Images China is hoping to see sunlight trickle through the dark clouds the Trump administration had spread over trade b...

Biden taps former aide as top Pentagon adviser on China POLITICO 1/19/2021 By Lara Seligman © U.S. Air Force/Getty Images Ratner is a longtime Biden aide, having served as a professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in Bidens Senate office. President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former aide and longtime Asia expert Ely Ratner to be the incoming Pentagon chiefs principal adviser on China matters, according to two people with knowledge of the move....

China Voices Objections to U.S.-Taiwan Military Talks A flag-raising during the commissioning of Shandong aircraft carrier on Dec. 17, 2019. Xinhua Photo China on Thursday expressed its objections to talks between the United States and Taiwan, according to a Thursday statement from the People’s Liberation Army. In a news release, a Ministry of National Defense spokesperson said the discussions break the United States’ longstanding one-China policy. “The US move has seriously violated the ...

POLITICO Biden’s nominees will face a China gauntlet Every would-be Cabinet official and his or her underlings can expect questions about how theyll confront Beijing. Top lawmakers and others expect Joe Biden’s team to face a barrage of questions about how they plan to handle the Chinese government’s yawning ambitions. | Mark Makela/Getty Images Link Copied If you’re Antony Blinken, you know you’ll have to answer questions about America’s relationship with China during your Senate c...