US House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said on Wednesday that Joe Biden received a personal check for $40,000 in allegedly laundered money from China involving Hunter Biden’s companies.
Special climate envoy John Kerry failed to convince Chinese government officials to set aside the tensions between the United States and China in favor of uniting to fight climate change.
The Biden administration extended an invitation to its "Summit for Democracy" to Taiwan, upsetting China, which views the island as its own.
Biden administration seeks change in style, not substance, with China policy Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 15:51 IST
Joe Biden launched a review of the US’ military strategy and posture in the Indo-Pacific region in order to outline how the country will “meet the China challenge”. File picture: Joe Biden | Photo Credit: AP
US President Joe Biden was elected on a platform of change from the divisive rhetoric and haphazard policy-making process of the Trump administration, and on a promise of American renewal. But not all areas of policy are likely to change substantially. In fact, in the most consequential and pressing foreign-policy area – the US’s relations with China – there is likely to be more continuity than change. While there will an attempt to seek cooperation on areas such as climate change and non-proliferation, what modifications that do occur are more likely to be in style than in substance.
US President Joe Biden s biggest challenge is China, and India is the pivot Updated Jan 25, 2021 | 12:14 IST
Should India stick out its neck in the high seas to assist the US against China, if Washington expects India to counter Chinese territorial expansion on the Himalayas on its own? US President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President s Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony | Photo Credit: PTI
Even though President Joe Biden was sworn in as scheduled, following the high voltage drama on Capitol Hill – the insurrection by large crowds, the storming of America’s temples of democracy and Trump’s impeachment – President Biden cannot easily escape the shadow of his predecessor, especially as he looks at the world map, once his national security team is sworn in, after all the delays. And once he has addressed the damage to A