The Biden administration ratcheted up pressure on Beijing over its treatment of ethnic and religious minorities, as U.S. lawmakers passed a bill targeting companies that rely on forced labor from the Xinjiang region of China.
The U.S. government announced financial sanctions and other restrictions Friday on 15 people and 10 entities in China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh to coincide with International Human Rights Day.
China’s aviation capabilities stuck at ‘low-end’ as military-civil fusion weighs on innovation: official report
China’s aviation sector is being held back by the dominant role of the state and the country’s military-civil fusion strategy, says a new Shanghai report
The country is only able to make basic aviation parts as a result of inadequate core technology and poor research and development capabilities, the report says
The White House on Tuesday said America's relationship with China is one of "strong competition".
The statement comes a day after Beijing urged the US to stop interfering in its internal affairs and lift trade sanctions.
Earlier, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had said that the US should stop "smearing" the ruling Communist Party of China and its one-party political system, lift sanctions on trade and halt Washington's backing of "separatist forces'' in Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.