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The Biden administration and the former Trump administration may have been deeply at odds over many issues, but China s claims in the South China Sea isn t one of them.
On Sunday, the Biden administration upheld a Trump-era rejection, warning China that any attack on the Philippines in the highly contested region would draw a U.S. response under a mutual defense treaty. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says an armed attack on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft in the South China Sea would invoke military action from the U.S., reaffirming the position laid out by Trump s top diplomat, Mike Pompeo.
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China, Russia vaccine development offers hope to ease white-hot global vaccine scuffle
Zhao Yusha Published: Feb 03, 2021 09:22 PM
Kazakh deputy health minister Erlan Kiyasov receives Sputnik V vaccine at a local hospital in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 1, 2021. Kazakhstan began its coronavirus vaccination campaign Monday using Russian-made Sputnik V. According to the ministry, the vaccination, carried out on a voluntary and free basis, will continue until the end of 2021 and will cover up to 6 million people. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)
The impressive 92 percent protection rate of Russia s Sputnik V vaccine offers an opportunity for China and Russia, the two shepherds of global COVID-19 vaccine developers, to join hands on world vaccine distribution, help ease the white-hot global vaccine scuffle, and offer hope to control the pandemic, Chinese scientists said.
US bans China s top chipmaker from using American technology
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Jill Disis, CNN Business
Published Dec 18, 2020 9:42:19 PM
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(CNN) China s top chipmaker was already having a rough week. Now its problems are getting much worse.
The US government on Friday slapped harsh restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) as the Trump administration continues to pile pressure on Chinese firms during its final weeks.
The Commerce Department announced that dozens of Chinese companies, including SMIC, would be added to a so-called Entity List that effectively cuts them off from US suppliers and technology. We will not allow advanced US technology to help build the military of an increasingly belligerent adversary, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement, adding that the company perfectly illustrates the risks of China using US technology to modernize its military.