CUSEF Blog

Here at our CUSEF blog, we share news, updates and stories about China and the United States. We provide more than a cursory glimpse of what’s going on between the two powers - here, we offer an in-depth look into their current state of affairs.

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2022-05-13

U.S. Government Changes Wording on Taiwan | The U.S. State Department website has changed its wording on Taiwan and has been criticized by the Chinese Foreign Ministry for attempting to "change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait." This comes as the Biden Administration is encouraging Taiwan to purchase more American-made weapons designed to combat seaborne attacks.

Xi’s talks with German Chancellor and French President | While the U.S. Congress is about to pass a $40 billion support for Ukraine and Boris Johnson pledged a $1.6 billion support from the UK, Chinese President Xi Jinping talked with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron this week, emphasizing that Europe countries should develop their policies independently.

Global Businesses Call for China to Change Covid Policies | With the impacts of the Ukraine crisis and China’s Covid-19 lockdowns occurring, half of U.S. businesses have delayed investments in China, and are calling for the government to ease its approach to lockdowns. The World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commented that China’s zero-covid approach is unsustainable. However, China fought back by calling the remarks "irresponsible," saying it was trying to contain the pandemic "at the minimum social cost in the shortest time possible."

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