A survey by the Pew Research Center shows more Americans view China as enemy than they did four years ago.
Politics

Anti-China sentiment in U.S. grows over past 4 years, Pew survey says

Over 40% of Americans see Beijing as an enemy; 81% hold unfavorable view

2 May 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing in June 2023, left, and then again in April 2024. Notice the difference in indoor plants from one meeting to the next. (Source photos by Reuters)
China up close

Analysis: Xi Jinping sends a message but no flowers to Antony Blinken

China's symbolism indicates that relations with U.S. are deteriorating further

2 May 2024
Unable to source key technological components from the West due to sanctions, Russia is acquiring civilian tech from Chinese online sellers and repurposing it for the battlefield in Ukraine. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)
The Big Story

How China's ad-hoc tech pipeline fuels Russia's Ukraine war efforts

Civilian electronics, sourced from Chinese e-commerce sellers, find their way to the battlefield

1 May 2024
U.S. law firm Mayer Brown is set to carve out its Hong Kong operations.
US-China tensions

U.S. law firm Mayer Brown prepares split from Chinese operations

More such moves expected as China business deals slow amid geopolitical tensions

30 April 2024
Karen National Liberation Army troops near Myawaddy on April 15: Myanmar's civil war has strengthened ethnic armed groups.
Opinion

U.S. 'nonlethal' aid for Myanmar's ethnic armies likely to backfire

Increased violence would be costly for all parties

29 April 2024
Gita Gopinath is first deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund.
Interview

IMF's Gita Gopinath: Global trade realignment 'going to last a long time'

'It's going to make it harder for us to achieve our common goals'

26 April 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26.
US-China tensions

Blinken spars with China on Russia support, industrial overcapacity

Secretary of state meets President Xi after over 5 hours with top diplomat Wang Yi

26 April 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden is flanked by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at a cabinet meeting at the White House in October 2023. Blinken and Austin have been tasked with deepening U.S.-Japan defense relations through the 2+2 meeting. 
Indo-Pacific

Japan struggles to nail down date for Biden-Kishida follow-up

Meeting of 2+2 ministers likely pushed back to summer due to Blinken's busy calendar

25 April 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with American tourists as he walks in the Shanghai waterfront area known as The Bund on April 25.
US-China tensions

Blinken's Shanghai visit sets friendly tone amid U.S.-China strains

Secretary of state watches basketball, strolls Bund, hails people-to-people ties

25 April 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, greets South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as U.S. President Joe Biden looks on at the APEC summit in San Francisco in November 2023.
Japan-South Korea ties

U.S. official says Kishida and Yoon deserve Nobel Peace Prize

Kurt Campbell seeks to 'elevate and celebrate' Japan-South Korea rapprochement

25 April 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during a 2023 tour in Russia. (KCNA via Reuters)
N Korea at crossroads

North Korea leans on Russian ties to expand relations with Iran

Pyongyang officials visit Moscow-friendly nations in diplomatic blitz

25 April 2024
Chinese parent company ByteDance has 270 days to sell short-video platform TikTok or face a ban in the U.S.
Technology

TikTok sell-or-ban law gets Biden's approval, starting 9-month countdown

Chinese-owned video platform vows to prevail in a court challenge

25 April 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves upon his arrival in Shanghai on April 24.
US-China tensions

Blinken lands in China on tough mission to curb support for Russia's war

U.S. may have few carrots to entice Beijing amid tensions over industrial glut

24 April 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump meets ex-Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at Trump Tower in New York on April 23.
International relations

Former Japanese PM Taro Aso meets Trump in New York

LDP vice president is latest foreign dignitary to court the likely Republican nominee

24 April 2024
A TikTok content creator speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 23.
Politics

U.S. Senate passes TikTok sell-or-ban bill, sends it to Biden

Legislation is part of a $95 billion package including aid for Ukraine and Israel

24 April 2024
Chinese People's Liberation Army aircraft conduct training exercises near Taiwan. (Xinhua via AP)
Interview

China wants ability to invade Taiwan by 2027, U.S. admiral says

John Aquilino warns Beijing is building up military despite economic challenges

24 April 2024
Hope Knight, president of Empire State Development, called on Japanese chipmakers to invest in the state of New York. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
Semiconductors

New York woos Japan companies to join Micron in nascent chip hub

State economic development chief offers suppliers tax breaks and cheap clean energy

23 April 2024
Beijing's central business district. The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in China says "it's not getting easier to do business" in the country.
Business trends

U.S.-China relations 'stable but fragile,' AmCham chief says

American businesses want action, not promises, from Chinese regulators

23 April 2024
South Korean and U.S. fighter jets take part in the Korea Flying Training combined air exercise. (U.S. Air Force)
Defense

South Korea and U.S. hold largest combined air force drills

Exercises to bolster integration come as North Korea tests 'superlarge warhead'

23 April 2024
Xie Feng, China's ambassador to the U.S., right, speaks with Harvard Kennedy School Dean Graham Allison at a fireside chat at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 19. (Embassy photo)
US-China tensions

China envoy calls on U.S. to define 'national security boundaries'

Xie Feng says talks on issues of concern should be reciprocal during Harvard visit

23 April 2024
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is making his second attempt this year to meet with former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Source photos by AP, Nikkei)
International relations

Former Japan PM Aso heads to New York in bid to meet Trump

Tokyo watching U.S. election with interest but says outcome won't change bilateral relations

22 April 2024
A Filipino soldier practices holding a weapon as part of annual US-Philippines joint military exercises held in April 2023.
Your Week in Asia

Philippine-U.S. drills, South Korea GDP, Beijing revives auto show

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

21 April 2024
Filipino Marines alight at a beach in the northern province of Cagayan on March 31, 2022, during the annual Balikatan exercises with the U.S.
South China Sea

Philippines and U.S. to 'sink' ships in South China Sea drills

16,700 Filipinos and Americans to enhance interoperability in annual Balikatan exercise

20 April 2024
Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari displays an alleged Iranian ballistic missile retrieved from the Dead Sea at Julis military base in southern Israel on April 16. 
Indo-Pacific

Japan studies Israel's air defense success with eye on Indo-Pacific

U.S.-Japan-Australia collaboration faces additional threat of China's hypersonics

19 April 2024
New townhomes are seen in a subdivision in Tampa, Florida.
US-China tensions

Florida ban on Chinese buying property goes to U.S. appeals court

Law has chilling effect for Asian Americans in general, say plaintiff's supporters

19 April 2024