China’s authoritarian rulers impose draconian restrictions on the Chinese people’s freedoms of expression, religion or belief, association, and the right to peaceful assembly. The United States has been clear that perpetrators of human rights abuses like these are not welcome in our country.
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By Weblord | 21 December, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Exclude, Policy | Tags: China
Pursuant to authorities under the Foreign Missions Act, the State Department is issuing today a new determination that designates the U.S. operations of Yicai Global, Jiefang Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Social Sciences in China Press, Beijing Review, and Economic Daily as foreign missions.
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By Weblord | 21 October, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Exclude, Policy | Tags: China
If Communist China is sincere about becoming a mature power and strengthening relations with the free world, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s government would respect the right for Western diplomats to speak directly to the Chinese people
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By Weblord | 9 September, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State August 26, 2020 The United States is dismayed to learn that the Chinese Communist Party’s coercive bullying tactics against our friends in the United Kingdom continues. In the latest example, British bank HSBC has reportedly prevented Hong Kong-based executives at Next Media, a well-known publisher of pro-democracy ...
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By Weblord | 26 August, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Exclude, Exclude All, Policy | Tags: China
As part of the ongoing implementation measures, we notified the Hong Kong authorities on August 19 of our suspension or termination of three bilateral agreements.
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By Weblord | 19 August, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
Today, our government enacted several measures to protect U.S. national security, our citizens’ privacy, and the integrity of our 5G infrastructure from Beijing’s malign influence.
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By Weblord | 17 August, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
The United States has imposed sanctions against Chinese Communist Party officials for their role in the crackdown on Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms.
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By Weblord | 17 August, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
We the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and the United States Secretary of State are gravely concerned by the Hong Kong government’s unjust disqualification of candidates and disproportionate postponement of Legislative Council elections.
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By Weblord | 9 August, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Policy | Tags: China
If your country is near the People’s Republic of China, there’s a good chance you have a territorial dispute with the PRC. In recent months, the PRC has attacked and killed Indian troops along the countries’ border, harassed Japanese vessels in the East China Sea, and sunk a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China ...
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By Weblord | 6 August, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Policy | Tags: China
We are making clear: Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them.
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By provenzaee | 14 July, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China, South China Sea
US announces visa restrictions on PRC government and Chinese Communist Party officials.
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By provenzaee | 8 July, 2020 | Categories: Press Releases | Tags: China, PRC, Tibet Act
As Beijing moves forward with passing the national security law, the United States will today end exports of U.S.-origin defense equipment and will take steps toward imposing the same restrictions on U.S. defense and dual-use technologies to Hong Kong as it does for China.
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By Weblord | 29 June, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
Designation of Additional Chinese Media Entities as Foreign Missions PRESS STATEMENT MORGAN ORTAGUS, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JUNE 22, 2020 Over the past decade and particularly under General Secretary Xi Jinping’s tenure, the CCP has reorganized China’s state propaganda outlets disguised as news agencies and asserted even more direct control over them. He has stated “Party-owned media ...
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By Weblord | 22 June, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 06, 2020 The Chinese Communist Party’s callous exploitation of the tragic death of George Floyd to justify its authoritarian denial of basic human dignity exposes its true colors yet again. As with dictatorships throughout history, no lie is too obscene, so long as it serves the ...
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By Weblord | 6 June, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Policy | Tags: China
For more than seven decades, the United States-United Kingdom Special Relationship has been a cornerstone of global peace and security. Our alliance is steeped in shared values of openness and the rule of law, including a firm commitment to freedom of the seas. London and Washington have long championed a maritime order based on international ...
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By provenzaee | 2 June, 2020 | Categories: Ambassador, News | Tags: China, COVID-19, South China Sea
The State Department is required by the Hong Kong Policy Act to assess the autonomy of the territory from China. After careful study of developments over the reporting period, I certified to Congress today that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were ...
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By Weblord | 27 May, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: China
It is bad enough when conspiracy-theory cranks spread dangerous misinformation around the world. It is far worse, and more dangerous, when malign misinformation is spread by a government’s officials. And that is exactly what the People’s Republic of China has been doing, spreading false accusations about the origin and spread of the coronavirus.
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By Weblord | 26 March, 2020 | Categories: Ambassador, U.S. & United Kingdom | Tags: China, Coronavirus, COVID-19
Entry of aliens who were present in China, excluding the Special Autonomous Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, within 14 days prior to their arrival at the port of entry in the United States is suspended, per Presidential Proclamation
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 6 February, 2020 | Categories: Alert, Consulate General, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Embassy London | Tags: China, Coronavirus, Hong Kong, Macau
Secretary Pompeo on the Challenges and rewards of doing business with China
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By Weblord | 15 January, 2020 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Policy, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: China, Pompeo, Trade
The South China Sea is one of the most important economic and environmental regions in the world. The region also is the subject of more than a dozen overlapping and interconnected disputes over who is in charge of the various islands, rocks, shoals and reefs scattered throughout the South China Sea waters.
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By Weblord | 12 July, 2019 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Policy | Tags: China
Next year, fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology will begin to form the backbone of future economies and public services. Unfortunately, the new infrastructure needed to support 5G can subject countries to threats to their national security.
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By Weblord | 4 June, 2019 | Categories: Policy, Science & Tech | Tags: 5G, China, Huawei, Robert Strayer
Oppressive governments are buying Chinese technology that allows them to track and monitor their citizens, according to a senior State Department official.
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By Weblord | 6 May, 2019 | Categories: East Asia & Pacific, Policy | Tags: China
Beginning November 29, 2016, Chinese passport holders with 10-year B1/B2, B1 or B2 (visitor) visas are required to enroll in EVUS when traveling to the United States by air or sea carrier or entering by a land port of entry. If you do not have a valid EVUS enrollment, you will not be able be ...
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By Consular Section | 25 November, 2016 | Categories: Non Immigrant Visas, Press Releases | Tags: China, Electronic Visa Update System, EVUS, visas
Beginning November 29, 2016, Chinese passport holders with 10-year B1/B2, B1 or B2 (visitor) visas are required to enroll in Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) when traveling to the United States by air or sea carrier or entering by a land port of entry. If you do not have a valid EVUS enrollment, you will ...
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 2 November, 2016 | Categories: Non Immigrant Visas, Press Releases | Tags: China, Electronic Visa Update System, EVUS, visas
Today’s topics: U.S. Women at the Olympics / Blue energy / U.S. Army ‘Mad Scientist’ program / China human rights / Helping Libya against ISIL U.S. Women at the Olympics 10 August 2016
U.S. women a major force at the Olympics For the second straight Olympics, women athletes outnumber men on the U.S. Olympic team, 292 to 262. In fact, the 2016 Team ...
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By Weblord | 10 August, 2016 | Categories: News, Policy | Tags: Blue Energy, China, Gou Hongguo, Hu Shigen, Human Rights, Mad Scientist, olympics, policy update, Rio, Women, Zhai Yanmin, Zhou Shifeng
Today’s topics: U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) / Ramadan / Russia / Economy / Ramadan 05 June 2016
The White House Office of the Press Secretary Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan As another new moon heralds the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Michelle and I extend our best wishes to Muslims across the United States and around the world. 05 June 2016 On ...
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By IRC | 6 June, 2016 | Categories: News, Policy | Tags: China, policy update, Ramadan, Russia, S&ED
Today’s topics: NATO’s Warsaw summit / Announcing third “Our Ocean” conference / Preview of Strategic&Economic Dialogue with China / Asia Security Summit NATO 31 May 2016
NATO Secretary General previews Warsaw Summit in speech at Warsaw University At the Warsaw Summit, the Alliance will also seek a new level of cooperation with its partners, especially the European Union, on issues such as ...
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By Weblord | 1 June, 2016 | Categories: News, Policy | Tags: Asia Security Summit, Blasphemy Laws, China, Fallujah, Iraq, ISIL, NATO, Novelli, Our Ocean, policy update, Russel, SSD, Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Strategic Security Dialogue, Warsaw summit
Today’s topics: Death of Taliban leader / Obama in Vietnam / China / Turkey’s constitutional amendment / Ukraine battles financial crime / Russian oppression / Satellite tech in climate research White House on Death of Taliban Leader 23 May 2016
Statement by the President on the Death of Taliban Leader Mansur Today marks an important milestone in our longstanding effort to bring peace and prosperity to ...
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By Weblord | 23 May, 2016 | Categories: News, Policy | Tags: Arms Embargo, China, Climate Change, Climate research, Crimea, Deportation, Halya Coynash., Mansur, Obma, policy update, Satellite, Stalin, Strategic Security Dialogue, Taliban, Turkey, Vietnam
Today’s topics: Embassy Closure / Airstrike on hospital in Syria / Vietnam War symposium / Malaria / Holocaust museum UK Bank Holiday Closures
The U.S. Embassy in London and our Consulates General
Belfast and
Edinburgh , will be closed, on Monday, 2nd May 2016, for the
UK Bank holiday . Offices will re-open on Tuesday, 3rd May. U.S. ...
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By Weblord | 29 April, 2016 | Categories: News, Policy | Tags: Aleppo, Asia Pacific, China, Foreign NGO, genocide, Holocaust Museum, Hospital airstrike, Malaria, Mexico, PMI, policy update, Syria
Today’s topics: U.S. Elections / White House news / Climate change Capacity-Building Initiative / U.S. $20 bill / DoD’s Dunford on countering Extremism U.S. Elections 26 April 2016
The rise of the independent voter The United States has two major political parties: Democratic and Republican. Ask an American voter which one she or he sides with, and the most ...
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By Weblord | 26 April, 2016 | Categories: Elections, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Policy | Tags: Capacity-Building Initiative, CBIT, China, Dunford, elections, Extremism, georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Harriet Tubman, Joe Biden, policy update, transnational crime, US-China Dialogue
Today’s topics: Obama-Cameron press conference / Paris Climate Change Agreement / State Dept news / South Sudan peace process / DoD News President Obama in London 22 April 2016
Remarks by the President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron in Joint Press Conference : We are so bound together that nothing is going to impact the emotional and cultural and intellectual affinities between our two countries. So ...
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By Weblord | 25 April, 2016 | Categories: News, Policy | Tags: Barack Obama, China, China Growing Pains, cliamte change, Daniel Russel, David Cmeron, Dunford, iceberg, ISIL, New York, Paris agreement, Pershing, policy update
Beginning in November 2016, all travelers holding People’s Republic of China passports with 10-year U.S. B1/B2, B1, or B2 visas must enroll in the Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) program. For more information on this program, please visit
www.cbp.gov/EVUS .
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By Consular Section | 29 March, 2016 | Categories: Non Immigrant Visas, Press Releases | Tags: China, Electronic Visa Update System, EVUS, visas
In accordance with the agreement signed between the United States and China to extend visa validity, beginning in November 2016, Chinese citizens with 10-year B1, B2 or B1/B2 visas in Peoples’ Republic of China passports will be required to update their biographical and other information from their visa application via a website every two years, ...
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By Consular Section | 15 March, 2016 | Categories: Non Immigrant Visas, Press Releases | Tags: China, Electronic Visa Update System, EVUS, visas
Launched in 2014 around Secretary Kerry’s Our Ocean conference, Fishackathon was established to bring together volunteer coders to create tools to address challenges in sustainable fishing around the world. Kicking off Earth Day 2016, the U.S. Department of State will hold the third annual Fishackathon from April 22-24. Volunteer coders, technologists, and ...
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By Weblord | 8 March, 2016 | Categories: Policy | Tags: China, Fishackathon, North Korea, policy update, Refugee relocation, Taiwan
n what is seen as the most significant challenge yet to territorial limits Beijing asserts around its man-made islands, a U.S. guided missile destroyer Tuesday sailed within 22 kilometers (12 nautical miles) of a reef in the disputed Spratly archipelago. The USS Lassen approached Subi reef, occupied by China and also claimed by Taiwan, Vietnam ...
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By Weblord | 27 October, 2015 | Categories: Policy | Tags: China, Spratly
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC September 28, 2015 Pursuant to their shared goal of advancing civil space cooperation as agreed upon in the Strategic Track of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in June 2015, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of China convened their inaugural Civil ...
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By Weblord | 28 September, 2015 | Categories: Policy | Tags: China, Space
By Terri Moon Cronk, DoD News, Defense Media Activity China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea could have far-reaching U.S. security and economic consequences by disrupting international rules and norms that have supported the global community for decades, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command said today. In a security forum panel discussion in Aspen, ...
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By Weblord | 24 July, 2015 | Categories: Exclude, Policy | Tags: China, land reclamation, Shangri-La
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson Washington, D.C. FACT SHEET The United States and China: Protecting and Conserving the Ocean “China and the United States – the two largest economies in the world, two of the top fishing nations in the world, and two of the global leaders in ocean science – have ...
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By Weblord | 24 June, 2015 | Categories: Exclude, Policy | Tags: China, Ocean
By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News, Defense Media Activity The United States will continue to remain the principal security power in the Pacific region for decades to come, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in Hawaii today. The secretary also urged countries to work toward a peaceful resolution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea ...
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By Weblord | 27 May, 2015 | Categories: Exclude, Policy | Tags: China, South China Sea
