The United States imposed sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China on Wednesday that it accused of being involved in an Iranian drone procurement network, as the Trump administration implements its "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.

The United States was Germany's biggest single trading partner last year for the first time since 2015, displacing China from the top spot as

China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.

President Donald Trump is destroying generations of U.S. relationships to hand wins to Russia and China, according to Barack Obama's former chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel penned a column in the Washington Post comparing the United States and Russia to prizefighter Muhammad Ali's “rope-a-dope” strategy.

The United States has “gravely backpedaled” on its position on Taiwan and sent the wrong message to “separatist forces" on the island, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said. Taiwan and China split in 1949 during the civil war that brought the communists to power in China.

South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola said on Monday that the United States had not responded to attempts to discuss President Donald Trump's executive order cutting off aid but that China had pledged support.

Artificial intelligence will play a critical role in shaping China's fortunes as a great power. Yet Beijing’s attempt to translate wins by today’s innovators like DeepSeek and others into wider gains for the $18 trillion economy will be challenged not just by the United States but also by the Chinese Communist Party’s own desire to maintain control.

The New York Post published an article in 2024 with a map that claims there is Chinese-owned farmland next to 19 military bases in the United States. We Verify.