Ken Moritsugu

Relations between the countries deteriorated sharply under Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, and the two sides remain at odds over a host of issues including technology, cybersecurity and human rights.

The U.S. appears to be highlighting confrontation and playing down cooperation, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.

Election hopefuls will undergo vetting by the national security police and a committee that oversees national security in the city.

China on Friday put on trial one of two Canadians held for more than two years in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive at request of U.S.

Four decades after the U.S. established diplomatic ties with Communist China, tensions have reached new heights.

The U.S., in a brief statement, did not provide any details on why the consulate in Texas was targeted.

The Trump administration’s rejection of broad Chinese claims to much of the South China Sea came across in Asia as an election-year political move, with some appealing for calm amid fears of greater tensions.

The State Department’s travel advisory told Americans currently in China to consider departing using commercial means, and requested that all non-essential U.S. government personnel defer travel.

There were 440 confirmed cases as of midnight Tuesday, and nine people have died.

Exploring the cosmos from the far side of the moon, which can’t be seen from Earth, could help scientists learn more about the early days of the solar system.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged Friday that Japan inflicted "immeasurable damage and suffering" on innocent people in World War II, but stopped short of offering his own apology and said future generations of Japanese should not have to make them either.