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President Joe Biden speaks during the opening session of the NATO Summit, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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NATO allies call China a 'decisive enabler' of Russia's war in Ukraine
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Wed,07/10/24-4:23PM , 70 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — In their most serious rebuke against Beijing, NATO allies on Wednesday called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia's war against Ukraine and expressed concerns over Beijing's nuclear arsenal and its capabilities in space.
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Lithuanian and European Union flags fly outside the Lithuanian Embassy in Beijing, Dec. 16, 2021. The U.S. State Department has set up an eight-person team known as the "firm" to provide help to countries cut off from Chinese trade. The team emerged after Washington stepped in to help Lithuania when the northern European country found its cargo shipments to and from China stranded two years ago during a feud over Taiwan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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China has threatened trade with some countries after feuds. They're calling 'the firm' for help
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Sun,05/26/24-11:06PM , 123 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Business is good at “the firm.”

The eight-person team at the State Department is leading Washington's efforts to ease the economic blowback for countries targeted by China.
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A worker walks past the logo of the factory of King Yuan Electronics Co. after work in Miaoli County, western Taiwan, May 9, 2024. In late April 2024, King Yuan Electronics Corp., a Taiwanese company specializing in semiconductor testing and packaging, said it was ending its two-decade-long run in mainland China by selling off its entire stake, worth $670 million, in its venture in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

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Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing
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Thu,05/16/24-11:02PM , 107 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it's tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world's No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.
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President Joe Biden, left, greets China's President President Xi Jinping in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023. The United States sees Hong Kong's new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but has tread carefully so far in responding, a disappointment to those fighting for democracy and freedoms in the Chinese territory. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

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US treads carefully in responding to Hong Kong's new national security law
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Sun,04/07/24-11:03PM , 32 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.
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