The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States, Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo accuses China of withholding vital information on coronavirus
Chinese officials have accused the secretary of state of pushing an unverified theory that the outbreak began in a lab in Wuhan. ( read original story ...)
WHO says it’s in talks to send mission to China to investigate source of coronavirus
"The public health importance of this is critical because without knowing where the animal origin is it's difficult for us to prevent this from happening again," a WHO official said Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Gen. Jack Keane: US has ’10-year hole’ to dig out of in dealing with China threat
The United States has a "10-year hole" to dig out of in its dealings with China, Gen. Jack Keane stated Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo Presses China But Acknowledges ‘No Certainty’ Virus From Lab
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his widely contested charge that the coronavirus pandemic likely originated in a Chinese laboratory, but acknowledged there was no certainty. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Casts Deep Chill Over U.S.-China Relations
The pandemic has brought relations between the two to a modern-day nadir as they try to outmaneuver one another to shape the world order. ( read original story ...)
China insists U.S. “doesn’t have any” evidence virus came from lab
Foreign Ministry in Beijing says figuring out COVID-19 origin should be left to scientists, "not politicians who lie for their own domestic political ends." ... ( read original story ...)
China Won’t Support International COVID-19 Probe Without the ‘Right Atmosphere,’ UN Ambassador Says
China's ambassador to the UN in Geneva has dismissed international requests to allow foreign experts into the country to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, suggesting such a ... ( read original story ...)
China calls Hong Kong protesters a ‘political virus’
Beijing escalates rhetoric as it is accused of using coronavirus as cover to ‘turn screws’ ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan makes new push for inclusion in World Health Assembly
Taiwan's exclusion from the upcoming World Health Assembly would harm the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and cannot be excused by mere rules of procedure, the island's health minister ... ( read original story ...)