Pompeo Tells Congress That Hong Kong Is ‘No Longer Autonomous’ by Bradley Cortright May 27, 2020 2 "It is now clear that China is modeling Hong Kong after itself." Read more
Trump to Announce Hong Kong Response This Week by Reuters May 27, 2020 1 "We're doing something now. I think you'll find it very interesting ... I'll be talking about it over the next couple of days." Read more
Trump Adviser Warns China, Says US Would Pay Firms to Shift From Hong Kong by Reuters May 26, 2020 3 Larry Kudlow, speaking to Fox News Channel, called Beijing's actions "very disturbing." Read more
Explainer: Emerging Get-Tough Consensus Among Trump’s China Advisers Tested by Hong Kong Debate by Reuters May 25, 2020 1 His advisers have become more in sync on the need to pressure China, including over Hong Kong. Read more
National Security Advisor Calls Trump’s Travel Restrictions on China a ‘Profile in Courage’ by Bradley Cortright May 24, 2020 30 "Against the advice of many of his other advisers, he immediately imposed a travel ban on China on the 30th, two days later." Read more
Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Protesters Rise up Against Security Law by Reuters May 24, 2020 5 A protester wearing a black hoodie and surgical mask held a banner that said: "I stand for Hong Kong's independence." Read more
US Condemns China’s ‘Disastrous Proposal’ on Hong Kong: Pompeo by Reuters May 22, 2020 2 "The United States condemns the ... proposal to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong." Read more
Senate Passes Bill That Could Block Chinese Firms From US Securities Exchanges by Reuters May 20, 2020 5 The measure also would require public companies disclose whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government. Read more
US Mulls Paying Companies, Tax Breaks to Pull Supply Chains From China by Reuters May 18, 2020 4 But the Trump administration itself remains divided over how best to proceed. Read more
Wuhan Plans Coronavirus Testing for 11 Million Residents in Hopes of Avoiding Second Wave by Meaghan Ellis May 15, 2020 8 Wuhan plans to execute the mass testing effort in just 10 days. Read more
Special Report: Caught in Trump-China Feud, WHO Leader Under Siege by Reuters May 15, 2020 1 "We knew how it was going to look, and he can sometimes be a bit naive about that." Read more
Pelosi Calls Trump’s Comments About China an ‘Interesting Diversion’ by Bradley Cortright May 14, 2020 0 "There will be plenty of time for after-action review." Read more
FBI Says China Hackers Are Trying to Steal Coronavirus Treatment, Vaccine Research by Bradley Cortright May 13, 2020 5 "These actors have been observed attempting to identify and illicitly obtain valuable intellectual property." Read more
Trump Senate Ally Seeks China Sanctions Over COVID-19 Probe by Reuters May 13, 2020 2 Graham said he was convinced that had it not been for "deception" by China's ruling Communist Party, the virus would not be in the United States. Read more
House Republicans Create a ‘China Task Force’ to Examine a ‘Wide Range of China-Related Issues’ by Bradley Cortright May 7, 2020 4 "The stakes are too high to sit idly by." Read more
Trump Calls Coronavirus Attack Worse than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 by Alex Thomas May 6, 2020 23 Trump blasts China and says the US needs to re-open Read more
Pompeo Blames China for Hundreds of Thousands of Virus Deaths, Denies Inconsistency by Reuters May 6, 2020 2 "They knew. China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide." Read more
Gingrich Calls for ‘Reparations’ From China for Damages From the Coronavirus by Bradley Cortright May 4, 2020 5 "We ought to be looking at reparations from China." Read more
Pompeo: There Is ‘Enormous Evidence’ That Coronavirus Originated in a Lab by Bradley Cortright May 3, 2020 59 "These are not the first times that we have had the world exposed to viruses as a result of failures in a Chinese lab." Read more
Futures Slide as Trump Threatens New Tariffs on China by Reuters May 1, 2020 3 The trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the pandemic. Read more