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China is conducting clandestine biological weapons-related research and has failed to disclose past offensive germ weapons work, according to a State Department report made public Tuesday. Beijing also is hiding nuclear-related test data by blocking sensors from an international monitoring system used to detect underground nuclear blasts, the annual arms control compliance report contended. The…

ANALYSIS/OPINION: For the last 30 years, America’s policy with respect to China has been wrong. This is not the fault of any particular person or group of people. Rather, it is the shared and terrible failure of Republicans and Democrats, hawks and doves, businesses and think tanks. In the wake of the 1989 massacre in…

Attorney General Bill Barr said on Sunday that the Justice Department is cracking down on Chinese intelligence gathering operations targeting the United States. “The way I look at is: This is a fundamental challenge to the United States,” Mr. Barr said on Fox News. The technological leadership America has enjoyed since the late 19th century…

Asia Pacific|China Moves Ahead With Law Tightening Grip on Hong KongA draft of the legislation, which many fear will be used to suppress dissent, was deliberated by lawmakers in Beijing, but reports said a vote would come later. Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong last month.Credit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesJune 20, 2020Updated 4:15…

Beijing has criticised a new US law that would sanction Chinese officials over the mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, saying it “maliciously attacks” China’s policy in the Xinjiang region.China will “resolutely hit back and the US will bear the burden of all subsequent consequences”, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement…