Donald Trump announced that he spoke to Chinese president Xi Jinping just days before returning to the White House. The president-elect posted on his Truth Social website that he spoke by phone with Xi for the first time since 2021,

The Trump-Xi phone call came hours before the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a U.S. law that effectively bans TikTok starting Sunday.

Since the election, China has flexed its military might in overt and covert ways, highlighting challenges for the US and its allies.

China has a partnership of “no limits” with Russia, and this has proven to be a concern for the west, and particularly Europe. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nato declared that: “The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values.”

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday met virtually with his counterparts from Japan and the Philippines to advance cooperation among the three countries, the White House said. The three leaders discussed trilateral maritime security and economic cooperation,

The White House said Friday that the TikTok ban will fall to President-elect Trump’s administration after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring the app’s China-based parent company

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that is his final stab at shoring up America’s cyber defenses after a damaging string of cyberattacks on federal networks that US officials have blamed on Chinese and Russian operatives.

President Joe Biden is planning one more round of export restrictions on AI chips to limit some countries' access to the key technology.

The first Trump administration opted for a confrontational stance towards many countries in the region, including Peru. This ultimately pushed it to deepen its alliance with China. Beijing saw the opportunity, through favourable trade deals and investments, to position itself as a more reliable and beneficial partner than Washington.

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