China is escalating its chip war with the United States by imposing export controls on the overseas sales of gallium and germanium, elements essential to making semiconductors.
Taking to Twitter, the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, Wang Xiaojian, said, "The US should take concrete actions to honour its commitment of acknowledging Xizang as part of China, stop meddling in China's internal affairs under the pretext of Xizang-related issues, and offer
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faces the tough job of stabilizing fractious US-China relations that worsened this week after China retaliated in a tech war with the United States, CNN reported.
During the first day of meetings in China, the US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen criticized the punitive measures taken by the Chinese government against American firms, The New York Times reported.
Although the previous advisory also listed mainland China as a "Level 3: Reconsider Travel" destination, it was due to the risk of "arbitrary enforcement of local laws".
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will pay his first visit to China in six years in July. Netanyahu confirmed the trip to a visiting bipartisan US Congressional delegation.
Amidst the tension between US-China, Beijing's influence has reached the Caribbean as the 10 nations of the region have participated in the "Belt and Road" initiative, which is a big issue for Washington DC.
With its economy growing with full potential, India has become indispensable to US's efforts to assert itself in Asia and deter Chinese aggression, according to The Economist.