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In 1872, these dual aims were manifested in the Chinese Educational Mission, where 120 students between the ages of 12 and 15 were sent to the United States, placed with American families, and ...

and Singapore supports the American military presence. The object appears to be to take advantage of development opportunities and close economic ties with Beijing while resisting Chinese domination.

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Chinese American hydrologist Sherry Chen, who was wrongfully arrested and fired after being accused of spying for China, won a $1.8 million settlement in two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government ...

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Christopher Wray says the FBI is investigating the existence of stations in New York, which could violate sovereignty
The United States is deeply concerned about the Chinese government setting up unauthorised in US cities to possibly pursue influence operations, FBI director Christopher Wray has said.
“I’m very concerned about this. We are aware of the existence of these stations,” Wray told a US Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee hearing, acknowledging the FBI’s investigative work on the issue but declining to give details.

Amid race for influence in Asia-Pacific region, Chinese president says no attempt to ‘wage a new cold war will ever be allowed by the people or by our times’
The Asia-Pacific is no one’s back yard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry, China’s president, Xi Jinping, has said, warning against cold war tensions in a region that is a flashpoint of competition between Beijing and Washington.
Xi’s remarks on Thursday came ahead of Friday’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok, and were an apparent reference to US efforts with regional allies and partners to blunt what they see as China’s growing coercive economic and military influence in the region.

Ahead of first meeting with China’s president in three years, New Zealand PM calls for environment where differences can be discussed
Jacinda Ardern has said she must be able to raise concerns with Beijing without prompting “retaliatory acts”, on the eve of her planned meeting with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
The pair’s first in-person bilateral meeting since 2019 is due to take place on Friday evening on the sidelines of the Apec forum. It comes during a , where ideological differences – and New Zealand’s economic reliance on China as an export market – have continued to grow.

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Landmark decision described as ‘huge victory for freedom of expression and right to peaceful protest in Europe’
Activists who were accused of attempting to “pollute, damage and distort” the Acropolis after they hung a banner from the Athenian monument in protest against China’s policies in Tibet have been acquitted by a Greek court.
In a landmark decision described as a victory for human rights defenders globally, a three-member tribunal threw out the charge on Thursday. A public prosecutor had only minutes earlier pressed for a guilty verdict.

Four-month-old denied treatment as she tested negative for coronavirus and family was told case not urgent
The death of a four-month-old baby in central China has stoked public anger on social media as frustrations mount over Beijing’s stringent “” policy, which has confined millions to their homes and sparked angry protests.
The girl died after suffering vomiting and diarrhoea while in quarantine at a hotel in the city of Zhengzhou, according to a post by her father, Li Baoliang, on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo on Wednesday.