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US and allies to build 'China-free' tech supply chain
Exclusive: Biden to sign presidential order to bolster chip, battery and rare-earth industries
Biden's Asia policy
International relations
G-7 leaders say 2021 will be turning point for multilateralism
Countries pledge to contribute $7.5bn toward distributing COVID vaccines
Indo-Pacific
Quad vows to work with ASEAN and Europe in first Biden-era meeting
Foreign ministers commit to free and open Indo-Pacific with eye on China
China up close
Analysis: Biden gives Xi a New Year's gift -- time
But coded congratulatory message keeps Beijing guessing
Opinion
US must urgently rethink its economic policies in Asia
Washington being left behind as China sprints ahead
Myanmar Crisis
On Myanmar, Biden has multilateral ambitions but little leverage
Congress skeptical that Japan and Singapore will join sanctions
Caixin
US shifts from 'decoupling' to 'small yard, high fence' on China
White House works to precisely define technologies key to national interests
Opinion
The futile pursuit of North Korea's 'golden concession'
Evergreen strategy rests on a fatally flawed premise
International relations
Biden administration kicks off global tour of multilateralism
President to attend G-7 virtual meeting and address Munich Security Conference
Opinion
China has already won Asia's arms race
Regional powers must act to curtail Beijing's military supremacy
Biden's Asia policy
Biden's Indo-Pacific team largest in National Security Council
Adviser Jake Sullivan to lead 'all-government' approach on China
Myanmar Crisis
US hits Myanmar junta with $1bn asset freeze and other sanctions
Biden administration engages with allies for global response
Biden's Asia policy
Biden seeks Tokyo-Seoul thaw to help end North Korea deadlock
Fractious ties between Japan and South Korea hamper trilateral approach with US
South China Sea
US and Philippines to discuss key military pact -- and future of alliance
Visiting Forces Agreement is crucial to power projection in the South China Sea
Biden's Asia policy
Biden reviews US global military presence with eye on China
Washington realigns foreign troop deployments to match Indo-Pacific priority
Iran tensions
South Korea and Iran remain split over tanker seizure issue
Seoul caught between pressures from Washington and Tehran
Biden's Asia policy
North Korea goes missing from Biden's big foreign policy speech
National security team weighs options as threat rises
Opinion
Biden doubles-down on Trump's Taiwan policy, but will it last?
China wants US to stop provocations when it comes to Taiwan
Politics
Transcript: President Joe Biden delivers foreign policy speech
'I want the world to hear today America is back .. diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy'
Biden's Asia policy
Biden vows to rebuild 'muscle' of democratic alliances
President maintains Trump's tough stance on China in first big foreign policy speech
Opinion
Biden's Myanmar policy needs to factor in Obama's mistakes
Three questions for a new administration
International relations
Taliban call fighters back from winter lull early as talks stall
Demand for 'inclusive Islamic system' and autonomy cloud outlook for peace
Biden's Asia policy
China urges Biden to correct 'strategic misjudgment' of Trump
Beijing top diplomat warns Washington not to 'trespass' on Hong Kong and Xinjiang
Comment
North Korean congress minus ancestor portraits shows Kim ambition
With title of general secretary, young leader seeks greater freedom of action
Biden's Asia policy
Myanmar poses early test for Biden's 'diplomacy with allies'
Naypyitaw junta looks to pivot to China as Indo-Pacific rivalry intensifies