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Mike Pence, US-China Affairs – the Frederic V. Malek Memorial Lecture, Oct. 24, 2019
November 25, 2019
Vice President Pence spoke at a Woodrow Wilson Center event in Washington.
U.S. State Department, 2019 Hong Kong Policy Act Report, March 21, 2019
October 22, 2019
As mandated by the US-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, the U.S. State Department reports on conditions in Hong Kong.
Christopher Ford, State Department, Bureaucracy and Counterstrategy: Meeting the China Challenge, Sept. 11, 2019
September 26, 2019
Dr. Ford spoke at the U.S. Department of Defense in Virginia.
Christopher Ford, State Department, Huawei and its Siblings, the Chinese Tech Giants: National Security and Foreign Policy Implications, Sept. 11, 2019
September 26, 2019
Dr. Christopher Ford is Assistant Secretary of State, heading the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. He spoke at the State Department.
U.S. Senate, Report on U.S.-Hong Kong Extradition Treaty, August 19, 1997
September 10, 2019
This report from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed ratification of this extradition treaty between the United States and Hong Kong. The U.S. does not have such a treaty with China.
Congressional Research Service, Hong Kong’s Proposed Extradition Law Amendments, August 14, 2019
August 14, 2019
This non-partisan Congressional Research Service backgrounder was written by Michael F. Martin. The report notes that the key amendment is to establish procedures for extradition to mainland China, to Macau and to Taiwan. The changes also reduce the number of crimes for which extradition is possible and requires that the possible sentence be for at least three years.
Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankui, “The 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-US Diplomatic Relations,” June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019
Ambassador Cui spoke at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Government Accountability Office, Agreements Establishing Confucius Institutes at U.S. Universities Are Similar, but Institute Operations Vary, February 16, 2019
February 16, 2019
This study of Confucius Institutes included 90 such programs. The GAO reviewed the agreements establishing the institutes and carried out interviews with program personnel at 10 colleges. Below is a summary of findings. Click on the link at the bottom for the full report.
2018 Report to Congress On China’s WTO Compliance
February 1, 2019
This is the 17th annual report to Congress on compliance by China with commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization.
Jeff Sessions, 2018, New Initiative to Combat Chinese Economic Espionage
November 1, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2018
(Please download the DOJ China Initiative below.)
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