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Documents - US-China
Michael Pompeo, Institution of a Personnel Cap on Designated PRC Media Entities, March 2, 2020
March 2, 2020
Two documents are included here. The first is an announcement by the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on new limits imposed on the number of people permitted to work in the U.S. for designated PRC media entities. The second is a background briefing on the policy by two senior State Department officers. The policy was announced and the briefing was held at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
Senior Officials, State Department Designates Chinese Media Entities as Foreign Missions, Feb. 18, 2020
February 26, 2020
Two senior State Department officials spoke to the media on the Department's decision to label Chinese media entities (Xinhua News Agency; China Global Television Network (CGTN) - part of China Central Television, CCTV; China Radio International (CRI); China Daily Distribution Corporation; and Hai Tian Development USA (distributor of People's Daily in the U.S.) as foreign missions. The officials explained the reasoning behind the designation and what it would mean.
U.S. Department of Justice, Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou Charged with Financial Fraud, Jan. 28, 2019
February 11, 2020
Meng Wangzhou 孟晚舟was detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver in December 2018 at the request of the U.S. government. Here is the press release about the indictment against the company and Meng Wanzhou. The charging document is also included.
U.S. Department of Justice, China Initiative, 2018-2019
February 11, 2020
This U.S. Department of Justice document summarizes the aims of its China Initiative and department indictments and convictions from Jan. 2018 to July 2019.
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Chinese Accused of Equifax Hack, Feb. 10, 2020
February 10, 2020
The U.S. Attorney General announced the indictment of four members of the People’s Liberation Army for the 2017 cybertheft of the personal data of millions of people from Equifax, a crediting reporting agency. Included here are his remarks, a press statement about the indictment and a link to the charging document.
Mike Pompeo, U.S. States and the China Competition, Feb. 8, 2020
February 8, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at the National Governors Association Meeting in Washington, D.C.
William Barr, Keynote at China Initiative Conference, February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020
William Barr served in the George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump administrations as Attorney General.
John Demers, Economic Espionage by the People’s Republic of China, Nov. 1, 2018
January 30, 2020
John Demers
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2018
U.S. Senate, China's Talent Recruitment Plans, Nov. 18, 2019
January 28, 2020
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations staff issued a report on the threat to U.S. research advantages posed by China's efforts to recruit talent.
US and PRC Governments, Trade Agreement, January 15, 2020
January 15, 2020
The United States and People's Republic of China reached a "phase one" trade agreement on January 15, 2020, following two years of a trade war.
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