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Documents - US-China
David R. Stilwell, US-China Bilateral Relations: The Lessons of History, Dec. 12, 2019
December 16, 2019
Stilwell is Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He spoke at the Center for International and Strategic Studies.
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, Nov. 27, 2019
November 27, 2019
This measure amends the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, establishing principles for the relationship between the U.S. and Hong Kong.
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.
Congressional Research Service, China's Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges and Issues for the United States, June 25, 2019
June 25, 2019
The Congressional Research Service is a non-partisan government research organization that is part of the Library of Congress. This report was written by Wayne Morrison.
Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai 崔天凯, “The 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-US Diplomatic Relations,” June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019
Ambassador Cui Tiankai 崔天凯 spoke at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
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