Carmen Russell-Sluchansky

The Lede: On Tuesday, China reappointed its top diplomat Wang Yi as foreign minister, removing Qin Gang amid a mysterious month-long absence. Wang’s return as foreign minister comes amid a recent string of high-level meetings between U.S. and Chinese officials and upcoming summits where U.S. President Joe

The Lede: On Friday, top House Republicans launched an inquiry to the Ford Motor Company regarding the company’s ties to a battery company in China due to forced labor and job offshoring concerns. What We Know: * Two Republican House committee chairs, Mike Gallagher of the House Select Committee on

The Lede: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry concluded his four-day visit to Beijing on Wednesday without reaching any new climate agreements, but the visit marked another important set of high-level meetings between the two countries What We Know: * Kerry arrived in China with the intention to make progress on

The Lede: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune concluded his five-day visit to China on Friday. Algiers and Beijing reaffirmed their commitments to bilateral cooperation across various areas as Tebboune eyed BRI infrastructure projects and BRICS membership. What We Know: * The Algerian President traveled to China on Sunday with a group that

The Lede: On Monday, executives of U.S. chip companies met with top Biden administration officials to discuss trade policies regarding China while the industry’s lobbying group called for continued access to the China market. What We Know: * Executives from Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia met with Secretary of State

The Lede: A summit of the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Brussels early this week aims to shore up relations between the two regions amid the latter’s increased ties with China in recent years and divergent views on the Russian War in