Study aid: Jakub Witczak, Bartosz Basinski
7 January
China includes sanctions on 5 defence companies in consequence to US arms sales for Taiwan and sanctions on Chinese companies and citizens. According to the message of Chinese abroad Minister Wang Yi, they are a consequence of bad actions taken by the US. The sale of boron to Taiwan is expected to lead to a threat and a failure of stableness and to mark Chinese interests and sovereignty.
9 January
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng gave a speech to the Carter Center Forum on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of establishing Chinese-American relations. The Diplomat called for common cooperation in order to address problems affecting both countries. In his argument for this initiative, he referred to the long past of cooperation between the 2 countries and besides stressed the request to decision distant from the Cold War mentality.
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb_663304/zjg_665342/zbd_665378/202401/t20240111_11221867.html
13 January
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is holding a gathering in Washington with the Minister of global Communications Department Liu Jianchao. The discussion afraid bilateral, regional and global issues. Both parties considered it essential to proceed the provisions of the Xi-Biden gathering last November and to keep open channels of communication between the USA and the PRC.
18 January
A group of U.S. Senators presents the Critical Minerals safety Act to assist the United States in securing access to critical mineral supply chains and resisting Chinese industrial dominance. These objectives are to be achieved by the U.S. Department of the Interior assessing global supply and ownership of critical minerals as well as helping US companies extract critical minerals abroad.
January 18-19
W Beijing is held the 3rd Financial gathering of the Working Group. The gathering began with a review of method exchanges between countries in December and January. gathering sessions afraid financial stableness and capital markets, global financial institutions, sustainable finances, payments and cross-border data, and countering money laundering and terrorist financing. In addition, the U.S. delegation met with Deputy Prime Minister He Lifeng, where the discussion was subject to the importance of continuing communication and further cooperation between the parties.
https://home.treaty.gov/news/press-releases/jy2033
19 January
The national Reserve Board imposed a fine of $2.4 million on Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. The reason for the fine was the unauthorised usage and disclosure of confidential supervisory information. These include bank control reports and another confidential papers from banking supervisors.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/enforcement20240119a.htm
19 January
Around 400 Chinese and American business leaders and government representatives meet in fresh York City. As part of the 45th anniversary of establishing Chinese-American relations, the guests expressed their desire to establish a unchangeable business environment between both countries. Among the invited guests were the Minister of the Embassy of the PRC Xue Xueyuan. The Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and American Ambassador to China Nicolas Burns sent their comments remotely.
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202401/19/WS65aa8f68a3105f21a507d50e.html
26-27 January
National safety Advisor Jake Sulivan meets with a associate of the Politburo of the Communist organization of China and abroad Minister Wang Yi. The aim of the gathering is to keep channels of communication between countries and to guarantee liable competition. Both representatives besides discussed safety issues and dialog on artificial intelligence.
30 January
A decision is made to set up an American-Chinese Drug Working Group. It arises as a consequence of a visit to Beijing of a delegation led by Deputy Assistant president and Deputy interior safety Advisor Jen Daskal. The intent of the visit was to coordinate the fight against the global production and distribution of synthetic drugs.
Jake Sullivan gives a speech for the Council of abroad Relations. In his speech, he addresses issues of China's increasing power and their efforts to reconfigure global governance by means of technological, diplomatic, military and economical means. He besides described the United States' efforts to tackle the Chinese challenge, specified as investments in semiconductors and green energy, developing cooperation with Pacific countries, and securing delicate technologies.
5-6 February
An American-Chinese working group gathering is coming up. This is the first gathering of this body in China and the first in 2024. Both sides discussed common economical and interior macroeconomic problems in their countries. In addition, the American delegation besides held a gathering with Deputy Prime Minister Li Feng.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2078
16 February
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken meets abroad Minister Wang Yi at the Munich safety Conference. Politicians have held talks on bilateral, regional and global issues to keep communication channels. The secretary besides stressed the request to proceed the advancement made at the Woodside Summit between heads of state and expressed his doubts about military support for Russia from China. Both sides besides exchanged their views on the situation in the mediate East and the Korean Peninsula.
21 February
The president of the legislature peculiar Committee Mark R. Warner and her Vice-President Marco Rubio for Intelligence sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on the extension of tools at the disposal of the Treasury and Trade Departments. to prevent the Chinese military-industrial complex from benefiting from American technology and investment. They besides expressed the request to usage the US authorities to defend the interests of the US and to prevent unintentional support for the authoritarian activities of the PRC.
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=72CB39CE-8405-4F7A-8CCF-1088D6F00CE9
22-24 February
The home choice Committee on CCP delegation performs a visit to Taiwan for the election. During the visit a number of meetings are held with Taiwanese leaders and discussions on American-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment.
28 February
Prime Minister Li Qiang accepts a visit from a delegation of the U.S. Department of Commerce led by manager Susanne P. Clark of the Chamber of Commerce. During the meeting, the Chinese Prime Minister stated that the Chinese and American economies are complementary to each another and have common interests. In turn, Clark stressed the importance of the relation between the USA and the PRC and besides declared that the Chamber of Commerce was ready to act as a bridge to constructive communication and exchange with China.
February 29
President Joe Biden in his authoritative position addressed the safety of the American automobile sector. According to China's leaders, they aim to dominate the car marketplace and flood their U.S. cars by resorting to unfair practices. He besides raised the issue of data protection and possible usage of Chinese “smart cars” to spy on American citizens and monitor infrastructure. In the face of these facts, the Secretary of Commerce was obliged to conduct an investigation into cars connected to fresh technologies originating in suspicious countries.
American Senators headed by the legislature peculiar Intelligence Commission Mark R. Warner and Marco Rubio sent a letter to the Secretarys of the Treasury of Gina Raimondo, in which they urge increased efforts to defend American critical technologies.
7 March
During the plenary session of the National People's Congress, the Minister of abroad Affairs of the PRC holds a press conference in which he addresses, inter alia, the relation with the United States. He declared his willingness to cooperate with common benefits and stressed that a possible conflict between the 2 countries would have unimaginable consequences. At the same time, he stated that the United States was obsessing over China and undermined its credibility as a global leader.
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb_6633304/wjbz_663308/2461_663310/202403/t20240307_11255512.html
13 March
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng gives a speech at the Global Media dialog conference. In addition to economical issues, he besides addressed the issue of Chinese-American relations. He stated that the last gathering between the heads of both states had a affirmative impact on the stableness of their bilateral relations. He besides called for greater common cooperation.
http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/dshd/202403/t20240314_11260384.htm
The United States home of Representatives passed a bill which could consequence in forcing Chinese company ByteDance to retreat TikTok from the country. The task met with both American parties, however, its vote in the legislature is uncertain.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-house-vote-force-being-divest-tiktok-or-face-ban-2024-03-13/
21 March
The abroad Affairs Committee of the home of Representatives unanimously voted on a bill aimed at expanding the supervision of technological agreements between the US and China. It will establish fresh tools to guarantee transparency and accountability in agreements between the 2 countries through the supervision of legislature over any agreement in the field of discipline and technology between countries.
https://titus.house.gov/news/documentssingle.aspx?DocumentID=3593
The Taiwan Ministry of Defence revealed that American soldiers are on a tiny island chain located 4 miles from the coast of the PRC.
https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/news/us-armed-presence-taiwan-islands-175835872.html
24 March
China has published recommendations prohibiting the usage of chips from companies specified as AMD or Intel from government computers and servers. Microsoft software should besides be sidelined according to the guidelines.
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