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Biden told reporters Thursday that a diplomatic boycott of the winter event is "something we're considering."

At the sixth plenum in Beijing this week, the Chinese leader is expected to issue the ruling party's third resolution since it was founded a century ago.

The Chinese publication said "the U.S. will become a historic sinner that further undermines world unity" by backing Taiwan at the United Nations.

Trying to dispel investor fears, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by the struggling real estate developer.

"If the government can prevent a bubble that collapses, then that just leaves people in a good position," David Dollar, an expert on the Chinese economy, said.

"We do not expect the government to provide any direct support to Evergrande," credit analysts from S&P Global Ratings wrote in a report.

"This hostile move violates international trade norms," said Taiwan's foreign minister, noting China wants to join the CPTPP trade bloc.

"The Chinese mainland will have to take severe economic and military measures to combat the arrogance of the U.S. and the island of Taiwan."

A Taiwanese official says the ruling party did not hesitate when invited to hold unprecedented security talks with Japan to discuss mutual concerns about China.

China's Foreign Ministry used the chaotic imagery of the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to suggest Washington, D.C., had lost all credibility.

The movement stems from allegations that China uses forced labor for a variety of consumer and industrial products sold overseas.

Germany is the latest country to enter the disputed waters that China claims as its own.

"The consolidation of national defense and a strong military must be accelerated," Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

The crowd at APM mall in Kwun Tong chanted "We are Hong Kong" as a medal was handed out on screen.

"We have to judge to what extent we can tolerate confiscation," says the Suntory CEO. "And I believe we have to decide sooner or later."

A 2016 ruling from the Hague rejected China's claim and allowed the U.S., U.K. and Australia to conduct routine freedom of navigation operations in parts of the South China Sea.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the U.S. created and worsened the problems in Afghanistan and the military should be careful as it withdraws from the region.

We must see in Communist China the very antithesis of the system of liberty and justice that our forebears gave us.

"That represents a greater challenge over the coming couple of decades," the Utah Republican senator said Sunday.

China's Ministry of National Defense said the recent warplane activity near Taiwan was necessary to safeguard "national sovereignty."

"We are not allocating these doses, or delivering these doses, based on political or economic conditions. We are donating these vaccines with the singular objective of saving lives," an administration official said.

The Vermont senator said Washington should cooperate with Beijing on issues such as climate change, pandemics, nuclear proliferation and economic inequality.

A similar military exercise was conducted by the Chinese in late January, which reportedly simulated a strike on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the region.

Gorka mocked the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement and said the U.S. carries the financial and economic burden of the world while allowing China to become a stronger international superpower.

A new amendment to Hong Kong's Film Censorship Ordinance gives the government the ability to censor films seen as a threat to national security. The move further aligns Hong Kong with the practices of Beijing and the Chinese mainland.

"We should not allow the US-Taiwan relations to break through because they will get bolder and intensify their provocation in the future," the Global Times' editorial board wrote Sunday.

When the next crisis comes, we should not surrender our liberty to experts and bureaucrats.

The law, which passed by a 40-2 vote, allows the city's national security department to run background checks on potential candidates and sets up a committee to ensure that the candidates are "patriotic."

There's still a chance, albeit slim, that the IOC will do the right thing by providing answers to the legitimate concerns raised by Olympics stakeholders worldwide. Only time will tell.

The amendments will allow the city's national security department to perform background checks of potential candidates. Voters will only directly elect 20 lawmakers, as opposed to the usual 35.