Reuters: In what areas of China and the United States are tense relationships?

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The United States requires China to close the Consulate General in Houston this week. A series of disputes have led to Sino -US relations to the freezing point for decades.

The following is the focus of the dispute between China and the United States:

New Crown Virus

U.S. President Trump has accused China of lack of transparency on the problem of new crown virus, and he often refers to the new crown virus as Chinese virus.Trump said that Chinese officials ignored their obligations to report virus to the World Health Organization (WHO) and forced WHO to mislead the world.

China has always been transparent to the government's epidemic response, and WHO has refuted Trump claims that the organization has spread the false information about the false information about the new crown virus.Due to dissatisfaction with the epidemic response, the United States plans to withdraw WHO in mid -2021.

Trade

The Trump administration began to raise tariffs on Chinese products in 2018. This is part of its ambitious plans to force Beijing to restrict parts of national manufacturing subsidies and harsh requirements in gorgeous enterprises.

The relative tariff war for more than a year has led to a slowdown in global economic growth. After that, the United States and China signed the first phase of trade agreement in January 2020 and withdrew some tariffs, but the core issues were not resolved.Beijing has promised to increase the import of US $ 200 billion in US commodities within two years.

Government departments such as the US Department of Commerce are promoting American companies to evacuate commodity procurement and manufacturing.

South China Sea

In recent weeks of the United States' position on the South China Sea issue, it has been tough, accusing China of trying to establish a marine empire in this waters.

Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam have proposed sovereignty claims on the South China Sea.In a statement issued by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on July 13, the United States first claimed that China ’s rights of the rights of maritime resources in the South China Sea for the first time were completely illegal and accused China of attempting to control it by bullying.South China Sea.

Hong Kong

China and the United States conflict around Hong Kong protests, recently due to China through the Hong Kong National Security Law.Trump signed an administrative order this month to end the preferential treatment in Hong Kong and allow him to implement sanctions and visa restrictions on Chinese officials and financial institutions participating in the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.

China is called to safeguard its legitimate interests, and China will make necessary reactions to impose sanctions on relevant US personnel and entities.

Problem related to Xinjiang

The United States imposed sanctions on Chinese officials, enterprises and institutions on the human rights issues of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently stated that the United States uses the so -called human rights as an excuse to use export control measures to include relevant Chinese enterprises in the entity list, which violates the basic criteria of international relations, interfere with the Chinese internal affairs and damage the interests of China. China is determined to this.be opposed to.

Chinese journalists and international students

The United States has begun to identify several major Chinese media agencies as foreign envoys and reduce the number of journalists working in the US office from 160 to 100.

In response, China expelled more than a dozen American journalists from several media in the United States, and asked the four media agencies of the United States to submit their details in Chinese business.

The United States launched new regulations in May to implement visa restrictions on Chinese graduate students believed to be related to the Chinese military.

Huawei

The U.S. Department of Commerce included Chinese technology companies Huawei on the entity list last year. At this time, the United States accused Huawei of violating the US sanctions on Iran and might perform spy behaviors on customers. Huawei denied all allegations.The list of this list has seriously hindered Huawei's key components and supply from the US supplier to obtain chips.

Huawei said that because there is no company in the United States that can provide the same technology at a competitive price, the United States wants to hinder Huawei's development and growth.

The United States has successfully promoted the abandonment of Huawei worldwide.

North Korea

China and the United States think on the North Korean issue, although both countries hope North Korea can give up nuclear weapons.The United States accused China of violating the UN's sanctions on North Korea, and China denied this statement.China hopes to relieve some sanctions, but the United States does not agree.

North Korean leader Kim Jong -un and Trump have met three times, but the North Korean North Korea's nuclear abandonment requirement and North Korea's end sanctions requirement have failed to make progress.

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said on Wednesday that although the current relationship between the United States and China is tense, it may still work together to fight against North Korea's large -scale killing weapons.