Representatives from China and the U.S. meet in Anchorage, Alaska, for diplomatic talks. 2021-03-18
The outgoing Trump administration declares that China has committed genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minority groups. 2021-01-19
The Embassy of the United States, Beijing says Terry Branstad is expected to leave his post as U.S. Ambassador to China in early October. No reason is given for the move and no replacement has been announced. China says it was not notified. 2020-09-14
The Chinese foreign ministry announces it would reciprocate the sanctions that the U.S. State Department imposed earlier this month onto its senior diplomats visiting the U.S., by also imposing similar countermeasures to U.S. diplomats in China. 2020-09-11
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he has no choice but to treat the disputes in the South China Sea diplomatically because the alternative is to "go to war with China", defending a government decision not to press a ruling that went in favor of the Philippines. Separately, Duterte claimed China may offer vaccines “on credit” if not as a donation and grants package. 2020-07-27
The Pentagon announces that it has "disinvited" China from this year's biennial Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, after China announced in January that it had accepted the United States' invitation. 2018-05-23
China's People's Liberation Army Navy seizes an underwater drone deployed by USNS "Bowditch" in the South China Sea; the United States files a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return. 2016-12-16
Satellite images show anti-aircraft guns and missile defence systems being built on artificial islands in the South China Sea; China had previously committed to not militarising its controversial developments in the region. 2016-12-14
The People's Republic of China lodges a complaint with the United States after President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaks with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen. The PRC and the United States view Taiwan as a breakaway province. 2016-12-3