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Democratic politician Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2021. He won more than 270 Electoral College votes in the November 3, 2020 election after securing the Democratic Party nomination to challenge Donald Trump for the position of US president. He previously served as the 47th vice-president of the United States under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, and was a United States Senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009.
Two Republican critics of Biden’s China policy have called for a strategy similar to Ronald Reagan’s approach to the Soviet Union. Despite building regional alliances, the Biden administration has shied away from resurrecting free trade negotiations with allies and partners in Asia.
Despite lack of progress on electric vehicle and solar panel ‘overcapacity’, trip by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen helps keep superpower communications open.
Chinese and American presidents took opportunity to have ‘candid’ and ‘constructive’ conversation against backdrop of testing events in region.
- Many Japanese expressed outrage over the US president labelling their country as xenophobic alongside China and India
- Academics said his use of the term was unfair given Japan’s unique cultural and historical context
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest US civilian award.
The arrival of Russian personnel in the West African country came in the wake of a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces from the country.
US president tries to make case that countries would improve economically if they welcomed immigrants, but some warn that his words are a diplomatic blunder.
The US president says the protests have not made him reconsider his position on the war, but he does not support calls to send in the National Guard.
Japan is a critical US ally, while India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, is a vital partner in the Indo-Pacific despite differences on human rights
Most analysts believe Trump would maintain the alliance to counter Beijing, but some said major shifts including a potential troop pull-out were possible
Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.
Four out of five people who responded to the poll say their opinion of mainland China is unfavourable, about the same as last year.
What started as just one week in May has evolved over the decades into a month-long tribute of events in cities big and small.
The fight over the Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona is the latest flashpoint on women’s reproductive rights in the US.
The US Justice Department is proposing to reclassify the drug, a move that would shake up cannabis policy nationwide.
Donald Trump has made illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border a centrepiece of his campaign against US President Joe Biden, a Democrat who is running for a second four-year term.
Trump was held in contempt of court, a stinging rebuke for the former US president, who had insisted he was exercising his free speech rights.
Rugged ranch fate, or cruel judgment? South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a potential Donald Trump 2024 running mate, has shocked Americans by revealing she once shot her family dog.
The meeting marked a thaw in relations between the former rivals after a brutal Republican primary contest marked by insults and bruised ego.
‘Serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield’ for Ukraine, said Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Kyiv on Monday.
US and Israeli officials have said they hope to have the floating pier in place, the causeway attached to the shore and operations under way by early May.
Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.
It’s the top US diplomat’s seventh Middle Eastern trip since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.
His comments at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner come as protesters outside slam his pro-Israel stance in the Gaza war.
While the assessment didn’t dispute Putin’s culpability for the death, it found that the timing possibly wasn’t as intended by Putin, the WSJ report said.
The US president’s team had previously been non-committal about his willingness to take part in the election tradition against his White House challenger.
China-US ties are more stable but still at risk if ‘red lines’ are crossed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.
The jetty, part of an effort to avert famine in the Palestinian enclave amid Israel’s campaign against Hamas, is set to become operational next month.
She was a regional political director for the White House Office during the Obama-Biden administration, and is a former MSNBC analyst and mental health advocate
Trip would be the long-time leader’s first abroad since his re-election, amid Western claims that China is propping up Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
Secretary of State raised concerns in meeting with Shanghai party chief Chen Jining, but also said direct engagement between the two sides is a ‘necessity’.
US President Joe Biden has signed a bill that could ban TikTok from US app stores. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway to reach crucial younger voters.
