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A TikTok content creator, speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Washington, as Senators prepare to consider legislation that would force TikTok's China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature

The Senate has passed legislation that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely on the short-form video

EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 UTC APRIL 24,2024 Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, speaks at a press conference in London, ahead of the launch of 'The State of the World's Human Rights', its annual report on the global human rights situation, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The report will be published on Wednesday April 24, covering 155 countries and including regional and global analyses, it provides the most comprehensive overview of human rights trends and developments in the world today. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says

Germany's Maximilian Krah, of the far-right Alternative, calls during a session at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. A man who works for the prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

A far-right German EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on June 19, 2023. Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week. It comes as U.S.-China ties are at a critical point over numerous global disputes. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge

FILE - A hostess walks by the national flags of the United States and China ahead of the bilateral meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, at the Guangdong Zhudao Guest House in southern China's Guangdong province, April 6, 2024. Simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool, File)

Tensions between Beijing and Washington are the biggest worry for US companies in China, report says

China offers rare admission to international media to its submarine academy

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) naval submarine academy allowed a group made up of members from international media companies to visit on Sunday. (AP video: Wayne Zhang, Production: Wayne Zhang)

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FILE - The Chinese and the Olympic flag wave during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, including one designed to strengthen the agency’s investigations and intelligence unit. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, file)

Chinese generosity in lead-up to cleared doping tests reflects its growing influence on WADA

In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, including one designed to strengthen the agency’s investigations and intelligence unit.

UK prosecutors charge 2 men with spying for China, including a parliamentary researcher

Prosecutors in Britain say a former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man have been charged with spying for China.

A country's flag flies in front of the embassy of China in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 22, 2024. Three people suspected of spying for China and facilitating the transfer of information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday. The homes and offices of the suspects, who were arrested in Duesseldorf and in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, were searched. (Hannes P. Albert/dpa via AP)

3 Germans arrested on suspicion of spying for China, transferring info on potential military tech

Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses have been arrested in Germany.

FILE - A policeman moves journalists back from a farewell event held for the last group of medical workers who came from outside Wuhan to help the city during the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on April 15, 2020. The hunt for COVID-19 origins has gone dark in China. An AP investigation drawing on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews found feuding officials and fear of blame ended meaningful Chinese and international efforts to trace the virus almost as soon as they began, despite years of public statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.

FILE - A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The hunt for COVID-19 origins has gone dark in China. An AP investigation drawing on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews found feuding officials and fear of blame ended meaningful Chinese and international efforts to trace the virus almost as soon as they began, despite years of public statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, speaks at the Western Pacific Navy Symposium held in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on Monday, April 22, 2024. Zhang, China's second-ranking military leader under Xi Jinping, said China committed to solve maritime disputes through dialogue but warned that International law could not be distorted. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering

One of China’s top military leaders has taken a harsh line on regional territorial disputes. He told an international naval gathering that China would strike back with force if its interests came under threat.

This image released by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shows a retrieved component which is believed to be a part of a crashed helicopter, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Initial analysis of flight data recorders recovered from the waters in the Pacific near the crash site of the two Japanese navy helicopters showed no sign that mechanical problems in the aircraft caused the accident, Japan’s defense minister said Monday, as he indicated human error. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force via AP)

Flight data recorders from crashed Japanese navy helicopters show no sign of mechanical failure

Japan’s defense ministry says an initial analysis of flight data recorders recovered from the crash of two Japanese navy helicopters showed no sign of mechanical problems, indicating likely human error.

A man dressed in imperial costume depicting the emperor stands at a souvenir store near Great Wall of China on the outskirts of Beijing, Saturday, April 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Glimpses of Beijing through windows and doorways

BEIJING (AP) — China’s sprawling capital city was new territory for Associated Press photographer Tatan Syuflana.

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Male, India, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Maldivians are voting in parliamentary elections, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose policies are keenly watched by India and China as they vie for influence in the archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)

Pro-China President Muizzu’s party sweeps Maldives parliamentary elections, preliminary results say

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy.

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, greets with Cambodia's Foreign Minister, SOK Chenda Sophea, right, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Wang Yi, arrived Cambodia to mark his 3 days official visit (21-23 April) Cambodia to reaffirm his country's commitment and to boost the already firmly tied to southeast Asian country, twice visited in the last eight months. (AKP via AP)

Chinese foreign minister arrives in Cambodia, Beijing’s closest Southeast Asian ally

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Cambodia for a three-day official visit to reaffirm ties with Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia.

FILE - A Chinese flag is unfurled on the podium of a swimming event final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. An Australian newspaper said Saturday, April 20, 2024, 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive to doping because world governing bodies agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that the tests had been contaminated.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies

Revelations of nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers whose positive doping tests went unpunished have sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the U.S. drug-fighting organization.

FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, accompanied by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, walk to meet the media after a bilateral meeting at the State Department in Washington, Oct. 26, 2023. Blinken will travel to China, the State Department announced Saturday, April 20, 2024, as the rivals attempt to keep ties on an even keel despite severe differences over issues ranging from the path to peace in the Middle East to the supply of synthetic opioids that have heightened fears over global stability. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Blinken will be the latest top US official to visit China in a bid to keep ties on an even keel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on a range of issue, from the Middle East to opioids.

FILE - The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023. The House has passed legislation Saturday, April 20, 2024, to ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake, sending it to the Senate as part of a larger package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. House Republicans' decision to add the TikTok bill to the foreign aid package fast-tracked the legislation after it had stalled in the Senate. The aid bill is a priority for President Joe Biden that has broad congressional support. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The House votes for possible TikTok ban in the US, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon

The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year.

Attorneys argue that Florida law discriminates against Chinese nationals trying to buy homes

An attorney wants a federal court to overturn a Florida law that she says discriminates against Chinese citizens by barring their purchase of real estate in much of the state.

Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing’s orders

Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China on Beijing’s orders.

London Breed, left, Mayor of San Francisco and Wu Minglu, Secretary General of China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) hold up an agreement to lease giant pandas for the San Francisco Zoological Society and Gardens during a signing ceremony in Beijing, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)

San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from China

San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”

The Supreme Court stands in Panama City, Monday, April 8, 2024 as the trial starts for those charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering case. (AP Photo/Agustin Herrera)

A trial is underway for the Panama Papers, a case that changed the country’s financial rules

Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles.

Deborah Mayer holds one of the luxury handbags she sells on TikTok, Wednesday, March 21, 2024, in Freehold, N.J. Mayer has sold new and pre-owned handbags and other designer goods out of her New Jersey home for 16 years. Early last year, TikTok recruited her business for the live component of TikTok Shop. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Legislation that could force a TikTok ban revived as part of House foreign aid package

Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, second from right, walk together in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance. It’s not clear if it will get very far on either front. (Ding Haitao/Xinhua via AP, File)

Europe wants two things from China. It may not get far on either of them

Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance.

Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu of China attends a press conference ahead of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China-born Zhou Guanyu will be a star regardless of who wins the F1 race in Shanghai

Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence. And no matter who wins on Sunday, the star locally will be China-born driver Zhou Guanyu.

President Joe Biden waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, after returning from a trip to Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US will provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY and Idaho, Schumer says

The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for Micron Technology to produce advanced memory computer chips in New York and Idaho.

President Joe Biden speaks at the United Steelworkers Headquarters in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Biden vows to shield US steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs

President Joe Biden has told an audience of cheering unionized steelworkers that his administration will block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company.

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures upon the arrival for a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Apple CEO says company will ‘look at’ manufacturing in Indonesia

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” manufacturing in Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday.

FILE - A container ship is loaded and unloaded at a container terminal at a port of Kawasaki near Tokyo on March 9, 2022. Japan recorded a trade deficit for the fiscal year ended in March, the government said Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as costs of energy and other imports rose amid a weakening yen. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan records a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year despite recovering exports

Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak.

A man casts his vote during the Solomon Islands elections in a village on the island of San Cristobal, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Voting has closed across Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation's first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region. (AP Photo/Charley Piringi)

Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China

Voting has ended across the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region.

FILE - Then Attorney General William Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country. Barr says the committee’s report “uncovered persuasive evidence” that China’s government is “knee deep” in sponsoring and facilitating the export of fentanyl precursors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States

A congressional committee is accusing China of fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. A report released Tuesday by a House select committee says China is directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by drug traffickers to make fentanyl outside the country.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a press conference in Beijing, China, Monday, April 8, 2024. Ever since she ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Americans and Chinese have been united in their interest in what Janet Yellen will eat next. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Yellen says Iran’s actions could cause global economic spillovers as White House vows new sanctions

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning of potential global “economic spillovers” from rising tensions in the Middle East as the White House pledged to exact new sanctions against Iran.

China's Qinwen Zheng raises a fist during the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix WTA tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)

Zheng eases past Cîrstea in Stuttgart opener after long trip from China. Mertens to play Swiatek !

Zheng Qinwen has eased past Sorana Cîrstea 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix despite a long journey from China to reach the clay-court tournament.

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on Department of Defense Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2024. Austin has spoken with China’s national defense minister in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific. It is the first time Austin has talked to Adm. Dong Jun. And it's the first time he has spoken at length with any Chinese counterpart since November 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

US Pentagon chief speaks with Chinese counterpart for first time since November 2022

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with China’s national defense minister in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific.

Letters spell out IMF during a news conference about the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook report, during the IMF Spring Meetings, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

IMF: Outlook for world economy is brighter, though still modest by historical standards

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook for the global economy, saying the world appears headed for a “soft landing” — reining in inflation without much economic pain and producing steady if modest growth.