Bloomberg This week Joe Biden made good on his campaign promise to work more with allies to pressure China, coordinating with US partners to impose sanctions over alleged human-rights abuses in Xinjiang. Beijing’s response: Hit back at the allies as hard as possible. China wasted no time immediately retaliating with reciprocal sanctions against European Union officials while summoning the bloc’s ...

Bloomberg The US expressed concerns over the presence of more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels near a disputed South China Sea reef, saying Beijing uses “maritime militia to intimidate, provoke and threaten other nations.” Chinese boats “have been mooring in this area for many months in ever increasing numbers, regardless of the weather,” the US embassy in the Philippines said ...

Bloomberg An Australian adviser to Myanmar’s detained civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is being investigated by the authorities under two separate charges, the junta’s main spokesman said on Tuesday. Sean Turnell, who was detained shortly after the military takeover of the country in a coup on February 1, is being investigated for violations of Myanmar’s immigration and official secrets ...