US IMPOSES VISA CURBS ON CHINESE OFFICIALS

US IMPOSES VISA CURBS ON CHINESE OFFICIALS 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong

The move comes ahead of a three-day meeting of China’s Parliament expected to enact new national security legislation for Hong Kong 

China–United States relations : Relationship between the two countries has been complex, and vary from positive to highly negative

Relations with China began under US President George Washington, leading to the 1845 Treaty of Wangxia

After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the United States government recognized the Government of the Chinese Republic as the sole and legitimate government of China 

Between 1949 and 1971, US-China relations were uniformly hostile, with frequent propaganda attacks in both directions

On January 1, 1979, the United States changed its diplomatic recognition of China from Taipei to Beijing

Relations were damaged for a time by the United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in May 1999

US-China relations improved following the September 11 terrorist attacks

Since the entry of China into the WTO in December 2001, the decline in U.S. manufacturing jobs has accelerated (the China shock) 

As of 2019, the United States has the world's largest economy and China has the second largest although China has a larger GDP when measured by PPP

China is the second largest foreign creditor of the United States, after Japan

 

Relations with China have strained under President Barack Obama's Asia pivot strategy

The relations deteriorated sharply under President Donald Trump, whose administration labeled China a "strategic competitor" starting with the 2017 National Security Strategy

By September 2019, due to ongoing trade disputes between the United-States and China, China dropped from first-place to third, behind Mexico and Canada, as America's foremost trading partner

By May 2020 relations had deteriorated as both sides were accusing the other of guilt for the worldwide coronavirus epidemic

Relations worsened over the Chinese government's decision to authorise a Hong Kong national security law in 2020

Concerns over the Chinese military budget may come from US worries that the PRC is attempting to threaten its neighbours or to challenge the United States.