Category: APEC summit

More Than 50 Groups and Organizations Urge Biden to Deny Hong Kong Leader to Attend APEC Summit

July 4, 2023
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The Next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be held in San Francisco in November. In recent months, many groups and organizations have urged the U.S. government to prohibit the sanctioned Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu from entering the United States. The Hong Kong Democracy Council, Hong Kong Watch, and scores of overseas…

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4 US Lawmakers Oppose Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Attendance at APEC Summit

June 12, 2023
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Four bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress recently jointly signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, opposing the invitation of Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to attend the APEC summit in November. The next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (APEC) will be held in San Francisco in November this year (2023). Four…

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House Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Invite Taiwan President to APEC Summit

April 20, 2023
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A group of House Republicans is calling on the Biden administration to support Taiwan by inviting the island’s democratically elected president to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will be held in San Francisco in November. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) made the request in two letters to President Joe Biden (pdf) and Secretary…

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Biden Must Walk His Talk in Asia

August 17, 2022
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Commentary President Joe Biden reportedly agreed to a meeting with China’s dictator, Xi Jinping, to be held on the sidelines of an upcoming conference in Southeast Asia. One of two upcoming summits in November—the Group of 20 nations (G-20) summit in Indonesia and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Thailand—will be the likely location….

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Chinese Regime Leader Xi Jinping Gives Notice to Asia–Pacific in Criticism Against US

November 11, 2021
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Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping has issued a warning to U.S.-friendly nations in the Asia–Pacific, in a thinly-veiled swipe against the formation of a Washington-led alliance against communism, during a prerecorded video address to the APEC summit on Nov. 11. “Attempts to draw ideological lines or form small circles on geopolitical grounds are bound to…

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