The US-China relationship

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets China's then Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing earlier this summer. Leah Millis/AP  

 

The US-China relationship 

Sources: US and China open new lines of communication  

 

The US and China plan to open new lines of communication to deal with controversial issues. This is stated by sources with access to the Financial Times.  

 

The newspaper sees it as an early sign that the relationship between the countries is stabilizing.  

 

Further details are expected in the coming months, according to the sources, who stress that no decision has been made. 

 

Marines Remember Pearl Harbour. Archive image. Craig T. Kojima / AP 

 

Two soldiers are suspected of spying for China  

 

Two US marines have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, writes CNN. The two men are said to have shared sensitive US military information with Chinese intelligence. The one man is suspected of having himself initiated the contact with the Chinese intelligence service. Among other things, he allegedly sent over technical manuals for American warships.  

 

The other man is suspected of having sent photographs and video footage of military exercises for payment since 2021. He is said to have allowed himself to be bribed to hand over the information.  

 

The men worked at two different naval bases and are charged in different cases. It is still unclear whether they should have worked together.