Demetri Sevastopulo

President-elect’s foreign policy team takes shape with Florida congressman Mike Waltz tapped as national security adviser

Experts say appointments of Mike Waltz and others show president-elect is preparing more hawkish stance on Beijing

Taipei wants to show new administration it is serious about protecting itself against China

Top Trump fundraiser Scott Bessent canvasses for deputies

Japanese group wins extension to probe of deal that is opposed by Biden, Harris and Trump

Move marks latest effort to defuse tensions over Taiwan and South China Sea

Elite commando team makes plans to help island nation in event Beijing launches war

Japanese bid for Pennsylvania-based company has become flashpoint in US presidential race

Nationalism is reshaping the global economy. In the first in a series, the FT explores how fears about spying and dual-use technologies have eclipsed free market orthodoxy

Top foreign policy officials from both countries are holding talks in Beijing

Hostility to Beijing in Washington hinders attempt to establish relations ahead of US presidential election

Move replicates US measures and follows visit to Ottawa by top US national security official

The inside story of the secret backchannel between the US and China

Visit to Washington area this week comes at sensitive time in relations between Beijing and Taipei

Democratic vice-presidential hopeful visited country dozens of times and emerged as human rights advocate

London and Canberra will no longer need licences to obtain some American defence-related technology

U-turn on world’s biggest laser sensor maker is embarrassing reversal for the Pentagon

Move is the first time in six years that Beijing will restrict the ingredients used in the drug

New Zealand will increasingly disclose cases of Chinese espionage as part of a strategy to boost awareness in the country about the security threat, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said. Wellington wanted to increase vigilance across the business community about the threat — mirroring a strategy adopted by the US, UK, Canada and Australia, the premier added. He said intelligence agencies were being more open about cases “to build literacy around it as an issue and threat”. “Putting some ligh…

Joe Biden campaigned in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania on Sunday as he sought to persuade voters he was fit for office, even as members of his own party debated whether he should be replaced as Democratic presidential candidate. Biden made two campaign stops in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, both major cities in the state Biden needs to win to retain control of the White House in November. The appearances — which included an address to a Black church in Philadelphia and a union…