House Select Committee on China

Amazon questioned by US Congress over TikTok e-commerce deal

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Amazon questioned by US Congress over TikTok e-commerce deal

Representatives from Amazon.com were called to Capitol Hill for a closed-door meeting with a key House committee earlier this fall to answer questions about the retail giant’s deepening relationship with the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok. The House Select Committee on China summoned Amazon in September to discuss with staffers a high-profile shopping partnership the two … Read more

Jimmy Lai lawyer, fugitives target Hong Kong trade offices in talks with US lawmakers

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Jimmy Lai lawyer, fugitives target Hong Kong trade offices in talks with US lawmakers

Sponsored by Republican congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, the bill was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee in November, and a Senate version of the bill passed that chamber’s foreign relations committee less than four months earlier. Neither has been put to a full chamber vote. Citing the bill’s unanimous passage in the … Read more