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Demetri Sevastopulo

US-China Correspondent

Demetri Sevastopulo covers all aspects of the US-China relationship, ranging from foreign policy, national security and intelligence to trade, economics and business.

Demetri served as Washington Bureau Chief from 2015 to 2021, covering the White House, Trump administration and the 2016 and 2020 presidential races. During his more than 13 years reporting from Washington, he spent six years covering the Pentagon and intelligence agencies during the Bush and Obama administrations. He has interviewed everyone from Donald Rumsfeld to Donald Trump.

Since leaving his native Ireland three decades ago, Demetri has lived in Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong and Washington. Before returning to Washington in 2015, he spent five years in Hong Kong where he was South China Correspondent and served as Asia News Editor, running the FT daily news operations in the region.

Demetri speaks fluent Japanese and (rusty) Chinese. Follow him on Instagram.

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    Biden administration in talks with Japan, India and Australia to distribute jabs across region

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    Authorities confirm arrests shortly after state-approved reporting trip to north Ethiopian region

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Ecuador
    Ecuador’s exporters caught between US and China after debt deal

    Washington had agreed to help Quito pay Beijing to keep Chinese companies out of 5G telecoms network

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
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    China on track to surpass US as ‘AI superpower’, Congress warned

    Security commission calls for greater reshoring of semiconductor production

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Xinjiang
    Biden pressed for tough response to China’s repression of Uighurs

    Some lawmakers call for boycott of winter Olympics in Beijing over its policies in Xinjiang

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
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    NYSE to suspend trading of China’s Cnooc next month

    Exchange moves to delist state oil group to comply with order signed by Donald Trump

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
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    Biden orders review of critical foreign supply chains

    President wants federal agencies to look into US dependence on rivals in essential sectors

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    US-China relations
    China urges Biden to lift sanctions and stop meddling

    Foreign minister’s remarks follow frosty exchanges in first weeks of US administration

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
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    Activists allege Beijing setting up ‘great firewall’ and call for boycott of Chinese products

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
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    China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

    Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
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    National security adviser calls on Beijing to release data on early stages of pandemic

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
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    Biden reviews US ban on WeChat

    Trump effort to block Chinese messaging app has been tied up in court

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
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    Biden holds first call with China’s Xi since taking office

    US president raises concerns about ‘coercive’ behaviour and human rights abuses

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  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Huawei Technologies
    Huawei challenges its designation as a threat to US security

    Chinese telecoms group asks court to overturn decision taken during Trump administration

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    Taiwan
    Taiwan looks for signs of US watering down bilateral relations

    National security team on alert after subtle shifts in tone from Biden administration

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    Biden warns China will face ‘extreme competition’ from US

    President signals he will maintain Trump’s tougher policy towards Beijing

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
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