The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Thomas Will Boken II, a U.S. citizen living and working in China, was sentenced to two years in prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government on U.S. soil, followed by three years of supervised release after completing his sentence.
Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Yin Hejun, China's Minister of Science and Technology, held talks in North Carolina.
During the G20 Innovation Ministers’ Meeting, China jointly signed the “Carolina Principles” with other signatory countries, a set of principles that proposes avoiding the creation of entirely new artificial intelligence regulations.
The three parties announced an upgrade of Penrhyn Island port in the Cook Islands, with the United States contributing $50 million and New Zealand contributing approximately $10 million.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act, requiring the Department of Justice to establish a task force to investigate and prosecute trade crimes, including those involving Chinese companies.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission issued a fact sheet assessing China's support for Russia and the development of the China-Russia partnership.