These designations underscore the United States' commitment to protect those who seek to exercise their freedom of religion or belief, said Mike Pompeo
Trump said he did not think Beijing would retaliate for the US tariffs and that he believes China wants to make a trade deal
From 2009 to 2014, China may have taken in as much as $2 trillion in hot money spewing from the Federal Reserve's low interest-rate policy
Meanwhile, China is seeking the roll back of US tariffs on as much as $360 billion of Chinese imports before President Xi agrees to go to the US to sign a partial trade deal with Trump
China urges the United States to correct its mistakes and stop any words and deeds that interfere in Hong Kong and China's internal affairs
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng also summoned US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad 'to lodge stern representations and strong protest' to the passing of the Act
Wang said that China's development and growth was an inevitable trend of history that no force could stop.
Trump said he stands with both the people of Hong Kong and Chinese President Xi Jinping amid massive protests in Hong Kong
Vice foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu called in acting charge d'affaires William Klein to lodge a 'strong protest'
The duties under discussion for a potential rollback include the initial tariffs on some $250 billion in Chinese goods that President Donald Trump imposed last year, according to two people
According to the Federal Reserve, trade frictions -- centered on the US-China dispute -- remained the most widely cited potential near-term shock.
The degree of tariff cancellation should fully reflect the importance of a 'phase one' agreement, China said
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was still possible the "phase one" agreement aimed at ending a damaging trade war would not be reached, but a deal was more likely than not
The White House had no immediate comment on the report
The emerging deal, covering agriculture, currency and some aspects of intellectual property protections, would represent the biggest step by the two countries in 15 months to end a tariff tit-for-tat
China's financial elites now see the U.S. shifting the front of its trade war to financial markets - in part because its campaigns on the tariff and technology fronts haven't been going so well
The cancellation came only about an hour after President Donald Trump said he wasn't interested in 'a partial deal' with China
Many experts also decry China's decision to fight fire with fire, by imposing tariffs on US goods imported into China, also without the WTO's approval
European leaders have also warned US President Donald Trump of the dangers of trade skirmishes with China and Europe, which look set to dominate the G7 summit due to begin in France
China on Friday said it would impose retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion of US goods, targeting crude oil for the first time and renewing punitive duties on American-made autos