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Cryptocurrency tycoons are emerging as new power players in American politics.

China is worried about potential terror attacks within its borders or on Chinese targets in the region, carried out from Afghan soil, said Max Baucus.

There is much debate about how to deal with the country's authoritarian politics, reports the BBC's John Sudworth.

Max Baucus, former U.S. ambassador to China, said he was wrong to think that ties between Washington and Beijing could reset when Joe Biden becomes president.

Jean-Pierre's appearance on Wednesday comes after press secretary Jen Psaki has made clear that she plans to step down from her role next year.

Max Baucus was a chief Obamacare architect. He and a former aide to Harry Reid told Insider the infrastructure talks are going down the same road.

"It made him a bigger man": Former U.S. Ambassador to China on loss of Biden's first wife and son President-elect Joe Biden has invited the four leaders of Congress to attend Mass at Saint Matthew's Cathedral in Washington D.C., on Wednesday morning before his inauguration. Max Baucus, longtime friend of Mr. Biden, former U.S. Ambassador to China and former Democratic senator of Montana, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with personal insight to Mr. Biden's faith and character.

SINGAPORE — Democratic nominee Joe Biden would deal with Beijing in a "much more traditional" way if he wins the election, a former U.S. ambassador to China said this week. Rather, it will be much more traditional," said Baucus, who was appointed ambassador to China by President Barack Obama in 2014. "That's one big difference under a President Biden," he said. If Biden wins the election, he would first work on domestic issues in the U.S., Baucus said. He's going to first focus on the American economy, first focus on getting jobs back, focus on defeating the virus."

Steve Bullock speaks at an event marking a conservation agreement at a former mining site in Jardine, Mont. Steve Bullock never got to square off directly against President Donald Trump before dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary race last year. But the two-term governor is getting another chance on his home turf by trying to oust a strong Trump ally, first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines in Montana's U.S. Senate race. Steve Bullock never got to square off against President Donald Trump before dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary last year, but the two-term governor is getting another chance on his home turf by trying to oust a strong Trump ally in Montana's U.S. Senate race. To hear Bullock tell it, he doesn't see the Senate race as an extension of his presidential run or Daines as a proxy of Trump.

Protesters build a wall to block a road at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong on November 14, 2019. U.S.-China relations will worsen if President Donald Trump signs a pro-Hong Kong rights bill into law, a former American ambassador to China said on Thursday. Baucus' comments came after the House passed a pro-Hong Kong rights bill on Wednesday, putting Trump in a bind as he tries not to roil high-stakes trade talks with China. (There's a) wonderful top line vision to it: standards for human rights," said Baucus. "It's very hard in the current political climate in Washington D.C. which has near hysterical reactions against China to not sign the bill of human rights," he added.

The latest U.S. actions against Chinese officials and companies don't "set a good tone" for an upcoming high-level trade talk, a former American ambassador to China said Wednesday. That followed a Monday move to blacklist 28 Chinese companies alleged to be involved in surveillance and detention of minority groups in China. Both announcements came just days ahead of a high-level trade meeting set to take place in Washington on Thursday and Friday. "You don't do these things prior to negotiations. It does not set a good tone, that's tactically.

Max Baucus, former U.S. ambassador to China, warned Tuesday that Beijing may be able to endure more hardship than Washington in their yearlong trade war. "The Chinese are so tough, they can withstand more pain, in my judgement, than can Americans," said Baucus, also a Democratic former senator from Montana. On Tuesday, Chinese officials said they had a trade call with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Chinese President Xi Jinping also faces pressure from pro-democracy protests in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, Baucus said. Thousands of demonstrators disrupted operations at Hong Kong International Airport for the second day on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is delaying some tariffs on Chinese imports ahead of the Christmas season to stem their potential impact on holiday shopping. "We're doing this for the Christmas season," Trump told reporters on an airport tarmac around noon Tuesday. "But just in case they might have an impact on people, what we've done is we've delayed it, so that they won't be relevant to the Christmas shopping season." They include decorations for "Christmas festivities, nativity scenes and figures thereof," as well as Christmas tree lights and ornaments. No other items for specific holidays appear to be included in the delay list.