Tag: China

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at the State Department, Monday, May 7, 2018, in Washington.

‘Creates real risk’: Pompeo urges Britain to reconsider Huawei deal

Tim Pearce · January 29, 2020 3:41 pm

Nepalese government officers and policemen wearing face masks walk at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Authorities have started screening passengers after one confirmed case of a new coronavirus infection was detected in the Himalayan country.

US rushes 210 Americans back from China amid coronavirus fears

Kimberly Leonard · January 29, 2020 12:13 pm

Beltway Confidential

Coronavirus panic? The influenza pandemic was far worse (for now)

J. Mark Powell · January 29, 2020 5:00 am

A woman wears a mask as an employee works to prevent a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain.

China agrees to let international experts into country to help with coronavirus outbreak

Zach Halaschak · January 28, 2020 10:56 pm

Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., left, and Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., right, arrive for a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

Senators ask Homeland Security for coronavirus outbreak plan

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 9:51 pm

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, speaks during a press conference at the Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.

Lindsey Graham says UK deal with Chinese telecom giant could hurt trade with US

Tim Pearce · January 28, 2020 9:46 pm

Nepalese government officers and policemen wearing face masks walk at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Authorities have started screening passengers after one confirmed case of a new coronavirus infection was detected in the Himalayan country.

China opens first 1,000-bed coronavirus hospital

John Gage · January 28, 2020 9:41 pm

Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is interviewed by reporters following final votes for the week.

Tom Cotton calls for travel ban to contain coronavirus spread

Kimberly Leonard · January 28, 2020 7:46 pm

Indiaâs Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Biden,Â June 2023.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s expanded travel ban could tank the economy

Jeffrey Mason · January 28, 2020 6:54 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Thailand ‘not able to stop the spread’ of coronavirus

Tim Pearce · January 28, 2020 6:00 pm

‘Human-to-human transmission’: Coronavirus found in patients who never traveled to Wuhan

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 5:54 pm

Pedestrians, one wearing a mask, walk by a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017.

Xi Jinping warns of ‘demon’ coronavirus as China scrambles to contain outbreak

Spencer Neale · January 28, 2020 4:55 pm