Tag: China

China pressuring corporations to crack down on Hong Kong protesters

Joel Gehrke · August 19, 2019 11:01 pm

Defense Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Robert Ashley speaks in Washington.

China plans to use information to ‘dominate in the future,’ says defense intelligence chief

Russ Read · August 19, 2019 10:49 pm

This Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 photoprovided by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California. The Pentagon said Monday the U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month. The test off the coast of California on Sunday marks the resumption of an arms competition that some analysts worry could increase U.S.-Russian tensions. (Scott Howe/U.S. Defense Department via AP)

Pentagon sends message to Russia after conducting first missile test since Trump left Cold War-era arms treaty

Russ Read · August 19, 2019 10:38 pm

Actress Yifei Liu

Beltway Confidential

Should we #BoycottMulan?

Madeline Fry Schultz · August 19, 2019 8:16 pm

A student dressed in black gather on the University Mall at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) during a class boycott rally in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Facebook and Twitter accuse China of running disinformation campaign to destabilize Hong Kong

Caitlin Yilek · August 19, 2019 8:03 pm

National Security

China exploiting holes in US bankruptcy system to acquire national security technology

Russ Read · August 19, 2019 6:27 pm

Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with the news media following a commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer, the USS Paul Ignatius, Saturday, July 27, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The Navy needs more ships, not more politics

Quin Hillyer · August 19, 2019 5:31 pm

38% of economists expect recession next year

Zach Halaschak · August 19, 2019 7:53 am

President Trump speaks to the media.

Trump aides reportedly convinced him to delay Chinese tariffs by arguing they’d ‘ruin Christmas’

Ellie Bufkin · August 18, 2019 12:31 am

President Trump faces cheering supporters as he leaves a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Washington Secrets

Trump report card: A better than average 51% approval, but economic clouds forming

Paul Bedard · August 17, 2019 2:12 pm

The California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach account for a large amount of the seaborne goods that the United States imports from China, and the prospect of a widening trade war between the global giants has port executives and longshoremen worried.

Trump’s tariff delay met with skepticism from businesses worried about uncertainty

Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2019 4:00 am

Trump opens ‘third front’ against China with Taiwan fighter jet sale

Joel Gehrke · August 17, 2019 12:04 am