Tag: China

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The WHO’s second COVID origins investigation looks like an equally weak sequel

Zachary Faria · October 15, 2021 3:32 pm

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Global energy shortages set to dent anticipated emissions growth

Jeremy Beaman · October 15, 2021 3:00 am

America’s broken supply chain

Scott Lincicome · October 15, 2021 3:00 am

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Xi Jinping’s mirage democracy

Tom Rogan · October 14, 2021 9:17 pm

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner speaks at LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

LinkedIn China to shut down after scrutiny for censoring Americans

Nihal Krishan · October 14, 2021 5:04 pm

Army chief pushes back on former software chief’s claim US lost the technology battle to China

Mike Brest · October 14, 2021 5:03 pm

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general de la OrganizaciÃ³n Mundial de la Salud, habla durante una conferencia en Ginebra, Suiza, el lunes 9 de marzo de 2020.

WHO’s who: New COVID-19 origins team includes familiar faces

Jerry Dunleavy · October 13, 2021 9:55 pm

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China salutes the steel chancellor

Tom Rogan · October 13, 2021 6:33 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.

Evidence for ‘lab leak’ COVID theory mounts thanks to private sleuths, says former key Trump national security adviser

Jerry Dunleavy · October 13, 2021 5:46 pm

FILE - This April 3, 2013 file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. The website of major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US overtakes China as world’s largest Bitcoin mining hub

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2021 5:39 pm

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. More recently, two U.S. defense companies were sanctioned by the Chinese government due to their participation in arms sales with Taiwan.

China accuses Taiwan of pushing ‘two-state theory’ as cross-strait tensions alarm US

Joel Gehrke · October 13, 2021 4:14 pm

China conducts live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan.

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Why the next decade is extremely dangerous for China and the United States

Sean Durns · October 13, 2021 3:22 pm