Tag: China

The Pentagon says a U.S. EP-3 surveillance plane was forced to take evasive action Sunday over the East China Sea after a Chinese jet flew under it and then abruptly pulled up in front of the American plane. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bobby J Siens/Released)

National Security

Hot-dogging Chinese pilot forces US spy plane to take evasive action

Jamie McIntyre · July 24, 2017 4:41 pm

This undated file photo provided by Jennifer McLean shows her son, University of Montana student Guthrie McLean, in China. Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines says police in central China freed 25-year-old Guthrie McLean early Monday, July 24, 2017, local time, after he was arrested in China a week earlier after reportedly injuring a taxi driver who was roughing up his mother in a fare dispute. (Jennifer McLean via AP, File)

Detained college student Guthrie McLean released by Chinese authorities

Al Weaver · July 23, 2017 7:48 pm

In her leadership role of rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, Chao and her department are making short-term changes. However, there is much more to do. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US must regain its infrastructure advantage

Rich Goldsbury · July 23, 2017 4:01 am

Carrier Strike Groups offers two opportunities: diplomatic messaging and military destruction. (AP Photo/Rishi Lekhi)

Beltway Confidential

Why our adversaries hate U.S. aircraft carriers (and how Trump can use them)

Tom Rogan · July 21, 2017 2:59 pm

Kushner, who joined the White House in January, had divested from the New Jersey project and Kushner Companies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Kushner Companies to send cease-and-desist letter after Jared Kushner’s name used to attract Chinese investors

Daniel Chaitin · July 21, 2017 12:49 am

"The other administrations couldn't even come close. And I told him, you know how long it took? One sentence," President Trump said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: It took ‘one sentence’ to get ban on American beef lifted in China

Matthew Trunko · July 17, 2017 9:28 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that it would be "inappropriate" for the administration to comment on where the Trump family's eponymous companies manufacture their wares. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House says ‘it’s inappropriate’ to comment on Trump companies’ foreign-made goods

Sarah Bedford · July 17, 2017 7:46 pm

A man watches a news broadcast on North Korea's ballistic missile launch at Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea, on July 5. The U.S. confirmed a rocket launched by North Korea on July 4 was an intercontinental ballistic missile, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calling it a "new escalation of the threat" to the U.S. and its allies that would be brought before the United Nations Security Council. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)

National Security

Winning a war against North Korea would come at ‘great cost’: Here’s what it might look like

Jamie McIntyre · July 16, 2017 4:01 am

The Trump administration has so far been long on talk and relatively short on action with regards to North Korea. (KRT via AP Video)

Kim’s a wrong un, and Trump needs to act

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2017 4:01 am

Liu Xiaobo’s Lasting Legacy

Ellen Bork · July 13, 2017 10:55 pm

Officials say China's most prominent political prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, has died. He was 61. People place flowers and light candles in front of a picture of Liu Xiaobo. (Audun Braastad/NTB scanpix via AP)

National Security

Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo dies in Chinese custody

Joel Gehrke · July 13, 2017 6:00 pm

In this Thursday, July 6, 2017, file photo, soldiers gather in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the test launch of North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile two days earlier. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

Beltway Confidential

How to break the missile-test cycle in North Korea without going to war

Daniel DePetris · July 13, 2017 4:46 pm