Tag: Xi Jinping

Beltway Confidential

70 years later, Beijing and Hong Kong prove Mao's China endures

Tom Rogan · October 1, 2019 4:21 pm

China said Tuesday it would take unspecified countermeasures after the US imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of its exports, raising the prospect of a full-blown trade war.

GOP congressman joins conservatives in dissing Trump for celebrating anniversary of Chinese communist rule

Mike Brest · October 1, 2019 3:39 pm

Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters at Shatin, Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Thousands of black-clad pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban and marched in central Hong Kong on Tuesday, urging China's Communist Party to "return power to the people" as the party celebrated its 70th year of rule.

Hong Kong police fire the first shot since start of protests

John Gage · October 1, 2019 1:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

As Communist China celebrates 70th anniversary, military intervention in Hong Kong has never been likelier

Tom Rogan · September 30, 2019 5:25 pm

In this Feb. 26, 2019 photo, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a news conference in Las Vegas.

Beltway Confidential

Michael Bloomberg, apologist for tyranny

Becket Adams · September 27, 2019 4:22 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Vice President Joe Biden stand together as President Xi Jinping prepares to board a motorcade during an arrival ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015.

Biden boasts he spent more time with China’s Xi Jinping as VP ‘than any other world leader has since’

Naomi Lim · September 16, 2019 1:31 am

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013 file photo, a farmer harvests a field of soybeans near Sioux Falls, S.D. The latest report from the Agriculture Department estimates South Dakota's soybean crop up 7 percent from 2013 and North Dakota's soybean crop up 37 percent.

Trade talk thaw: Chinese companies renew soybean purchases

Sean Higgins · September 12, 2019 10:36 pm

George Soros

George Soros praises Trump’s China policy but urges hard line on Huawei

Sean Higgins · September 10, 2019 12:16 pm

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper leaves the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France, after a remembrance ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Mark Esper suggests Britain ban Huawei, Mike Pompeo should do the same with Israel

Tom Rogan · September 6, 2019 6:35 pm

President Donald Trump's top economist, Larry Kudlow, talks about the economy, trade, and U.S. efforts to work with China on containing the spread of the coronavirus infection, during a tv news interview at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.

‘Tempers are calmer now’ in China trade talks, Kudlow says

Sean Higgins · September 6, 2019 2:47 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.

Beltway Confidential

This weekend is a critical moment for Hong Kong’s future

Tom Rogan · September 5, 2019 7:19 pm

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (2-L) speaks to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 30 August 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Trump must put Xi Jinping’s puppet, Rodrigo Duterte, on notice

Tom Rogan · September 3, 2019 6:42 pm