Tag: China

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

Beltway Confidential

US should reject China’s Kamala Harris-for-Kevin McCarthy Taiwan compromise

Tom Rogan · March 10, 2023 8:36 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting with a group of Revolutionary Guards and their families, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s agreement is lipstick on a pig

Tom Rogan · March 10, 2023 7:04 pm

Biden administration defends World Bank pick over TikTok business ties

Katherine Doyle · March 10, 2023 6:26 pm

In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, medical workers in protective suits work on nucleic acid testing work at a coronavirus detection lab in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)

House unanimously votes to force Biden spy chief to declassify intelligence on COVID-19 origins

Cami Mondeaux · March 10, 2023 3:33 pm

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Intelligence chiefs unite in warning about threat posed by China-owned TikTok

Jerry Dunleavy · March 10, 2023 2:51 pm

FILE - This combination image shows U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, Nov. 6, 2021, and China's President Xi Jinping in BrasÃlia, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019.

Spy chief Haines takes page out of Biden’s book on ‘clear’ Taiwan defense from China

Jerry Dunleavy · March 10, 2023 9:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Moneyball for defense spending?

Jamie McIntyre · March 10, 2023 6:04 am

Ajay Banga, chairman of Mastercard, listens during a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and business CEO's about economic development in the Northern Triangle, Thursday, May 27, 2021, from Harris' ceremonial office on the White House complex in Washington.

Biden World Bank pick’s Chinese business ties raise vetting questions

Katherine Doyle · March 9, 2023 11:46 pm

Security moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit.

Spy chief commits to sharing classified assessment on Wuhan lab leak with Congress

Jerry Dunleavy · March 9, 2023 9:17 pm

Viral TikTok ‘borg’ binge drinking trend becomes toxic on campuses

Amy DeLaura · March 9, 2023 7:15 pm

Chinese companies aiding Iran in supplying drones to Russia, US says

Joel Gehrke · March 9, 2023 6:40 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China ‘utterly committed to unification’ with Taiwan, top US intelligence official says

Mike Brest · March 9, 2023 5:40 pm