Tag: China

Protesters react from tear gas as they face off with riot policemen on a streets in Hong Kong.

Beltway Confidential

What if democracy isn’t what the Chinese people want?

Ying Ma · August 16, 2019 8:17 pm

Floating ice, left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet, nearly cover the seafront in Ilulissat, Greenland.

Trump can’t buy Greenland, but it is crucial to US national security

Russ Read · August 16, 2019 7:49 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center wearing turban, greets school children after addressing the nation on the country's Independence Day from the ramparts of Mughal-era Red Fort, in New Delhi, India.

India celebrates control over key territory as China backs Pakistan at United Nations

Joel Gehrke · August 16, 2019 7:30 pm

Chinese tanker goes dark and changes name in apparent ploy to avoid US sanctions

Tim Pearce · August 16, 2019 4:59 pm

John Deere equipment is on display.

Deere farm equipment sales slide as Trump trade war hits growers

James Langford · August 16, 2019 3:57 pm

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington.

Trump says he has ‘no’ fear China trade war could lead to recession

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2019 10:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

Woke capitalism cowers to China

Tiana Lowe Doescher · August 15, 2019 7:12 pm

Xi Jinping.

Beltway Confidential

China scores a conspiracy own goal in Hong Kong

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2019 6:55 pm

This June 10, 2017 photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Sixteen years into its longest war, the United States is sending another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to turn around a conflict characterized by some of the worst violence since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. They are also facing the emergence of an Islamic State group affiliate and an emboldened Taliban, who by Washingtonâs own watchdogâs assessment now control nearly half of Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

We don’t need troops in Afghanistan to keep us safe from terrorism

Daniel DePetris · August 15, 2019 6:20 pm

Medical staff and protesters carry an injured man as they face off with policemen near the Shum Shui Po police station in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Putin and Patreon, or why the American far-left oppose Hong Kong freedom

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2019 5:47 pm

Franklin, Tennessee, Dec. 23, 2017: Exterior view of a new, suburban Walmart store.

Supply costs outstrip Walmart sales growth amid Chinese trade war

Melissa Quinn · August 15, 2019 4:46 pm

A protester hold up cards caricaturing Chinese President Xi Jinping at right and China Vice Premier Han Zheng at left with the words "Communist Robbers", "Evil Chinese Communists" during a rally in Hong Kong.

Beltway Confidential

What Trump gets wrong about Xi and Hong Kong

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2019 4:13 pm