Tag: China

Pro-democracy protesters carry placards with Chinese reads "Vindicate June 4th" and "Put an end to one-party Dictatorship" during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Beltway Confidential

Hong Kong’s remembrances of the Tiananmen Square Massacre strike fear in Xi’s heart

Tom Rogan · June 4, 2019 4:53 pm

In this May 24, 2019 photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pa.

Trump should use trade tensions with China to emphasize human rights, Pelosi says

Joel Gehrke · June 4, 2019 4:12 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco, Saturday, June 1, 2019.

Warren proposes creating ‘Department of Economic Development’ modeled after China’s policies

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2019 3:54 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves after speaking at a conference.

First Romney floor speech assails Trump foreign policy

David M. Drucker · June 4, 2019 2:10 pm

China warns against traveling to US

Caitlin Yilek · June 4, 2019 1:58 pm

A young woman is caught between civilians and Chinese soldiers, who were trying to remove her from an assembly near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Over seven weeks in 1989, the student-led pro-democracy protests centered on Beijingâs Tiananmen Square became Chinaâs greatest political upheaval since the end of the decadelong Cultural Revolution more than a decade earlier.

Never forget Tiananmen Square

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2019 4:00 am

People wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants walk on a pedestrian overhead bridge as city skylines are shrouded with haze in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why we should never trust China on climate change

Siraj Hashmi · June 4, 2019 12:46 am

In this September 2017 photo, students walk to class on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. As academia becomes increasingly competitive in attracting top students and staff, universities are turning to retail to create study, work, and play environments that set themselves apart.

Ministry of education in China warns students studying in US as trade war tensions rise

Grayce McCormick · June 3, 2019 7:39 pm

In this June 5, 1989, file photo, a Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square on Jeff Widener who created the iconic image of "tank man" says its time for China's government to "come clean" about the bloody events of June 3-4 1989.

Beltway Confidential

What a president couldn’t teach, ‘tank man’ did

Quin Hillyer · June 3, 2019 6:31 pm

Trucks haul coal ash from one retention pond to a permanent pond at the Dominion Power's Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va., Friday, June 26, 2015. The company is moving coal ash from several ponds to one lined pond.

Energy and Environment

Pentagon turns to coal ash to escape Chinese dominance of rare earth elements

Russ Read · June 3, 2019 4:01 am

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California. The test launch was part of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programâs demonstration and shakedown operation certification process. The successful launch certified the readiness of an SSBN crew and the operational performance of the submarineâs strategic weapons system before returning to operational availability.

National Security

Congress wants Pentagon to rebuild stockpile and close the China missile gap

Russ Read · June 2, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, participate in the USMCA signing ceremony, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

With the USMCA, free trade finally goes digital

Jeff Joseph · June 1, 2019 4:00 am