Tag: China

President Trump announced via Twitter that CIA Director Mike Pompeo will do "a fantastic job," as secretary of state.

State Department preparing for clash of civilizations with China

Joel Gehrke · April 30, 2019 12:00 am

From left to right, front line, Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's socialist party boss and president of the National Constituent Assembly speaks to first lady Cilia Flores, as Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez and on the right corner Admiral Remigio Ceballos, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Strategic Operational Command during the tenth anniversary celebration of the Bolivarian militia in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 13, 2019.

Pompeo: Maduro loyalists looking for ‘golden ticket’ out of regime

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2019 3:51 pm

Workers assemble washing machines at the Whirlpool Corp. manufacturing facility in Clyde, Ohio.

Why protectionism fails

Dan Hannan · April 29, 2019 4:00 am

A sales woman introduces human identification technology from state-owned surveillance equipment manufacturer Hikvision.

China able to grab ‘entire digital identity’ of Western citizens, State Department says

Joel Gehrke · April 26, 2019 10:09 pm

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

National Security

Pentagon official: Threats to US space systems ‘at an all-time high’

Russ Read · April 26, 2019 9:10 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for an event.

Beltway Confidential

Xi the highwayman hunts the world on China’s belt road

Tom Rogan · April 26, 2019 7:13 pm

Trump embraces conventional diplomacy

Rob Crilly · April 26, 2019 4:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads the Human Rights Council in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirill Kydryavtsev, Pool)

Putin invites Chinese tourists to visit Soviet memorials

Joel Gehrke · April 26, 2019 3:11 am

President Donald Trump, right, with China's President Xi Jinping, left, during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

What does a US-China trade deal look like?

Dan K. Eberhart · April 25, 2019 5:48 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week.

US threatens China with tariffs for intellectual property violations

Sean Higgins · April 25, 2019 3:35 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 9, 2018: United States Department of State building entrance.

Ex-State Department employee pleads guilty to conspiring with Chinese intelligence agents

Caitlin Yilek · April 24, 2019 6:48 pm

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

China signals plan to flout US sanctions on Iranian oil

Joel Gehrke · April 24, 2019 12:26 am