Tag: China

Mikhail Gorbachev flashes the decree relinquishing control of nuclear weapons to Russian President Boris Yeltsin after its signature at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday, December 25, 1991. Gorbachev whose reforms gave Soviet citizens freedom but ultimately led to the destruction of his nation, resigned Wednesday as president of the defunct Soviet Union. Yeltsin now controls the arsenal of some 27,000 nuclear weapons.

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On the anniversary of its collapse, lessons from the USSR for the US on China

Erin Dunne · December 27, 2018 3:56 pm

A woman arranges a box of frozen fish for sale at a fresh food market in China.

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Why China’s fishing habits are a much bigger problem than Japan’s

Tom Rogan · December 27, 2018 2:44 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China's Reform and Opening Up policy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

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What Beijing’s latest move on trade law means for a deal with Trump

Erin Dunne · December 27, 2018 1:18 pm

Children wave U.S. and Chinese flags as President Trump arrives at Beijing Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Beijing, China. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Trump’s trade war comes at the expense of real sanctions on China

Erin Dunne · December 24, 2018 3:07 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

In Africa, the US needs to counteract China and Russia — without becoming them

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2018 5:00 am

Chinese Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun, a member of the State Council of China, is pictured at an event.

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Sanction these Chinese officials over Canada detentions

Tom Rogan · December 21, 2018 8:34 pm

Luis Ramos works at the Howard McCray's commercial refrigeration manufacturing facility in Philadelphia.

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Manufacturers are overconfident about the economy

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 21, 2018 4:54 pm

President Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trump expects China to play by the rules on trade

Dan K. Eberhart · December 21, 2018 4:00 pm

A video monitor, when active, shows the threat level to the nation's infrastructure in the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Va.

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The US needs cybersecurity more than it needs any border wall

Erin Dunne · December 19, 2018 11:21 pm

A Capital Gazette newspaper rack displays the day's front page, Friday, June 29, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked journalists in the newspaper's building Thursday, killing several people before police quickly stormed the building and arrested him, police and witnesses said.

US ranked one of the deadliest countries for journalists

Diana Stancy Correll · December 19, 2018 8:49 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.

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Forty years after China’s free-market renaissance, Xi is turning back toward ideology and centralized control

Erin Dunne · December 19, 2018 6:40 pm

The U.S. Federal Reserve building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies next week before Congress for the first time as central bank chief.

Wall Street points higher ahead of Fed interest rate decision

Joe Williams · December 19, 2018 1:50 pm