Tag: China

Nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state and arrived in Bangladesh since Aug. 25 to avoid persecution that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

President Trump, heed the plight of the Rohingya

Murat Guzel · October 29, 2017 4:01 am

Thae Yong-ho served as the second-highest ranking North Korean diplomat in the United Kingdom until last year, when he defected to South Korea. Lawmakers in the U.S. are touting his "valuable insights" into the vulnerabilities of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. (Ed Jones, Pool Photo via AP)

Top North Korean defector to testify in Congress

Joel Gehrke · October 27, 2017 8:04 pm

The party's top body, the Politburo Standing Committee, is allowing Xi to continue his leadership following the end of his second term in 2022, diverting from the retirement standards that were developed following Mao's death. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trump congratulates Chinese President Xi after he assumes near-dictatorial status

Diana Stancy Correll · October 25, 2017 8:03 pm

Can we make things in America anymore?

vincent-vittorio, Scott Paul · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

New legislation with bipartisan support in Congress would impose new sanctions on North Korea, as well as secondary financial sanctions to, as one House member said, "cripple their finances."(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

House passes Otto Warmbier act to sanction North Korea’s backers in China

Joel Gehrke · October 24, 2017 9:57 pm

Why Is Trump Letting China Punish South Korea for Deploying THAAD?

Ethan Epstein · October 24, 2017 8:02 pm

Vice President Mike Pence condemned the "empty rhetoric" and "baseless attacks" on President Trump's foreign policy. "Our president has put historic pressure on the regime in Pyongyang, and today, North Korea is more isolated than ever before with China doing more than they have ever done to bring pressure to bear," Pence said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pence condemns ‘baseless attacks’ on Trump’s foreign policy after public feud with Bob Corker

Gabby Morrongiello · October 24, 2017 4:01 pm

Casino magnate and GOP fundraiser Steve Wynn, who has business ties in the Chinese region of Macau, wrote President Trump to ask him to send dissident businessmen Guo Wengui back to China. Trump reportedly said yes, but was blocked from doing so by administration officials. (Calvin Sit/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

China reportedly used US casino magnate and GOP fundraiser Steve Wynn to lobby Trump — and it almost worked

Timothy P. Carney · October 23, 2017 7:47 pm

Comments like these, Petraeus said, are aimed at getting Chinese President Xi Jinping's attention. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

‘Rhetoric’ on North Korean nukes a message to China, not Pyongyang, says David Petraeus

Daniel Chaitin · October 22, 2017 3:04 pm

The 93-year-old said he has spoken to national security adviser H.R. McMaster about it, but claims he hasn't received the go-ahead. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

National Security

Jimmy Carter willing to be Trump’s envoy to North Korea

Daniel Chaitin · October 22, 2017 1:48 pm

Forget It, Jake. It’s Chinatown.

The Scrapbook · October 20, 2017 7:30 am

It’s Xi’s Party

TWS Podcast · October 18, 2017 11:51 pm