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No ‘end goal’ for U.S.-China trade war
“I don’t know what the end goal is,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer admitted, of Trump’s trade war with China. Trump also indicated that he is not interested in negotiating a phase two trade deal with China, leaving almost all the major economic issues unresolved and high tariffs in place through 2020.
With 11 million tests, China contains COVID-19 where the U.S. fails
While Trump spreads misinformation about the role testing plays in combating COVID-19, China is effectively deploying testing on a mass scale. In Beijing, officials tested 11 million residents in just 25 days, finding and isolating 335 cases of infection.
Trump administration move puts 370,000 Chinese student visas at risk
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said that if schools move to online-only education in the fall, then student visas could be cancelled and deportations would ensue. Chinese students are the largest group affected.
How China’s Communist Party has used U.S. protests to its advantage
The Chinese Communist Party has used Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. to “prove” to the Chinese people that their country’s rigorous system, however nominally “unfree,” is superior to their fragile and fragmented American counterpart.
What will happen if Hong Kong loses its special status?
How would the revocation of Hong Kong’s special status impact the special administrative region? The China Project lays out the key issues at stake.
Trump targets China and WHO
Yesterday, China’s National People’s Congress approved the national security law that will essentially end the notion of “One Country, Two Systems.” The law was first mentioned on May 21 at the opening of the annual Two Sessions series of political meetings.
Desperate Trump sidelines Hong Kong
On Thursday, we noted that the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, sending the bill closer to President Trump’s desk. We…
Chinese reactions to the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry
Before he became president, Donald Trump was hailed by Chinese commentators as a game-changer, hailed for his business acumen and unconventional politics. (Chinese Americans liked…
Trump attacks China, defends religious freedom, totally ignores Uyghurs
Before he began swatting at the Democratic Party’s impeachment inquiry earlier today, President Donald Trump was at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, where he devoted…
Chinese Americans are increasingly siding with Trump. Here’s how liberals can win them back
“There is a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus. So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not…
Is China the enemy?
Last week, China scholars and former diplomats M. Taylor Fravel, J. Stapleton Roy, Michael D. Swaine, Susan A. Thornton, and Ezra Vogel published an open…
Clip: Xi Jinping can’t find a friend at Osaka G20
When we see Xi Jinping on TV, the whole setup is usually micromanaged. So the occasional glimpses of China’s leader that are not staged are always…
Falun Gong’s media company spends big on Trump
The Epoch Times, a website and newspaper with print editions in cities around the world, is an affiliate of Falun Gong, the secretive political and…
‘Trump on Show,’ reviewed: Cantonese Opera meets Donald Trump (and Mao, Kim Jong Un, Ivanka, etc.)
Li Kui-ming’s Trump on Show is, like its title character, over the top, sensationalist, and unpredictable. But is it enough to make Cantonese Opera great again?…
From Tariff Man to toons: China stories to think about today
There is no big story from China today, so we present instead a buffet (自助餐 zìzhùcān) of interesting things to read or think about. Tariff…
Kim Jong-un visiting China before a second summit with Trump
On his 35th birthday, the North Korean leader is making his fourth visit to China. It comes ahead of an expected second summit with Donald…
Trump administration unveils ‘new Africa strategy’ with eyes on China; Africans are unimpressed
In a speech on December 13, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton announced a “new Africa Strategy,” called “Prosper Africa,” that the Trump administration had approved…
China denies it spied on Trump’s iPhone, jokingly suggests he use a Huawei handset instead
President Trump, like previous American presidents, uses multiple phones for security reasons: these include a secure landline in the Oval Office, and mobile phones that…
Chinese ambassador Cui Tiankai throws shade at Trump in Fox News interview
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Cui Tiankai 崔天凯, China’s ambassador in Washington, gave an interview to Chris Wallace of Fox News on Sunday. The Chinese embassy published…
The Chinese left who support Trump and the American alt-right
There is an active and vocal faction of Trump supporters in China, nicknamed “Trump Guards,” a pun on the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution…
