China Blog Posts

Donald Trump called Xi Jinping a “great leader” and said, “It's an honor to be your friend” last week during his visit to China. Xi told Trump that the US was a declining power.

War in Iran has roiled oil markets and sent fuel prices to near-record highs. But for years before that, electricity and other energy costs had been rising steadily in the US, with no signs of slowing...

The national average gas price has risen to $4.50 a gallon, with California reaching $6.11 average per gallon. However, oil prices plunged yesterday amid reports that the war with Iran may end soon.

As the Supreme Court justices hear arguments in the Trump v. Barbara case on birthright citizenship, some have raised concern over reports of international commercial surrogacy (often called “renting...

I offer the following topics as those that we should all be watching most closely in 2026.

At the end of October, President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, a conflict that began earlier this year after...

Explore the arguments for and against US military intervention.

FBI Director Kash Patel claimed to have found “alarming allegations” of Chinese interference in the 2020 US election, a claim that won support from some media outlets and condemnation from others.

The most useful way to think about the Donald Trump-Elon Musk annulment that has preoccupied the political universe for the last week is to regard Musk as the 21st-century version of Marla Maples.

There is one news story that matters more than any other in the world right now—the burgeoning fight between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.