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Mar 15 2020
News
Inside China’s campaign to blame the U.S. for the coronavirus pandemic
As coronavirus cases dwindle in China, and explode across the rest of the world, Beijing is undertaking a campaign to shift blame for the emergence of the disease to a familiar foe — the United States.
The seemingly coordinated effort to, at minimum, sow doubts about the virus’s origin, and, at its most extreme, to directly accuse the U.S. military of creating and spreading the pathogen
MarketWatchAug 13 2017
News
Trump Eyes China Sanctions While Seeking Its Help on North Korea
In a diplomatic gamble, President Trump is seeking to enlist China as a peacemaker in the bristling nuclear-edged dispute with North Korea at the very moment he plans to ratchet up conflict with Beijing over trade issues that have animated his political rise.
New York Times (News)Dec 20 2020
Opinion
A Biden Style of Government Is Emerging: Lowest Drama Possible
There was never really any question whether Pete Buttigieg would get some sort of job in Joe Biden’s administration — just where, exactly, he would be a good fit. For a while, the thinking was that the 38-year-old might make an exciting ambassador to the United Nations, but that never actually made much sense — Biden is determined to reassert American influence abroad using experienced
New York MagazineAug 18 2020
News
Trump dangles cash for US firms moving from China
US President Donald Trump wants to offer tax credits to entice US firms to move factories out of China.
He has also threatened to strip government contracts from firms that continue to outsource work to China.
In a speech on Monday, Mr Trump vowed to create 10 million jobs in 10 months saying “we will end our reliance on China.”
It marks his latest attack on China, after
BBC NewsSep 18 2021
News
In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France
President Biden’s announcement of a deal to help Australia deploy nuclear-powered submarines has strained the Western alliance, infuriating France and foreshadowing how the conflicting American and European responses to confrontation with China may redraw the global strategic map.
In announcing the deal on Wednesday, Mr. Biden said it was meant to reinforce alliances and update them as
New York Times (News)Jul 26 2012
News
Romney goes to Europe, causes stir
Mitt Romney wanted to highlight U.S.-British bonds  and show off his diplomatic skills to boot  but he managed to rankle the Olympic hosts instead, from Prime Minister David Cameron on down.
Washington TimesAug 13 2020
Top Argument
Should the Tariffs Imposed on China by President Trump Be Maintained?
In July 2018, the Trump administration imposed tariffs (essentially taxes on a certain type of import or export) on industrial components and technology products from China. Beijing reacted with higher tariffs on US farm goods, which caused the Trump administration to enact and threaten to enact even more tariffs, which would affect most Chinese imports to the United States by 2020. The first
ProCon.orgNov 07 2021
Opinion
China And The ‘G’ Word—Genocide
Though it acts as a court, it has no official status. The governments asked to participate have either snubbed or (in the case of China) condemned it. Some witnesses, under threat of sanctions from Beijing, started dropping out before its proceedings had even begun. And yet, the Uyghur Tribunal, whose final hearings took place in London in September, is an institution nobody can afford to
The American ConservativeMar 03 2018
News
Trump risks more than a trade war by targeting China
President Donald Trump's vow to enact revenge on China for "killing" the US on trade was a signature refrain of the 2016 campaign, but his latest tough talk risks stoking an adversarial economic standoff with Beijing that could prompt geopolitical retaliation on issues ranging from North Korea to the South China Sea.
CNN DigitalJul 25 2022
Perspectives Blog
When China Matters Even More Than Usual
From the CenterAs Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its sixth month, as our country’s domestic policy debates over inflation, immigration and abortion intensify, and as the multi-episode spellbinder that the January 6 hearings have become breaks for a summer intermission, even the most attentive American voter could be excused for not spending very much time thinking about China. But that’s
Dan Schnur