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Nov 10 2019
News
Triggered review: Donald Jr, the Trump kid with real political chops
In Triggered, the president’s eldest child excoriates the left for its censoriousness, but ignores his father’s repeated demands for the same. In case Don Jr forgot, Trump père is no friend of free speech or a free press.
The elder Trump has called for tougher libel laws, unsuccessfully sought to strip CNN’s Jim Acosta of his White House press pass, threatened Michael Wolff with an
The GuardianMay 25 2020
News
Are stock investors too complacent about a full-scale blowup between China and the U.S.? Here’s what Wall Street experts say
China and the U.S. are back in the headlines — but are investors paying sufficient attention to the risks of a geopolitical clash?
Indeed, caustic rhetoric between the No. 1 and 2 economies in the world is intensifying — again.
It may feel as if the animus between the global superpowers couldn’t come at a more inopportune time: in the middle of a pandemic, which notably was first
MarketWatchOct 14 2019
Opinion
NBA vs. China: The League is Bravely Defending Free Speech — and That's a Game Changer
It was a tweet heard around the world.
Earlier this week, Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey unwittingly ignited a firestorm when he shared a since-deleted tweet, "Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong," in response to pro-justice protests that have been taking place in the region since June.
The backlash in China—where roughly 800 million people are reported to have
NewsweekOct 05 2020
Analysis
Why Leaders Lie About Their Health
If something resembling President Trump’s current health crisis were happening in another country, perhaps one with a shorter history of peaceful transfers of power, we might be wondering right now if a member of the president’s inner circle, or commanders of the military, were about to seize power. That’s not the case here, but the impulse to hide information about the president’s health in
SlateSep 21 2021
News
U.S. Stocks Open Higher After Global Market Selloff
U.S. stocks bounced higher Tuesday, chipping away at losses after fears about China’s property sector helped fuel a global selloff in stocks and commodities.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 300 points, or 0.9%, in morning trading. The S&P 500 advanced 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9% following their worst one-day pullback since May.
Markets started
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 06 2022
News
Shanghai, Beijing order new round of mass COVID-19 testing
Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities.
Shanghai has only just emerged from a strict lockdown that confined most of its 24 million residents to their homes for weeks and the new
Fox News (Online News)Jan 01 2021
Analysis
2020 and the surprising conclusions historians will make about America and this year
Historians will note that amid the death, destruction and dissension something else happened, too. The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis — "the horrible year." The last 10 months certainly have been awful.
But then so was 1968, when both Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The Tet Offensive escalated the Vietnam War and tore America apart.
Victor HansonAug 13 2020
Background
Officials Push U.S.-China Relations Toward Point of No Return
WASHINGTON — Step by step, blow by blow, the United States and China are dismantling decades of political, economic and social engagement, setting the stage for a new era of confrontation shaped by the views of the most hawkish voices on both sides.
With President Trump trailing badly in the polls as the election nears, his national security officials have intensified their attack on
New York Times (News)Nov 13 2020
News
Potential Biden Cabinet Pick a Frequent Guest on Chinese Propaganda Outlets
Jeffrey Sachs, an economist and potential progressive pick for a cabinet position under a Joe Biden administration, appeared on Chinese propaganda outlets throughout the 2020 campaign to blast U.S. foreign policy as an "unholy crusade against China."
Sachs, a Columbia University economist, contributed to scathing articles in the Global Times, China Daily, and other regime mouthpieces
Washington Free BeaconNov 27 2021
News
After detecting the Omicron variant, South Africa feels ‘punished’ by global travel bans
As the United States and European countries close their borders over fears over the recently detected coronavirus variant, many South Africans say they feel as if they are being “punished” for alerting global health authorities.
Hours after South African scientists announced the existence of a new variant that they said displayed “a big jump in evolution,” Britain banned travelers from
New York Times (News)