Mattis Assuages Concerns in South Korea, Japan
News from the defense secretary's alliance-mending trip to Asia
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9 Reasons Why Libertarians Should Be Worried By Donald Trump
The new president has repeatedly vowed to make America less open, less free, and more burdened by an expansive federal government.
The Perils and Promise of International Food Safety
Food safety-just like food production and sales-is an increasingly global effort.
Apple Blocking New York Times App in China—Haters Rejoice
Still available on Android, which unlike Apple does not appear to be enjoying Chinese subsidies.
Donald Trump's 'Wildcard' Foreign Policy Bearing Fruit?
Trump is "asking a lot of unfamiliar questions."
The Hidden Mind
A best-selling Chinese science fiction series on how to survive aliens and authoritarians comes to America.
How Trump Endangers Global Peace
He may shy away from interventionism, but his behavior causes other problems.
Dana Rohrabacher Doesn't Want a Cold War With Russia—He Wants One With China
Secretary of state hopeful also slams Yahoo! reporter for being anti-Russia because she's from the former Soviet Union
Trump Takes Call From Taiwan President, Freak Out Ensues
Not quite an unprecedented break in protocol.
China Burns More Coal: Climate Promises Broken or Just Deferred?
Predictions of Chinese peak coal consumption appear to have been premature
The Fate of Baishizhou
State-sponsored redevelopment threatens one of China's most dynamic urban villages.
Will We Build a Wall Against Chinese Immigrants, Too?
America has never been a "white" country. Economic and cultural nativism is on the rise - and the most un-American idea of all.
Thomas Friedman, Admirer of Dictators, Slams Trump for Admiring Dictators
The New York Times columnist, who calls the Republican nominee's praise of autocratic strength "idiotic," is guilty of the same idiocy.
Obama and Xi 'Ratify' Paris Climate Change Agreement
But remember, the Paris Agreement is NOT a treaty!
The Economic Stimulus Perplex: Could Regulation Be the Problem?
Progressives and the failure of massive government spending to boost jobs and economic growth
China's Rare Earth Minerals Mercantilism Totally Fails: I Told You So Six Years Ago
Wall Street Journal has nice op-ed on China's rare earth bust.
How Trump and Bezos Can Bury the Hatchet
If Donald Trump is the dealmaker he touts himself as, he'll make public peace with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Here's why.
China's Other Cultural Revolution
Black markets, books, music, and sex in Mao's Middle Kingdom
China Reacts to U.S. Lifting of Arms Embargo Against Vietnam
U.S. continues "Asia pivot."
Trump's Threat Against The Washington Post Is Yet Another Reminder That He is a Bully and an Authoritarian
Trump's lack of respect for freedom of speech is deeply worrying.
Governments Hating On Press Freedom More, Says Reporters Without Borders
The U.S. has a satisfactory score, but our country could do a lot better.
China Trade Isn't Killing America's Working Class
Government handouts maybe more responsible.
China Bashing Is a Bipartisan Sport and It's Back With a Vengeance
American working class is spurning jobs, but somehow that's the fault of trade liberalization
China Points to Donald Trump as an Example of Democracy
But he'd be a better fit for an autocracy
Russian, Chinese Foreign Ministers Complain About North Korea Missile Tests, U.S. Korean Missile Defense System
Dealing with the consequences of China's interventionist foreign policy.
Chinese Government Licenses Living Buddhas, Regulates Reincarnation
Atheist government seeks religious control.
You Can't Say That on Chinese Television
China's Communist authorities have put out a laundry list of material they don't want to see on TV, from homosexuality to unpatriotic sound effects.
'The Chinese Must Go!'
A look back at America's first major exclusionary immigration law
Reds and Feds
What the FBI's war on the Maoist fringe tells us about the surveillance state
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Conference Emissions Promises Do NOT Mean Real Emissions Cuts
Sixth Dispatch: The claim that pledges from 180 countries cover 95 percent of emissions is seriously misleading.
Paris Climate Confab Preview: Culmination or Crack-Up?
The endgame in the quest for a universal climate treaty
In Order to Live: Yeonmi Park's North Korean Defector Story
Yeonmi Park escaped from North Korea. But will her story survive scrutiny?
China Burns Much More Coal Than Reported: Unsettles Upcoming U.N. Climate Negotiations
Increase equal to about 70 percent of total U.S. annual coal consumption
China's One-Child Policy an Utterly Useless Exercise in Human Suffering and Social Deformation
Policy being reversed after causing decades of harm.
China Drops Oppressive One-Child Policy: Too Late to Avoid Demographic Implosion
Reproductive central planning works as badly as economic central planning
LEGO Won't Provide Bricks for Ai Weiwei's "Political Works," But His Fans Will
Everything is not awesome when it comes to subversive reappropriation of colored plastic bricks to protest authoritarianism.
China Said to Be Creating "Social Credit" Scores to Rule Citizens' Lives
ACLU alarmed at idea that every bit of public info might feed into these high-tech "credit scores" that will define Chinese citizens' lives.
China Pledges to Enact Cap-and-Trade Carbon Market in 2017
We are living in interesting times.*
Obama Administration Still Figuring Out China Policy with Less Than 16 Months Left in Office
Were confused why taking a more confrontational stance led to China doing the same.
Ailing China Set to Blow More Money on High-Speed Train to Vegas
Did they run out of overpriced, unnecessary projects in their own country?
