A Classic Biden Gaffe Complicates U.S. Role in Taiwan
Will Xi Jinping just chalk up Biden's latest remarks as an accidental straying from "strategic ambiguity"?
Will Xi Jinping just chalk up Biden's latest remarks as an accidental straying from "strategic ambiguity"?
China's "COVID zero" policy looks a lot like house arrest for Shanghai's 25 million residents who are only just now beginning to experience glimmers of freedom.
Several studies have found that the vast majority of costs incurred by increased corporate taxes are passed along to workers in the form of lower wages.
Every June since 1990, residents had held a vigil for the Tiananmen Square dead. But in 2020, Hong Kong announced an extension of social distancing restrictions until June 5, the day after the anniversary.
Why May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broader support.
Mourn the end of a too-brief interlude of relative peace and prosperity.
Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston debates former State Department diplomat Peter Van Buren
Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston debates former State Department diplomat Peter Van Buren
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More than 25 million people remain locked down in Shanghai, with Guangzhou—a city of 18 million—looking primed to follow.
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The president's anticipated executive order stopped short of feared regulations but suggests federal unease with uncontrolled development.
Congress continues to allocate funds to produce weapons that the Pentagon itself says it doesn't need.
The United States needs to be realistic about its interests abroad and the limits of our ability to influence events militarily, says the former nominee to be ambassador to Afghanistan.
Biden's response to Putin invading Ukraine does not "embolden" a cascade of crises.
Expect anti-biotech activists to oppose this important development.
"I think the Chinese government actually takes a lot of pleasure knowing that they can actually strong-arm individuals and companies into capitulation to its own political ideology."
China ended up buying fewer American goods over the past two years than it did before the trade war started, despite promises from both sides to increase trade.
Born in nationalism, the Olympic games are fading into a niche entertainment option.
"Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist; they are political statements," said university president Mark Wrighton.
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Regarding the authoritarian country's central bank digital currency, you do not, under any circumstances, “gotta hand it to them.”
The Glasgow Declaration's empty platitudes confirm that China will not be hectored by the U.S. into making any significant changes to its climate policies.
It's too late to boycott. But much can be done to prevent such a travesty from ever happening again. I propose five reforms, and explain how to force their implementation.
What happens in places where the pandemic is a transparent guise for seizing more state power?
Not everything in the bill would keep America competitive, but the immigration provisions certainly would.
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Boeing may love an additional handout, but such subsidies will be a net negative for the country's economy as a whole.
Using "we" implies a collective responsibility, creates the false impression that most people are on board, and hints that we'll share equally in the benefits.
Their immigration struggles are indicative of broader issues in America’s refugee and asylum infrastructure.
The U.S. dominated the mining marketplace in 2021.
"The only crime of most of us was that we were Uyghur Muslims," says Ziyawudun.
If Taiwan became embroiled in a protracted military engagement with China, global supply-chain turmoil would ensue.
China's economic reforms were bottom-up, not top-down.
“We have been through horrific things, but I’m still proud of being Uyghur," says Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor of China's torture camps.
China sees the value in a digital currency, but only if the CCP has full control of it.
How the war on terror facilitated Communist China's repression of Uyghurs
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Accelerating market and technological trends will fortuitously keep many COP26 promises.
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