"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.
In 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, the renowned artist details his struggles with censorship.
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.
Plus: College students and speech, state-funded pre-K fail, and more...
Pandemic-era technologies like Zoom hold great promise, but also create unexpected problems for international students sent back to their home countries.
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
Only a real boycott - with athletes staying away - can have any meaningful effect.
Accelerating market and technological trends will fortuitously keep many COP26 promises.
Matt Ridley and Alina Chan, authors of the new book Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, say the preponderance of evidence now points toward a lab origin and genetic engineering.
Residents of other liberal democracies see the U.S. as respecting liberty even as authoritarianism advances globally.
Sometimes communist countries had to tolerate a little economic liberty just to survive.
China and Russia aren’t interested in bigger emissions cuts.
Authoritarians see masculinity as so fragile that it needs to be reinforced by the state.
What did Fauci know and when did he know it?
They favor special interests, hurt consumers, and have utterly failed to rein in China.
The push for central bank digital currencies is an assault on privacy and freedom.
Governments may not be able to make an economy, but they've proven they can break it.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai stresses the need for American competitiveness at the same time that the White House is pushing huge tax increases on U.S. businesses. And that's just the start.
Though domestic crypto transactions were banned back in 2017, today's move signals that Chinese authorities are making good on their threats from earlier this year.
A new study shows that former President Donald Trump's tariffs did little to push American companies out of China.
In June, police stormed the offices of Apple Daily, one of the last pro-democracy newspapers and an unapologetic defender of Hong Kong's autonomy.
Officials look for scapegoats to blame as the working force suffers burnout.
The government appoints itself the nation's parent.
The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data.
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
Fleeing isn't enough to keep dissenters safe from tyranny.
New GAO report says the process for determining which companies could avoid paying those tariffs was rife with "inconsistencies" and poorly documented decision-making.
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country's biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
The Olympics are a great sports event. But there is no reason to tolerate the massive public subsidies, forced displacement of populations, and propaganda coups for authoritarian regimes that go along with them.
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