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Trump Prepares To Confront a Rising China

Michael Klare / TomDispatch Dec 18, 2024 Can he manage U.S.-China relations without precipitating World War III? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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The Political Myth Undergirding Peace in the Taiwan Strait

Christopher Lord / Truthdig Feb 5, 2024 A growing number of young Taiwanese are claiming imaginary non-Chinese heritage. Peace in the region rests on a far more dangerous fiction. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Democrats Have Found Their Own Autocrat

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Feb 19, 2020 His brand of authoritarianism may be more palatable, but Michael Bloomberg is no less contemptuous of democracy than Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Fall in New Cases Raises Hope in Virus Outbreak in China

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2020 China's National Health Commission says 2,015 new cases were tallied on Tuesday, down from nearly 3,900 a week ago. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Scrambles to Contain Virus

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2020 The president's remarks underline the urgent, expanding efforts to control the outbreak as Lunar New Year travelers hasten its spread. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

China Locks Down 3 Cities With 18 Million to Stop Virus

KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 Seventeen people have died in the outbreak, all of them in and around Wuhan; close to 600 have been infected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chinese Confirm Human-to-Human Transmission in Virus Outbreak

YANAN WANG and KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 20, 2020 Authorities report more than 200 cases of the coronavirus and brace for the possibility that it could spread widely and quickly. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Putin Engineers Shakeup That Could Keep Him in Power Longer

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated Press Jan 15, 2020 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigns after the Russian president announces proposed constitutional amendments. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Who Invited Michael Bloomberg to the Primary?

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Dec 10, 2019 Polling suggests voters want no part of him, but that won't stop the former mayor of New York from humiliating himself on a national stage. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Humanity Is Riding Delusion to Extinction

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 2, 2019 This has been the case since at least 1914. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

China’s Climate Paradox: A Leader in Coal and Clean Energy

CHRISTINA LARSON / The Associated Press Dec 2, 2019 The world's top emitter of greenhouse gases is also a principle market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

China Furious as Trump Signs Hong Kong Bills

The Associated Press Nov 27, 2019 The two bills are aimed at supporting human rights and pro-democracy activists in the troubled region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )