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Beijing blocking Wikipedia from United Nations intellectual property agency over Taiwan is resistance against ‘Western values’, analysts say
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Beijing’s move effectively blocking Wikipedia from gaining observer status at a United Nations agency last week on the grounds that it has a Taiwan subsidiary serves at least ...
By Kristine Lee
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The Trump foreign policies Biden might keep
It’s the type of question that does not land well with advisers to Joe Biden: Aren’t there some Donald Trump foreign policy decisions they should keep, and maybe even build up...
By Richard Fontaine
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China’s coronavirus vaccine shows military’s growing role in medical research
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The largest armed force in the world, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is not known for its cutting edge medical research. But since 2015, it has ramped up recruitment ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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America’s problem is much bigger than TikTok
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China watchers are waiting to see how, and whether, Chinese company ByteDance sells its wildly popular social media app TikTok to a U.S. buyer by Sept. 15, as the Trump admini...
By Kara Frederick, Elsa B. Kania & Van Jackson
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What war with China could look like
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Pentagon war planners can envision a conflict with China starting in any number of ways. For example, they fear a scenario that might involve a mass of Chinese military force...
By Chris Dougherty
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3 Afghans accused of links to insider attacks that killed U.S. troops are among Taliban prisoners to be released
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Three Afghans accused of involvement in the deaths of U.S. troops in so-called insider attacks are among more than 300 high-value Taliban prisoners that the Afghan government ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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China Wins Seat at International Tribunal on Law of the Sea
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China’s candidate has won an election to be a judge on a key United Nations-affiliated agency responsible for hearing cases concerning the Law of the Sea, despite U.S. opposit...
By Kristine Lee
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China Thinks It Has Found a Way To Surpass the U.S. Military Through AI, Experts Warn
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China is trying to “leapfrog” U.S. superpower strength through increased use of military artificial intelligence. The U.S. and China have increased development of artificial ...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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The stage is set for Afghan government-Taliban peace talks
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Last week the Afghan government approved the release of 400 Taliban fighters, setting the stage for negotiations with the terrorist group which are due to begin imminently. Wi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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In a U.S.-China Tech Divorce, Businesses Would Have to Pick Sides
Like a celebrity couple splitting on account of irreconcilable differences, China and the U.S. might be leaving a huge mess in their wake as they go their separate ways. The l...
By Elsa B. Kania
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Hong Kong's Lam, other officials over crackdown
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The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory’s current and former police chiefs and eight other top officials for what ...
By Peter Harrell
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Slaughter in the East China Sea
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The year is 2030. Chinese troops seize a Japanese island in the South China Sea. Japan dispatches an amphibious task force to retake the island. Soon, U.S. warships and aircra...
By Chris Dougherty, Susanna V. Blume, Becca Wasser & Dr. ED McGrady
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U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese company over abuse of Uighurs
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The United States intensified its economic pressure on China’s Xinjiang province on Friday, imposing sanctions on a powerful Chinese company and two officials for what it said...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Xinjiang’s Vast Paramilitary Settler Corps
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The Trump administration slapped sanctions on a vast paramilitary Chinese colonial enterprise in Xinjiang and two Chinese officials on Friday, in a move likely to drive the U....
By Kristine Lee
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How Covid-19 Could Give Kim Jong Un a Doomsday Weapon
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North Korea recently surprised the world by announcing it is developing a Covid-19 vaccine, joining a high-stakes race to show off its scientific chops. But experts increasing...
By Peter Harrell
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Deteriorating relations with China put US companies on edge
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American businesses are wary of the growing animosity between the U.S. and China, particularly as Trump administration officials are starting to name and shame companies they ...
By Kristine Lee
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Pompeo calls on 'free nations' to stand up to China in major speech
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Chinese people and "free nations of the world" to change the behaviour of the Chinese Communist Party, in a major policy speech on Thu...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Moscow Isn’t New Delhi’s Pal
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With border tensions between India and China at their worst in decades, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh headed late last month to a familiar destination: Moscow. There M...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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How U.S., allies can confront the China challenge
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Xi Jinping should be losing sleep: Across the globe, America’s allies are pushing back hard on Beijing. The past 10 days have seen revealing shifts for many allies that are de...
By Ashley Feng
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Trump ramps up China tensions with consulate shutdown
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President Trump's move to close the Chinese Consulate in Houston is the latest escalation between Washington and Beijing, whose relations have spiraled at a dizzying pace sinc...
By Kristine Lee
