U.S. And India Sign Military Agreement During Pompeo, Esper Trip
It's the latest in a series of U.S.-India military agreements designed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region.
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'A Decarbonized Society': Japan Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050
The country joins the European Union and other countries that have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint to zero over the next few decades.
Taiwan's U.S. Friendship Comes With Benefits — And China's Wrath
President Trump's administration has deepened ties with Taiwan, as tensions with China intensify. That could be why more Taiwanese favor him to win the U.S. election, according to a poll.
City In China Tests 10 Million People After 13 COVID-19 Cases Are Found
Qingdao city officials say no new infections were identified. The extraordinary testing effort followed the appearance of a small cluster of COVID-19 cases centered in a city hospital.
China Joins WHO-Led Global Coronavirus Vaccine Effort As U.S. Sits It Out
The Chinese foreign ministry said it took this step "to uphold the concept of a shared community of health for all and to honor its commitment to turn COVID-19 vaccines into a global public good."
Reaction To Trump's Infection: Sympathy In South Korea, Some Schadenfreude In China
South Korea's president sent President Trump a message of "solace and encouragement." A Chinese newspaper editor tweeted that Trump had "paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19."
Report: Satellite Images Reveal Suspected Detention Sites In China's Xinjiang Region
The centers have apparently been built and expanded since 2019, even as Chinese officials claimed most of the ethnic Uighurs and others sent to the facilities had "returned to society."
As U.S. Views Of China Grow More Negative, Chinese Support For Their Government Rises
Recent trends in public sentiment run parallel to deteriorating U.S.-China relations. In China, the pandemic "increased people's satisfaction and support for their government," says a sociologist.
Facebook Removes Chinese Accounts Posting About Foreign Policy, 2020 Election
Most of the operation's activity focused on Chinese interests in the South China Sea but also included some content about U.S. politics.
Prominent Critic Of Xi Jinping And Communist Party Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison
Ren Zhiqiang made a fortune in real estate and was a member of the country's political elite. But his harsh criticism of the Communist Party and Xi's management of the pandemic led to his downfall.