Chinese Investors Are Stealthily Pouring Money into India
on November 16, 2017
If you go by official Indian government figures, Chinese direct investments into the country this century hit a paltry $1.6 billion in March 2017.
'It's a Mistake to Underestimate China'
on November 16, 2017
At the recent APEC CEO Summit in Vietnam, President Donald Trump said the United States would refocus its existing development efforts in Asia toward infrastructure investment that promotes economic growth.
Donald Trump Tells UCLA Trio to Thank Xi Jinping for Releasing Them from China
on November 16, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump has exhorted three suspended UCLA basketball players to thank Chinese President Xi Jinping for their freedom following a shoplifting incident while they were in China.
Seeing U.S. In Retreat under Trump, Japan and China Move to Mend Ties
on November 16, 2017
When Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, met with President Xi Jinping of China on the sidelines of a regional summit meeting in Vietnam over the weekend, the pair shook hands and posed for a photo. Mr. Xi, who had looked more dour in previous meetings, flashed a grin.
China Appears to Have Crossed Trump on North Korea
on November 16, 2017
After a 12-day trip to Asia in which President Donald Trump stressed his friendship and mutual understanding with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing appears to have crossed Trump on a key issue: North Korea.
U.S. Congress Urged to Require Chinese Journalists to Register as Agents
on November 15, 2017
A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents.
Why China Wants to Lead on Climate, but Clings to Coal (for Now)
on November 15, 2017
Barely a month ago, in a landmark speech to the Communist Party Congress, President Xi Jinping of China promised that his country would take a “driving seat in international cooperation to respond to climate change.”
“Have You Considered Your Parents’ Happiness?”
on November 15, 2017
The psychiatrist told my mom: ‘Homosexuality is just like all the other mental diseases, like depression, anxiety, or bipolar. It can be cured…. Trust me, leave him here, he is in good hands.’
Kevin Peraino
on November 15, 2017
Kevin Peraino is a veteran foreign correspondent who has reported from around the world. A senior writer and Bureau Chief at Newsweek for a decade, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for foreign reporting and part of a team that won the National Magazine Award in 2004. He is the author of A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949, and Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and The Dawn of American Power (Crown, 2013).
Three UCLA Players Return from China to Calls for Suspensions — and a Twitter Scolding from Trump
on November 15, 2017
The three UCLA players who were detained in China for shoplifting returned to the U.S. on Tuesday night, following intervention from, among others, President Trump. As immensely relieved as LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley must be to have been allowed to leave so quickly — not to mention to have avoided prison sentences — they came back to calls for strong punishments from the school — and a chiding from the president.