Tag: China

People's Liberation Army honor guard marches past the Great Hall of the People

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Why China and Russia will not simply walk away from Venezuela

Imdat Oner · January 25, 2026 6:00 am

Collage of President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over new partnership with China

Joseph Nepomuceno · January 24, 2026 11:44 am

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee from left, Li Xi, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC; Cai Qi, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC; Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Premier Li Qiang; Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and Ding Xuexiang, vice premier of the People's Republic of China, attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing.

Britain’s approval of China’s mega embassy is a mega mistake

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2026 5:00 am

Collage of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei, left, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, right.

Pentagon: Iran’s nuclear weapon ambitions remain despite Midnight Hammer airstrikes

Mike Brest · January 23, 2026 10:07 pm

Vice President JD Vance speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington.

The inside story of how JD Vance ‘landed the plane’ on Trump’s TikTok deal

Christian Datoc · January 23, 2026 4:53 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One.

Beltway Confidential

China is toasting Trump’s repellent Afghanistan rhetoric

Tom Rogan · January 23, 2026 3:50 pm

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order.

Beltway Confidential

Ignoring the TikTok divestment law remains Trump’s biggest abuse of power

Zachary Faria · January 23, 2026 12:33 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. Republicans are increasingly using food — especially beef — as a cudgel in the culture war. In statements, tweets and fundraising emails, prominent GOP governors and senators have accused climate-minded Democrats of trying to push Americans to eat less red meat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Inflation didn’t eat your steak. A cartel did

Peter Navarro · January 23, 2026 7:00 am

An abandoned oil pump jack stands in Cabimas, Venezuela.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

The $100 billion mirage: why Venezuela’s oil won’t save the market

Ron MacCammon · January 23, 2026 6:00 am

A phone shows the position of Island of Diego Garcia on Google maps. (illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Trump secures the most important US base of all

Dan Hannan · January 23, 2026 4:55 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) meets with Zheng Shanjie, head of China's National Development and Reform Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Beijing.

CCP-linked cash flooded California politics as Newsom sought improved relations with China

Robert Schmad · January 23, 2026 4:00 am

The icon for the TikTok app on a smartphone.

TikTok finalizes deal handing control of US operations to Trump-backed investors

David Zimmermann · January 22, 2026 9:36 pm