Oct 30 5 new ways China can retaliate in the tariff war By Paul Solman There are a number of ways China could fight back against U.S. tariffs. The question is whether those steps would hurt China more than the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 26 China-Japan drawing closer amid trade pressure from U.S. By Christopher Bodeen, Emily Wang, Associated Press Asia's two largest economies appear to have shelved differences in favor of business ties. Continue reading
Oct 24 Who is winning the U.S.-China trade war? Look at the stock markets By Paul Solman One way to look at the results since Trump fired the first salvo in the trade battle is to compare the performance of the rivals’ stock markets since that day. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: Taliban attacks kill dozens of police in Afghanistan In our news wrap Tuesday, a U.S.-led military strike in Somalia killed at least 60 members of al-Shabab, a militant organization seeking to establish an extremist Islamic state in the country. Also, in Afghanistan, officials say dozens of police officers… Continue watching
Oct 16 China defends internment camps for Muslim minority, saying it leads them to ‘modern’ life By Yanan Wang, Associated Press About 1 million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other minorities have been arbitrarily detained in mass internment camps in China's far west Xinjiang region, according to estimates by a U.N. panel. Continue reading
Oct 14 Mattis pushes closer ties to Vietnam amid tension with China By Robert Burns, Associated Press By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China's military assertiveness by cozying up to smaller nations in the region that share American… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 7:43 DHS official warns of ongoing election interference from Russia, China As the midterm elections approach, administration officials continue to warn of attempts by foreign entities to influence their outcome. But they also assert that their preparation could yield ‘the most secure election in the modern era.' Judy Woodruff speaks with… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 8:07 Loss of Chinese export market drives new ideas for repurposing recyclables China’s decision to buy less recyclable material from the U.S. has prompted major questions about how we handle waste in America. What will we do with our abundance of plastic bottles and pizza boxes, if exporting them is no longer… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 4:00 News Wrap: Indonesia earthquake rescue crews wrap up search In our news wrap Wednesday, rescue workers in Indonesia spent a final day looking for tsunami victims. The death toll has topped more than 2,000, but authorities say thousands of bodies could be buried under the mud. Also, 55 people… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Turkish authorities plan to search Saudi consulate for missing journalist In our news wrap Tuesday, Turkish authorities announced plans to search Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was last seen. Turkish officials believe Khashoggi was killed in the consulate, but the Saudi government denies it. Also,… Continue watching