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
Oct 07 Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal By John Leicester, Gillian Wong, Associated Press Less than an hour after she publicized the text from Interpol President Meng Hongwei, the disciplinary organ of China’s ruling Communist Party said it was investigating him. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Unemployment hits nearly 50-year low in September; Indonesia mourns In our news wrap Friday, job gains in the U.S. slowed in September, is employers added a net of 134,000 jobs -- the smallest number in a year, and likely affected by Hurricane Florence. But unemployment hit its lowest level… Continue watching
Oct 05 Interpol president reported missing during visit to China By Elaine Ganley, Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Meng Hongwei, Interpol's president, boarded a plane and arrived in China but has not been heard from since. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 8:05 Why your recyclables might have no place to go By Paul Solman, Sarah Clune Hartman Until this year, China had been America's -- and the world's -- number one recycling market. But China has shut its doors to plastic waste, which could result by 2030 in more than 100 million tons of trash with nowhere… Continue watching