Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told “Bill Hemmer Reports” Thursday that the Chinese government “was aware of human-to-human transmission” of the coronavirus “before they shared this with the world.” …
Attorney General William Barr Calls China the World’s ‘Arsenal of Dictatorship’ Over Predatory Economic Policies
Barr leveraged a flood of criticisms against China’s efforts to further expand its international economic influence. He described policies used to chart this expansion as “predatory” and “unlawful.” …
The $52 Trillion Bubble: China Grapples With Epic Property Boom
The Chinese real-estate surge eclipses the one in U.S. housing in the 2000s. Desperate buyers are undeterred by the Covid pandemic, fearing other investments will suffer from the global economic …
Barr Urges U.S. Companies to Resist Serving as ‘Pawns’ for China
The attorney general accused several companies by name of appeasing an authoritarian government to preserve access to a huge consumer market.
Some VPN Providers Pull Hong Kong Servers Over Security-Law Fears
At least three virtual private network providers, which let internet users circumvent censorship and protect their privacy, are suspending their Hong Kong operations, citing concerns over Beijing’s …
China slams U.S. response to Hong Kong security law as ‘gangster logic’
China accused the United States of “gangster logic” after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law in response to Beijing’s imposition of new security …
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pinpoints political impasse as main obstacle to tackling livelihood issues, vows to address this in coming policy speech
Hong Kong’s leader has singled out the city’s political impasse as the main obstacle to solving livelihood issues, including housing and education, as she vowed to deal with the problem in her coming …
Inside the Epic Effort to Save Bhutan’s Wangduechhoeling Palace
The stunning 19th-century royal residence is undergoing a monumental restoration and modernization project led by the Royal Government of Bhutan, the Bhutan Foundation, Tsao & McKown Architects, and o …
Over 1 lakh Indians returned home from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh: MEA
Indian nationals have returned to India; 1,01,014 nationals have returned from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh by land borders.Over 80,000 people have also flown out since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pa …
The true story of the heartthrob prince of Qatar and his time at USC
When a Qatari sheikh came to live in L.A., an entire economy sprouted to meet his wishes. “His highness doesn’t like to hear no,” one associate told a professor.