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In June, with just five months remaining before Taiwan's local elections, Kuomintang (KMT) Chair Cheng Li-wen embarked on what was expected to be a carefully orchestrated visit to the United States. The trip is believed to have been designed as a major diplomatic showcase to bolster both her personal profile
Chinese Transplant Surgeon Disinvited From International Summit
A Chinese organ transplant expert was barred from participating in the annual China-Israel Innovation...
Why China Is Tightening Up on Its Foreign Exchange Reserves
Since the second half of 2016, the Chinese government has been placing stricter controls on the country...
As Scrutiny Increases, China Masks its ‘Thousand Talents Plan’
China has been hiding the identities of its top scientific recruits as the FBI and other U.S. agencies...
How the Pursuit of Extremes Doomed China’s Sui Dynasty
The Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581-618) was the seventh major dynasty in Chinese history. Though very powerful...
United on China: Tough U.S. Policies Gaining Bipartisan Support
While the November 6 U.S. midterm elections saw the Republican Party lose control of the House of Representatives...
Honoring 100 Million Victims of Communism
In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin’s revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, overthrowing...
China’s ‘Unprecedented’ Efforts to Influence US Politics
During and following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the public was heavily focused on the possible...
Unemployment: China’s Achilles’ Heel?
The U.S. unemployment rate has recently reached a low of 3.9 percent, with over 200,000 new jobs added...
China Making Overtures to Japan as US Hopes to Negotiate Free Trade Deal
While Washington and Tokyo prepare for talks on a bilateral free trade agreement between the world’s...