POLITICS
According to a report by Axios, Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy for Iran affairs, and senior advisor Jared Kushner made a discreet trip this week to Tennessee, where they held closed-door talks with nuclear experts to prepare the technical groundwork for a possible future U.S.–Iran agreement. The report
China’s Bullying of Japan Backfires, Exposing Beijing’s Coercive Diplomacy: WSJ
On Dec. 2, "The Wall Street Journal" published a sharply-worded editorial titled: “The Lesson of China's...
Top US Universities Named for AI Ties to CCP Surveillance Labs
By Gao Yun A new research report finds that several top U.S. universities—including MIT, Stanford,...
Paramount Skydance Launches Hostile $74 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
According to NBC, Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (...
Japan’s ‘Understand and Respect’ Remarks on Taiwan: What Takaichi Really Meant
Japan’s recent parliamentary exchanges have reignited debate over a single diplomatic phrase—one that...
The Chinese Vice President Han Zheng’s New Absence Is Not a Defection to Russia
By Li Deyan Chinese vice president Han Zheng has not appeared in public since early November, a silence...
US Ends Engagement Era: Anti-Communism Week Signals Strategic Reset on China
By Meng Hao The United States has upended three decades of China policy in less than a month—and Beijing...
Lan Tianli’s Fall Exposes the Limits of Xi’s Anti-Corruption Drive
By Jintao Paian Beijing had spent months hinting at a sweeping campaign that would curb the influence...
Seven Assassination Attempts: How Deng Xiaoping Survived Mao-Era Plots
By Longshan Fu From the 1960s through the late 1980s, Deng Xiaoping, China’s reform architect and...
Putin Holds Five-Hour Meeting on Trump’s 27-Point Ukraine Plan
A pivotal round of diplomacy unfolded in Moscow this week as Russian President Vladimir Putin held nearly...