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January 27, 2021

Who is Linda Thomas-Greenfield?

Linda Thomas-Greenfield has spent decades in foreign service.

January 27, 2021

Biden commerce nominee's Huawei answer shows admin 'rushing to embrace' Chinese Communist Party, Cruz says

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he is "dismayed" by a Biden nominee's refusal to commit to blacklisting Chinese telecommunications company Huawei as former President Donald Trump had done out of concern that the company was a security threat.

January 27, 2021

Nikki Haley: 'Good first week for Russia' after Biden shuts down Keystone pipeline

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley argued on Wednesday that President Biden’s first week in office has proven to be "good" for Russia.

January 27, 2021

McDonald's China offers chili-oil ice cream sundaes for one day only: 'Strange taste'

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream — especially when it’s a McDonald's chili oil sundae and it's burning a hole in our esophagi..

January 26, 2021

Pompeo: Chinese Communist Party looking for a 'soft underbelly' in Biden's administration

The Chinese Communist Party is looking for the "soft underbelly" of the Biden administration in the hope of achieving a series of endeavors Donald Trump stymied as president, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

January 25, 2021

WaPo reports on 'British, South African COVID variants' after condemning Trump's 'China Virus' label last year

The Washington Post is getting called out for tying variants of the coronavirus to the countries of origin they were discovered in after previously condemning President Trump for his "dangerous" rhetoric about the China-borne illness. 

January 25, 2021

11 Chinese miners rescued after 14 days trapped in gold mine after explosion

Almost a dozen survivors were rescued, having survived on liquid food sent through a makeshift shaft.

January 25, 2021

China pushes fringe theories on COVID-19 pandemic origins, vaccines

Some worry that when the state pushes fringe theories, it encourages poor public health policy by fostering skepticism about the virus.

January 25, 2021

Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan airspace days after Biden takes office

China ratcheted up activity in Taiwan airspace on Sunday by flying 15 fighter jets between mainland Taiwan and the Pratas Islands in the South China Sea, a report said.

January 24, 2021

Sen. Cotton: China sanctions are 'insidious escalation' of 'effort to influence American policy'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., argued on Sunday that sanctions against former Trump administration officials are a "dangerous" and "insidious escalation of China's effort to influence American policy."