US President Donald Trump is taking a less combative approach towards China ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping this week, reflecting what China experts say is Beijing’s growing leverage through
Elon Musk’s tech-driven approach to immigration has sparked a clash with Donald Trump’s grassroots supporters over the issue of foreign workers in Silicon Valley. Musk, CEO of Tesla and a significant backer
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Former President Donald Trump has formally requested the US Supreme Court to delay a legislative deadline that mandates ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest its American operations or face
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These days, I feel like I’m suspended in glue, trapped in some kind of nightmarish dream sequence that refuses to end. Our democracy has just been traded away for nothing, sold off
More Members of Donald Trump’s transition team are reportedly pushing for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the first day of his potential second term, a move
More U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has extended an official invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025, CBS News reported Wednesday. The invitation, sent in early
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In a candid moment during a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate, President-elect Donald Trump reportedly joked with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada should consider becoming the 51st U.S. state if
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to take a hardline stance against the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—over their efforts to reduce dependency on the
More This article is an edited version of a translation of Professor Jin Canrong’s piece published in the Global Times. The U.S. is now witnessing a third wave of capital division, characterized by
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During Donald Trump’s recent successful presidential election campaign, he repeatedly stressed two main points: the “America First” policy and his desire to stop wars between countries. Obviously, his “America First” policy means
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There is a scene early on in Nathanael West’s satirical 1933 novella Miss Lonelyhearts that reeks of depression, despair, and genius. It’s hard to forget. The protagonist is a lovelorn advice columnist for a
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In 54 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a rich, ambitious Roman businessman, got himself named governor of the wealthy province of Syria. Crassus had been sharing power in Rome with Pompey and Julius Caesar.
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We’ve seen an uproar since it’s become apparent that the US has given Ukraine permission to launch long-range strikes deep inside Russia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, Moscow’s unequivocal warnings
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As I wrote in my most recent book, “The Storm Before the Calm,” we tend to use presidencies as benchmarks to help us locate where we are in time, but it would
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Where does Trump’s victory leave (whatever remains of) the left? In 1922, when the Bolsheviks had to retreat into the “New Economic Policy” of allowing a much greater degree of market economy
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US President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to form his proposed new administration. His team is better prepared to take power than it was in 2016 – when neither the candidate himself
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