The tennis star’s explosive rape allegation threatens the Chinese regime’s hosting of the Winter Olympics.
Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. His writings have appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Follow him on Twitter @GordonGChang.
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It looks likes the love-match is over. But as Kim (and his sister) spurn Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, what's left for North Korea?
The sin of the Phase One agreement is that Trump, possessing great power over China, could have pressed American interests further and gotten a better deal.
A student is shot by police, a man set on fire: The violence is increasing and the blame should be laid at Bejing’s door.
Xi Jinping has no good options dealing with runaway Hong Kong. To compensate, he may put pressure on Taiwan.
Selling American chips to a company branded as a security risk was only one of the areas where Trump gave ground.
Xi Jinping is being blamed for ‘losing America,’ he’ll catch hell for losing Hong Kong, and ultimately he could lose China. He is, therefore, the leader who could lose everything.
Whether Kim Hyok Chol and four others are dead or alive, Trump can no longer claim Kim Jong Un will negotiate with Washington in good faith.
China’s overwhelming dependence on the U.S. market gives Trump extraordinary leverage, and he just might use it. So it’s a good thing premature summit predictions fizzled.
Google’s decision to help China is paving the way for Beijing’s ‘digital dictatorship.’ Ultimately, Washington must make a political decision to criminalize such collaboration.