Russia and China target the recent escalation on the U.S. borders with Mexico with simultaneous disinformation campaigns but using different tactics.
In 2023, the Chinese government spent millions of dollars on influence campaigns designed to better Beijing’s image and damage the reputation of those the country’s communist leadership considers foreign adversaries.
United Nations membership includes a state’s right to be a UNESCO member. Any UN member can withdraw and rejoin UNESCO if it pays the membership fee. In addition, the U.S. is a UNESCO founding member.
China’s estimate is based on two assumptions: first, that Australia will receive eight submarines under the AUKUS deal; second, that their reactors contain between 1.6 and 2 tons of highly enriched uranium. Neither of those assumptions can be verified.
India was not the first to use visas as a weapon. The two Asian giants are equally at fault for denying visas to each other’s journalists. China has a record of using visas as a weapon to stifle opposing views.
The lab, funded by the U.S., is researching lethal pathogens that could have dual-use purposes. The goal, however, is exactly the opposite: to study these dangerous pathogens and prevent them from being misused or becoming the next epidemic.
Beijing is accelerating the use of economic coercion to pursue its foreign policy goals.
The Will Smith-Chris Rock incident was personal and resolved without state involvement. That is drastically different from the consequences for Chinese comedian Li Haoshi, arrested and facing criminal charges due to the state censorship.
Scientific studies indicate that the release of diluted wastewater would have a negligible effect on the oceanic environment.
The massive, largely peaceful 2019 protests in Hong Kong were prompted by a legal amendment allowing extradition of suspected criminals to mainland China. They were not staged by external forces, nor can they be categorized as part of a color revolution.
While U.S. efforts to evacuate American civilians from Sudan faced criticism, the State Department had carried out the first organized evacuation convoy on April 28-29.
Classification can frustrate other nations because of how that status contradicts its global economic clout
Hardest hit by restrictions on access to the China National Knowledge Infrastructure will be researchers unable to go to China who are trying to understand the country
According to results of a comparative clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, VV116 is as effective as Paxlovid at curbing mild to moderate illness
Joshua Kurlantzick’s book investigates Xi Jinping's costly push to counter global media, which Beijing feels do not treat China fairly
Experts fear a spike in daily cases and deaths as citizens "feel more scared" as they navigate confusing new regulations
Although draconian lockdowns saved lives, experts outside China say Beijing must ease up on policy that has caused other problems
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