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China Withdraws 6 Diplomats From U.K. After Consulate Scuffle

The British government had asked the Chinese officials to waive their diplomatic immunity and allow an investigation into how a…

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Xi Jinping’s Covid Crisis Is Really an Opportunity

The public discontent vented in bold demonstrations last month against China’s Covid containment policies represents the greatest domestic crisis President…

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How Will China Fare With Covid? ‘Meaningless’ Data Clouds the Picture.

Despite assurances that the situation is under control, information on infections has become more opaque now that Beijing has rolled…

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Indian and Chinese Soldiers Again Trade Blows at Disputed Border

Tensions are still simmering two years after a deadly confrontation over a remote region each country claims as its own.

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Why America Is Getting Tough on Trade

Remember when Donald Trump’s trade wars were front-page news? At this point, concerns over Trump’s tariff policy seem almost quaint:…

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Your Tuesday Briefing: China’s Space Push

Plus China’s vaccination pivot and the year’s most stylish “people.”

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A Timeline of China’s Advancements in Spaceflight

July 19, 1964 China successfully launches its first biological experiment to the edge of space: a rocket carrying eight white…

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China Maps Out Plans to Put Astronauts on the Moon and on Mars

JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER — Thirty years ago, the Chinese government initiated a secret plan for its space program, including…

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In Hostage Diplomacy, It’s Often the Hostage-Takers Who Pay

Detaining foreigners to wring concessions from their home country’s government holds perils for both sides, but especially, perhaps surprisingly, for…

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A Contagion the U.S. and China Both Fear: Each Other

For decades, the United States and China have each treated the other’s ideology as a kind of infection. Then came…

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