List of East Asia articles
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U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and top officials reached a truce in the trade war over dinner at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires on Dec. 1. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Trump and Xi Park Trade War—For Now
But the U.S. president raises new uncertainties over the fate of the trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
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In this photograph taken on August 22, 2017, doctors prepare instruments during a patient's plastic surgery procedure at Huamei Medical Cosmetology Hospital in Shanghai. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images) Under the Knife in China
Lack of proper training leaves Chinese surgeons dangerously under-skilled.
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Leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the revised NAFTA accord at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Nov. 30, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Will Trump Hit Pause on the Trade War With China?
Under mounting pressure, the U.S. president needs a win at G-20 summit.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin points at a map while inspecting the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula, while aboard a helicopter on March 18, 2016. (Mikhail Klimenty/AFP/Getty Images) Goodbye Grotius, Hello Putin
Russia’s provocations in the Kerch Strait aren’t just a challenge to Ukraine. Like Beijing in the South China Sea, Moscow is seeking to undermine international maritime law.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 7, 2015. (Andy Wong/Getty Images) How to Respond to Chinese Investment in Latin America
The United States can compete without making things worse.
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Chinese police patrol a night market near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on June 25, 2017, a day before the Eid al-Fitr holiday. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images) China Is Violating Uighurs’ Human Rights. The United States Must Act.
Much of the world has turned a blind eye to Beijing’s abuses. Washington cannot remain silent in the face of an elaborate campaign of repression and religious discrimination.
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The South China Sea (C) is seen on a globe for sale at a bookstore in Beijing on June 15, 2016. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images) The Pieces Are in Place for a Grand Bargain With China
Trade war is hurting everyone, but it has a geopolitical solution.
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Donald Trump speaks at a rally on February 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Trump’s China Policy Is a Triumph
The president's trade war is bringing Beijing to heel.
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US President Donald Trump speaks to China's President Xi Jinpingin the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Xi and Trump Should Swallow Their Pride and Join the TPP
Joining the trade pact would force both sides to make much-needed changes.
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A Trump supporter holds up a sign during an anti-sharia law rally organized by ACT for America on June 10 2017 in New York. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Most Popular App Is Full of Hate
WeChat groups have become a major vector for anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.
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Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers in a demonstration at the opening day of the navy base at Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong on July 1, 2016. (Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Untested Military Could Be a Force—or a Flop
It’s been decades since the PLA fought a war. Does that matter?
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A demonstrator attends a protest to denounce China's treatment of ethnic Uighur Muslims in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul on July 5. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images) Inside China’s Re-education Camps
On the podcast: A Uighur journalist describes the plight of her relatives interned in Xinjiang.
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The Pentagon's innovation arm, the Defense Innovation Unit, is helping to modernize the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which provides command and control of air power throughout Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and 17 other countries. (Tech. Sgt. Joshua Strang/U.S. Air Force) Why the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Need to Get on the Same Page
An interview with the new head of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, pose with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, on the top of Mount Paektu on Sept. 20. (Photo by Pyeongyang Press Corps/Pool/Getty Images) Washington Scrambles to Slow Seoul’s Roll
The United States is worried North Korea will pocket goodies from its southern neighbor without giving up its nukes.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave an event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images) China Is in Denial on Trade
With few good options for responding to a trade war, Xi is banking on simply outlasting Trump.
