TAIWAN – Reactions to former President Trump’s blunt statements regarding what he sees as an imbalance in bearing the cost of defending the Republic of China (Taiwan’s official name) were mixed, with some expressing varying degrees of agreement and others pointing out that Taiwan is still waiting for some $19 billion worth of already-purchased American...
A mainstay of Chinese restaurants across the United States, General Tso’s chicken is a popular takeout dish. It typically consists of fried pieces of chicken that are tossed in a sauce that is both sweet and spicy. But where did it come from? Is it eaten in China? Just who was “General Tso,” if he...
China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said Sunday. The Philippines occupies Second Thomas Shoal but China also claims it, and increasingly hostile clashes at sea have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the...
Chef Joyce Chen wore many titles in a life worthy of a novel. Wartime survivor. Immigrant. Mother. Entrepreneur. Inventor. American. Born in Beijing and raised in Shanghai, Chen most notably popularized Chinese food in the United States with her innovative Cambridge, Massachusetts, restaurants, cookbook, PBS cooking show, supermarket sauces and oils and patented cookware and...
Taiwan sent navy vessels out to sea and conducted take-off and landing exercises on Monday, July 22, at the start of the annual Han Kuang war games, which this year aim to be as close as possible to actual combat with no script and simulating how to repel a Chinese attack. China, which views democratically...
Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and flooding. A similar number are missing in the southwest after dozens of houses were destroyed by storms. The official Xinhua News Agency said five...
The Republican National Convention this week will make clear to all Americans what is at stake in our upcoming presidential election. Following the wicked assassination attempt in Pennsylvania only a few days ago, President Trump will have an opportunity to show true leadership and present the American people with a choice between two wholly different...
Some in the media, who may not fully understand the power structure of the Islamic Regime of Iran, got excitedabout the news of a new president-elect. They may not realize that this title is one of the most meaningless in Iran’s hierarchy. Masoud Pezeshkian, whom some call the reformist president for change, has the supreme...
The assassination attempt on presidential hopeful Donald Trump over the weekend grabbed global attention as leaders, diplomats and dignitaries alike expressed their shock over what many said was an attack on democracy. Questions have mounted regarding the Secret Service’s security failures and conspiracy theories have already begun to circulate across social media platforms – chaos...
President Joe Biden rightly argues that the world’s democracies are now pitted against a bloc of autocracies led by Beijing and Moscow. This strategic precept was the basis of the Pentagon’s NationalDefenseStrategy during my tenure. What we described then as Great Power Competition has evolved into outright conflict in Ukraine and increasing Chinese belligerence in...
