China and Russia veto UN resolution on protecting Hormuz shipping

    Updated April 8, 2026, 8:32 a.m. ET China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the measure biased against Iran, while Washington’s ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the U.S. in securing the waterway….

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      Pakistan and China brokered a fragile Iran ceasefire

      Updated April 8, 2026, 12:44 p.m. ET A knot of defiant nations − three of them talked off a geopolitical cliff’s edge at the eleventh hour.   As Israel, Iran and the United States stood on the precipice of escalating a volatile war,  China and Pakistan − with sharply different motives − emerged from the…

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        China cracks down on fentanyl networks after U.S. pressure

        March 19, 2026, 8:53 a.m. ET Beijing — China has arrested seven people and subjected 12 more to “criminal compulsory measures” in a campaign targeting traffickers in fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media said on Thursday, following pressure from the United States. China’s first wide-publication in years of legal action that has led to the arrests…

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          U.S. tech rivalry China | Opinion

          March 3, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET Recently, the head of antitrust for the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, Gail Slater, resigned from her post. Per reports, this stemmed in large part from tension with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who grew frustrated with Slater’s insistence on blocking a merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprises, or HPE, and…

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            Chinese President Xi Jinping writes to Iowa friends for New Year

            Feb. 18, 2026, 9:33 a.m. CT BEIJING ― Chinese President Xi Jinping said the desire of the Chinese and American peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change regardless of how bilateral relations evolve, in a reply to Iowa friends ahead of an expected meeting with President Donald Trump in April, according to Xinhua. “The hope of…

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              JD Vance suggests Olympic athlete Eileen Gu should compete for US

              Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 9:26 p.m. ET Vice President JD Vance suggested San Francisco-born skier Eileen Gu should be competing for the U.S. as the Stanford student accumulates medals representing China in the Olympics. “I certainly think that somebody who grew up in the United States of America, who benefited from our education system, from…

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                California man sentenced for acting as illegal Chinese agent

                Feb. 11, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET A Southern California man has been sentenced for covertly operating as a Chinese agent while serving as campaign advisor for a local city council candidate and carrying out orders that included monitoring Taiwan’s former president during her 2023 visit to the state. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills,…

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