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Jake Werner

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Asia-Pacific

US-China trade war is on: Could it turn violent, and when?

The far bigger threat from Trump-China tariffs is a sharp escalation in ongoing security tensions that could easily turn into something else

Banning Chinese cars is dangerous and self-defeating
Asia-Pacific

Banning Chinese cars is dangerous and self-defeating

The Biden administration issued the new rule citing national security concerns without providing any evidence

Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability
Asia-Pacific

Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability

Washington and Beijing will have to do more than stand for photo-ops if they want to stave off the march toward conflict

This TikTok bill won't fix what is ailing American society
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This TikTok bill won't fix what is ailing American society

But it will unnecessarily exacerbate U.S.-China tensions, which are already nearing conflict

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Asia-Pacific

Yellen visits China amid worst economic tension in decades

Each side is blaming their own insecurity on the other and pursuing increasingly militarized efforts to fix it.