Jessica Meyers

President Trump signs Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports in the Oval Office on March 8, 2018.

Trump wants to punish China on trade, but his latest tariffs strike Asian allies

August 22, 2019 at 8:05 a.m.

President Trump has repeatedly singled out China for the kind of unfair trade he aimed to curb Thursday when smacking tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. But in the fallout,...

In this undated photo distributed on Friday, April 14, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches a military drill at an undisclosed location. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo, distributed via the Korean Central News Agency and the Korea News Service.

North Korea defiantly attempts another missile test, but launch ends in failure

August 22, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

North Korea attempted a new missile launch from an eastern city on the Sea of Japan early Sunday, but the operation ended in failure shortly after launch, U.S. and South...

Vietnamese grocery stores like this one in Ho Chi Minh City are stocked with chili sauces.

Born in America, Sriracha sauce tries its luck in Vietnam

August 22, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

Nguyen Linh's mother blames her daughter for an addiction that started seven years ago. The older woman, on a visit to Nguyen's home in Washington, couldn't get enough of that...

Tillerson wraps up Asia trip on hopeful note, but uncertainties over North Korea remain

August 22, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson capped his Asia trip Sunday on a note of collaboration as leaders tried to reset the tense, uncertain relationship between China and the new Trump...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi reach to shake hands at the end of a joint press conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 18, 2017.

China urges U.S. to be ‘cool-headed’ as it seeks to check North Korea

August 22, 2019 at 3:37 a.m.

China on Saturday dismissed U.S. efforts to adopt a a stronger stance toward North Korea, testing the progress Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hopes to achieve in Beijing on the...

A car-straddling bus shown on the streets of Qinhuangdao, China, in December 2016.

A bus that straddled traffic was supposed to solve this Chinese city’s traffic woes. What could go wrong?

June 6, 2018 at 1:17 p.m.

The contraption straddles half of a four-lane road. Arctic blue and nearly a quarter the length of a football field, the bus-train hybrid looks like a prop built for a...

This file photo taken on November 10, 2016 shows a newspaper featuring a photo of President-elect Donald Trump at a news stand in Beijing.

Chinese state media slams Trump for his latest Taiwan comments

August 22, 2019 at 2:19 a.m.

Chinese state media criticized President-elect Donald Trump on Monday after he hinted his administration might toss aside four decades of U.S. policy and not consider Taiwan part of one, united...

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the government palace in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 21, 2016.

Trump’s election has China’s former critics looking to it to defend globalization — willingly or not

August 22, 2019 at 2:05 a.m.

Just months ago, world leaders were fretting over the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. The country's government oversaw the worst crackdown on dissent in nearly three decades. The...

How a professor in China predicted Trump’s victory more accurately than most U.S. pollsters

August 22, 2019 at 1:56 a.m.

Most U.S. forecasters missed the tsunami of alienation and anger that propelled Donald Trump to the presidency. A teacher in southern China nailed it. Chen Dingding, an international relations professor...

Strapped homeowners turn to rentals

August 22, 2021 at 9:14 a.m.

More than the stone angel in the front lawn or the framed portraits above the stairway, the lavender-hued bedroom is the real tip-off. This Garland, Texas, two-story house is no...

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