Deepening its anti-espionage campaign, Beijing is pointing the finger at the CIA again over alleged spy recruitment.
China’s “underwhelming” interest rate cut struggles to reignite subdued economic sentiment.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping ventures out of China for just the second time this year. He’s headed for a summit in South Africa, and is expected to top the in-person VIP list, with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin sitting this one out.
The Taiwanese vice president is walking a diplomatic tightrope. Did his tension-filled U.S. trip pay off? Experts argue China’s responding military drills brought more “thunder than rain.”
Topics in this episode:
- China Accuses CIA of More Alleged Spy Recruitment
- China Stimulus Measures Weaker-Than-Expected
- China Holds Drills near Taiwan; Response to VP’s U.S. Trip
- U.S. Trip Pays Off for Taiwan VP? China Drills More “Thunder Than Rain”: Experts
- “Fruit Diplomacy”: China Bans Taiwanese Mango Imports
- Taiwan Proposes Record Defense Budget
- Chinese Leader to Attend Summit in South Africa
- China: U.S., Japan, S. Korea “Smeared” Beijing
- The Value of Classical Chinese Dance
- U.S. Must Work with Africa to Challenge China: Tom