Suffice it to say, author Gordon Chang has been around the block on the topic of China. His books include Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America, The Coming Collapse of China, China is Going to War, and The Great U.S.-China Tech War, among...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:15:55 +0000My wife and I just finished the two-hour, movie-quality finale of Taylor Sheridan’s 1923, one of two “prequel” series to the entertainment juggernaut that was Yellowstone. We loved Yellowstone and appreciated the earlier prequel, 1883, but have had a more troubled...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:13:29 +0000The United States Senate, by a vote of 54-45, confirmed Elbridge Colby as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. This means that the number three official at the Pentagon will be what one report described as a “hard-nosed realist” who...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:13:27 +0000The Left’s vision of heaven is everyone else’s idea of hell. This is the conclusion that can be drawn from last weekend’s “Hands Off” rally and the Left’s hands-on approach in the locales they have governed over the last few...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:05:28 +0000Tariffs have dominated the news since Trump’s announcement of “reciprocal” tariffs in the Rose Garden. Over the subsequent week, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell roughly 12 percent, and then mostly recovered yesterday in the single biggest one-day rally in...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:05:26 +0000On Wednesday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs — with the notable exception of the People’s Republic of China. In so strikingly singling out China as the focus of America’s...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:05:24 +0000We’re going to go a little light with this edition of the 5QT, because I think we need it. And I’m renewing my commitment to make the five things actually quick. So what follows is an expression of that, and...
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:05:22 +0000“New Trade Order,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator on April 10, 2025.
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:57:40 +0000While countries worldwide begin to negotiate to end President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, China’s tariff retaliation resulted in Trump pushing additional tariffs on the country. (READ MORE: Trumping China) In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott...
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:07:07 +0000The last month that the U.S. enjoyed a trade surplus with China, “Rock Me Amadeus” topped the Billboard Hot 100, Geraldo Rivera found some empty bottles in Al Capone’s vault, and Halley’s Comet passed by the planet. Yes, a ledger...
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