Democrats Are Still Trying to Figure Out How to Talk About Taiwan—and China
Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Cori Bush (Mo.), pictured here opposing the construction of an oil pipeline in Minnesota, are two Democrats who have met with the Taiwanese representative to the United States.Stephen Maturen/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Taiwanese President…
Gen. Milley Defends China Calls, Says He Was “Not Qualified” to Determine Trump’s Mental Health
Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Gen. Mark Milley, speaking before Congress in a Tuesday hearing about Afghanistan, shed light on his much-reported calls with his Chinese counterpart before and after the 2020 election. Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs…
It Took Approximately Zero Seconds for Hawks to Make the Afghanistan Withdrawal About China
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Over the past two weeks, virtually every national security expert has found a way to weigh in on the United States’ chaotic departure from Afghanistan. But at a time when the foreign policy conversation in…
With Anti-Asian Attacks on the Rise, Democrats Need to Figure Out How to Talk About China
Pat Mazzera/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Roughly three months ago, Evanna Hu realized something had to change. For months, she and other Asian Americans working in the national security field had heard a startling number…
Finally, Some More Science Might Explain Those Mysterious “Microwave Attacks” on US Diplomats
The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba on December 18, 2018.Emily Michot/TNS via ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A team of experts advising the government have partially explained the so-called Havana syndrome, the mysterious neurological…
How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica‘s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Jacobi Niv had paid…