Greg Baker / AFP via Getty Images US Targets Chinese Programs Possibly Spreading Propaganda in American Schools The Trump administration announced the designation of the Confucius Institute as a foreign mission of the Chinese Communist Party. By The Associated Press August 14, 2020
Fabrice Coffrini / Pool / AFP via Getty Images WHO Urges People To Not Fear Being Infected with COVID from Food Packaging 'There is no evidence that food or the food chain is participating in transmission of this virus. And people should feel comfortable and safe.' By Johnathan Jones August 13, 2020
Petr David Josek / Pool / AP Pompeo Champions Freedom in Eastern Europe, Warns of Russian and Chinese Threats Secretary of State Mike Pompeo started a tour of Eastern Europe in the Czech Republic, urging young democracies to defend their freedoms. By The Associated Press August 12, 2020
Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images Trump Warns of What China Will Do if Biden Wins in November President Trump warned Americans might be speaking Chinese if former Vice President Joe Biden wins the November election. By Johnathan Jones August 11, 2020
Alex Wong / Getty ImagesCommentary The NBA's 'In Big Trouble': Trump Rips the NBA for Bowing to China While They Protest the US 'So, I think that the NBA's in trouble, I think it's in big trouble, bigger trouble than they understand,' Trump said. By Michael Austin August 11, 2020
Vernon Yuen / AFP via Getty Images Using New Communist Law, Hong Kong Arrested Pro-Democracy Publisher Who Was Critical of Beijing China is cracking down on democracy in Hong Kong with the arrest of a strong pro-democracy advocate. By Jack Davis August 11, 2020
Hector Retamal / AFP via Getty Images 'Targeted as a Scapegoat': Wuhan Lab Denies Reports of Original Virus Leak Officials at a laboratory in Wuhan, China, denied that the coronavirus originated in the lab. By Chris White August 10, 2020
Jim Lo Scalzo / Pool / Getty ImagesCommentary Pompeo Drops Bombshell, Calls Out China and Its WHO Pals for Covering Up a Major Coronavirus Fact The secretary of state said 'the World Health Organization itself was co-opted' into China's cover-up early in the COVID-19 outbreak. By C. Douglas Golden August 10, 2020
Tom Williams / Pool / Getty Images China Issues Sanctions Against 6 Republican Lawmakers 'Retaliate all you want. I’m not backing down,' one senator said. By Jack Davis August 10, 2020
Pei Chen / Pool / AFP via Getty Images Trump Administration Ignores Objections from China, Holds Historic Meeting 'China has made stern representations with the US side both in Beijing and in Washington.' By Andrew Trunsky August 10, 2020