EVERETT, WA— On Saturday, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will host a forum on gun violence and school safety. The public event will include student speakers, Snohomish County Sheriff Office Captain Scott Parker, University of Washington School of Public Health Professor Frederick Rivara and Snohomish County NAACP Criminal Justice Chair Riall Johnson.
The event follows the tragic school… Read more »
China is the midst of several megaprojects that will transform its cities.
Over the next decade, China plans to encourage 250 million people (29 times New York City's population) to move into the country's growing megacities. To cope with that huge migration, the country has invested tens of billions of dollars in giant infrastructure projects.
This month, China will open its most… Read more »
— White House officials moved quickly on Wednesday to calm fears of a potential trade war with China, saying the administration's proposed tariffs were a “threat” that would ultimately help, not hurt, the U.S. economy, hours after China said it would punish American products with similar levies.
The administration's insistence that a trade war was not imminent came… Read more »
RONGCHENG, CHINA — Rongcheng was built for the future. Its broad streets and suburban communities were constructed with an eye to future expansion, as the city sprawls on the eastern tip of China's Shandong province overlooking the Yellow Sea. Colorful billboards depicting swans bank on the birds — one of the city's tourist attractions — returning there every winter to… Read more »
China's government is responding to the latest tariffs levied by the Trump administration with its own set of tariffs targeting American soybeans, cars and other exports.
The Washington Post reports that Beijing announced a plan Wednesday to implement 25 percent tariffs on imports of U.S. soybeans, airplanes and automobiles in a package that totals about $50 billion of U.S. goods.
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The wife of a detained Chinese lawyer has begun a march of more than 100km (62 miles) to try to find answers about his fate.
Li Wenzu is walking from Beijing to Tianjin, where she thinks Wang Quanzhang may be being held.
She told the BBC she had heard nothing since his arrest 1,000 days ago and did not even know if he was still alive.
Mr Wang was held in August 2015 during a… Read more »
After reading the fine print on China's proposed aircraft tariffs, Boeing Co. investors on Wednesday grew less alarmed about the prospect of a trade war.
The threatened 25 percent levy, which is based on an aircraft's weight, targets a generation of Boeing's 737 jetliners that are nearing the end of their production run. All but one model of Boeing's newer 737 Max family would be… Read more »
The United States should be aware of the close military ties between Beijing and Moscow, China's defence minister said during a visit to Russia, which has been facing international isolation over the killing of a former spy in Britain.
In talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, Wei said he wanted it made clear that his visit was a signal to “let the Americans know… Read more »
Boeing, the biggest U.S. exporter, suffered a setback in China after the country proposed an additional 25 percent tariff on U.S. aircraft in a retaliatory move, giving rival Airbus SE a leg-up in a market set to become the world's biggest.
In a tit-for-tat response to tariffs by President Donald Trump, China announced the planned levy on aircraft weighing between 15,000 kilograms… Read more »
Boeing Co. BA +1.95% said Wednesday it would engage in talks with the U.S. and China in an effort to prevent their trade spat from harming the global aerospace industry.
Proposed tariffs on imports of Boeing Co. jets to China would catch a sliver of the aerospace giant's products, but investors on Wednesday continued to dump the stock amid concerns about a broader global trade war.
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