Doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry gets 2½ years in prison
A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the Friends star’s overdose death was sentenced to 2½...
Why peeling back layers of strategic ambiguity will only hurt Japan
Putting aside the ongoing war of words between Beijing and Tokyo surrounding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statements on Taiwan last month, there is...
Federal Ruling Blocks Trump’s Medicaid Funding Cut to Planned Parenthood in 22 States
A federal judge on Dec. 2 prevented enforcement of a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the president’s major tax and domestic...
Bessent calls Beijing an ‘ally’ after Trump signs bill on ties with Taiwan
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday described the United States as an ally to both mainland China and Taiwan, while at the same...
China unlikely to aid Maduro if US acts, but may benefit from fallout: analysts
Beijing is unlikely to offer military help to Venezuela if the United States moves against President Nicolas Maduro, analysts say, but it could still...
Macron Begins China Tour as Tensions Over Ukraine War, Trade Persist
French President Emmanuel Macron has landed in Beijing to start a three-day state visit, where trade and the war in Ukraine are set to...
The Central Military Commission issues a weird document.Xi’s power is facing serious challenges.
China Insights delivers sharp, data-driven analysis of China’s politics, economy, and society. We connect the dots behind breaking headlines — from Beijing’s power shifts...
Republican Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee Special Election
NASHVILLE—Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District seat on Dec. 2. The former state commissioner and Army...
Trump Lays Out Efforts to Address Affordability: ‘I Inherited the Worst Inflation in History’
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 2 at the White House during which he defended his administration’s efforts to address the...