10 Reasons Why We Should Oppose John Bolton

Medea Benjamin / Truthdig Mar 29, 2018 He is a warmonger, and his appointment to be Donald Trump's national security adviser presents a threat to global security. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S.-China-North Korea Tensions Increase Threat of Global Nuclear War

By Mel Gurtov Jul 6, 2017 A potentially catastrophic endgame is playing out between bellicose North Korea and the pugnacious U.S. regime. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Goodbye Pacific Pivot, Hello Pacific Retreat

By John Feffer / TomDispatch Jun 3, 2017 Who will take America’s place in Asia? Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Hello China

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Dec 8, 2016 Dig deeper

Exclusive Audio: Trump Phone Calls! (Video)

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The Fake News That Will Take Us to War With China (Video)

By John Pilger / The New Internationalist Dec 5, 2016 A major, underreported U.S. military buildup for the purpose of confronting China -- a campaign that involves nuclear weapons -- is underway in Asia and the Pacific. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

China to Meet With Taiwan to Discuss Political Issues

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China and Its Challenges

William Pfaff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2014 China may be said to confront four current categories of challenge, with a possible return to horrors past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Science Shows Animals Have Feelings Too

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 Research demonstrates that dogs, cats and others release the same hormone that humans do when they're in love; a blond man once convinced British intellectuals he was Asian and had been kidnapped from Taiwan; to deal with the climate crisis, we have to change our way of thinking. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Two Chinas Meet for the First Time Since 1949

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 The China that has its capital in Beijing has been at odds with the China that has its capital in Taipei since Mao Zedong and his Communist army chased the nationalist Kuomintang across the Taiwan Strait in 1949. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Green Energy Is Remaking Africa and Asia

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 A significant part of the population of Africa and Asia at present has no access to electricity, and in some countries those deprived amount to as much as 80 percent of the population. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Bird Flu Reported in Taiwanese Woman

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 Sources in Taiwan say that a previously unseen variant of avian influenza infected a 20-year-old woman in that country in the first recorded case of an H6N1 virus infecting and causing disease in a human. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )