Category: China Ban

Riley Walters: Chinese Tech Companies Getting ‘The Heavy Hand’ From Beijing

The Chinese Communist Party is reining in its tech companies. But is it for control, finance, or politics? We speak with Riley Walters, deputy director of the Japan Chair at the Hudson Institute. He is an expert on macroeconomics. We learn more about the reason why Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his government would want…


Taiwan Urges People to Eat More Pineapples After China Ban

TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers on Friday, saying Taiwan had been “ambushed” by a ban on the fruit by neighboring long-time rival China which claims the island as its own. China said on Friday that starting in March it would suspend imports of pineapples from sub-tropical…