It can be lonely at the top. And that’s just how China’s leader likes it

Last week Beijing’s deputy mayor was meeting with Walmart CEO John Furner and encouraging American companies to invest in China. Now he has vanished from public life, the latest to be swept up in an anti-corruption purge that has ensnared a galaxy of China’s talent: a former top judge,

CNN anchor laughs after Chinese officials raise concerns over Trump press ban

A CNN anchor couldn’t hold back her laughter after learning that an unlikely group was alarmed by President Donald Trump’s war on the press. Dana Bash chuckled after correspondent Alayna Treene revealed that even Chinese officials are troubled by Trump’s decision to ban CNN,

Trump White House Bars CNN & MS Now From Covering Xi State Dinner

UPDATED with MS Now news: Shortly after CNN said that it was denied access to cover the arrivals at the White House State Dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping tonight, MS Now announced that it, too,
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Xi says China needs ‘indomitable fighting spirit,’ praises Tiananmen crackdown

Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on his country to show an “indomitable fighting spirit” in a bullish speech on Monday in which he also praised the ruling Communist Party’s decision to clamp down on the Tiananmen democracy ...

CNN Exposes Trump’s China Hypocrisy in Brutal Montage

CNN’s Abby Phillip has exposed Donald Trump’s hypocrisy with a brutal montage of him raging over others cozying up to Chinese President Xi Jinping—exactly as Trump just did. The montage included Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly referring to then-President Barack Obama hosting a state dinner for Jinping in 2015.
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Opinion: Don’t let America’s enemies use defamation lawsuits as proxy warfare

A lawsuit brought by Azerbaijan against CNN offers an early glimpse of what full-blown sovereign international lawfare in American courts could look like.
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CNN Report Says AI-Assisted Intelligence Nearly Triggered U.S. Action Against a Chinese Ship

A CNN report says an AI-assisted intelligence assessment incorrectly concluded that a Chinese vessel in the Middle East was carrying materials linked to a nuclear weapons program, nearly prompting U.S. military action. The report cites anonymous sources ...

‘There’s a hunger to express yourself’: A dispatch from China’s most fashionable city

Dubbed the “Paris of the East,” Shanghai has long been China’s “most dressed-up city,” according to its thriving community of creatives.