LIMA (Reuters) - Peru and Washington are in the final stages of talks on a deal to promote American investments in the South American country as part of a U.S. initiative to counter Chinese influence in the region, a Peruvian diplomat told Reuters.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday U.S. military ships and aircraft would not be allowed to visit Hong Kong, and also announced sanctions against several U.S. non-government organizations for encouraging protesters to "engage in extremist, violent and criminal acts."
You see it in the maps. In 2015, 1.4 million Hong Kongers voted in elections in which pro-Beijing candidates swept the city's 18 district councils. Last week 2.9 million Hong Kongers voted and pro-democracy candidates won every district but one. That is an increase in turnout of more than 100 percent and a stunning rebuke both of Beijing and of chief executive Carrie Lam, who has failed to respond adequately to the demands of the pro-democracy movement that has disrupted Hong Kong for the past six months. Maps of the city once shaded pro-mainland blue are now pro-liberty yellow.
Iran, China, and Russia will hold in the coming weeks their first-ever joint war drills that leaders say are meant to send a “message to the world” about increased military cooperation between the rogue countries.
A lawmaker on the House Armed Services Committee is pressing Facebook to explain why it banned advertisements from a conservative-leaning newspaper that has been known to investigate Chinese human rights abuses, according to a copy of a letter sent to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Officials from three agencies gave a classified briefing to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance about Hunter Biden's business dealings with state-backed Chinese firms, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
As the NBA season tips off in the midst of controversy, former basketball star and reserve police officer Shaquille O'Neal stood up for free speech and Houston Rockets assistant general manager Daryl Morey.
A top Senate Democrat complimented President Donald Trump for confronting China over its trade practices and criticized American companies for sacrificing "their values" to appease the communist regime.
The Trump administration issued new restrictions on the actions Chinese government diplomats are permitted to take in the United States, a move that comes in response to the communist government blocking American personnel stationed in Beijing from meeting with key assets, according to U.S. officials.
Arizona Senate candidate Mark Kelly (D.) has been publicly silent about Chinese censorship, while a prominent investor in a company that Kelly cofounded temporarily banned NBA streaming in China.
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru and Washington are in the final stages of talks on a deal to promote American investments in the South American country as part of a U.S. initiative to counter Chinese influence in the region, a Peruvian diplomat told Reuters. 
