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A former U.S. ambassador to China claimed on Wednesday that the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and the Hong Kong protests of 2019 “went too far,” while also denying that China is engaged in a genocide of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province. Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, who served as U.S. envoy to China from 1991 to …

Director Judd Apatow slammed the U.S. film industry on Tuesday for what he termed the “censorship” of stories that highlight human rights abuses in China and other nations. Apatow, a director of comedies including Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, made his comments after Disney released a live-action remake of Mulan that included scenes filmed …

National security regulators are reviewing a proposal that would leave ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, with a majority ownership stake in the short-form social media app. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or Cfius, reviewed the deal that includes California- based tech firm Oracle’s bid to …

The World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. broke international trading rules by imposing levies on more than $200 billion of Chinese goods two years ago when President Trump’s trade war with China began. The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by China in 2018, which claimed the U.S. violated WTO …

Michelle Obama reflected on the “heartbreaking” time when her brother, Craig Robinson, was accused of stealing his own bicycle by the Chicago police when he was about 10 years old. The former first lady, 56, invited Craig, now 58, and their mother Marian Robinson, 83, onto the Michelle Obama Podcast, where the trio spoke about …

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Wednesday said the US was in a “deep review process” of a deal Oracle struck with the popular video-sharing app TikTok’s Chinese parent company. Kudlow says “security and ownership” were important to President Trump in the review process. Earlier Wednesday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the …

Cardi B has changed her mind. In the “WAP” rapper’s initial divorce petition, filed Tuesday and obtained by Page Six, Cardi requested legal and primary physical custody of Kulture, her 2-year-old daughter with Offset. She also requested child support from the Migos rapper; however, on Wednesday, she and her attorneys filed an amended petition that …

Ongoing developments have exposed a new strain of political ball game: technology. In a sign of building tensions between the two major powerhouses in this regard, the US ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, announced today he is stepping down from his position. Although there are many potential causes for this, the US pressure in the …

Allen Robinson wasn’t just redecorating his social media pages. The star wide receiver removed any mention of the Bears on his Twitter and Instagram accounts and has asked the team about a potential trade, according to The Chicago Tribune, as he continues to wait on a new contract. The 6-foot-2 Robinson is in the final …

There’s nothing like a crisp, nonalcoholic beer to get through the school day. Kristen Bell revealed that she caught her daughters, Lincoln, 7, and Delta, 5, drinking their dad Dax Shepard’s O’Doul’s while taking a break from remote learning. “They have 15-minute breaks where they’re allowed to jump around and grab a snack and wiggle …