Emily Feng
Stories
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Western sanctions are holding Syria back from rebuilding, locals say
Western countries have imposed layers of crippling sanctions on Syria for decades. Syrians say the sanctions are impeding any hope of rebuilding a country shattered by civil war.
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Clearing Syria of unexploded munitions from the civil war
During a brutal 14-year civil war, Syria's ousted regime dropped hundreds of thousands of bombs and munitions on its own civilians. Now Syria faces the challenge of clearing the unexploded munitions.
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The U.S. resumes hundreds of millions in security aid to Taiwan, annoying China
The U.S. has unfrozen millions in security assistance for Taiwan, with an eye toward China.
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Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules
Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement, a judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.
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Political scientists seeing parallels between China and the U.S.
American political scientists and historians who study other countries - especially China - say they see more parallels today between their area of study and their own country.
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What is the U.S. Institute of Peace and why is Trump trying to shut it down?
Founded during the Cold War to project American soft power and foreign policy expertise, the federally-funded nonprofit think tank is now in the White House's crosshairs
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A look back at Voice of America, as the Trump administration shutters the broadcaster
The Trump administration is gutting an agency that funds Voice of America. For decades, the broadcaster reached audiences in countries that often offered no other free media -- including China.
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China releases staff of an American due diligence firm in move to woo investors
The release of the employees from the firm, the Mintz Group, comes as China is trying to woo back foreign investors to help revive its sagging economy.
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Trump administration dismantling public diplomacy institutions built up since WWII
The U.S. built up a network of institutions supporting public diplomacy and scholarship after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. The Trump administration is dismantling these institutions.
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Protesters rally against Trump policies across the U.S.
Many thousands of people turned out today to protest President Trump's policies at rallies across the nation.
