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China imposes sanctions on Mike Pompeo, other Trump administration officials for violating 'sovereignty'
• 4 years agoPompeo and the others had 'planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves and seriously disrupted China-US relations,' said the Chinese foreign ministry
'Worst job ever I've ever had': In Trumpworld, the grown-ups in the room all left, and got book deals
• 5 years agoTrump is universally presented in the memoirs as a flamboyantly mean and intemperately indiscreet boss
No guarantee Donald Trump backs India against China if border tensions escalate, says John Bolton
• 5 years agoJohn Bolton said he does not think Donald Trump knows anything about the history of these clashes between India and China.
Books of the week: From Perumal Murugan's Rising Heat to John Bolton’s The Room Where It Happened, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal • 5 years agoOur weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
After initial tranche of four outlets in February, US designates four more Chinese news organisations as foreign missions
• 5 years agoThe Donald Trump administration announced on Monday that it was designating four more Chinese State-run media organisations that have operations in the United States as foreign missions, in a new round of restrictions likely to lead to some form of retaliation from China
On flawed North Korea and Iran policies, John Bolton's new book blames 'the split between Trump and Trump'
• 5 years agoPresident Donald Trump knew exactly what he was getting when he hired John Bolton in the spring of 2018 to be his national security advisor: An uber-hawk who made no secret of his belief that Iran and North Korea could be driven over the brink by extreme sanctions
The biggest obstacle to America's China policy is Donald Trump, claims John Bolton in scathing new memoir
• 5 years agoAs national security officials and some trade advisors in the Donald Trump administration tried crafting get-tough-on-China policies to address what they viewed as America’s greatest foreign policy challenge, they ran into opposition from an unexpected quarter
John Bolton's book says Donald Trump's offenses went beyond Ukraine; claims US president begged for China's help in re-election
• 5 years agoIn his new book, John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, describes instances when the president sought to halt criminal inquiries. He also says President Trump’s loyalists mocked him behind his back.
Donald Trump administration takes steps to stop release of former NSA John Bolton's book, claims it contains 'classified information'
• 5 years agoThe Trump administration has sued former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information.
‘Everyone is tired of war’: Trump to meet Taliban leaders; deal will send ‘wrong signal to America’s enemies’, say critics
• 5 years agoUS President Donald Trump said he would be personally meeting leaders of the Taliban in the near future and rejected criticism of a deal that the United States signed with Taliban insurgents