China in Focus (Aug. 20): Gas Leak at Chemical Plant in Sichuan

Speaker Pelosi Endorses Joe Kennedy in Race Against Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey

Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) scored a major endorsement in his bid to unseat longtime Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called on voters to choose Kennedy, in a video released by the Congressman’s campaign on Thursday. “Never before have the times demanded we elect courageous leaders as today. And that’s why I’m proud to endorse Joe Kennedy for Senate,” Pelosi said. “In 2018, when we took back the House, Joe campaigned across America to make that victory possible. He knows that to achieve progressive change, you must be on the front lines, leading movements of people. She did not mention Markey in the ad. Kennedy told supporters in a separate clip that he is “so grateful” to Pelosi for the endorsement. “I am honored, I am touched,…

Besides widespread flooding, China is facing other problems. An oil tanker collided with a cargo ship near Shanghai in East China, while a poisonous gas leak cause chaos inside a chemical plant in the Southwest. And an accident at a giant glass-bottomed slide in the northeast has added to the tragedy.

China鈥檚 wolf warrior diplomats are sending conciliatory messages to the United States and asking for U.S.-China cooperation, in stark contrast to their previous aggressive attitudes.

Chinese students who returned home after graduating overseas are now an important target for the Communist Party. Authorities are actively tracking their information.

And a media company is being investigated by U.S. authorities for defrauding donors. It is linked to former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon and one of the Chinese Communist Party’s most-wanted fugitives Guo Wengui.

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Focus News: China in Focus (Aug. 20): Gas Leak at Chemical Plant in Sichuan

Trump Laments Arrest of Bannon, Denounces Private Border Wall Project

He criticized the project as “showboating” efforts after the charges against the organizers were announced. “I know nothing about the project other than I didn’t like when I read about it … This is for government. This isn’t for private people. And it sounded to me