China

Ambassador Geeta Pasi concludes her tenure in the first-of-its-kind position at ISU this semester, and gave her final remarks last week in a public presentation.

Retaliatory tariffs by China could hurt McLean County more than most counties in the U.S. and more than all but one other county in Illinois.

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is urging the Biden administration to blacklist Chinese electric battery manufacturer Gotion for human rights violations.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider ethical standards such as mandated financial disclosure reports for justices. Congress passed those rules for all other federal judges last year.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Donald McHenry urged the nation to get its domestic house in order during addresses this week at Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State universities, as part of the Adlai Stevenson lecture series.

The Schaumburg Democrat joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other federal lawmakers on this trip in the hopes of strengthening ties with the nation.

Illinois’ two senators are calling on the USDA to rework its massive trade aid program to fix what they see as inequities and a lack of transparency into…

The Chinese consul general in Chicago said talks to end the trade war are at a critical point. During a speech at Illinois State University, Zhao Jian…

This is the first in a four-part series about how the USDA’s trade relief payments are playing out in Central Illinois. It was produced by WGLT and…

All around Doug Schroeder's farm in Bellflower in southeastern McLean County, there are remnants of a more profitable time.There’s a 10,000-square-foot…