As its oil runs out, communist Cuba is turning to capitalists

As its oil runs out, communist Cuba is turning to capitalists

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — To Fidel Castro and Cuba’s communist elite, private businesses were totems of capitalist evil. Now, with the country running out of food and fuel, the regime on the brink and anger spreading in the streets, it’s those private businesses — run by once-persecuted, small-scale capitalists — that hold the key to salvaging … Read more

News Analysis: Trump spent two days with Xi in Beijing. Was he outplayed?

News Analysis: Trump spent two days with Xi in Beijing. Was he outplayed?

HONG KONG — As President Trump left Beijing on Friday, Chinese social media resurfaced a familiar nickname for the president — flattering at first glance — declaring that Chuan Jianguo, the “Nation Builder,” had returned. It was not meant as a compliment. The nation he is building, according to the Chinese, is not the United States but … Read more