John Ruwitch
John Ruwitch is a correspondent with ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's international desk. He covers Chinese affairs.
Ruwitch joined ½ûÂþÌìÌà in early 2020, and has since chronicled the tectonic shift in America's relations with China, from hopeful engagement to suspicion-fueled competition. He's also reported on a range of other issues, including Beijing's pressure campaign on Taiwan, Hong Kong's National Security Law, Asian-Americans considering guns for self-defense in the face of rising violence and a herd of elephants roaming in the Chinese countryside in search of a home.
Ruwitch joined ½ûÂþÌìÌà after more than 19 years with Reuters in Asia, the last eight of which were in Shanghai. There, he first covered a broad beat that took him as far afield as the China-North Korea border and the edge of the South China Sea. Later, he led a team that covered business and financial markets in the world's second biggest economy. Ruwitch has also had postings in Hanoi, Hong Kong and Beijing, reporting on anti-corruption campaigns, elite Communist politics, labor disputes, human rights, currency devaluations, earthquakes, snowstorms, Olympic badminton and everything in between.
Ruwitch studied history at U.C. Santa Cruz and got a master's in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard. He speaks Mandarin and Vietnamese.
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Development has brought many changes to Vietnam in the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War.
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Exporters, importers and recent government statistics all suggest that trade in both directions is slowing sharply as a result of the tariffs. Neither side appears willing to be seen giving ground. -
The four were part of a group known as the "Hong Kong 47," and were rounded up for taking part in an unofficial primary poll in 2020 that drew more than 600,000 people. -
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, one man embarks on a journey to a remote mountain in Laos where his father was last seen during a secret mission in the war. -
The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China. -
Google and the Justice Department will face off in the final stage of a landmark antitrust case that could force the company to spin off its Chrome browser business. -
The Trump administration's stiff tariffs on Chinese imports are prompting economists to lower their forecasts for economic growth in China. A trade fair in the city of Guangzhou is feeling the impact. -
Growth was driven partly by strong industrial activity and exports, before President Trump's punishing tariffs. Experts say these levies will hurt China's growth this year. -
China is calling new U.S. tariff exemptions for mobile phones and computers a "small step," but is urging the Trump administration to heed rational voices and abolish all reciprocal tariffs.
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China has retaliated with tariffs on U.S. goods after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports. And though it is avoiding further escalation, the Chinese government is projecting defiance.
