John Ruwitch
John Ruwitch is a correspondent with NPR's international desk. He covers Chinese affairs.
Ruwitch joined NPR 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 NPR 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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President Trump's steep tariffs took effect at midnight, those tariffs are hitting China, the U.S.' third largest trade partner, the hardest, and Trump gets help from the Supreme Court to reshape the federal workforce.
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President Trump says the U.S. will add another 50% tariff to Chinese imports, making collective tariffs over 100% on the Asian country's imports. What does this mean for U.S.-Chinese relations and the international trading order?
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Trump said on Truth Social he would impose the new tariffs on China if Beijing did not retract a 34% retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods that it announced in response to Trump's initial salvo last Wednesday. -
Shares dropped around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. Trump has defended the tariffs: "You have to take medicine to fix something." -
Vietnam is actively seeking to negotiate a reduction in the high tariff rate imposed by the Trump Administration. -
Analysts say the escalating trade tensions between the U.S and China will make a near-term deal to end the trade war "highly unlikely". -
Global markets and political leaders from much of the world have been reacting to President Trump's sweeping tariffs.
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China launched major military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, simulating attacks and maritime blockades, in what Beijing called a warning after Taiwan's president labeled China a hostile foreign force. -
When President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on China during his first term, few countries benefitted like China's neighbor to the south, Vietnam. Its economy is now booming.
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One of China's most famous poets, who some call the country's Emily Dickenson, is breaking new boundaries by taking to the stage to dance.
