John Rewich

persists in taking substantive actions that infringe upon China's interests, China will, quote, respond resolutely and stand firm to the end. John Ruich, NPR News, Beijing.

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I keep learning again and again that hope is the right response to the human condition. And I have to learn this over and over again because despair is an incredibly powerful force in my life.

I keep learning again and again that hope is the right response to the human condition. And I have to learn this over and over again because despair is an incredibly powerful force in my life.

In coordinated statements, government ministries laid out the details of China's retaliation, which sharply escalates the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. The finance ministry will impose a 34 percent tariff on all U.S. imports. That's the same rate that the Trump administration imposed on China during Wednesday's so-called Liberation Day global tariff blitz.

In coordinated statements, government ministries laid out the details of China's retaliation, which sharply escalates the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. The finance ministry will impose a 34 percent tariff on all U.S. imports. That's the same rate that the Trump administration imposed on China during Wednesday's so-called Liberation Day global tariff blitz.

China's tariffs take effect on April 10th. The Ministry of Commerce is adding 16 U.S. entities to an export control list and 11 to a so-called unreliable entities list, effectively blacklisting them. It also said it's imposing export controls on a handful of rare earth minerals, making it harder for American companies to buy them.

China's tariffs take effect on April 10th. The Ministry of Commerce is adding 16 U.S. entities to an export control list and 11 to a so-called unreliable entities list, effectively blacklisting them. It also said it's imposing export controls on a handful of rare earth minerals, making it harder for American companies to buy them.

And China's customs department is suspending farm product import qualifications for several American companies. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.

And China's customs department is suspending farm product import qualifications for several American companies. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.

The study relied on health records of people in their 70s and 80s who lived in Wales in the UK. It found that those who received a shingles vaccine were about 20% less likely than people who didn't to be diagnosed with dementia during a seven-year period. The finding adds to the evidence that viruses that affect the nervous system can increase the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

The study relied on health records of people in their 70s and 80s who lived in Wales in the UK. It found that those who received a shingles vaccine were about 20% less likely than people who didn't to be diagnosed with dementia during a seven-year period. The finding adds to the evidence that viruses that affect the nervous system can increase the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

Shingles is caused by a herpes virus that can remain dormant in nerve cells for decades before re-emerging when age or illness weakens the immune system. The same herpes virus also causes chickenpox. Researchers don't know why the vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia. John Hamilton, NPR News.

Shingles is caused by a herpes virus that can remain dormant in nerve cells for decades before re-emerging when age or illness weakens the immune system. The same herpes virus also causes chickenpox. Researchers don't know why the vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia. John Hamilton, NPR News.

China says the exercises were staged as a warning to Taiwan's leader and others on the self-governed island who it says are seeking independence. Beijing considers Taiwan an inseparable part of China. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de called China a foreign hostile force last month. China's military says the exercises practiced precision strikes, area denial, and blockades.

China says the exercises were staged as a warning to Taiwan's leader and others on the self-governed island who it says are seeking independence. Beijing considers Taiwan an inseparable part of China. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de called China a foreign hostile force last month. China's military says the exercises practiced precision strikes, area denial, and blockades.

It's the latest in a growing campaign of drills and other Chinese military activity around Taiwan, seen as intimidating the island. The Chinese military also separately conducted live-fire strike drills in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan.

It's the latest in a growing campaign of drills and other Chinese military activity around Taiwan, seen as intimidating the island. The Chinese military also separately conducted live-fire strike drills in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan.

The State Department said China's military exercises and rhetoric exacerbate tensions and put the region's security and the world's prosperity at risk. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.