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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, chats with former President Jiang Zemin during the closing ceremony for the 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 24, 2017. With his death, Jiang leaves behind a very different China than the one he tried to shape. Now it’s Xi Jinping’s nation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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Analysis: Under Jiang, China projected a more open image
By TED ANTHONY - AP National Writer
Wed,11/30/22-11:07PM , 514 Reads
He grinned, and — just eight years after the crackdown on democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square — the spectacle of China's ruler beaming and glad-handing people in the very heart of capitalism seemed at once charming and really, really odd.
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Umpire crew chief Todd Tichenor announces the outcome of a play review during a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Miami Marlins in Pittsburgh, Saturday, July 23, 2022. The notion of hearing a mic'd-up ump's voice explaining something feels oddly revolutionary, even after nearly an entire season of hearing it off and on. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Beyond the grunt: Umpires mic up, and baseball changes a bit
By TED ANTHONY - AP National Writer
Tue,10/04/22-2:09PM , 497 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — After a century and a half of Major League Baseball — after generations of grunts and growls, of muffled shouts and dramatic arm gestures and a cultivated sense of remoteness — something quietly extraordinary happened to the national pastime this year: The umpires began talking to the world.
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Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa Al-Kadhimi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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At UN, a fleeting opportunity to tell their nations' stories
By TED ANTHONY - AP National Writer
Mon,09/26/22-11:03PM , 647 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan's new prime minister stepped onto the U.N.
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Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi acknowledges the audience applause after addressing the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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China on Taiwan: 'External interference' won't be tolerated
By TED ANTHONY - AP National Writer
Sat,09/24/22-11:47AM , 327 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China underscored its commitment Saturday to its claim on Taiwan, telling assembled world leaders that anyone who gets in the way of its determination to reunify with the self-governing island would be “crushed by the wheels of history.”
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