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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Beijing Tuesday, where he is expected to highlight U.S. concerns that the recent growth of China's military could affect the balance of power in Asia. Washington is also concerned about China's enormous trade surplus with the United States. In the second of a four-part series, we look at the economic issues' impact.

In the final installment of our four-part series on China-U.S. relations, Mike Shuster explores China's diplomatic role in the world. The United States has encouraged Chinese involvement with international issues like North Korea's nuclear weapons. But now, diplomacy has become another area where the U.S. and China are competitors.

President Biden is traveling to Japan and South Korea this week — his first trip to Asia since taking office. Like presidents before him, he's seeking to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia.

Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post, talks about his book Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War.

Author Michael Chorost discusses his new book, Rebuilt. It's the story of how he became deaf and received a computer-chip implant to help him regain his hearing. Adjusting to the cochlear implant wasn't easy — there was much work to do before he could recognize everyday sounds again.

In a new report, GLAAD found that 84% of LGBTQ adults said not enough protections are on social media to prevent discrimination, harassment or disinformation.

A law barring information from being released in crimes for which no one has been convicted comes under focus in the Uvalde school shootings.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek says the company will pledge five million dollars to groups "working to protect" LGBTQ+ rights. The Human Rights Campaign says it won't take Disney's money.

The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says there was no release of radioactive material after a projectile hit a building at the plant facility.

Workers at the Hershey Chocolate factory in Stuarts Draft are now filling out mail-in ballots to determine whether or not they'll unionize. Meanwhile, the union has filed charges of unfair labor practices against the plant. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.