Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China purchasing Russian oil and the impact of President Donald Trump withdrawing the U.S. from UNESCO.

The U.S. is leaving UNESCO again, just two years after rejoining—raising concerns about global cooperation and China’s ...

China is poised to expand its influence within UNESCO and the broader UN as the Trump administration once again retreats from ...

The United States is permanent member of the U.N. Security Council and a UNESCO founding member. As such, it is free to rejoin UNESCO at any time. The U.S. has provided 22% of the agency’s funding.

Returning to UNESCO is a waste of time and money, not an effective riposte to China. John Bolton was national security adviser to President Donald Trump, 2018-19, and US ambassador to the United ...

Peng Liyuan, UNESCO special envoy for the promotion of girls' and women's education, attends a meeting with Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO's director-general, in Paris, March 26, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] When ...

The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO will deal a blow to its work preserving cultural heritage ...

Today, though, China donates more money and sends more delegates to the international body than any other country. Many of the sites ratified by UNESCO, such as the Great Wall, are well known.

UNESCO, which stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, "continues to acknowledge China as a protector of Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz heritage in the Uyghur region ...