Category: Mike Pompeo

Pompeo Warns of US Sanctions Over Mass Arrests of Opposition Figures in Hong Kong

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened U.S. sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for the mass arrests of over 50 opposition figures in Hong Kong on Wednesday. “The United States will not stand idly by while the people of Hong Kong suffer under communist oppression,” said Pompeo in a Jan. 6 statement. He called on…


EXCLUSIVE: Sec. Mike Pompeo: China’s Communist Party Is ‘Inside the Gates’

When it came to the Soviet Union, President Ronald Reagan said America should “trust, but verify.” Now, as the Chinese Communist Party has broken promise after promise, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for a policy of “distrust and verify.” In this episode, we sit down with Sec. Pompeo to discuss why it is…


EXCLUSIVE Video: Sec. Mike Pompeo: China’s Communist Party Is ‘Inside the Gates’

When it came to the Soviet Union, President Ronald Reagan said America should “trust, but verify.” Now, as the Chinese Communist Party has broken promise after promise, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for a policy of “distrust and verify.” In this episode, we sit down with Sec. Pompeo to discuss why it is…


Pompeo Criticizes the CCP Over Imprisonment of Hongkongers Who Unsuccessfully Tried to Flee to Taiwan

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Dec. 31 over its decision to hand down prison sentences to 10 Hongkongers who were arrested at sea in August by China’s coast guard. The 10 people, along with two teen minors, were trying to flee Hong Kong via mainland China in a…


Pompeo Criticizes Beijing for Jailing Citizen Journalist Over COVID-19 Reporting

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement on Dec. 29 condemning the Chinese Communist Party over its decision to imprison Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan. Zhang, a 37-year-old former lawyer, was often critical of the Chinese regime over its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak when she was reporting on the ground in Wuhan, the…


US Turns Tide on Huawei, Ending CCP’s 5G Master Plan

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration scored a victory against the regime in Beijing this year through its “Clean Network” campaign that booted Huawei Technologies Co. out of critical telecommunications infrastructure in many countries. The effort, while not well-publicized, secured an array of commitments from governments to exclude untrusted vendors from their fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. As of…


China Insider: U.S. Officials: CCP Is the Biggest Threat to the West

U.S. National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and others recently delivered important speeches pointing out the CCP’s serious threat to the United States and the international order.


China Insider: U.S. Enacts New Visa Restrictions on Chinese Officials

On Dec. 21, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials believed to have engaged in human rights abuses and their immediate family members.


The Enemy Is Fragility: Pompeo’s New Strategy

Commentary Planet Earth, for worse and occasionally better, is a world of neighborhood existence—many neighborhoods at peace, many (most?) neighborhoods uneasy and facing tenuous circumstances, too many neighborhoods experiencing outright anarchy and war. Blame the level of perception, of easy aggregation, for missing this truth. I’ll illustrate with an anecdote. Six years ago, an obstreperous…


US Slaps New Visa Restrictions on CCP Officials Who Engage in Human Rights Abuses

The United States on Monday issued additional visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials believed to have engaged in human rights abuses, including cracking down on freedoms of speech and belief. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement the restrictions affect officials believed to be responsible for or complicit in repressing religious…