Category: Special Topics

Lawmakers’ Wargame Shows ‘Catastrophic’ Results in US-China Conflict

Lawmakers tasked with overseeing the United States’ strategic competition with China’s communist regime have conducted a wargame simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and the U.S. response. The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) participated in the wargame, hosted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think…


White House Warns of Biden Veto if Congress Restores Solar Panel Tariffs Targeting China

President Joe Biden is set to veto a joint resolution targeting his solar panel rule, which temporarily protects some Chinese-made equipment from tariffs, the White House warned. “This rule is necessary to satisfy the demand for reliable and clean energy while ensuring Commerce is able to rigorously enforce U.S. trade laws, hold trading partners accountable,…


Japan Needs Legislation to Prevent CCP Spies From Accessing Trade Secrets: Former Intelligence Officer

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using Chinese expatriates and Japanese experts to steal state-of-the-art technology for the Chinese regime, Japanese reports have revealed. After being questioned, these people leave Japan without indictment. Early in April, Japanese police reportedly investigated a CCP member who, while working as a technician for a Japanese company, sent…


Virginia Governor Arrives in Taiwan for Bilateral Talks With Island’s President

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and his delegation arrived in Taiwan on Monday for the first stop of their Asian tour and met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to discuss economic and trade cooperation. During their meeting, Tsai expressed her appreciation to Youngkin for the delegation’s visit and said she looks forward to expanding bilateral cooperation…


China’s Ambassador to France Questions Sovereignty of Ex-Soviet States, Infuriating European Leaders

The Chinese communist regime’s ambassador to France publicly claimed on Friday that Crimea “belongs to Russia from the very beginning,” and that post-USSR republics “have no effective status” in international law, infuriating European leaders. Lu Shaye, the Chinese regime’s “wolf warrior” diplomat who often makes aggressive and controversial remarks, was interviewed by French media on…


The Belt and Road Initiative Hits a Pothole

Commentary Initially proclaimed as the economic marvel that would create massive global infrastructure and growth, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has encountered significant problems in recent years that have created doubt over its impact. The BRI was launched by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2013 when he pushed for a “Silk Road Economic Belt,”…


Lawmakers War-Game Conflict With China, Hoping to Deter One

WASHINGTON—It’s April 22, 2027, and 72 hours into a first-strike Chinese attack on Taiwan and the U.S. military response. Already, the toll on all sides is staggering. It was a war game, but one with a serious purpose and high-profile players: members of the House select committee on China. The conflict unfolded on Risk board…


Vietnam Protests China’s Unilateral Fishing Ban in South China Sea

Vietnam has accused China of violating its sovereignty as Beijing imposed a unilateral annual fishing ban on the South China Sea. It has again brought to international attention the long disputed waters by eight governments. Since 1999, the Chinese communist regime has implemented seasonal fishing bans in the South China Sea every year, which have…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: An Insider’s Analysis of the World Health Organization’s $31 Billion Pandemic Plan—Garrett Brown

“Global health governance is not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t represent a vast majority of global needs and wants and desires, and people on the ground and what’s going to affect them. It gets captured.” Today I sit down with Garrett Brown, professor of global health policy at the University of Leeds. Brown has…


Wife of China’s Missing Human Rights Lawyer Implores US Lawmakers for Assistance

It has been more than five years and Geng He still doesn’t know whether her husband in China is still alive. Her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a renowned human rights lawyer, went missing from his home in northern China’s Shaanxi Province in August 2017. At that time, Gao had already been subjected to torture by Chinese…