Category: China-US News

Republicans Call for Fauci to Be Fired Over Wuhan Lab Controversy

Republican lawmakers have intensified their calls for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be fired after he defended the flow of some $600,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, the lab at the heart of controversy over the still-unexplained origins of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Fauci said in testimony before the…


US Restructures Supply Chains With South Korea and Taiwan to Decouple from CCP

On May 21, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House. On the same day, Biden and Moon issued a joint statement, stating that the United States and South Korea will strengthen cooperation in areas of advanced technology, vaccines, climate issues, economics, and many others. Among these,…


South Korean Foreign Minister Emphasizes Peaceful Solution to Taiwan Issue After President Moon’s US Visit

South Korean foreign minister Chung Eui-yong reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait following President Moon Jae-in’s visit to the United States. On May 24, Chung told KBS TV in an interview that “It is only a fact that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is very crucial for peace and…


China Blacklists US Religious Freedom Leader Over Falun Gong

The Beijing regime has put a former U.S. religious official on the sanction list in payback to the U.S. sanction of a Chinese perpetrator in persecuting Falun Gong. Johnnie Moore, a two-time commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and his family members will be barred from visiting mainland China, Hong Kong, and…


Beijing Blacklists Former US Official After US Sanctions Chinese Official For Persecuting Falun Gong

The Beijing regime has added a former U.S. religious official to its sanctions list in response to the United States’ sanctioning of a Chinese official for his involvement in persecuting followers of Falun Gong. Johnnie Moore, a two-time commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), and his family members will be barred…


Expert Envisions Regime Change, Democracy in China With International Help

Roger Garside, a noted China expert and British former diplomat who was stationed in Beijing during and after the reign of Mao Zedong, discussed his vision on Monday for democracy in China in an event hosted by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Garside, author of “China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom,” which was…


Fauci Says It Would Have Been a ‘Dereliction of Our Duty’ Not to Work With China on Coronavirus Research

Infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday defended the flow of funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China for bat coronavirus research, saying it would have been “almost a dereliction of our duty” for the NIH not to collaborate with Chinese scientists to study how the pathogen…


Sweeping Bill to Counter China Introduced in US House

WASHINGTON—U.S. efforts to address competition with China progressed on Tuesday when the chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee introduced sweeping legislation to boost economic competitiveness and push Beijing on human rights. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) introduced the “Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement Act,” or EAGLE Act, as the U.S. Senate separately…


Senators Move to Close ‘Security Loophole’ on Chinese State-Backed Firms

A bipartisan bill aims to bar Chinese state-linked firms from exploiting a “security loophole” to enter the U.S. market. The Secure Equipment Act of 2021 (pdf), introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), targets major Chinese telecom providers including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, and Dahua Technology…


‘F9’ Actor John Cena Apologizes to China in Chinese for Calling Taiwan a Country

John Cena, a star in the newest “Fast & Furious” movie, published a video apologizing in Chinese, hours after Chinese state-run media criticized him for calling Taiwan a country. “I’m really, really sorry! You must understand that I love and respect China and Chinese people,” Cena said in Mandarin in a video posted on Chinese…