WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, criticizing the Chinese regime for human rights abuses and saying global leaders who attend would lose their moral authority. U.S. lawmakers have been increasingly vocal about an Olympic boycott or venue change, and have lashed…
Pelosi Calls for US and World Leaders to Boycott China’s 2022 Olympics
May 18, 2021
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US Says China Is Resisting Nuclear Arms Talks
GENEVA—China is resisting bilateral talks with the United States on nuclear weapons, the U.S. disarmament ambassador told a U.N. conference on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to advance efforts to reduce nuclear arms stockpiles. “Despite the PRC’s dramatic build-up of its nuclear arsenal, unfortunately it continues to resist discussing nuclear risk reduction bilaterally with the United…
Tesla Cooperating With Chinese Authorities After Accident Killed Police Officer
May 18, 2021
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BEIJING—Tesla Inc said on Tuesday it would work with authorities to investigate a car accident in China that local police said caused the death of a police officer and injured another. A video circulated on China’s Twitter-like Weibo and in local state media showed a Tesla Model X next to two police officers lying on…
US Senate Votes to Open Debate on China Tech Bill
The U.S. Senate voted 86-11 on May 17 to open debate on a measure authorizing more than $110 billion for basic and advanced technology research over five years in the face of rising competitive pressure from China. The Endless Frontier Act would authorize most of the money, $100 billion, to invest in basic and advanced…
Full-Blown Boycott Pushed for Beijing Olympics
Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors, and sports federations. A coalition representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong, and others issued a statement Monday calling for…
Former Professor Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison For Using Federal Grants to Aid China’s Medical Research
A biomedical professor has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for carrying out a scheme to use millions of dollars in federal grant money to advance research in China, according to the Justice Department. Zheng Songguo, a former professor at Ohio State University (OSU), pleaded guilty in November to lying on his National Institutes…
Leading Scientists Call for ‘Proper Investigation’ of CCP Virus Lab Origin Theory
May 14, 2021
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A group of international researchers are pushing for a “proper investigation” into the origins of COVID-19, including examining the lab accident theory that a World Health Organization (WHO) probe previously dismissed. The WHO-led mission in Wuhan, which released its findings in late March, did not give “balanced consideration” to the theory that the CCP (Chinese…
US Says Condemns Political Use of Vaccines After China-Taiwan Tussle
May 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The United States stands with Honduras and condemns the “cynical use” of COVID-19 vaccines for political purposes, the State Department said, after Taiwan blasted China for seeking to use vaccines to make diplomatic inroads with one of Taipei’s allies. Honduras, among a small number of Latin American countries to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan, has…
US Condemns Political Use of Vaccines After China-Taiwan Tussle
May 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The United States stands with Honduras and condemns the “cynical use” of COVID-19 vaccines for political purposes, the State Department said, after Taiwan blasted China for seeking to use vaccines to make diplomatic inroads with one of Taipei’s allies. Honduras, among a small number of Latin American countries to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan, has…
US Trade Chief: New Legal Tools Needed to Combat Future China Threats
WASHINGTON—The United States needs new legal tools are needed to be able to hold the Chinese Communist Party to account for anti-competitive threats against key American high-technology industries, to update existing tools that react once harm is done, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday. Tai told a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee…
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