Category: China-US News

GOP Lawmakers Urge Biden to Take Tougher Stance on Chinese Regime After First Speech to Congress

Republican lawmakers have criticized President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress for not taking a tough enough stance against the Chinese communist regime, especially over its severe human rights abuses. Biden, in remarks to a joint session of Congress on April 28, warned that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “deadly earnest on becoming the most…


China’s Digital Yuan Will Not Topple the Dollar, SEC Official Says

LONDON—China’s planned digital yuan will not dethrone the dollar, a top Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday, citing the growth of so-called stablecoins backed by the greenback. The world’s biggest central banks, including the People’s Bank of China and U.S. Federal Reserve, are stepping up work on issuing digital cash, eyeing improvements to…


China’s Huawei Says Sales Down 16.5 Percent Amid US Sanctions

Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday its first-quarter revenue fell 16.5 percent, hurt by a dip in smartphone sales. Sales declined 16.5 percent from a year earlier to 152.2 billion yuan ($23.5 billion) due in part to lower revenue for its consumer unit, the company said. It gave no earnings but said its profit margin…


Chinese National Admits Exporting US Marine Tech to China

A Chinese national has admitted to illegally exporting more than $100,000 in U.S. marine technology for a Chinese military research institute.


Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Reduce Reliance on China for Critical Minerals

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) on Monday led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in calling on the Biden administration to establish a “rare-earth metallurgical cooperative” to reduce the nation’s reliance on Beijing for the specialized minerals that are used to build electronics, military weapons, and other high-tech equipment. In a letter…


Chinese Authorities Raid Church in Shenzhen City, Detain 10

Chinese police, national security agents, and religious affairs officials raided a church in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on April 25, just days after one of the church’s followers spoke to the U.S. State Department officials. The raid took place on Sunday morning at Shenzhen’s Trinity Gospel Harvest Church in the city’s Longgang District…


Jailing of 4 Doctors For Illegal Organ Extraction in China Casts Spotlight on Forced Organ Harvesting

A criminal case involving unauthorized organ procurement surgery conducted in an unlicensed ambulance in China is casting a spotlight on Beijing’s continued efforts to cover up its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. Last July, four doctors from eastern China were sentenced to between 12 and 28 months in prison after being…


Standing up to Communist China: A Peaceful Appeal That Made History

NEW YORK—Beijing’s days were always a bit dusty and gray in Zhang Yijie’s memory. That day was no different. A division-head at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, she had just gotten back home from a month-long business trip in Germany. It was afternoon and there was no time to lose. As she…


Hundreds of Taxpayer-Funded US Scientists Likely Compromised by China: NIH

More than 500 U.S. federally funded scientists have been flagged over their financial ties with China and other foreign adversaries, the National Institutes of Health has revealed. As of April, the federal health agency has reached out to 90 institutions that receive government grants regarding 200 researchers. It has also removed 100 from the “NIH…


Hundreds of US Scientists Feared Compromised by China: NIH

More than 500 U.S. federally funded scientists have been flagged over their financial ties with China and other foreign adversaries, the National Institutes of Health has revealed. As of April, the federal health agency has reached out to 90 institutions that receive government grants regarding 200 researchers. It has also removed 100 from the “NIH…