Category: China-US News

Blinken Urges China to Come Clean on Pandemic

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China for its continued failure to be transparent about COVID-19, in a recent interview with BBC World News. “It requires countries to be transparent; it requires them to share information; it requires them to give access to international experts at the beginning of an outbreak—things that, unfortunately, we haven’t…


China Lists Four ‘Red Lines’ to Biden, Demands US Lift Tariffs and Sanctions

Chinese foreign affairs minister Wang Yi urged the United States to meet four requirements from Xi Jinping’s regime at the Lanting Forum, a video conference organized by the Chinese foreign affairs ministry on Feb. 22. The requests include: ending support for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet; resuming the U.S.-China dialogue; ending the tariffs on Chinese products…


CCP Narrative Doesn’t Represent the Chinese People and Is Repeated by Biden: Gen. Robert Spalding

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manages the narrative that it represents the people of China and the nation, but in fact, it only functions for a few leaders within the regime, said General Spalding, a former senior strategist in the Trump administration’s National Security Council, and retired Air Brigadier General. Spalding gave his insight into…


Chinese Loans to Latin America Plunge as Virus Strains Ties

MIAMI—It seemed like a match made in finance heaven. In 2010, China, its economy roaring and state companies looking to expand globally, set its eyes on Latin America, a region starved of capital but rich in natural resources the Asian giant lacked. The result: a record $35 billion in state-to-state loans that year. Fast forward…


Chinese Spyware Code Was Copied From America’s NSA: Researchers

WASHINGTON—Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Monday, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software Technologies issued a report noting that some features in a piece of China-linked malware…


Chinese Spyware Code Was Copied From NSA, Researchers Claim

WASHINGTON—Chinese spies used code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said on Feb. 22, in another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software Technologies issued a report noting that some features in a piece of…


Cisco Investigating Former Staff in China for Taking Part in ‘Self-Enrichment’ Scheme

U.S. tech giant Cisco Systems is investigating its former employees in China for allegedly taking part in a “self-enrichment” scheme, the firm wrote in a recent filing to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). “Some of those employees are also alleged to have made or directed payments from the funds they received to various third…


DOJ Alleges Stanford Researcher Destroyed Evidence of Links to Chinese Military

A researcher at Stanford University has been indicted on charges of lying and destroying evidence of her status as a member of the Chinese military. Song Chen, a 39-year-old visiting medical researcher at the university, was charged last July over allegedly lying on a visa application about her membership in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). On…


US Concerned Chinese Regime’s New Coast Guard Law Could Escalate Maritime Disputes

The United States is concerned by the Chinese regime’s recently enacted coast guard law and that it could escalate maritime disputes and be invoked to assert unlawful claims, the U.S. State Department said on Feb. 19. China, which has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with several Southeast Asian countries in the South…


Senator Lays Out Strategy for Targeted Decoupling With China in New Report

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling for the United States to disentangle from the Chinese regime, as it continues to steal U.S. intellectual property and spy on Americans, according to a new report compiled by his office. “The will and need to confront Communist China is growing. Now it’s time for action,” said Cotton in…