The Biden administration should not allow the Chinese regime to use climate change as a bargaining chip to extract concessions in other areas, according to China experts. The warning comes as the United States formally rejoined the Paris agreement on Feb. 19. President Joe Biden has described climate change as an “existential threat” and vowed…
Beijing Wants to Sway US Policy Using Climate Change, Experts Warn
US House Reintroduces Bill to Ban All Xinjiang Goods Made With Forced Labor
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 1 reintroduced a bill with bipartisan backing that would make it illegal to import into the United States all goods from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, unless it can prove that forced labor was not involved in their production.
Third Virginia County Passes Resolution to Condemn China’s Organ Transplant Abuses
Another Virginia county has adopted a resolution to curb organ transplant tourism to China, making it the third one since January to take a stance against Beijing’s forced organ harvesting practices. “It’s a travesty and completely unacceptable,” said Yesli Vega, supervisor for Coles district in Prince William County, who initiated the bill. Allegations that the…
Wuhan Lab Eligible to Receive US Taxpayer Funding Through 2024, NIH Confirms
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research until January 2024, the National Institute of Health told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The WIV is at the center of widespread speculation that COVID-19 could have entered the human population in China due to an accidental lab leak. Researchers…
‘We Had China Exactly Where We Wanted Them,’ Trump Says, in Criticizing Biden’s Policy
Former President Donald Trump on Feb. 17 expressed dismay at the Biden administration’s stance toward the Chinese regime, pointing to the Biden family’s business ties with China. When asked about President Joe Biden’s comments on Tuesday that appeared to repeat Chinese Communist Party (CCP) talking points used to justify its repression of Uyghur Muslims in…
Rep. Banks Leads Republican Study Committee in Large-Scale Campaign to Counter CCP
For the first time in its history, the Republican Study Committee (RSC)—the largest conservative caucus on Capitol Hill—will make countering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a key part of its agenda under the leadership of its newly elected chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.). As part of this large-scale effort, Banks said himself and others in the House committee…
China Targets America’s Rare Earth Vulnerability
WASHINGTON—China is reportedly looking into curbing the export of rare earth minerals to the United States, which may become a new source of friction between the two countries. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in January proposed draft controls on the production and export of rare earth minerals and provided 30 days for public…
Biden Says Chinese Regime Will Face Repercussions for Its Rights Abuses
The Chinese regime will face consequences for its human rights abuses, President Joe Biden said, when asked about Beijing’s repression of Uyghur Muslims in the far-western region of Xinjiang during a televised event on Feb. 16. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), headed by Xi Jinping, has drawn international condemnation over its abuses in Xinjiang, where…
US Ship Sails in South China Sea by China-Claimed Islands
A U.S. Navy warship sailed by islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a freedom of navigation operation, marking the latest move by Washington to challenge Beijing’s territorial claims in the contested waters. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said destroyer USS Russell “asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly…
How Living in China Changed My View on Trump and US Politics: Californian Native
In this interview, we talked with Kevin, a California native who, in his words, went from an almond milk latte drinking millennial liberal who viewed Donald Trump’s 2016 election as a catastrophe to America, to someone who voted for him in 2020. As for what caused that drastic change—he cites his four year experience living…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`