Category: China-US News

US Must End Corporate America’s Subservience to Beijing: Expert

For years, the Chinese regime has been able to rely on a powerful bloc to represent its interests in Washington: corporate America. That’s according to Clyde Prestowitz, author of the book “The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and The Struggle for Global Leadership.” And he wants it to end. Prestowitz, who was a trade…


Biden Administration Draws Criticism for Decision to Scrap Trump’s Policy on Confucius Institutes

The Biden administration has quietly killed a rule proposed by the Trump administration to safeguard U.S. academic freedom from the threat of Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CIs). The proposed rule, named “Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms,” was submitted by the Trump administration to…


WHO Scientist Says ‘Don’t Rely Too Much’ On US Virus Intelligence Amid Probe Transparency Doubts

A member of the WHO team in Wuhan to study the origin of the pandemic on Feb. 9 hit out at U.S. intelligence on the issue.


‘Jury’s Still Out’ on Whether China Was Transparent for WHO Probe: State Department

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Feb. 9 that the “jury’s still out” on whether the Chinese regime gave full transparency to the World Health Organization team currently in Wuhan to study the origin of the pandemic. “I think the jury’s still out. I think clearly the Chinese, at least heretofore, have not offered…


‘Jury’s Still Out’ on Whether China Was Transparent in WHO Probe: State Department

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Feb. 9 that the “jury’s still out” on whether the Chinese regime gave full transparency to the World Health Organization team currently in Wuhan to study the origin of the pandemic. “I think the jury’s still out. I think clearly the Chinese, at least heretofore, have not offered…


Beijing Hints at What it Wants of US-China Relationship Through State Media

Chinese state-run media Xinhua published a series of four commentaries in which it called on the new U.S. administration to “lead the U.S.-China relationship back on track” after years of what one article called “casting poison” onto bilateral relations. “Treating China as a major strategic competitor or even a rival is a historical, directional, and…


2 US Carrier Groups Conduct Exercises in South China Sea

Two U.S. carrier groups conducted joint exercises in the South China Sea on Tuesday, days after a U.S. warship sailed near Chinese-controlled islands in the disputed waters, as China denounced the United States for damaging peace and stability. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group “conducted a multitude of exercises…


Video: Facts Matter (Feb. 8): Trump Jr: Here’s What Comes Next for Our Amazing Movement

In a new video from Donald Trump Jr., he lays out what comes next for the movement started by his father. According to a new report from America’s customs agency: China has sent over 12 million counterfeit masks. And that’s only the ones we know about. Furthermore, the agency also announced that last year, over…


House Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Deny Senior CCP Officials US Visas

Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) has reintroduced legislation with the aim of preventing the Chinese regime from stealing U.S. intellectual property by denying visas to people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese military. The bill, named the Stop China’s IP Theft Act, would prohibit the issuing of visas to senior officials of…


Biden’s Decision to Re-Engage UN Human Rights Council Met With Praise and Criticism

The Biden administration has received mixed responses from Congress over its decision to have the United States re-engage with the United Nations Human Rights Council. Under the Trump administration, the United States withdrew from the 47-member council in June 2018, noting that some of the worst human rights abusers—China, Cuba, and Venezuela—were council members. On…