Category: China-US News

US Lawmaker Urges Biden to Keep His Promise to Address TikTok Security Risks

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is urging President Joe Biden to address concerns posed by popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok. “I encourage the Biden admin to stick to its concerns about CCP [Chinese Communist Party] social media companies like TikTok, which put our personal data & nat’l…


US State Department Criticizes China After Latest Military Incursion Against Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan—The U.S State Department has voiced concerns about China’s continued military aggression against Taiwan, after China breached the island’s air defense zone with 13 military aircraft. “We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan’s democratically elected representatives,” State Department spokesperson Ned…


Rep. Boebert Introduces House Bill to Stop US Funding of WHO

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has introduced new legislation aimed at preventing U.S. taxpayers’ money from being funneled to the World Health Organization (WHO). The bill (H.R.374), named the World Health Organization Accountability Act, would prohibit U.S. federal funds from being appropriated or made available to the WHO or any WHO activities, until the Secretary of…


Republican Lawmakers Call for Tough Biden Response After Red China Sanctions Trump Officials

Top Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to take forceful measures against the Chinese regime, after Beijing slapped sanctions on former Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The sanctions were announced on Jan. 20, the same day that President Joe Biden was sworn into office. A Chinese foreign ministry…


Republican Lawmakers Call for Tough Biden Response After CCP Sanctions Trump Officials

Top Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to take forceful measures against the Chinese regime, after Beijing slapped sanctions on former Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The sanctions were announced on Jan. 20, the same day that President Joe Biden was sworn into office. A Chinese foreign ministry…


Beijing Building Military Drones to Rival US in War, Leaked File Shows

The Chinese regime has been actively growing its fleet of military drones to spy on and compete with adversaries such as the United States, a leaked document from China’s Ministry of National Defense reveals. The July 2017 document, supplied to The Epoch Times by a trusted source, described Beijing’s ambition to dominate what it called…


Lawmakers Respond to Biden’s Decision to Have US Rejoin WHO

President Joe Biden’s decision to halt the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) has received mixed reactions from Congress. “Having the United States rejoin the World Health Organization without it undergoing serious reforms is foolish,” stated Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who is a ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and…


Twitter Locks Account of Chinese Embassy in US Over Its Tweet About Uyghur Women

Twitter has locked the official account of the Chinese embassy in the United States, over a tweet that activists say dehumanizes Uyghur women and promotes Beijing’s propaganda to justify its persecution of Uyghur Muslims. The tweet, which cited an article published by Chinese state-run media China Daily, said that Uyghur women had been “emancipated” by…


Twitter Locks Account of Chinese Embassy in US Over Controversial Tweet About Uyghur Women

Twitter has locked the official account of the Chinese embassy in the United States, over a tweet that activists say dehumanizes Uyghur women and promotes Beijing’s propaganda to justify its persecution of Uyghur Muslims. The tweet, which cited an article published by Chinese state-run media China Daily, said that Uyghur women had been “emancipated” by…


Biden Administration: China’s Sanctions of Trump Officials ‘Unproductive and Cynical’

The Chinese Communist Party’s sanctions of Trump administration officials, imposed on President Donald Trump’s last day in office, are “unproductive and cynical,” President Joe Biden’s National Security Council spokeswoman said Wednesday. The party sanctioned Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his national security adviser Robert O’Brien, and his trade adviser Peter Navarro, along with 25…