Category: China-US News

Chinese Regime Sanctions Trump Officials, Including Pompeo, Over Tough China Policies

As President Joe Biden was sworn into office, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced sanctions on former Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, in response to their tough-on-China policies. The move came a day after Pompeo declared the CCP’s repression of Uyghur Muslims in…


Beijing Regime Sanctions Pompeo, Other Trump Officials Over Tough China Policies

As President Joe Biden was sworn into office, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed sanctions on former Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, in response to their tough-on-China policies. The announcement came a day after Pompeo declared the CCP’s repression of Uyghur Muslims in…


China Takes on New Rhetoric to Blame the US for Pandemic

Beijing has again peddled the unproven theory that the CCP virus may have originated in the United States. Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said at a daily briefing on Jan. 18 that the U.S. government should invite experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) to “conduct origin-tracing” in the United States, implying…


Pompeo Hopes New US Administration Will Confront Beijing

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Jan. 20 expressed hope that the new administration under President-elect Joe Biden will continue to confront threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “This challenge, the threat from the Chinese Communist Party, is real; it is existential to the United States,” said Pompeo in an interview with…


‘Trump Was Right in Taking a Tougher Approach to China’: Biden’s Top Diplomat Nominee

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said Jan. 19 he agreed with the Trump administration’s tougher stance toward the Chinese regime, though he disagreed with the approach. “President Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China. I disagree very much with the way he went about it in a…


‘Trump Was Right’ With Tougher Approach to China: Biden’s Top Diplomat Nominee

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Jan. 19 that the Trump administration took the correct stance toward the Chinese regime, although he disagrees with the approach. “President Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China. I disagree very much with the way he went about it in…


Gordon Chang: We Need to Cut Ties to the Chinese Regime

Gordon Chang, a China affairs expert and widely known for his book The Coming Collapse of China, said on Sunday that the Chinese regime’s challenge is existential and the United States should cut ties to it. “Chinese leaders are both arrogant and insecure at the same time. And this, to me, is the worst possible…


Trump Admin Declares Beijing’s Repression of Uyghurs a ‘Genocide’

The Trump administration has determined that the Chinese regime has committed “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” against Uyghur Muslims in the region of Xinjiang, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Jan. 19. The move, made on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, marks one of the administration’s toughest measures to condemn the…


US Declares Beijing’s Repression of Uyghurs a ‘Genocide’

The Trump administration has determined that the Chinese regime has committed “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” against Uyghur Muslims in the region of Xinjiang, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Jan. 19. The move, made on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, marks one of the administration’s toughest measures to condemn the…


China, WHO Made Mistakes That Contributed to Global Spread of Pandemic: Panel

An independent panel has criticized Beijing and the World Health Organization (WHO) over their delayed response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China caused by the CCP virus. “What is clear to the Panel is that public health measures could have been applied more forcefully by local and national health authorities in China in January [2020],”…