Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on July 17 that she is open to designating communist China as a currency manipulator. When asked by The Epoch Times during a press gaggle shortly before taking the stage at Christians United for Israel’s annual summit in Arlington, Virginia, why the only condition of China’s normal trade status…
Haley Says She’s Open to Labeling China a Currency Manipulator
[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] ‘A Fool’s Bargain’—Robert Lighthizer on the US-China Trade Relationship and How to Strategically Decouple
“The economic growth of China is largely a wealth transfer from the United States,” says Robert Lighthizer. “You’re transferring the wealth of our children and grandchildren and their children overseas.” Mr. Lighthizer served as the U.S. Trade Representative in the Trump administration and also served as deputy trade representative in the Reagan administration. In this…
Xi Urges Ex-President Duterte to Maintain His ‘Important’ Role in Philippine-China Ties
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to continue promoting relations between their countries amid the Philippines’ growing ties with the United States. Mr. Duterte, whose six-year presidential term ended in June 2022, made a surprise visit to Beijing on July 17 for talks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader….
Treasury Secretary Yellen Doesn’t Expect a Recession in US
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during an interview that the U.S. economy would not be hit by a recession. While Ms. Yellen was in attendance at a G-20 summit in Gandhinagar, India, she told Bloomberg on July 17 that the United States was making good progress in bringing inflation down this year. Ms. Yellen…
UC Berkeley Faces Congressional Investigation Over China Ties
A congressional committee has formally requested the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to provide information regarding its partnership with a Chinese state-controlled university, citing grave research security concerns. In a letter to UC Berkeley’s president and chancellor on July 13, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen…
Typhoon Talim Lands in Southern China, Flights and Trains Cancelled
BEIJING—Typhoon Talim became the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year on Monday evening, prompting authorities to issue flood warnings, cancel flights and trains, and order people to stay at home. Talim, the fourth typhoon of the year, made landfall at 10:20 p.m. (1420 GMT) in Zhanjiang city of Guangdong province, with winds…
China’s Economy Losing Steam: New Data Disappoints
The world’s second largest economy is losing steam. With its recovery in peril, will the spillover hit the United States? Mexico is now beating out China as the top exporter to the United States. Fentanyl is a hot topic on the Senate floor. A bill could slap sanctions on China over the drug’s production, and…
House Democrats Back Israel After Jayapal’s ‘Racist’ Comment
A fiery comment from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) quickly led to a backlash, putting Democrats on defense. Find out what the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said about Israel and how her own party is responding. The Biden campaign is reportedly off to a slow start in donations. And Democrats voiced concerns over potential third party…
MP John McKay Urges Canada to Revamp China Policy, Impose Costs on CCP
Liberal MP John McKay is urging Canada to revamp its engagement policies toward Beijing due to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persistent human rights abuses despite Western democracies’ previous overtures. “China is on the way to becoming an existential threat to Canada and other like-minded nations that conduct their affairs by the rule of law…
Tuidang Center Gets Proclamations From Local Officials to Mark ‘Quitting the Chinese Communist Party Day’
The Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party, also known as the “Tuidang movement,” recently received several proclamations from local VIPs on the occasion of “Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Day” on July 1. “Chinese people have lived through decades of mind control, brainwashing. and terror under the CCP,” the proclamation states….
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