Category: International Relations

Australia and China Hold First Trade Minister Meeting in 3 Years

Australia and China have held a meeting between trade ministers for the first time in three years as the two sides seek to resume the normal trade relationship after a period of tension. On Feb. 6, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrel joined a virtual meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao to discuss the removal…


‘If China Threatens Our Sovereignty, We Will Act’: Biden in State of the Union

President Joe Biden has sworn to protect American sovereignty in the face of Chinese communist aggression amid bipartisan alarm over the growing threat posed by Beijing. Biden said that his order to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that traversed U.S. airspace late last week was evidence of his commitment to defend the nation and…


House Intel ‘Gang of Eight’ Will Be Briefed on Chinese Balloon This Week

A staffer for House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) told The Epoch Times that congressional leaders in the intelligence-focused “Gang of Eight” will be briefed this week on the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States. The staffer said the briefing on the suspected surveillance balloon will not take place tomorrow morning at…


Congress Intel ‘Gang of Eight’ Will Be Briefed on Chinese Balloon This Week

A staffer for House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) told The Epoch Times that congressional leaders in the intelligence-focused “Gang of Eight” will be briefed this week on the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States. The staffer said the briefing on the suspected surveillance balloon will not take place tomorrow morning at…


China Now Has More ICBM Launchers than the US, Lawmaker Confirms

China’s communist regime now fields more long-range, nuclear-capable missile launchers than the United States, according to the testimony of the House Armed Services Committee. Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) acknowledged that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, had leapfrogged the United States in the number of its active intercontinental…


Chinese Spy Balloon Spotlights Growing CCP Threat

News Analysis For eight long days, a Chinese spy balloon bobbed along in the skies above the United States and Canada. First, it appeared to be heading north off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, then east towards British Columbia, before suddenly diverting again south and east in a course that would bring it over some of the…


Chinese Spy Balloon Spotlights CCP’s Brazen Plot Against US

News Analysis For eight long days, a Chinese spy balloon bobbed along in the skies above the United States and Canada. First, it appeared to be heading north off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, then east toward British Columbia, before suddenly diverting again south and east in a course that would bring it over some of the…


Research Shows Beijing Expanding Influence Over Chinese Companies Through Managerial Incentives

A think tank of top U.S. strategic and economic analysts presented research on Feb. 7 showing the method through which China’s government has expanded its influence over the nation’s companies. A panel led by Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) researchers Curtis Milhaupt and Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin discussed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is methodically increasing…


Solomon Islands Government Ousts Provincial Leader, Long-Time Critic of CCP

The pro-Beijing Solomons national government has finally got its man. Daniel Suidani, the premier of the most populous Malaita Province, has, for years, been a political hurdle standing in the way of closer ties with the Chinese Communist Party. On Feb. 7, Suidani faced another no-confidence vote against his leadership, and this time, the dissenters…


Swiss Lawmakers Visit Taiwan, Say They Want Closer Ties

TAIPEI—A group of Swiss lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president and said Monday their government wants to deepen political relations, adding to shows of support by foreign politicians for the self-ruled island democracy in the face of Chinese communist regime’s intimidation. U.S. legislators including then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have irked Beijing by visiting Taiwan, which the…