Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest chipmaker, will delay production at its new Arizona chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor. The year-long delay comes as trade relations between Washington and Beijing, have deteriorated over the past several years. TSMC Chairman Mark Liu broke the news to investors on a…
TSMC Delays Arizona Factory Opening Due to Insufficient Skilled Local Talent
July 22, 2023
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China’s Nuclear Buildup Highlights Need for Intensive Dialogue: White House Official
July 22, 2023
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A top White House official said Friday that China’s expansion of nuclear capabilities and a “series of quite exotic forms of weaponry” highlighted the crucial requirement for “intensive dialogue” to mitigate nuclear risks. National security adviser Jake Sullivan told the Aspen Security Forum that it is “vital” for the United States and China to engage…
Lawmakers Seek Review of Ford’s Agreement With Chinese Battery Maker
July 22, 2023
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U.S. lawmakers are seeking to review the license agreement between Ford Motor and a Chinese battery maker. They are concerned that the deal will facilitate China’s global dominance in electric vehicle battery technology with American taxpayers’ money and increase America’s reliance on Chinese critical raw materials. According to the lawmakers, the Chinese battery maker’s supply…
Blinken Calls for Engagement With China After State Department Hack
July 21, 2023
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The United States’ top diplomat is calling for increased diplomatic engagement with China’s communist regime following a massive hack of State Department emails by China-linked cybercriminals. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration would redouble its efforts to engage diplomatically with communist China following the hack of hundreds of thousands of U.S. government…
US Religious Freedom Advocate Targeted by Chinese Hackers in Microsoft Breach
July 19, 2023
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WASHINGTON—Religious freedom advocate Nina Shea didn’t think that she’d ever be a target of the Chinese regime. At the Hudson Institute think tank where she worked, there are more prominent critics of the communist regime like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his former China policy advisor Miles Yu. But the expert recently found…
US Venture Capital Firms Are Supporting China’s Military: House Panel
July 19, 2023
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Leadership from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching investigations into several U.S. companies that it claims are funding China’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) and military modernization. Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent letters to the leaders of four American venture capital…
NeuroStrike Program Is a Core Part of the CCP’s Military Strategy: Expert
A 12-page research report examined the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) NeuroStrike program against the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific and outlined a strategy to counter it. Sean Lin, a microbiologist and former laboratory director at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a survivor of the Tiananmen Square…
US Sanctions Bite as China’s Largest Chipmaker Replaces Chairman for Second Time in Two Years
July 19, 2023
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China’s largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), announced the appointment of its new chairman on July 17. Vice chairman Liu Xunfeng replaced former chairman Gao Yonggang, who the company said had resigned due to “work adjustment.” SMIC did not offer any further explanation in it’s statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Gao was appointed…
Experts Warn Renewable Energy Creates ‘New Opportunities’ for Chinese Grid Attacks
July 18, 2023
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America’s increasing reliance on intermittent power sources and batteries is creating novel risks, according to grid specialists who testified before Congress on July 18. Many of the greatest among them emanate from a key geopolitical rival, China. That’s partly because the new technologies frequently use inverters. When solar panels, wind turbines, and battery systems generate…
China Continues to Outspend US on Military AI
July 18, 2023
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China’s communist regime is outspending the United States in the realm of military artificial intelligence (AI), according to testimony received by Congress. While the United States’ overall spending on AI outmatches that of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it is not matching the regime’s focus on the battlefield applications of the technology, according to Alexandr…
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