Category: Threat from Communist China

CCP Infiltrating Solomon Islands, Preparing Pacific Expansion, Ousted Premier Says

WASHINGTON—An ousted Solomon Islands politician is speaking out against China’s communist regime, which he claims has infiltrated his own government and is seeking to do the same elsewhere. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, is bribing politicians throughout the Solomon Islands and weaponizing the Pacific Islands nation for its…


Texas Senate Passes Legislation Banning Hostile Nations From Buying Farmland

The Texas Senate has approved legislation that bans the purchase of farmland by citizens and entities associated with hostile foreign nations—a bill that its author said will provide “sweeping state and national security protections.” Republican Texas Sen. Lois Kolkhorst announced the passing of her legislation on Facebook on April 26, following a 19-12 vote in…


American Investment, Chaotic Environment Check China’s African Lithium Grab

As China faces fierce competition for lithium resources in Australia and South America, Africa has become a new target for Beijing’s hunt for the mineral. The rapid expansion of Chinese lithium capacity in Africa is drawing increasing attention, prompting a call for stepped-up American investment to counter the Chinese presence on the African continent. Meanwhile,…


US Needs ‘New Vision’ for Industrial Policy to Outcompete China: Experts

The United States has fallen behind China and numerous other countries in its global share of key industrial sectors, according to several experts in technology and industrial policy. U.S. global shares in high-value industries have fallen so dramatically that the nation now ranks just above Italy and behind Mexico in a list of key advanced…


Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse

“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


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“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


Chinese ‘Rent-a-Womb’ Industry Using American Surrogates Could Be Exploited by CCP: Expert

The Chinese “rent-a-womb” industry using American surrogates could be exploited by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to The Heritage Foundation researcher Emma Waters. Commercial surrogacy refers to people who hire another woman to gestate and birth their child for a fee. According to the expert, according to U.S. birthright citizenship law, any child born…


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“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


House Panel Debates Whether Biden-Era Energy Policies Benefit China

China’s gains and losses from energy policies during Joe Biden’s presidency were a contested topic during an April 26 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee. “Until we increase U.S. capacity for critical mineral extraction and refining, increasing our reliance on renewable energy and EVs [electric vehicles] will…


Rapper Pras Michel Convicted in Conspiracies to Influence US Government

Rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the 1990’s hip-hop group the Fugees, has been found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of 10 counts of crimes related to his alleged participation in a conspiracy to help China influence the United States. The 50-year-old Grammy Award-winning rapper was convicted of conspiring with a Malaysian financier, Jho Low—also known as Low…