Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with China’s ambassador on Monday amid an intensifying chip war between the United States and China as Beijing imposed new restrictions on metal exports. China’s Ministry of Commerce said Monday that items related to gallium and germanium, which are crucial to making semiconductors, will be subject to export controls starting…
Yellen Holds ‘Frank’ Discussion With Chinese Envoy as Beijing Curbs Metal Exports
China Bans Key Projects From Purchasing Products by US Chipmaker Micron
Chinese authorities on Sunday urged local operators of “critical information structure” to stop purchasing from the U.S.-based chipmaker Micron Technology Inc., citing “major” security risks without providing any details. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that Micron had failed a security review, which it launched after the United States announced export bans that impacted China’s…
US Won’t Find Same Unity in Imposing Sanctions Against China as It Did With Russia: Panel
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent nearly a decade developing a “Fortress Russia” strategy to mitigate the impact on his nation and its financial institutions from Western sanctions before launching his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. That strategy, which included an accelerated “de-dollarization” effort since 2014, has failed in the face of stiff sanctions imposed by…
CCP Sets Up New National Data Bureau to Consolidate Control Amid US-China Tech War
China’s communist regime will establish a national data bureau to police and manage data resources, according to a plan submitted by the regime’s State Council to the rubber-stamp National People’s Congress during the ongoing Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) top Two Sessions meeting on March 7. Observers believe that the CCP’s surveillance of China’s people is…
How Investible Is China? Expert Views: Nature of the US-China Economic Competition and Investment
There are still many who dream that China’s market is bright. Knowing the Chinese regime’s political nature—where the party is placed first, above all else—can the Chinese market really be trusted as a proving ground for global investors? I speak to J.G. Collins about the credibility of China and American investments there. I also speak…
The Era of Great Power Competition—With Brandon Weichert; the Great Translation Movement Explained
The invasion of Ukraine could reshape the international order. Will the West bond over freedom while China and Russia create the new autocratic powers? Join me and Brandon Weichert to discuss this topic. A new wave of translation is pushing to uncover the Communist Party’s hidden lies. The Great Translation Movement seeks to unveil what…
Expert: Confrontation Is the Only Way for US-China Relations; Hypersonic Weapon Defense Against China’s Threat
Throughout history, people have only told one tale: the winner’s story. That rings true today. The United States and China are at the brink of one of the biggest showdowns in politics, ideology, and power. Can the Biden administration break through the mirage of peace between communist China and the liberal democratic west led by…
Beijing’s Breathtaking Attempt to Push US Defense Spending in the Wrong Direction
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a massive deception operation to move the United States to commit much of its defense budget to acquiring a new, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system at a time when Beijing has moved to far more powerful hypersonic strategic weapons. Beijing has attempted to play down…
US-China Battle for Semiconductors
News Analysis Semiconductors are at the heart of the U.S.-China competition for tech supremacy. They are expensive and critical, and the Chinese regime has vowed to outspend the United States by almost 50 to 1 in developing semiconductors. Semiconductors, or “chips,” are an integral component of the technological products, which drive a country’s economic development. They…
Biden Made Some Good Points on China but He Needs to Get Much Tougher
Commentary “We’re in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century,” President Biden told a joint session of Congress on April 28. The speech was panned by a jaundiced writer in the New York Times as oversimplified. But he got that wrong. Democracy is in an existential competition, if not conflict,…
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