Tag: china threat

Meeting the China Challenge: We Must Be Bolder

Commentary I finished writing “China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom” in December 2019, except for a COVID-19 chapter, added later. What major changes would I make if I were writing the book now? In the book, I recalled a warning given by President Richard Nixon in 1967, “the world cannot be safe until China…


US Should Strengthen Relationships With Allies to Counter China: Expert

The United States should further strengthen relationships with its allies and partners to effectively counter China, according to Roy Kamphausen, president of the National Bureau of Asian Research. “We’ve strengthened our relationships with allies and partners, which is really an essential feature. The [Chinese Communist Party] CCP, is threatened by the strengthened US alliances,” Kamphausen…


Plan for Chinese-Funded Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Sparks Opposition in Rural Michigan

The possible construction of a new lithium-ion battery factory in their backyard has presented the people of rural western Michigan with a choice between new jobs and national security. In February, Ford announced it would build a battery park in Marshall, a small township 100 miles west of Detroit, under a licensing agreement with Chinese…


Plan for Chinese-Linked Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Sparks Opposition in Rural Michigan

The possible construction of a new lithium-ion battery factory in their backyard has presented the people of rural western Michigan with a choice between new jobs and national security. In February, Ford announced it would build a battery park in Marshall, a small township 100 miles west of Detroit, under a licensing agreement with Chinese…


Plan for Chinese Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Sparks Opposition in Rural Michigan

The possible construction of a new lithium-ion battery factory in their backyard has presented the people of rural western Michigan with a choice between new jobs and national security. Because of the battery company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), former Air Force Staff Sergeant Ormand Hook had no trouble making up his mind….


Pentagon’s $842 Billion Budget Focuses on China Threat

President Joe Biden’s $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense budget request includes $842 billion for the Pentagon, a $26 billion, or 3.2 percent, increase over this year’s military spending plan with the “growing multi-domain threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)” again named the nation’s most pressing “pacing challenge.” Both Deputy Defense…


GOP Senator Sounds Alarm on Chinese Purchases of US Farmland

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) says Democrats shot down her attempt to stop the Chinese from gobbling up more U.S. farmland, especially at strategic sites. In a Feb. 15 tweet that drew more than 1.6 million views, Blackburn wrote: “China should not be allowed to purchase farmland next to military installations. I introduced legislation banning…


House’s New China-Competition Committee Marks Important Step in Confronting CCP’s Threats

Commentary The establishment of a new China Committee by the House in the U.S. Congress is being widely seen as the first victory of the Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. But most people have failed to realize that this committee should have been established a long time ago. The new committee is called…


Japan Doubles Down on Growing Threat From China and Russia

Commentary Citing the threat from communist China and Russia, Japan’s 2023 military budget is the biggest since World War II. “China continues to unilaterally change or attempt to change the status quo by coercion in the East China Sea and South China Sea,” reads Japan’s 2022 defense white paper. The document outlines the scope of…


‘A Great Country Requires Leadership’: Dave Brat on How Both Parties Need to Tackle the China Threat

In this special episode, we sat down with former congressman and dean of Liberty University’s business school Dave Brat. He sheds light on what the U.S. midterms mean in terms of China and the economy going forward. Brat said: “I see huge change. China right now—the Evergrande real estate story, there’s ghost cities, they’re tearing down…