The United States says it’s prepared to confront China’s threat, after reports that Beijing has built mock-ups of U.S. warships in a remote desert. Top U.S. officials voice concerns about the life of a citizen journalist in China. She was sentenced to prison for reporting on what really happened during the height of the pandemic…
Capitol Report (Nov. 5): 26 Attorneys General Sue Over Biden’s Mandate
The Biden administration’s vaccine rules for the private sector will take effect on Jan. 4. Those who do not comply with the mandate will get a $14,000 fine for each violation. Attorneys general from 26 states across the country have filed lawsuits against what they are calling illegal and unconstitutional vaccine mandates. President Joe Biden…
Austin and NATO Leaders Stress Collective Defense Against China Threat
During the two-day ministerial meeting in Brussel, Belgium, both Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and NATO leaders stressed unity to deal with the current challenges, including threats from the Chinese communist regime. The ministerial meeting was the first one conducted in person since the COVID-19 pandemic. Austin attended the meeting after visiting the Black Sea region—Romania, Ukraine, and…
China’s Extreme Nationalism Is a Direct Threat to the US
Commentary The Chinese regime, arguably the biggest threat to the United States, is busy molding young minds and unyielding levels of loyalty—China’s “Generation N.” A few months ago, in an op-ed for the South China Morning Post, Jun Mai and Amber Wang described China’s Generation N as a politically-engaged group who are “more vocal and more nationalist than those…
Hopeful Signs from Afghanistan
Commentary It is not my purpose here to recount to readers as familiar with them as I am the cascade of bad decisions that shamed America in Afghanistan, led to the needless deaths of many people, strained the Western alliance, gravely jeopardized 20 years of social and economic progress in Afghanistan, and may have partially…
The US Should Support a Stronger EU to Defend Against China
Commentary The failure to build democracy in Afghanistan, and the resulting withdrawal of U.S. forces, is causing concern in Europe about how much the continent can rely on its long-time ally, the United States. When push comes to shove—such as Ukraine when Putin invaded, Taiwan, which the United States does not recognize as a state,…
US Military Jet Stops in Taiwan, China Angry
The United States is strengthening sanctions on China over its genocide against ethnic minorities. A new bill from the Senate bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region. An American military aircraft stopped briefly in Taiwan. The move angers Beijing, while a Taiwanese lawmaker fights back. President Joe Biden’s new Navy secretary nominee says, if confirmed, he’ll…
Does China Control the UK?
Commentary On May 22, history was made, when the UK Carrier Strike Group embarked on its first-ever mission. With “nine ships, 32 aircraft, and 3,700 personnel,” as Seapower magazine reported, this was the “largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the U.K. in a generation.” In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, James Marson and Max Colchester…
Japan’s Aso Rightly Supports Defense of Taiwan Against China Invasion
Commentary On July 5, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister was reported as saying that “If a major incident happened [involving Taiwan], it would not be strange at all if it touches on a situation that threatens [Japan’s] survival.” Kyodo news agency reports him as saying, “If that is the case, then Japan and the US must…
Beijing’s Mouthpiece Calls for Equipping PLA With More Nuclear Weapons to Intimidate the US
Chinese state-owned media urged the regime to equip the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) with the largest possible number of nuclear warheads and missiles in a short time, which should “make the U.S. elites tremble when they think about fighting with China.” “We must prepare for a tense ending to the United States’s and China’s relationship,”…
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