Tag: China-US News

CCP Virus Likely Came From Chinese Lab: Former State Department Contractor

The virus that causes COVID-19 probably did not originate in nature, according to a former State Department contractor. “It came out of nowhere, and it was optimized for transmission between humans in a way that no bat-borne coronavirus ever had been. So what’s up? A pangolin gets mated with a bat gets mated with a…


US Bans Seafood Imports From Chinese Fleet That Engages in ‘Modern Slavery’

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday banned a Chinese fishing company from selling seafood products in the United States over concerns that the firm was treating migrant workers like slaves. The agency said it will immediately start seizing tuna, swordfish, and other seafood products from Dalian Ocean Fishing Co., Ltd., at all U.S. ports…


US Should Make China Cancel Debt Over COVID-19: Retired Lt. General

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg suggested that the United States should force China to cancel U.S. debt for what he said is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) having allowed COVID-19 to spread. “Why don’t we tell the Chinese, OK, it came from you, we believe it, you ought to cancel the debt to the United…


Blinken Criticizes Beijing Over Changes to Hong Kong’s Election Rules

Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned both Beijing and the Hong Kong government after a controversial electoral reform bill was passed by the Chinese-ruled city’s legislature on May 27. The bill, passed by a margin of 40 to 2, was passed in a rather empty chamber of the 70-seat Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo)—with only…


Sen. Johnson Presses Fauci to Explain Seemingly Shifting Position on CCP Virus Origin

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) has called on White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci to explain why his statements over the last year on the origin of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus appear to have shifted. In a May 27 letter (pdf), Johnson wrote that Fauci’s level of confidence in the theory that the virus made…


Blacklisted Chinese Surveillance Equipment Companies Secure Regional US Governments as Customers

More than 300 different U.S. government organizations—among them city, county, and town governments, as well as school—have purchased cameras and surveillance systems from two blacklisted Chinese tech companies since August 2019, according to government contract data. The two companies are Hikvision and Dahua Technology, and their recent business deals with U.S. local governments were reviewed…


Chinese Communist Regime Accuses US Embassy of Inciting ‘Color Revolution’ in China

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has accused the United States of initiating a “color revolution” in China after the U.S. Embassy in China posted its 2021 “Public Diplomacy Grants Program,” (pdf) offering up to a $30,000 grant for “projects that strengthen ties between the United States and China.” According to the program, individuals, non-governmental organizations,…


US Intelligence Agencies Not Sure Where, How COVID-19 Originated

U.S. intelligence agencies do not know the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19. “The U.S. Intelligence Community does not know exactly where, when, or how the COVID-19 virus was transmitted initially but has coalesced around two likely scenarios: either it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals or it was a laboratory accident,”…


Beijing’s Propaganda Arm Continues Paying Millions to Spread Influence in the West

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) propaganda mouthpiece has continued to pour millions into U.S. publications to spread its influence, a new document filed with the Justice Department shows. China Daily, an English-language media outlet controlled by Beijing’s propaganda department, spent around $3 million on major Western outlets and publishing agencies over the past six months,…


Trade Chief Tai Says US Faces ‘Very Large Challenges’ on China

WASHINGTON/BEIJING—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday that the United States still faces “very large challenges” in its trade and economic relationship with China that require the Biden administration’s attention across the board. Tai spoke with Reuters in an interview before her first virtual call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a meeting in…