Tag: China

Poilievre and Singh to Begin Talks on Terms for Foreign Interference Inquiry

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh say they will soon begin talks concerning the terms of reference for a public inquiry into foreign interference. “We need a full public inquiry, and we want it to be a nonpartisan public inquiry,” Poilievre told reporters on June 14. According to a spokesperson for the…


Blinken to Visit China, Seek Renewed Communications as Regime Expands Military

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to China this week to meet with Chinese communist leadership, the State Department has acknowledged. Blinken will meet with senior Chinese officials during a series of meetings in Beijing on June 18 and 19. He will seek to reestablish regular communications between the two powers, a State Department…


Stop Crypto Crime of Rogue States Like China by Banning Cryptocurrency

Commentary North Korea stole over $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency, which funds approximately 50 percent of its nuclear weapons development, according to a Wall Street Journal report on June 11. The massive crypto haul is in addition to hundreds of millions of dollars that the rogue state, supported by Russia and China, has stolen or…


Canada Halts Activities With China-Led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Ottawa said it will cease all activity at the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) while it investigates claims made by the bank’s global communications director after announcing his resignation. “The Canadian government will also discuss this issue with its allies and partners who are members of the bank. China, as the world’s second-largest economy,…


US Sanctions Companies Training Chinese Pilots, Helping China in Weapons Development

The U.S. Department of Commerce on June 12 added dozens of entities—both Chinese and foreign—to its Entity List (pdf), citing concerns regarding national security and foreign policy risks. A group of companies, including Frontier Services Group Ltd, a security and aviation company and Test Flying Academy of South Africa were sanctioned for “providing training to…


US Sanctions Companies That Train Chinese Pilots, Help China in Weapons Development

The U.S. Department of Commerce on June 12 added dozens of China-based and other firms to its Entity List (pdf), citing concerns regarding national security and foreign policy risks. A group of companies, including Frontier Services Group Ltd., a security and aviation company, and Test Flying Academy of South Africa, were sanctioned for “providing training…


Border Patrol Agents Record ‘1000 Percent Increase’ in Illegal Immigrants From Nations Including China, Afghanistan

Border Patrol agents have seen a more than 1000 percent increase in the number of illegal immigrants from countries including China and Afghanistan attempting to enter the United States, according to Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz. Ortiz, who is set to retire next month after more than three decades with the agency, took to Twitter on…


NIH Tightens Funding Requirements for Foreign Research Collaboration

The National Institutes of Health announced a new policy that puts under scrutiny foreign collaborations on research projects, especially when foreign partners receive sub-awards. The new policy will take effect in October this year. According to its requirements, the primary grantee, or the American partner, should receive from the foreign partner copies of the lab…


ANALYSIS: Beijing’s Land Finance Policy at an Impasse as Revenue From Land Sales Plummets

China’s land finance policy has plunged into its most severe crisis in nearly 30 years, resulting from a prolonged housing market downturn and a drastic reduction in local revenues, experts have observed. Land finance can be seen as part of Tax-Sharing Reform, a fiscal and tax distribution system between the central and local authorities, implemented by…


43 China-Linked Entities Added to US Blacklist

As competition intensifies between the world’s two superpowers in areas of space and hypersonic technology, the U.S. Commerce Department is making another move. Who’s being targeted in the latest U.S. export crackdown? And how can America restrict the flow of its sensitive technologies? Topics in this episode: 43 China-Linked Entities Added to U.S. Blacklist U.S.:…